Ethiopia - Call for release of two journalists, investigation into conditions of detention

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders wrote today to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi calling for the release of two journalists who were arrested in June, Reyot Alemu and Wubeshet Taye, and for an investigation into the conditions in which they have been held. Reyot, a young woman columnist, is in very poor health, while Wubeshet, the deputy editor of a weekly, says he has been mistreated. “The situation of both of these journalists is alarming,” the letter to the prime minister says. “We were (...)

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