BLOGGER ZELALEM WORKAGEGNEHU MARKS 848 DAYS IN JAIL

Blogger and activist, Zelalem Workagegnehu today marks 847 days since he was jailed by the current Ethiopian regime for merely caring for his country and people.

Since the five year plus two months sentencing last May 2015, Zelalem has been appealing the decision and is now waiting to yet another appeal from the Cessation Court in Addis Abeba.

Zelalem is currently being jailed in the infamous gulag of prisoners’ of conscience in Ethiopia, Kaliti Prison, where journalists like Eskinder Nega, opposition politicians such as Andualem Arage and Okello Aquay are being jailed.

Zelalem was finishing his Masters Degree in Public Administration at the Addis Abeba University, in July 2014 when he was detained together with nine other opposition politicians, netizens, and activists.

The movement he is accused of supporting is known as Ginbot 7 (Arebgenoch Ginbot 7 Movement), a pro-democracy movement founded by Professor Berhanu Nega, an Ethiopian economist, who lectured in Bucknell University, U.S.A. Zelalem was initially accused of being a member and local leader of Ginbot 7 although the charges were later changed to recruiting members to start an Arab Spring styled revolution in Ethiopia and applying for a digital security course.