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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Ethiopian authorities to release journalist Salsawit Baynesagn, detained without charge by officials since early June, according to her family.
The Horn of Africa country of some 130 million people has one of the world's worst records for press freedom -- ranked 148 out of 180 by Reporters Without Borders.
Restrictions were briefly eased when the current prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, rose to power in 2018 but that soon gave way to a renewed crackdown.
"Salsawit Baynesagn's detention without charge or without being brought before a court within 48 hours is a serious violation of her rights and a warning to Ethiopian journalists covering sensitive public issues," said CPJ Africa Director Angela Quintal in a statement late Friday.
