What message did journalist Temesgen Dessalegn convey during his stay with Tikvah Ethiopia?
Journalist Temeseng Desale:
“When I was in prison, the treatment in Central, Kilindo was not good. There were many problems. They are places of misery where no one can be detained.
We are journalists. The country has its own press law for media offences; Issued in 2001; After that, when the new government came after 2010, it revised that law.
But the law does not apply. Even if we had committed a crime, we should have asked for it in the press law.
The biggest problem is that the government does not respect the law.
During EHADIG, the laws were very repressive; But he would not break the law and commit another crime.
He was restrained by those oppressive laws. The current government has enacted far-reaching laws; But he does not use the law.
He is going outside the law. It is good if it does not go against the law.
