As we note in our
previous report, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reports that Ethiopia jails more journalists
than any other African country besides Eritrea, and says that the Ethiopian
government has shut down more
than seventy - five media outlets since 1993.20 CPJ statistics also show that seventy - nine journalists have been forced to flee Ethiopia due to
threats and intimidation over the past decade, more
than any other country in the world.21