No One Appears Safe from Arbitrary Arrest, Detention
In February, plainclothes security officers detained Batte Urgessa, a spokesperson for the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), an opposition political party, and French journalist Antoine Galindo, as they met for an interview in a hotel in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
More than twenty-four hours later, they were brought before the Addis Ababa City Administration Court. The court granted the police’s request to detain them until March 1 to pursue their investigation. Read the full article here.