Monday, January 11, 2010
Today Ethiopian Americans held a successful demonstration across the street from the State Department in Washington where they expressed their outrage and concerns regarding the continued incarceration of the prominent political leader Mrs. Birtukan Mideksa and thousands of political prisoners in Ethiopia.
Pro-democracy Ethiopian American activists wearing “Free Teddy” T-shirts braved the biting cold Saturday night in front of the DC Armory concert hall for Teddy Afro’s performance in DC. The activists were asking Ethiopians coming to watch Teddy Afro to sign a petition designed to pressure the U.S. State Department to call for Birtukan’s release. This petition has been developed in concert with the international human rights organization Amnesty International .
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