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By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (May 28, 2018) A high profile political prisoners is expected to walk free today after four years of solitary confinement. The leader of an opposition group based abroad, Andargachew Tsege was kidnapped at the Yemeni airport in June 2014, in a joint operation by the Yemeni and Ethiopian intelligence. He was sentenced to death in ...

ESAT News (May 28, 2018) Political prisoners at Ethiopia’s notorious Qillinto prison went on hunger strike today on the occasion of May 28, a day the ruling EPRDF took power in Addis Ababa. The prisoners say the day has brought tyranny and repression to Ethiopians and hence they said they wanted to mark it with hunger strike. According to the ...

ESAT News (May 28, 2018) Spanish maritime has rescued over 500 migrants who were trying to cross the Mediterranean, according to reports by several media outlets. Spanish authorities say most of those rescued over the past two days came from North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. The migrants were crammed in 17 rickety boats, three of which drowned immediately after the ...

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