Ethiopian evangelical sent back to prison for “causing outrage to religious feeling”
World Watch Monitor An Ethiopian court of cassation has rejected an appeal by an evangelical Christian sentenced to seven months in prison for “causing outrage to religious peace and feeling”. Temesgen Mitiku Mezemir, 24, the leader of an evangelical fellowship group, was taken back to prison in the southern city of Arba Minch, after being released […]
Ethiopian Protestant loses appeal against prison sentence for “causing outrage to religious peace and feeling”
World Watch Monitor An Ethiopian court has turned down the appeal of an evangelical Christian sentenced to seven months in prison for “causing outrage to religious peace and feeling”. In its verdict, published on 19th March, the court upheld an earlier sentence given by a judge in the southern city of Arba Minch on 2nd […]