Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Ethiopia Hands Lengthy Prison Terms to Muslim Activists

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An Ethiopian court sentenced 17 Muslim activists on Monday to prison terms ranging from seven to 22 years on charges they plotted to create an Islamic state in the majority Christian country. A journalist for a Muslim newspaper was also sentenced for conspiring with the activists, the court in Addis Ababa said. The defendants, who all denied the charges, were arrested in 2012 on charges of plotting to stage attacks to create an Islamic state in Ethiopia, which has a sizable Muslim...

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