Day: July 17, 2014
- Africa
Ethiopia formally charges bloggers, journalists with terrorism as confusion surrounds the process
Ethiopian Prosecutors have today formally charged six members of the blog Zone9 and three independent journalists detained nearly three months ago. Soliana Shimelis, the seventh defendant of the group Zone9 is charged in absentia, according to a local bi weekly, The Reporter. However, earlier on Thursday, the lawyer for the eight defendants Amha Mekonnen told AFP that they were “waiting…
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