Ethiopia: Further Information on UA 299/07: Prisoner of conscience

Index Number: AFR 25/001/2008
Date Published: 9 January 2008
Categories: Ethiopia

On 24 December 2007, human rights defenders Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie were convicted of "provoking and preparing outrages against the Ethiopian Constitution". Amnesty International considers they were convicted solely for their peaceful civil society activism.