Nov12Written by:Web Admin
11/12/2008 8:02 AM 
Ethiopia: Newspaper publisher jailed for publishing opposition party's congratulatory message to Obama
Published: November 12, 2008
Ethiopian Review
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - A newspaper publisher and an editor in Addis Ababa are hauled to police station for publishing congratulatory message to President-Elect Barack Obama by a leader of an opposition party.
Senior editor of Awramba Times Ato Fitsum Mammo has informed Ethopian Review that the newspaper's publisher Ato Dawit Kebede and deputy editor Ato Wondyirad DebreTsion were ordered to report to Addis Ababa Police Commission this morning.
The charge against them is publishing a letter by the exiled Mayor of Addis Ababa, Dr Berhanu Ngega, to President-Elect Obama on his election victory.
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