Ethiopia: Dissident blogger sentenced to 18 years

Published July 13, 2012 4:30pm ET



ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s federal court on Friday sentenced a prominent dissident blogger and 23 other opposition activists to long prison terms on terror charges, in a ruling that critics decried as politically motivated.

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