Ethiopia: IFJ Backs Global Call for Dismissal of Terror Charges Against Journalists

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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today urged the authorities to drop accusations of terrorist activities leveled at five journalists including two Swedish reporters whose trial was due to start yesterday in Addis Ababa but was adjourned until 20 October 2011.

The arrests of the journalists have sparked widespread criticism from the IFJ European and African groups, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) as well as the Eastern Africa Journalists Associations (EAJA) which have all accused the Ethiopian government of waging a campaign of intimidation against independent media under the cloak of anti- terror legislation.

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