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His Excellency
Mr. Meles Zenawi
Prime Minister
P.O. Box 1031
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Your Excellency,
We are dismayed to hear that the Christian Tamirat Woldegorgis from Moyale in Oromia Region is serving a three-year imprisonment term for blasphemy. According to credible accounts, the charges held against him are unfounded. The prisoner was told that he would only be immediately released if he converted to Islam.
Your country is a party of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of the UN and is thus committed to the defence of religious liberty. We therefore ask you as a matter of urgency to intervene on behalf of the unconditional release of Tamirat Woldegorgis.
Yours sincerely and respectfully, |
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