Ethiopia: Unidentified Armed Men Ransack Home of Ethiopian Journalist Lucy Kassa, Question Her About Conflict Coverage

On February 8, 2021, at about 10:30 a.m. in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, three armed men in plain clothes forced their way into the apartment of freelance reporter Lucy Kassa, searched her home, questioned her, and confiscated her reporting materials, according to the journalist, who spoke to CPJ via messaging app and email, and her account of the incident published in the Los Angeles Times.

The men knocked on Lucy's door, shoved her to the floor when she opened it, and stayed in the apartment for about two hours, she said. During that time, they ransacked her house, overturning shelves, tables, and her bed, and asked her whether she had connections to the Tigray People's Liberation Front, a political party that has been in armed conflict with the Ethiopian federal government since November.

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