Ethiopia releases opposition leader

Wednesday 6 October 2010 Birtukan Mideksa, head of the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party, was freed after serving 21 months of a life sentence. Amnesty International has welcomed Wednesday's release of opposition leader and prisoner of conscience Birtukan Mideksa by the Ethiopian government. The leader of the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) Party was freed from Kaliti prison on Wednesday after serving 21 months of a life sentence.She had been arrested on 28 December 2008 charged with violating the terms of a previous pardon. "Birtukan Mideksa was considered a prisoner of conscience…

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