"AFRICAN JOURNALISTS OUT OF JAIL" CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED

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IFEX members and other media organisations are calling on Africa's leaders to release all journalists in jail.

"It's time for urgent action, not more empty promises," says Gabriel Baglo, director of the Africa office of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). "We call on the heads of state of Africa to free all the journalists imprisoned without delay."

According to IFJ, 13 journalists are imprisoned in Ethiopia's Kality jail in Addis Ababa alone. At least another 15 journalists are being held incommunicado in Eritrea, IFJ says, and the whereabouts of Gambian journalist "Chief" Ebrima Manneh, who was arrested last July, are still unknown.(More...)

Today's Top HEADLINES

-International Day of Solidarity - REPORT(Update)
-“Stop prosecuting us”: African Journalists tell AU leaders
-Ethiopia: Crackdown in East Punishes Civilians
-Religious Services and Funeral Arrangement Schedule for ABBA (FATHER) MELAKE SELAM SISAY AYELE YIMER.....(Amharic)
-Never close the door on peace(Girma Kassa)
-Ethiopia's fistula hospital - 30,000 women treated

INTERNATIONAL

-AU summit: Hopes for unity fade
-Nostalgia, disdain for Islamists in Mogadishu
-BBC's Alan Johnston is released
-Nation celebrates 4th of July
-U.S. and Russia Vow Further Cuts In Nuclear Arms
-Russia issues new missile threat
-New Drug Deletes Bad Memories


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