Ethiopia: Court Finds Netsanet, Daniel Guilty of Inciting Uprising

Addis Ababa — After more than two years in prison, Netsanet Demissie and Daniel Bekele - both coordinators of Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) in Ethiopia - were on Monday found guilty of inciting the violence that followed the May 2005 election the opposition said was rigged.

Daniel and Netsanet are the last two accused in the high profile Ethiopian trial that originally charged 131 politicians, journalists, organisations and civil society leaders.

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