human rights defender
Meskerem Abera
Actions and Campaigns
Meskerem Abera
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Organization affiliation
- Ethio Nikat Media
HRD's Gender
Woman
Type of HRD
- Other
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
Meskerem is a female lecturer, journalist, writer, and mother of two children, who has been arrested repeatedly at different times due to her activism and advocacy for human rights. She is the founder of Ethio Nikat Media. Following her last detention in April 2023, she is still in prison as of November 2024 (currently at the trial stage).
Detained since
Apr 9, 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
Ethiopia: CFWIJ Welcomes The Release On Bail Of Journalist Meskerem Abera https://www.womeninjournalism.org/threats-all/ethiopia-meskerem-abera-10-other-journalists-working-with-four-independent-media-outlets-arrested-in-escalation-against-dissenting-voices
Meskerem Abera, CPJ Profile https://cpj.org/data/people/meskerem-abera/
Attachments
Documented by
- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's Gender
- Woman
- Type of HRD
- Other
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Economic, social and cultural rights
- Organization affiliation
- Ethio Nikat Media
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Meskerem is a female lecturer, journalist, writer, and mother of two children, who has been arrested repeatedly at different times due to her activism and advocacy for human rights. She is the founder of Ethio Nikat Media. Following her last detention in April 2023, she is still in prison as of November 2024 (currently at the trial stage).
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- 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
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 8.93052935229092
Longitude: 38.80560335870181
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Apr 9, 2023
- Current Status
- In prison (pre-trial)
- Charge(s)
- Other
- Terrorism
- Recent case update / evolution
Charged by prosecutor and bail denied
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Any other relevant documents
Ethiopia: CFWIJ Welcomes The Release On Bail Of Journalist Meskerem Abera https://www.womeninjournalism.org/threats-all/ethiopia-meskerem-abera-10-other-journalists-working-with-four-independent-media-outlets-arrested-in-escalation-against-dissenting-voices
Meskerem Abera, CPJ Profile https://cpj.org/data/people/meskerem-abera/
- Documented by
- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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