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Document - Ethiopia: Release prisoners of conscience immediately and unconditionally
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PUBLIC STATEMENT
AI Index: AFR 25/004/2014
21 July 2014
Ethiopia: Release Prisoners of Conscience Immediately and Unconditionally
On 17 July 2014, seven members of the Zone 9 blogging collective and three independent journalists were formally charged with terrorism offences and ‘Outrages against the Constitution’. Amnesty International considers the detained bloggers and journalists to be prisoners of conscience, imprisoned for peacefully exercising their freedom of expression without using or advocating violence or hatred, and calls for their immediate and unconditional release, and for the charges to be dropped against all of the accused.
One of the bloggers was charged in absentia, while the remaining nine have been in detention since their arrests on 25 and 26 April 2014. At remand hearings for the detained, police were repeatedly granted additional time to conclude their investigations.
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PUBLIC STATEMENT
AI Index: AFR 25/004/2014
21 July 2014
Ethiopia: Release Prisoners of Conscience Immediately and Unconditionally
On 17 July 2014, seven members of the Zone 9 blogging collective and three independent journalists were formally charged with terrorism offences and ‘Outrages against the Constitution’. Amnesty International considers the detained bloggers and journalists to be prisoners of conscience, imprisoned for peacefully exercising their freedom of expression without using or advocating violence or hatred, and calls for their immediate and unconditional release, and for the charges to be dropped against all of the accused.
One of the bloggers was charged in absentia, while the remaining nine have been in detention since their arrests on 25 and 26 April 2014. At remand hearings for the detained, police were repeatedly granted additional time to conclude their investigations.
Full report