Ethiopia: Jailed Ethiopian Journalists and Bloggers Need Your Voice

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This past weekend, in a move reminiscent of the continent's most repressive rulers, authorities in Addis Ababa arrested nine of Ethiopia's most thoughtful, peace-loving, and promising young minds - branding them as criminals involved in anti-state activities.

They join dozens of writers, lawyers, professors and eight other journalists already behind bars who are victims of a government unwilling to listen to its citizens and intent on clinging to power by silencing all critics, both real and imagined.

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