The editors who have since resigned- Abedu Ali, Berhane Alemu and Ferew Abebe- allege that the owner of the media house, Amare Aregawi, has been issuing instructions dictating the daily editorial activities of the newspaper and constantly harassing the journalists to write articles aimed at settling personal or political scores. The editors told EAJA acts of interference and harassment of journalists by any media owner would violate the freedom of media professionals.
Ethiopian journalists accuse media owner of curtailing their professional freedom
Three editors at the weekly Amharic The Reporter newspaper have accused the owner and publisher of interfering with their editorial independence by dictating to them what to write. Ethiopia’s new media law stipulates that media professionals should be free from the influence of media owners.