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Comment on Police Detain UDJ Activists Calling for Terror Law Repeal by European Parliament Delegation Visit to the African Union and Ethiopia at Tadias Magazine
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Police Detain UDJ Activists Calling for Terror Law RepealUDJ Chairman Negasso Gidada spoke with Bloomberg News about the arrests in a phone interview from Addis Ababa.
(Photo: Facebook)Bloomberg NewsBy William DavisonEthiopian police detained 40 opposition supporters distributing leaflets calling for the repeal of an anti-terrorism law they say has been used to stifle dissent, the Unity for Democracy and Justice party said.
“It is harassment,” UDJ Chairman Negasso Gidada said in a phone interview today from the capital.
The opposition campaigners were released on bail late yesterday and the group plans to continue gathering signatories for the petition, Negasso said.
—Related:European Parliament Delegation Visit to Ethiopia (TADIAS)EU urges Ethiopia to release journalists, revise terror law (Reuters)Ethiopian Opposition Holds Rare Protests in Gondar and Dessie (AFP)Join the conversation on Twitter and Facebook
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