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Ethiopian schoolteacher and journalist Reeyot Alemu was teaching English to her high-school class when police raided the building and arrested her in 2011
Alemu, a vocal critic of the Ethiopian government, was charged with terrorism. The only evidence presented at her trial were critical articles she had written and phone calls she had made discussing peaceful protests
Alemu has been in prison for 1,376 days
Last year, 220 journalists across the globe were imprisoned for attempting to cover the news. To raise awareness and funds for the unfairly jailed men and women, journalism students at the University of Maryland have spearheaded an Indiegogo campaign called Press Uncuffed. Read more...
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