ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian authorities have released opposition party leader Eskinder Nega, his party said on Friday, after he spent 1-1/2 years in prison.
Eskinder, who founded the Balderas for Genuine Democracy party, was charged at the High Court in September 2020 with terrorism.
The former dissident blogger and journalist had been arrested earlier in 2020 after riots that followed the killing of political singer Haacaaluu Hundeessaa in Addis Ababa.
(Reporting by Addis Ababa Newsroom; Writing by Duncan Miriri, editing by Timothy Heritage)
