Image caption Andargachew ‘Andy’ Tsege was pardoned on 19 May along with 575 other inmates in Ethiopia A man from Islington who…
Ethiopia has pardoned an opposition leader with British citizenship who had been sentenced to death. Andargachew Tsige was found guilty of “terrorism”…
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Ethiopia just pardoned political prisoners. Could that signal a shift to real democracy?
By Yohannes Y. Gedamu By Yohannes Y. Gedamu February 9 Supporters welcome Merera Gudina, leader of the Oromo Federalist Congress party, on…
Ethiopia’s government has denied that all political prisoners will be freed, saying that only some imprisoned politicians will be pardoned. An aide…
ADDIS ABABA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) — Ethiopia has granted amnesty for thousands of prisoners on the occasion of the Ethiopian New Year.…
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Critics Skeptical that Prisoner Release Signals Change in Ethiopia – Voice of America
The Ethiopian government pardoned more than 700 prisoners in celebration of New Year’s Day on the Ethiopian calendar and the Muslim holiday…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia’s chief prosecutor says the country has pardoned hundreds of convicts, among them Muslims jailed under anti-terror laws…
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Ethiopia courts scepticism after freeing imprisoned writers ahead of Obama visit
After more than a year of imprisonment, two Ethiopian women had no idea they were about to be released until a prison…