Deutsche
Welle| April 3, 2013
Ethiopian authorities
have last Thursday arrested a University student for a ”corruption critical
Facebook post”, the Amharic Service of Germany’s international
broadcaster, Deutsche Welle (DW) reported today (April 1, 2013).
Manyazewal
Eshetu, 21, a first year Information Technology student in Addis Abeba, was
last Thursday captured by police from Campus and is now imprisoned in
Arba Minch, South Ethiopia , the Radio reported.
The
suspect’s guardian, Daniel Shibeshi said ” I was told the reason for his
arrest was his Facebook post that allegedly stated that there
is a corruption in Arba Minch City Administration, Arba
Minch University and in Gamo Gofa Town.”
Daniel also
said that he spoke to Dr. Tarekgne, the President of Arba Minch
University and was told that the reason for the student’s arrest was
same.
The guardian said
in his discussion with the University’s President, the student’s
popularity and his great literary skills often appearing on State Tv, ETV
was also raised.
Commander
Taye Cherga, Head of the Gamo Gofa Police Station, told the Radio reporter in
Ethiopia that the student was arrested for posting an“imbalanced, defamatory
and unconfirmed information that dishonoured individuals by naming them
“thieves”.
“In addition
to that, his arrest is for posting articles that defamed
the University and the City Administrators on Facebook” the
Commander added.
The Commander also
stated that the suspect had appeared in Court on Friday and Police sought
additional time for further investigation. The student is
still imprisoned.
The Radio
reporter said that he was not able to find the articles on the student’s
Facebook page.
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