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1 communications found
Date, Country,
Type and
ref. no. of
communication 		Mandates Summary Replies received
    30 Apr 2014
    Ethiopia
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • torture
  • violence against women
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
 Alleged incommunicado detention of bloggers and freelance journalists who have been advocating for a space for free public dialogue, freedom of expression and access to information in Ethiopia. According to the information received, six members of the blogging collective Zone Nine, Messrs’ Befeqadu Hailu, Atnaf Berahane, Zelalem Kiberet, Natnael Feleke and Abel Wabela, and Ms. Mahlet Fantahun, and three freelance journalists, Messrs’ Tesfalem Waldyes and Asemamaw Haile Giorgis, and Ms. Edom Kasaye, are being held incommunicado at the Maikelawi detention centre since 25 and 26 April 2014. They reportedly appeared at Arada first instance court on Sunday 27 April 2014 and are scheduled to appear before the court on 7 and 8 May 2014 on charges of working with foreign human rights organizations and inciting violence through social media to create instability in the country.
Alleged victims: 9
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