News update: Prosecutors charge journalist Yayesew with newly enacted hate speech law
Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, April 21/2020 - Federal prosecutors have today charged journalist Yayesew Shimelis with Ethiopia's newly enacted Hate Speech and Disinformation Prevention and Suppression Proclamation at the federal high court Lideta branch. Yayesew was charged despite having been allowed to leave police