{"id":268534,"date":"2019-03-09T13:38:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T18:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=268534"},"modified":"2019-03-09T13:38:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T18:38:16","slug":"two-journalists-detained-attacked-in-ethiopia-cpj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/268534","title":{"rendered":"Two journalists detained, attacked in Ethiopia &#8211; CPJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two journalists with the privately owned online news outlet Mereja TV were briefly detained by regional police and then attacked by a mob in Legetafo, a town in Ethiopia&#8217;s Oromia region, on February 23, 2019. Reporter Fasil Aregay and cameraman Habtamu Oda were interviewing people displaced by recent home demolitions by authorities when they were detained by regional police&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.org\/2019\/03\/two-journalists-detained-attacked-in-ethiopia.php\">CONTINUE READING<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mereja TV journalist attacked in Legetafo town, Oromia region of Ethiopia, while police looked on<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mereja-TV-journalists-attacked-in-Legetafo.jpg?resize=780%2C551&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"551\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-266875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mereja-TV-journalists-attacked-in-Legetafo.jpg?w=854&amp;ssl=1 854w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mereja-TV-journalists-attacked-in-Legetafo.jpg?resize=800%2C565&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mereja-TV-journalists-attacked-in-Legetafo.jpg?resize=768%2C542&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mereja-TV-journalists-attacked-in-Legetafo.jpg?resize=640%2C452&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oromia Region police return badly damaged camera that belongs to Mereja TV<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mereja-TV-camera-badly-damaged-after-attack-on-journalists-in-Legetafo-town.jpg?resize=780%2C439&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-268535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mereja-TV-camera-badly-damaged-after-attack-on-journalists-in-Legetafo-town.jpg?w=3072&amp;ssl=1 3072w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mereja-TV-camera-badly-damaged-after-attack-on-journalists-in-Legetafo-town.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mereja-TV-camera-badly-damaged-after-attack-on-journalists-in-Legetafo-town.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mereja-TV-camera-badly-damaged-after-attack-on-journalists-in-Legetafo-town.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mereja-TV-camera-badly-damaged-after-attack-on-journalists-in-Legetafo-town.jpg?resize=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mereja-TV-camera-badly-damaged-after-attack-on-journalists-in-Legetafo-town.jpg?w=1560&amp;ssl=1 1560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mereja-TV-camera-badly-damaged-after-attack-on-journalists-in-Legetafo-town.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two journalists with the privately owned online news outlet Mereja TV were briefly detained by regional police and then attacked by a mob in Legetafo, a town in Ethiopia&#8217;s Oromia region, on February 23, 2019. 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