Ethiopia - new POC - NOW RELEASED!
The group has adopted a new Prisoner of Conscience. Birtukan Mideksa is serving a life sentence after revealing information about the process by which she was pardoned for an earlier charge of treason. Amnesty International believes that she was arrested solely for peacefully exercising her rights to freedom of expression and association.
A lawyer and former leader of the opposition party, Birtukan was originally arrested for her alleged involvement in demonstrations over disputed election results in 2005. She was found guilty of treason, but was pardoned in mid-2007. In November 2008 Birtukan spoke at a meeting in Sweden about the process which led to her release. The government considered her comments a violation of her pardon, but Birtukan refused to retract them. She was re-imprisoned in December 2008.
A lawyer and former leader of the opposition party, Birtukan was originally arrested for her alleged involvement in demonstrations over disputed election results in 2005. She was found guilty of treason, but was pardoned in mid-2007. In November 2008 Birtukan spoke at a meeting in Sweden about the process which led to her release. The government considered her comments a violation of her pardon, but Birtukan refused to retract them. She was re-imprisoned in December 2008.
SHE HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED (OCTOBER 2010)
Otley Green Fair - 2010
Sandra collecting e-mail addresses.
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Amnesty Groups in Action
A photo campaign, involving several AI groups, on behalf of a Japanese prisoner.
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