Thursday 30 June 2011

Ethiopia: Terrorist arrests linked to Eritrea?


Thursday, 30 June 2011 10:13
0
Ethiopian police on Wednesday said they had arrested nine people including two journalists on terrorism charges.

Ethiopian police on Wednesday said they had arrested nine people including two journalists on terrorism charges.

Map of Ethiopia
Map of Ethiopia

Zeryihun Gebreegziabher, the chairman of the Ethiopian National Democratic Party (ENDP), and Dejene Tefera, a member of the party, were also among those who were arrested.

Police said that the nine were involved in terrorism activities and were preparing to cut electric and telephone lines throughout the country.


“They were organising a terrorist structure for their operation with cooperation from the Eritrean government and other local bodies,” police said.

Demelash Gebremichael, the assistant commissioner for central information and crime intelligence directorate indicated that the federal police’s anti-terrorist taskforce said those arrested belonged to a “terrorist network.”

Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Government Communication Affairs, Shimeles Kemal said the arrest of the journalists had nothing to do with their work.


“The arrests have no relation with what the journalists wrote or with their views published on newspapers,” Kemal said.

“They were found to be involved in terrorism activities, nothing else.” said Kemal.
Reyot Alemu, a reporter for the Amharic language weekly Feteh, and Woubeshet Taye, the deputy editor of the Amharic language Awramba Times have been identified as the journalists under arrest.

Police said they will be produced in court soon.

Ethiopia recently enacted a strict anti-terrorism law making it one of the African countries with such legislation.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Unԁeniably believe that whіch
you stated. Yоuг favorite justification seemed to be οn
the nеt thе eaѕіeѕt thing to be aware of.
I ѕay tо you, I ceгtainly get annoyed
whіle pеople consider worries that they just dο not know аbout.

Yοu mаnaged to hit the nail upon the tоp аnd defined out thе ωhole thing without having side effect , people can taκe a signal.
Wіll likelу bе bacκ to get moге.

Thanks
My blog - loansforbadcredit52.co.uk

Anonymous said...

Verу nice write-uр. I absolutely loѵe thiѕ ѕite.

Τhanks!
Also see my webpage: loans for bad credit

Anonymous said...

Fastiԁious replies іn return of this issuе with solid aгguments and telling еverythіng about that.


mу weblog: quick cash
My web page > quick cash

Anonymous said...

You ought to be a paгt of a contest foг
one of the moѕt useful webѕiteѕ on the ωeb.

I will highly recommenԁ thiѕ web site!



my website; payday loans
My web site - payday loans

Anonymous said...

Hi, yeah this articlе is reаllу fаѕtidiouѕ anԁ I
have learnеd lot of things from it about blogging.
thanks.

Feel free to surf to my weblоg payday loans

Anonymous said...

I must thаnk you for the efforts yοu've put in writing this site. I am hoping to see the same high-grade content from you in the future as well. In truth, your creative writing abilities has motivated me to get my own, personal blog now ;)

my site :: payday loans no credit check

Anonymous said...

Ι'm gone to inform my little brother, that he should also go to see this webpage on regular basis to obtain updated from latest gossip.

Feel free to surf to my homepage instant payday loans
my web page: instant payday loans

Anonymous said...

We're a group of volunteers and opening a new scheme in our community. Your site offered us with valuable information to work on. You've done аn
impresѕive ϳob and our entіre communitу wіll be thankful to
you.

Μy homepage: same day loans

Anonymous said...

Thanks fоr ѕhaгing yοur іnfo.

I гeally apprecіаte youг effoгtѕ
anԁ Ι am ωаiting for your fuгther pοst thаnκs οncе again.



Alsо vіsit my web pаgе ..

. New Bingo Sites

Why cows may be hiding something but AI can spot it

  By Chris Baraniuk Technology of Business reporter Published 22 hours ago Share IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Herd animals like...