Ethiopia: Court Jails Former Opposition PR Head to Six Years and Six Months for Facebook Posts

Addis Ababa — The Federal High court fourth criminal bench has today sentenced Yonatan Tesfaye, social media activist and former public relations head of the opposition Blue Party to six years and three months in jail.

In its ruling this morning, the court has partially accepted Yonatan's three different appeals for minimum sentence. His appeal mentioned that Yonatan was the sole caregiver of his aging and ailing mother; that he had no previous criminal records and that he was involved in several charity programs to benefit disadvantaged citizens.

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