{"id":445109,"date":"2023-05-07T03:58:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T07:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=445109"},"modified":"2023-05-07T03:58:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T07:58:05","slug":"prominent-independent-journalist-gobeze-sisay-detained-by-security-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/445109","title":{"rendered":"Prominent independent journalist Gobeze Sisay detained by security forces\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ethiopian Security and Intelligence Joint Taskforce (ESIJT) announced on Friday evening it has detained prominent independent journalist Gobeze Sisay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement, the ESIJT said Gobeze was among a list of 11 suspects wanted by security forces. The statement said Gobeze was arrested in Djibouti and handed over to Ethiopian authorities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The statement didn\u2019t mention which date Gobeze was arrested, but said he was using Djibouti as a spring board to travel to an unspecified third country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Taskforce statement mentioned Ethio360 media outlet journalists, Habtamu Ayalew, Biruk Yibas, Eyerusalem Tekltsadik, veteran opposition politician, Lidetu Aaylaw and Fano (ethnic Amhara self-defense group) leader, Mihret Wedajo as among 10 other people on the wanted list.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last Sunday, the Ethiopian Security and Intelligence Joint Taskforce announced it has arrested 47 \u201cterror suspects\u201d who are accused of trying to overthrow the government through violent acts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gobeze was among around a dozen people listed in the last week announcement as being on the wanted list charged with the same criminal allegations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gobeze an independent journalist who has previously worked for media outlets like Ethiopia Satellite TV (ESAT) and online media outlet, Yegna tv has recently co-founded another online based media outlet, the Voice of Amhara.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is also one of the co-founders of the Ethiopia Mass Media Professionals Association (EMMPA), the biggest journalism association in the country bringing together state and private media journalists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A relentless and brave chronicler of abuses ordinary Ethiopians have endured by state and non-state actors, Gobeze had previously been detained several times by security forces in the last one-year period.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethiopian Security and Intelligence Joint Taskforce (ESIJT) announced on Friday evening it has detained prominent independent journalist Gobeze Sisay. In a statement, the ESIJT said Gobeze was among a list of 11 suspects wanted by security forces. The statement said Gobeze was arrested in Djibouti and handed over to Ethiopian authorities.\u00a0 The statement didn\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":270,"featured_media":445110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4821],"tags":[5845],"class_list":["post-445109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news","category-news","tag-ethiopia-agoa-pm-abiyu-s"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/gob.jpg?fit=720%2C388&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1RNb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445111,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445109\/revisions\/445111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}