{"id":143848,"date":"2020-08-18T15:58:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T12:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=143848"},"modified":"2020-08-18T15:58:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T12:58:33","slug":"covid-19-positive-journalist-yassin-juma-speaks-of-his-plight-behind-police-cells-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/covid-19-positive-journalist-yassin-juma-speaks-of-his-plight-behind-police-cells-in-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 positive journalist Yassin Juma speaks of his plight behind police cells in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kenyan respected journalist, Yassin Juma has been held in Ethiopia for more than 47 days now and confirmed positive for Coronavirus barely a week ago.<\/p>\n

Also read: Kush Tracey tests positive for COVID-19<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, August 14, the former NTV journalist confirmed his COVID-19 results and sadly, despite his condition, no medication, no medical attention was accorded to him and he remains doubtful he will make it out alive.<\/p>\n

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Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma being held up in Ethiopia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A father, husband and grandfather who has been separated from his loved ones for a crime he does not believe he committed but the mere fact that he could give a voice to the voiceless. And for that, the innocent are suffering.<\/p>\n

Also read: Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma tests positive for Coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n

His letter reads in part;<\/p>\n

My family depends on me. I do not know how they can manage to feed or pay rent. I have seven children and one grandson living with my ex-wife. They all depend on me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Former NTV journalist, Yassin Juma<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The conditions in the cells are not even conducive for his recovery nor well-being, locked up with 68 more inmates.<\/p>\n

I am currently being held at Block (W) with 68 other Covid-19 positive inmates with no access to medication in overcrowded cells, no running water and no diet to assist us with our condition.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For Yassin, his condition is only worsening behind bars, with the Kenyan government silent about his treatment in the foreign country despite the courts affirming his release.<\/p>\n

My health is failing with each passing day, and am not sure if I will make it. It is 50-50 with coronavirus but the condition in detention make my survival chances less. The Kenyan government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has failed to secure my freedom even after 2 courts (Lower and High Court) released me last Monday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Yassin Juma being held in police custody in Ethiopia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

His plea being one;<\/p>\n

All I am asking the Ethiopian government is to either charge me or set me free. They have failed to bring evidence in court to charge me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wrapping up;<\/p>\n

Kindly pass my greetings and love to my children and grandson. Remember me in your prayers as I fight coronavirus and injustice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kenyan respected journalist, Yassin Juma has been held in Ethiopia for more than 47 days now and confirmed positive for Coronavirus barely a week ago. Also read: Kush Tracey tests positive for COVID-19 Friday, August 14, the former NTV journalist confirmed his COVID-19 results and sadly, despite his condition, no medication, no medical attention was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6063,"featured_media":143863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[20,133760],"class_list":["post-143848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ghafla-entertainment-news","tag-yassin-juma-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6063"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143865,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143848\/revisions\/143865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}