Update: Among the 4011 to be released is Fekadu Mahtemework, managing editor of the privately-owned weekly publication Ghion, was convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to seven years in prison and a fine of about $227 in October 2019. The charges date back to 2014, under # Ethiopia ’s previous administration, and were filed against Fekadu in connection to the now defunct Enku magazine and a publishing company owned by his brother.
Read his background via CPJ here: https://cpj.org/data/people/fekadu-mahtemework/index.php
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