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Kenya: Ethiopia's AG Orders Immediate Release of Yassin Juma
Nairobi News, 18 August 2020
Ethiopia's Attorney General on Tuesday ordered the release of Kenyan Journalist Yassin Juma, who has been in police custody for 50 days. Read more »
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Kenya: Yassin Juma Writes Painful Letter Detailing His Detention in Ethiopia
Nairobi News, 18 August 2020
Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma, whose real name is Collins Juma Osemo, has been in detention in Ethiopia for more than 47 days. Read more »
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Kenya: Ethiopian Attorney General Orders Immediate Release of Yassin Juma
Nation, 18 August 2020
Ethiopian Attorney General on Tuesday ordered the release of Kenyan Journalist Yassin Juma, who has been in police custody for 50 days. Read more »
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Kenya: Yassin Juma - Here Is My Story of Injustice in Ethiopia
Nation, 18 August 2020
Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma, whose real name is Collins Juma Osemo, has been in detention in Ethiopia for more than 47 days. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Demands Release of Yassin Juma From Detention in Ethiopia
Nation, 18 August 2020
Kenya has, once again, demanded the "urgent release" of Yassin Juma, a journalist arrested in Ethiopia last month. Read more »
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Kenya: Yassin Juma Gets New Ethiopian Court Date After Covid-19 Infection
Nation, 15 August 2020
Kenyan Journalist Yassin Juma is due to appear in court on August 18, his first session after he contracted Covid-19 at prison in Ethiopia. Read more »
Ethiopian Authorities Order Release of Kenyan Journalist Juma
Ethiopian Attorney General Adanech Abebe has ordered the immediate release of Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma who has been in Ethiopian police custody for over 50 days. He is part of a group of over 30 people who were arrested in the aftermath of the assassination on Oromo musician Hachalu Hundessa in July, 2020. Dozens of people were killed and thousands injured in protests over the artist's death. Juma is facing charges of incitement and involvement in violence, plotting to create ethnic violence and plotting to kill senior Ethiopian officials.
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Yassin Juma, who is detained at the Sostegna Police Station in Ethiopia, has reportedly developed health complications amid concerns over his legal representation. He is part of a ... Read more »
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The murder of revered Oromo singer and musician Haacaaluu Hundeessaa has heightened tensions in and around Addis Ababa, and the Oromia region, where he was born. More than ... Read more »
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Addis Standard is quoting a police spokesman as saying that the number of people killed in continued protests after the killing of prominent Oromo artist Haacaaluu Hundeessaa has ... Read more »
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With the appointment of Abiy Ahmed as chair of the ruling coalition, Ethiopia is set to have an Oromo leader for the first time in recent history. This is in no small part thanks ... Read more »
