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Ethiopia pardons prominent opposition figure, journalist

Source: Xinhua   2018-02-08 22:39:37

ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua)-- The Ethiopian government on Thursday gave pardons to 746 suspects including prominent opposition figure Andualem Arage and dissident journalist Eskinder Nega.

The Ethiopia Federal Attorney General said the prisoners will be freed after their pardons are approved by President Mulatu Teshome and they will receive rehabilitation training, reported state media Radio Fana.

Andualem Arage, Deputy Chairman of the opposition Unity, Democracy and Justice (UDJ) and Eskinder Nega, owner of several critical newspapers were jailed on September 2011 on terrorism related charges.

The Ethiopian government has characterized the mass prisoner release programs as part of efforts to create national consensus and widen political space.

The Ethiopian government has since January released thousands of prisoners arrested in connection with unrest that rocked the East African nation in 2016.

The unrest in 2016 led to the deaths of hundreds and was dubbed by analysts as the gravest challenge the ruling coalition Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front faced in 25 years.

The unrest involving parts of the three most populous regions of Amhara, Oromia and Southern regional states led to an imposition of martial law in October 2016 which was only lifted in August 2017.

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Ethiopia pardons prominent opposition figure, journalist

Source: Xinhua 2018-02-08 22:39:37

ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua)-- The Ethiopian government on Thursday gave pardons to 746 suspects including prominent opposition figure Andualem Arage and dissident journalist Eskinder Nega.

The Ethiopia Federal Attorney General said the prisoners will be freed after their pardons are approved by President Mulatu Teshome and they will receive rehabilitation training, reported state media Radio Fana.

Andualem Arage, Deputy Chairman of the opposition Unity, Democracy and Justice (UDJ) and Eskinder Nega, owner of several critical newspapers were jailed on September 2011 on terrorism related charges.

The Ethiopian government has characterized the mass prisoner release programs as part of efforts to create national consensus and widen political space.

The Ethiopian government has since January released thousands of prisoners arrested in connection with unrest that rocked the East African nation in 2016.

The unrest in 2016 led to the deaths of hundreds and was dubbed by analysts as the gravest challenge the ruling coalition Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front faced in 25 years.

The unrest involving parts of the three most populous regions of Amhara, Oromia and Southern regional states led to an imposition of martial law in October 2016 which was only lifted in August 2017.

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