Three journalists and seven bloggers, in prison since April, accused of plotting “to destablize the nation”.
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July 18, 2014 (Al Jazeera) — A group of Ethiopian bloggers and journalists held in jail for nearly three months have been charged with terrorism for having links to an outlawed group and for planning attacks,a judge said.
The seven members of the blogging collective Zone Nine and three journalists were arrested in April, prompting an outcry from rights groups who said the case was an assault on press freedom.
“They took training in how to make explosives and planned to train others,” Judge Tareke Alemayehu told the court on Friday.
The judge said their work was a cover for “clandestine” activities and accused them of plotting “to destabilise the nation”.
Al jazeera
The seven members of the blogging collective Zone Nine and three journalists were arrested in April, prompting an outcry from rights groups who said the case was an assault on press freedom.
“They took training in how to make explosives and planned to train others,” Judge Tareke Alemayehu told the court on Friday.
The judge said their work was a cover for “clandestine” activities and accused them of plotting “to destabilise the nation”.
Al jazeera