The arrest of two European photographers sheds light on the difficulties local journalists face trying to expose government misdeeds. Too often it takes the man-handling of Europeans by an African judicial system for certain issues to gain exposure.
The reporter Martin Schibbye and photographer Johan Persson were arrested back in July for crossing the Somali border into Ogaden. The Ethiopian government claims this was to support the rebel group the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). As a result, they are due to languish in prison until their trials continue in December. Like so many others, their crime was to criticise the policies of the state – in this case by documenting the abuse of ethnic Somalis by government forces. Full Storry
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