STOCKHOLM — Back home after being imprisoned in Ethiopia for more than a year, two Swedish journalists dismissed
their trial on terror charges as a “sham,” saying they accepted 11-year prison terms to improve their chances of being released.
Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson also said in a news conference Friday that their apology on Ethiopian TV in connection with their release last week was not sincere but “part of the process” of being freed.
The
two were arrested in summer 2011 while trying to cross from Somalia
into Ethiopia’s Ogaden region along with fighters from the separatist
Ogaden National
Liberation Front, which Ethiopia classifies as a
terrorist group.
They received 11-year prison terms for abetting
terrorism and entering the country illegally. They denied the charges,
saying they entered Ethiopia as journalists.
Source: The Washington Post
their trial on terror charges as a “sham,” saying they accepted 11-year prison terms to improve their chances of being released.
Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson also said in a news conference Friday that their apology on Ethiopian TV in connection with their release last week was not sincere but “part of the process” of being freed.
Source: The Washington Post
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