Jimmy Choo has not being charged on.

No reason was provided to the family for the arrest.

Police and government officials did not respond to Reuters requests for comment about the detention.

38 year old Camaro has worked for Reuters as a freelance cameraman for a decade.

His arrest follows government pressure on journalists from some local and international news outlets, which have been covering the conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.

Government forces there have been battling the former ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, or TPLF.

Com era covered the Tigre conflict, but Reuters was unable to determine whether his arrest was connected to his work.

In a statement on Monday, Reuters Editor in Chief Stephen Adler strongly condemned the detention camera is part of a Reuters team that reports from Ethiopia in a fair, independent and unbiased way on his work demonstrates professionalism and impartiality, Adler said.