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The New York Times report: As Ethiopia Fights in Tigray Region, a Crackdown on Journalists

May 14, 2021 2:33 AM / Leave a comment

As Ethiopia Fights in Tigray Region, a Crackdown on Journalists

Authorities have detained journalists without charges and revoked the accreditation of a reporter for The New York Times.

Refugees eating at a makeshift camp at a secondary school for internally displaced people in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, in March.
Credit…Simon Marks for The New York Times

By Abdi Latif Dahir and Declan Walsh

NAIROBI, Kenya — One Ethiopian journalist was taken away by police officers as his distraught 10-year-old daughter clung to him. Another fled the country after she said armed men ransacked her home and threatened to kill her.