Temesgen Desalegn

Journalism Desalegn was the Chief Editor of Feteh, which was created in 2008 On July 4, 2022, the Federal Supreme Court granted him bail without release. However, the persecutor appealed to continue holding Temsgen to prevent “leaking secrets.” CPJ condemned his imprisonment and the abuse of the judicial system while calling on the government to drop the charges and stop criminalizing journalism. He was imprisoned for 7 months at the Kilinto prison and released with bail in November 2022. VOA reported the release with bail and that the court didn't communicate a date for the next appearance.

2017–2018 Desalegn was freed after three years of imprisonment in mid-October 2017.

In July 2012, Feteh was closed by government order, and 30,000 copies of the paper were seized. A prosecutor stated that the paper's coverage had been found to be "detrimental to the country’s national security".

On 10 August, Desalegn learned through a radio broadcast that he was being charged under three articles of Ethiopia's Criminal Code: Article 613, "defamation and calumny"; Article 486, "inciting the public through false rumours"; and Article 238, "outrages against the Constitution or the Constitutional Order", a capital offense. The charges were in response to articles published in August 2011, February 2012, and March 2012, in which Feteh had reported on youth protests against the government. The UK-based anti-censorship organization Article 19 issued a statement in support of Desalegn and called for the charges to be dropped.

On 23 August, three days after the death of long-time prime minister Meles Zenawi, Desalegn was arrested on defamation charges as part of a general crackdown on government critics. According to Amnesty International, he was the first journalist to be arrested since Zenawi's death. The organization described the arrest as "a worrying signal that the government intends to carry on targeting dissent", stating that Desalegn appeared to have been arrested "for exercising his right to freedom of expression in advocating for peaceful protests to take place, among other criticisms of the government". CPJ also called for Desalegn's release, stating, "Temesghen is not a criminal for expressing his constitutional right to freedom of expression." The charges against Temesgen's publisher were also dropped, but Temsegen stated it was uncertain when Feteh would be able to restart publishing.

In October 2012, Feteh and opposition party newspaper Finote Netsanet reported that the state-owned printer had refused to continue printing their papers, and that independent printers had canceled their contracts. Temesgen stated that one printer had stated it had been ordered by the Ministry of Justice to no longer print Feteh. The newspaper was unable to print copies for several weeks.

2008–2011 According to the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), between 2008 and July 2011, the Ethiopian government filed 41 lawsuits against Desalegn.