Wednesday, 13 June 2007

EthioGuardian.com: TWO EDITORS COULD FACE DEATH AFTER HIGH COURT CONVICTIONS

EthioGuardian.com: TWO EDITORS COULD FACE DEATH AFTER HIGH COURT CONVICTIONS: "TWO EDITORS COULD FACE DEATH AFTER HIGH COURT CONVICTIONS
Four editors and three publishing houses in Ethiopia were found guilty on 11 June of links to deadly 2005 protests against alleged poll-rigging, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). Sentencing is next month and two of the editors could face the death penalty. The exiled Ethiopian Free Press Journalists' Association (EFJA) is calling for urgent action from the international community to save their lives.

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