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Arrest Date = initial detention date, Last Update = latest public status update, Status = detained/released/missing, and Location = reported detention or arrest location.
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Currently Detained
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Released
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Missing/Unknown
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Arrests Tracked
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Arrests by reported profession
Journalist
5
Estimated detention durations for currently detained records.
Avg Days
1164
Median Days
1191
Sample Size
5
Charges
Officially charged in March 2024 with violating the Proclamation on Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism. Prosecutors accused him of conspiring to forcibly remove the government from power, providing media coverage of terrorist acts, and disseminating statements from the Amhara Fano Unity Council via his outlet.
Charges
Officially charged under the Proclamation on Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism. Prosecutors accuse him of collaborating in discussions to forcibly overthrow the constitutional system, preparing propaganda materials, and planning the dissemination of provocative texts and images to subvert the government. (Currently held at Kaliti Federal Maximum Security Prison in Addis Ababa; the trial is ongoing with the prosecution actively presenting testimonial and documentary evidence since February 2025).
Charges
Officially charged under the Proclamation on Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism. Prosecutors accuse him of working within the "intellectual wing" of the Amhara Fano Unity Council to advance political causes, distributing propaganda, and conspiring to forcibly remove the government from power.
Charges
Officially charged under the Proclamation on Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism. Prosecutors accuse her of serving as the deputy coordinator for the clandestine Amhara Fano Unity Council, organizing and training regional youth to take up arms against the state, leading the council's propaganda initiatives, and connecting oppositional political blocks. (Currently held at Kaliti Federal Maximum Security Prison in Addis Ababa; she was also sentenced to 16 months imprisonment in November 2024 for a separate, revived 2022 incitement charge; her primary terrorism defense presentation is scheduled for May 2026).
Charges
Officially charged under the Proclamation on Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism. Prosecutors accuse her of participating in meetings, receiving propaganda training from the Amhara Fano Unity Council, distributing letters calling on military officers to defect, and editing/distributing propaganda via social media platforms to advance political and ideological causes. (Currently held at Kaliti Federal Maximum Security Prison in Addis Ababa; the trial is ongoing with the defense presentation scheduled for May 2026).
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