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Tilahun Ayalew
Woldie Dana
The four Ethiopian Teachers' Association (ETA) members named above, who were arrested in December 2006, are now known to have been released in March, but three have since been rearrested. The fourth ETA official, Tilahun Ayalew, is in hiding. Amnesty International believes that the three teachers who are being detained are prisoners of conscience detained for participating in legal ETA trade union activities. They are at risk of torture or ill-treatment.
They have reportedly been accused of being members of an armed opposition group, the Ethiopian People's Patriotic Front (EPPF). This is the same charge levelled against them when they were arrested in December, but the court that ordered their release in March said it had found no evidence to support the charge.(More...)
Today's Top HEADLINES
-Ethiopian rebels say they kill 43 govt troops-India's foreign minister embarks on Ethiopia visit
-Deputy District Commissioner in Somalia Killed
-Tamrat Layne, Seye Abreha Guilty of Corruption(Fortune)
-Exiled Journalists' Newsletter (Amharic)
-Ethiopia, Walking where African royalty once flourished
-Rallies urge release of Ethiopian civil society leaders
-Amharic-speaking giraffe puppet introduced at 5th World Summit
AU SUMMIT - SPECIAL COVERAGE
-[AUDIO] Report on Final Day of AU Summit
-African leaders split over union
-A US of Africa must exert moral authority: Jesse Jackson
-Uganda rejects African government
-Kenya: Kibaki for a United African State
-Japan, Italy pledge support for African integration
-AU summit: Reporter's diary (Last day)
-Unity not so easy, EU warns AU heads
INTERNATIONAL
-Liberia's Taylor Appears at His War Crimes Trial
-Suicide bombing in Yemen kills 9
-Terror plot hatched in British hospitals
-Israel, Palestinian Authority hold security talks
-N Korea to let UN verify nuclear shutdown
-Japanese minister resigns over A-bomb gaffe
-Men disguised as Muslim women rob bank
