Committee to Protect Journalists
country.Ethiopia · CPJ
01Overview
Quick Facts
Countrycountry.Ethiopia
Age / Sexunknown
OccupationJournalist
Arrested in—
Held at—
CategoryJournalism
StatusDetained
Sentence—
Case Summary
Waqshum Bassa is a journalist with Urjii in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of December 23, 1997.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Organization: Urjii
- 02Role: Journalist
- 03Event start: December 23, 1997
- 04[CPJ] https://cpj.org/data/people/waqshum-bassa/
Native-Language SummaryRU • Original
Waqshum Bassa is a journalist with Urjii in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of December 23, 1997.
02Analysis
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
03Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
December 23, 1997
04Sources
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Waqshum Bassa (PPW case cmp4eorn). Retrieved June 1, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmp4eornb015lca53uuf718e0. Original data from Committee to Protect Journalists (https://cpj.org/data/people/waqshum-bassa/).
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