Committee to Protect Journalists

May 12, 2013

His Excellency President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
The Presidency
Union Buildings
Private Bag X1000
Pretoria, 0001

Via email: [email][email protected]

Dear President Zuma:

H.E. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma
Chairperson of the African Union
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Dear Chairperson Zuma

Nairobi, June 27, 2012- Today's conviction of six Ethiopian journalists on vague terrorism charges is an affront to the rule of law and the constitution in the Horn of Africa country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

New York, January 25, 2012-Jailed Ethiopian dissident blogger Eskinder Nega will stand trial in March for all of the terrorism accusations initially advanced by prosecutors, a federal high court judge ruled yesterday, local sources said.

Dieng and Thioune were released nearly two hours later following negotiations between journalists and the police, according to editor Aliou Goloko, a member of Senegal’s sports press association. Goloko led a media boycott of the post-game press conference to protest the attack.