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Yassin Juma's health deteriorates in detention

Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma (left).

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

By  Tesfa-Alem Tekle

Contributor

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The Kenyan journalist said he was feeling ill and had developed a fever while in detention.
  • The lawyer notes that someone who claimed to be a representative of the Kenyan Embassy in Ethiopia had also visited him yesterday after hearing about his health condition.
  • The question of the journalist's legal representation is yet to be resolved.

Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma, who is being detained at the Sostegna Police Station in Ethiopia, says he has developed health complications amid concerns over his legal representation.

This is according to Abdulatif Elemo, one of the 8 lawyers representing a group of over 30 suspects arrested in the aftermath of the assassination on Oromo musician Hachalu Hundessa.

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