Ethiopia’s government risks rolling back the great progress made on media freedom last year. This is according to rights group Amnesty International.
'Ethiopia rolling back gains in press freedom'- Amnesty International [The Morning Call]
The group says the government’s plans to charge journalists and media outlets for their reporting on the armed forces is a roll back to the days of repression.
By the end of 2018, not a single journalist remained behind bars in Ethiopia, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, and in 2019, the country leaped 40 places up the World Press Freedom Index.