Ethiopia: NMG Petitions Ethiopia Over Detention of Journalist Tesfa-Alem Tekle

The Nation Media Group (NMG) has petitioned the government of Ethiopia over the detention of its Addis Ababa-based correspondent Tesfa-Alem Tekle, who was arrested on October 31 in the capital.

Mr Tesfa was charged in an Addis court with "insulting the ruling party and having links with a terrorist organisation" and released on a 1,000 birr ($21) bail on November 4. However, the authorities did not release him and have been holding him incommunicado since.

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