Ethiopia: Detained journalists planned ‘sabotage’, say police

01 Jul 2011

Two journalists detained on 19 and 21 June are suspected by police to have planned terrorists acts in Ethiopia. The police chief accused Woubishet Taye, from Awramba Times, and Reyot Alemu, from the Feteh newspaper, of recruiting others to undertake terrorism activities, with the support from Eritrea, and said the group will be charged upon completion of investigations. Amnesty international reported that Ethiopia has often used such charges to silence dissenters and the Committee to Protect Journalists has called for their release.

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  1. Endalk

    July 1, 2011 at 21:33

    http://endalk.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/journalists-detention-a-point-of-concern-for-ethiopian-bloggers-as-well/

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