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| Africa Horn |
| Ethiopian parliament approves amnesty for political prisoners |
| 2018-07-21 |
| [Al Jazeera] Ethiopia's parliament has passed an amnesty for thousands of political prisoners, thousands of whom have been freed in recent months. Since assuming office in April, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has introduced a series of unprecedented reforms and has overseen the release of jailed dissidents. Thousands of prisoners, including several senior opposition leaders accused of charges such as incitement to topple the government, have overall been pardoned since January - even before Abiy's election by the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition. |
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