Paris, 26 February 2024
On Thursday 22 February at 3.55pm native time, plainclothes safety officers arrested the French nationwide Antoine Galindo, an Africa Intelligence journalist on a reporting task in Ethiopia. He has since then been detained on the Addis Ababa Police Fee within the Bole district.
Antoine Galindo arrived in Addis Ababa on 13 February to cowl an African Union summit in addition to Ethiopian information.
He has been suspected of “conspiracy to create chaos in Ethiopia” and was introduced earlier than a choose on 24 February. His detention has been prolonged till 1 March, when the following listening to of his case will happen.
These spurious accusations should not based mostly on any tangible proof which may justify this prolonged deprivation of liberty. Antoine Galindo, a journalist identified to the Ethiopia Media Authority, had knowledgeable the Ethiopian authorities of his task within the nation and had a visa authorising him to work there as a journalist.
Indigo Publications is outraged by his unjustified arrest, which can also be a severe assault on press freedom.
Indigo Publications group, the writer of Africa Intelligence, calls on the Ethiopian authorities to urgently launch Antoine Galindo.
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