Ethopia: CPJ’s Five-year Review Reveals Significant Decline In Press Freedom Since Ethiopia’s Last Review

Ethiopia Review – 47th Session of Universal Periodic Review. Photo: Screenshot/AS

Addis Abeba – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) presented to the UN’s Human Rights Council a five-year review of press freedom in Ethiopia ahead of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Ethiopia at the 47th Session taking place today by the UN’s Human Rights Council.

Highlighting numerous arrests and arbitrary detentions of journalists, CPJ noted a significant decline in press freedom since Ethiopia’s last Universal…