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Sign the Petition to Ask Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Urge the Release of Leader Birtukan Mideksa Free

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
US Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
USA

Dear Secretary of State,

I am writing to express my concern regarding the life sentence imposed on Birtukan Mideksa following her re-arrest in December 2008. Amnesty International considers her to be a prisoner of conscience.

Birtukan Mideksa was originally charged with treason and sentenced to life imprisonment in one of several trials which started in 2006, after the Coalition for Unity and Democracy party, of which she was a leader, contested disputed local and parliamentary elections and took part in demonstrations which turned violent.

Birtukan Mideksa and others were released in June 2007 after local elders negotiated a pardon with the Ethiopian authorities. In November 2008 she spoke at a public event in Sweden about the process which led to her pardon. On her return to Ethiopia, the authorities asked her to retract her statement; she refused and was rearrested, her pardon was revoked
and her life sentence was re-imposed.

I urge you to use all diplomatic means to strongly encourage the government of Ethiopia to immediately and unconditionally release Birtukan Mideksa.

Yours sincerely,

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Sign the petition and ask your Secretary of State to use all diplomatic means to strongly encourage Ethiopia’s rulers to immediately and unconditionally release Birtukan Mideksa.

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