human rights defender

Yonas Amare

© The Reporter Ethiopia

HRD's Gender

Man

Type of HRD

  • Journalist/Blogger

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Civil and political rights
  • Economic, social and cultural rights
  • Fight against corruption
  • Fight against impunity

HRD's geographical origin

Urban

Current Status

Released

HRD's bio and work

Yonas Amare is a journalist at the privately owned independent "The Reporter Ethiopia" magazine. He is a senior editor of the magazine and is known for his hard-hitting reporting on sensitive topics, including merit-based civil service reforms, the role of political elites in addressing national crises and human rights issues.

Detained since

Aug 13, 2025

Date of release

Aug 22, 2025

Latitude: 9.017201218081322

Longitude: 38.77075195312501

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa

Location of detention - City/Town

Addis Ababa

Recent case update / evolution

The journalist was released after 10 days of secret detention

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