Ethiopia: Pregnant Journalist Freed After One Month in Prison

press release

Ethiopia — Online journalist Frezer Negash was released from prison on the evening of 9 March and all charges against her were dropped. She was freed two days after her third appearance before a judge, at which her lawyer requested her provisional release. She was arrested on 27 January.

A government opponent and correspondent for the US-based news website Ethiopian Review, Negash is four months' pregnant. She was examined by a doctor after leaving prison and appears to have suffered no ill-effects.

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