KENYAN JOURNALIST YASSIN JUMA GRANTED BAIL BY ETHIOPIAN AUTHORITIES

The Foreign Correspondents’ Association of East Africa is thrilled to learn that Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma has finally been granted bail. We look forward to the day he can be reunited with his family.

Juma has spent the last month in jail in Ethiopia, held on suspicion of crimes he has consistently denied committing. The FCAEA notes with concern that Juma’s detention was extended twice by judges, despite the fact that police failed to present any evidence of wrongdoing. Journalism is not a crime and journalists should never be detained for simply doing their jobs.

The FCAEA stands by all independent journalists in Ethiopia and urges Ethiopian authorities to allow journalists to do their jobs freely. 

• FCAEA Board