Ethiopia: Lobby group tells Ethiopia to release jailed journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Ethiopian government to release six journalists who have been convicted in connection with their work. The call by the New York-based non profit organisation working to protect press freedom worldwide, comes barely a day after the Ethiopian government released two Swedish journalists. According to CPJ, since 2011, Ethiopia had convicted 11 independent journalists and bloggers, some in absentia.