Press freedom violation in Adama, East Shewa (29 Jun 2020)
- Ref
- OHRM-2020-0049
- Date of incident
- Zone
- East Shewa
Two former OMN journalists continue to be harassed despite stopping their activity. Badri (44, left) has been attacked on the street at least four times by Amharic and Somali speakers, hired by the embassy. In late 2021, returning from a football match, he was knocked unconscious by three Amharic speakers, receiving a severe blow to his head. He has received numerous phone calls, some from former OLF colleagues. Former acquaintance Anwar Badri, now working in the Ethiopian embassy in Cairo, phoned him in 2021 saying ‘A knife will be enough for you. We won’t need a gun, like Haachalu Hundeessa’ (the iconic singer assassinated on 29 June 2020).
Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 61 (2023-01-25), p.49. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/Report-61-25-January-2023-Abuse-in-Ethiopia-and-abuse-in-Egypt-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-Accounts-from-Oromo-refugees.pdf