Ethiopia: journalist jailed

Written bySokari Ekine
Posted 13 March 2006 21 years ago

EthioBlog reports that an Ethiopian jounalist has been sentenced to one year in prison for writing “false news”. Meanwhile another journalist, pregnant Internet journalist Frezer Negash was freed from custody.

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