Saturday, April 26, 2014

Amnesty International | Ethiopia: Multiple arrests in major crackdown on government critics

             The Ethiopian government is tightening its suffocating grip on freedom of expression in a major crackdown which has seen the arrest of numerous independent, critical and opposition voices over the last two days, said Amnesty International.
Six members of an independent blogger and activist group and a freelance journalist were arrested yesterday 25 April. Another journalist was arrested this morning. Meanwhile 20 members of the political opposition Semayawi (Blue) party have been arrested since Thursday.


Amnesty International | Ethiopia: Multiple arrests in major crackdown on government critics

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