Two journalists still detained, six others explain their arrest

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Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

31 October 2000

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(RSF/IFEX) – Six journalists who were released on 18 October 2000, after spending four days in jail, said their detention was linked to national service requirements. They were released after proving that they had done or will do their national service. The reasons for the continued detention of Milkias Mihretab and Yusuf Mohamed Ali are […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Six journalists who were released on 18 October 2000, after spending four days in jail, said their detention was linked to national service requirements. They were released after proving that they had done or will do their national service.

The reasons for the continued detention of Milkias Mihretab and Yusuf Mohamed Ali are not yet clearly established.

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