Editors face death sentence in Ethiopia

Ethiopia's high court has convicted four editors and three publishers of now-defunct weeklies of anti-state charges. Two of the editors - Andualem Ayle of Ethiop and Mesfin Tesfaye of Abay - were convicted of charges carrying life imprisonment or death. They were arrested after a government crackdown on the media and opposition groups in November 2005 following disputed parliamentary elections which led to more than 190 people being killed during protests. All the newspapers involved in the court proceedings were forced to shut down. (Via Committee to Protect Journalists)