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– Rights groups welcome release of Ethiopian journalists Eskinder Nega and Woubshet Taye (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 16, 2018

Media freedom advocates celebrated the release of Ethiopian journalists Eskinder Nega and Woubshet Taye after almost six years of wrongful and arbitrary imprisonment. Their release comes on the back of sustained campaigning by organisations across the globe.
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