Ethiopia revokes right of top journalist Eskinder Nega to leave the country

Submitted by Ozmic on Fri, 20/04/2018 - 09:45

Eskinder Nega, an award winning Ethiopian journalist who was jailed for being critical of government has been barred from leaving the country, a writers’ body, PEN America and a famed blogger, Befeqadu Hailu have said.

According to Hailu, Eskinder’s passport was seized when he was about to fly out to Netherlands to attend the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Amnesty International.


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