Ethiopia: Kibrom Worku, the editor and head of the news department of Ahadu Radio and TV was today released from prison after 70 days of detention. His lawyer Tigabu Desalgn told our source he was relased on the guarantee of a national ID card. Kibrom was first arrested by Addis Abeba police on October 22, 2021, as a result of Ahadu radio reporting that forces loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have taken over Hayik, a small town in the South wollo zone of the Amhara region. On January 12, 2022, the federal high court Lidenta branch ordered the Arada first instance court to reopen the case file of Kibrom Worku who police refused to release despite court orders to release him on November 12. The federal high court ruled that the decision by the first instance court to reject the Habeas corpus appeal made by Kibrom’s defense team. Earlier in November, the Arada first instance court first granted a 15,000 ETB to Kibrom bail but the Addis Abeba policecommission appeal...