(June 21, 2011,New York, CPJ)--The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Ethiopian authorities today to immediately release journalist Woubshet Taye, at left, who has been held since Sunday.
Police picked up Taye, deputy editor of the leading independent weekly Awramba Times, at his home in the capital, Addis Ababa, at 3 p.m. and confiscated several documents, cameras, CDs, and selected copies of Awramba Times, local journalists told CPJ. The newspaper covers politics in-depth.
Taye is being held incommunicado at the federal investigation center at Maekelawi Prison in the capital, local journalists said.
In an interview with CPJ, Shemelis Kemal, a government spokesman, denied any journalists were in detention in the country.
"I will check but there are no journalist arrests, incarcerated in Ethiopia," he said. "We have a law prohibiting pretrial detention of journalists. No arrest could be initiated on account of content." Read more from CPJ »
Taye is being held incommunicado at the federal investigation center at Maekelawi Prison in the capital, local journalists said.
In an interview with CPJ, Shemelis Kemal, a government spokesman, denied any journalists were in detention in the country.
"I will check but there are no journalist arrests, incarcerated in Ethiopia," he said. "We have a law prohibiting pretrial detention of journalists. No arrest could be initiated on account of content." Read more from CPJ »
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