BBC - Renowned journalist Temesgen Desalegn has been released after spending Wednesday night in police custody
Posted: 15 Oct 2020, 03:48
They released him today after they shoot themselves in the foot and made the political damage to pp. Mayor Adanach, go sue him in the court and show to all that you are not above any citizen. Whether you win the case or not, this will bring you great respect and political value. Jailing a journalist without court order for defamation of your personality looks bad and brings only political damage.
Anyway, I am happy the authorities quickly corrected this silly mistake. Btw, I am not a fan of his writings. Even though he mostly reports based on factual data, he is also in that opposition mode where he was during TPLF, i.e. always opposing the government and especially oromo officials. I my view this is a bit biased. But still, officials should learn to go to court if they feel defamed by a journalist and not send police to jail him.
Anyway, I am happy the authorities quickly corrected this silly mistake. Btw, I am not a fan of his writings. Even though he mostly reports based on factual data, he is also in that opposition mode where he was during TPLF, i.e. always opposing the government and especially oromo officials. I my view this is a bit biased. But still, officials should learn to go to court if they feel defamed by a journalist and not send police to jail him.