Ethiomedia | May 25, 2012
ADDIS ABABA - Security forces on Friday arrested Voice of America (VOA)
correspondent Peter Heinlein while he was visiting a mosque in the
Ethiopian capital.
He was covering another proposed Muslim protest and interviewing some of
the organisers, a source said.
Heinlein was talking to his editor on the phone when security forces
stopped him but managed to relay news of his arrest to his editor before
the phone switched off, the source said.
Earlier on Monday, Heinlein reported that "Ethiopia's 30-million strong Muslim community were organizing demonstrations to protest what they say is government interference in Islamic affairs. Tensions are rising as the government tries to preempt what it sees as the rise of a hardline strain of Islam."
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Earlier on Monday, Heinlein reported that "Ethiopia's 30-million strong Muslim community were organizing demonstrations to protest what they say is government interference in Islamic affairs. Tensions are rising as the government tries to preempt what it sees as the rise of a hardline strain of Islam."
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