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Home arrow Home arrow United Nations Rights Advocates Criticise Ethiopian Use of Anti-Terror Law
United Nations Rights Advocates Criticise Ethiopian Use of Anti-Terror Law
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Thursday, 02 February 2012
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The United Nations criticized the Ethiopian government’s use of an anti-terrorism law to curb freedom of expression by jailing opposition politicians and reporters critical of the state. In December, two Swedish journalists were sentenced to 11 years each by an Ethiopian court for supporting terrorism after being captured with a banned rebel group.

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