Award-winning Ethiopian journalist, Reeyot Alemu is spending international women’s month in the same place she’s spent the last three years – Kality Prison outside Addis Ababa, where she is serving a five year prison sentence on trumped-up charges.
On March 9th, as dozens of women took part in a 5K run in Addis Ababa organized by the authorities in honor of International Women’s Day, some participants used the occasion to express their ardent desires for freedom and justice in Ethiopia.
The women were shouting “Release #ReeyotAlemu !!” “Release the #Journalists!!” “Release all #political_prisoners!!” https://t.co/Uiwd8P1con
— Mitmita Nesh (@MITMITA) March 15, 2014
(Photo: 6kilo.com)
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