Terara Network Explained

Terara Network
Type:	News media
Founded:	26 September 2020
Founder:	Tamerat Negera
Hq Location:	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Key People:	Tamerat Negera (CEO)Clive Stephany (Project Manager)

Terara Network is an Ethiopian media company based in Addis Ababa. The company's main journalist who is the owner of the company is Tamerat Negera. The company was established on 26 September 2020, by Tamerat Negera through the charity funds raised by his friend Tariku Geleta.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Troubles

The company's most senior member Temerat Negera who serves both as editor in chief and CEO of the company has had trouble with law enforcement in the past where the government has arrested him for over 4 months without any charges laid against him. Two other Terare Network journalists were also arrested by Ethiopian police forces.^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Release

The company's chief editor and founder Tamerat Negera was able to be released by bail by the order of the Supreme Court of Oromia after over 3 months of arrest without charge.^{[9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. News: Get To Known Us - Wine - TERARA NETWORK . Terara Network .
2. News: December 10, 2021 . News: Police detain Terara Network founder and editor-in-chief Tamerat Negera . .
3. News: Ethiopian Prime Minster tries to undermine the arrest of 20 journalists in the country . The Low Ethiopian Reports .
4. News: March 25, 2022 . Tamrat Negera: A journalist still jailed for more than three months without charges . Addis Zeybe .
5. News: February 17, 2022 . Continued detentions unlawful and remand after lifting of state of emergency unreasonable . Ethiopian Human Rights Commission .
6. News: December 15, 2021 . Ethiopia uses emergency law to ramp up arrests of journalists . CPJ .
7. News: Ethiopia: Police Detain Terara Network Founder and Editor-in-Chief Tamerat Negera . All Africa .
8. News: February 21, 2022 . Ethiopia pursues charges against three detained journalists . Foreign Press .
9. News: April 5, 2022 . Oromia Supreme Court orders release of journalist Tamerat Negera on bail . Zehabesha .
10. News: April 5, 2022 . Tamrat Negera released on bail after four months behind bars . Borkena .