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Highlights - Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina released from prison - Subcommittee on Human Rights 18-01-2018 01:32 PM CET The Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina has been released from prison following major efforts by the European Parliament. Welcoming Professor Merera Gudina's release, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri, made a statement: "I am delighted about the release of Professor Merera Gudina, chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), because his arrest had been particularly shocking for the European Parliament. In fact, Professor Merera Gudina had been arrested almost immediately after attending a meeting in the European Parliament on 9 November 2016 where the human rights situation in Ethiopia was discussed. Apparently the only charge brought against him was that he had communicated with another Ethiopian opposition politician during his visit to Brussels." Further information Press statement - full text Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us | This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111