© 2020 Samuel Habtab/AP PhotoEthiopian authorities are intensifying their assault on media freedom in the country. In February, the government’s media regulatory body, the Ethiopian Media Authority, revoked Addis Standard’s operating license for alleged repeated violations of the media laws. The government’s harassment of Addis Standard reflects a broader campaign by Ethiopian authorities to silence independent media and deter reporting it deems too critical or sensitive. Earlier concerns that the Ethiopian government might use the elections as a pretext to further restrict independent media proved to be well-founded. Despite the shrinking space for independent media, Ethiopia’s international partners have so far remained silent.