human rights defender
Million Beyene
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
Current Status
Released
HRD's bio and work
Million Beyene is the Managing Editor of Addis Standard, an independent media outlet in Ethiopia. On April 15, 2026, he was abducted from the Addis Standard newsroom by unidentified men in plainclothes. He was held for two weeks in undisclosed detention facilities before being released safely to his family.
Detained since
Apr 15, 2026
Date of release
Apr 28, 2026
Latitude: 8.55042157171987
Longitude: 39.61669921875001
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa
Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
For the sake of his safety, no further information has been released by the media outlet.
Recent case update / evolution
Journalist Million Beyene was abducted by unknown masked individuals on April 15, 2026. As Addis Standard’s publishing media PLC later reported, after two weeks of disappearance and being held in an informal detention place, he was released and reunited with his family by April 28, 2026.
Any other relevant documents
https://www.meseretmedia.org/p/b07?utm_source=substack&publication_id=4910932&post_id=194331279&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=77f8fg&triedRedirect=true
https://addisstandard.com/cpj-calls-for-release-of-addis-standard-editor-seized-by-unidentified-men/
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Million Beyene is the Managing Editor of Addis Standard, an independent media outlet in Ethiopia. On April 15, 2026, he was abducted from the Addis Standard newsroom by unidentified men in plainclothes. He was held for two weeks in undisclosed detention facilities before being released safely to his family.
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 8.55042157171987
Longitude: 39.61669921875001
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Apr 15, 2026
- Current Status
- Released
- Date of release
- Apr 28, 2026
- Recent case update / evolution
Journalist Million Beyene was abducted by unknown masked individuals on April 15, 2026. As Addis Standard’s publishing media PLC later reported, after two weeks of disappearance and being held in an informal detention place, he was released and reunited with his family by April 28, 2026.
- Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
For the sake of his safety, no further information has been released by the media outlet.
- Any other relevant documents
https://www.meseretmedia.org/p/b07?utm_source=substack&publication_id=4910932&post_id=194331279&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=77f8fg&triedRedirect=true
https://addisstandard.com/cpj-calls-for-release-of-addis-standard-editor-seized-by-unidentified-men/
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- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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