human rights defender

Dawit Begashaw

Organization affiliation

  • 4killo Media

HRD's Gender

Man

Type of HRD

  • Journalist/Blogger

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Civil and political rights
  • Economic, social and cultural rights

HRD's geographical origin

Urban

Current Status

In prison (pre-trial)

HRD's bio and work

Dawit is the founder of “Arat Kilo Media” and a board member of the Ethiopian Mass Media Professionals Association. He has long-time presence in the Ethiopian media landscape working for national medias both government and non-government. He is the founder of 4 killo Media.

Detained since

Apr 12, 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

At least 8 journalists detained amid renewed unrest in Ethiopia https://cpj.org/2023/04/at-least-8-journalists-detained-amid-renewed-unrest-in-ethiopia/

Dawit Begashaw, CPJ Profile https://cpj.org/data/people/dawit-begashaw/

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