human rights defender

Genet Asmamaw

Actions and Campaigns

Organization affiliation

  • Yegna Media

HRD's Gender

Woman

Type of HRD

  • Journalist/Blogger

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Civil and political rights
  • Economic, social and cultural rights
  • Women's rights

HRD's geographical origin

Rural

Current Status

In prison (sentenced)

HRD's bio and work

Genet is a journalist by profession and has been reporting on human rights violations for years, including cases involving victims of massacres. She works for Yegna TV and was arrested at her workplace. During her detention, she was beaten and intimidated, with some of the abuse directed at her based on her gender.

Detained since

Apr 6, 2023

Charge(s)

  • Other
  • Terrorism

Latitude: 8.93052935229092

Longitude: 38.80560335870181

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa

Location of detention - City/Town

Addis Ababa

Location of detention - Facility

Addis Ababa

Recent case update / evolution

Charged by prosecutor and bail denied

Any other relevant documents

Genet Asmamaw, CPJ Profile https://cpj.org/data/people/genet-asmamaw/

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