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Ethiopia:treason arrests

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia

Friends of Ethiopia reports more on the arrest of opposition leaders who are now being held on charges of treasons. [1]………Dr Nega and his colleagues are being held on charges of treason, which is punishable by death under Ethiopian law. Amnesty International regards them as prisoners of conscience, arrested solely for the non-violent expression of their political beliefs.”