Ethiopia: Authorities Harass, Intimidate Leaders of Local Journalists' Association

The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned police harassment of the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists' Association (EFJA), which criticized a government crackdown on the press after the opposition disputed the outcome of this year's elections. Four EFJA leaders reported this week to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in the capital, Addis Ababa, where they were questioned about the organization's activities when it was officially banned from late 2003 to the end of 2004. The Federal High Court has since ruled the ban illegal.