Ethiopia: Government bans EFJA

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PRESS RELEASE/UPDATE - ETHIOPIA

10 November 2003

Government bans EFJA

SOURCE: Ethiopian Free Press Journalists' Association (EFJA), Addis Ababa

**Updates IFEX alert of 5 November 2003**

(EFJA/IFEX) - The following is an EFJA statement:

In a 10 November 2003 letter to EFJA, the Ministry of Justice's
Associations' Registration Office banned the organisation from carrying out
its activities.

EFJA obtained official recognition seven years after its establishment and
for the past three years has been carrying out its work under very difficult
and challenging conditions.

We call on our international colleagues and allies, civil society and
professional associations to protest the action against EFJA.

Kifle Mulat
President, EFJA

For further information, contact Kifle Mulat, President, EFJA, P.O. Box
31317 / 33232, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, tel/fax: +251 1 55 50 21, mobile: +251
1 (09) 222 939, e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

The information contained in this press release/update is the sole
responsibility of EFJA. In citing this material for broadcast or
publication, please credit EFJA.
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