Ethiopia charges journalists with ‘terrorism’
Three journalists and seven bloggers, in prison since April, accused of plotting “to destablize the nation”.
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.
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