human rights defender

Million Beyene

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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