Ethiopia keeps arresting journalists and bloggers, contrary to its constitution
Many countries have constitutions that are not followed. Ethiopia is a classic example. Its constitution guarantees free expression more explicitly and expansively than the U.S. Constitution. But journalists and bloggers are routinely jailed or detained in Ethiopia, for criticizing government officials, or reporting on their actions. That’s too bad, because Ethiopia is the world’s tenth most populous country — it has 140 million inhabitants. So a lot of people are being harmed when Ethiopia denies its citizens freedom of expression.
There is not much people can do about censorship in Ethiopia. Lawsuits over censorship are generally futile in Ethiopia. Judges there who attempt to exercise independence or challenge executive interference face systematic removal from cases, harassment, and arbitrary arrest. According to Freedom House’s 2025 Country Report for Ethiopia, the country’s judiciary remains heavily subject to executive and military pressure.
So if an Ethiopian judge rules against censorship, he might get arrested, and the government will probably ignore his ruling. Never mind the fact that Ethiopia’s Constitution explicitly guarantees freedom of the press, in Article 29, which outlines the Right to Freedom of Thought, Opinion, and Expression. Any form of state censorship is explicitly prohibited. And the public and press are supposed to be granted access to information of public interest.
But as the BBC reports:
The editor-in-chief of a leading Ethiopian independent news site was abducted and assaulted by security forces, according to its owner.
The Addis Standard’s Yonas Kedir was taken last Saturday, held for 24 hours and subjected to “prolonged interrogation”…Rights groups have described these latest incidents as part of a pattern of targeting independent news outlets…
In February, the authorities revoked the Addis Standard’s media registration saying it had violated media ethics and what it described as threats to “national interests”, but did not specify which reports it was referring to.
The news site was able to continue working as it was challenging the move in court.
The alleged abduction of Yonas took place on the first of three days of action against the Addis Standard, Jakken Publishing said.
“Two individuals dressed in civilian clothes… violently seized me,” the AFP news agency quotes Yonas as saying in a written statement.
“[They] struck me and forcibly loaded me into a double-cab pickup truck. They accused me of ‘selling the country out’.”
On the second day, Sunday 2 August, a security team raided the outlet’s offices “without due process”, Jakken Publishing said, confiscating equipment from its multimedia studio.
Then on 3 August, police issued an eviction order requiring the company to vacate its premises within three days, ending 16 years of operations at the site….
The Committee to Protect Journalists has described what happened as part of “an alarming escalation in Ethiopian authorities’ campaign to dismantle one of the country’s leading independent news organisations”.
the harassment of the Addis Standard reflects a broader effort to silence critical reporting….Ethiopian authorities have arbitrarily arrested scores of journalists, held some incommunicado, and revoked media licences.
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