An Ethiopian court has extended the three-month detention without charges of journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro to give police 11 more days to interview witnesses. The AP has renewed calls for Ethiopian authorities to immediately free Kiyaro. FreeAmirAmanKiyaro
Kiyaro, a freelance journalist accredited to The Associated Press, has been in detention since November. The next court date for Kiyaro’s case was set for March 29.
“The Associated Press is dismayed by the court’s decision today to continue to detain Amir Aman Kiyaro. He continues to be held without charges,” AP Executive Editor Julie Pace said. “We urge the Ethiopian government to release Amir immediately and end his unjust detention,” Pace said. “As we have said, it is clear he is being targeted for his independent journalism.”
The video journalist was detained Nov. 28 in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, under the country’s war-related state of emergency powers. The
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