(3 November 2011, BBC)--An Ethiopian court has dropped charges of participating in terrorism against two Swedish journalists.
But Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye still faced charges of supporting a terrorist group and entering Ethiopia illegally, the judge said.
They were arrested in July after being caught with fighters from an Ogaden National Liberation Front faction. They had pleaded not guilty to the terror charges, but admitted entering the country illegally from Somalia.
Mr Persson and Mr Schibbye could face up to 15 years in jail if found guilty of supporting the ONLF rebels, the AFP news agency reports.
Judge Shemsu Sirgaga made his ruling after the prosecution closed its case at the trial in the capital, Addis Ababa. FULL ARTICLE AT BBC »
They were arrested in July after being caught with fighters from an Ogaden National Liberation Front faction. They had pleaded not guilty to the terror charges, but admitted entering the country illegally from Somalia.
Mr Persson and Mr Schibbye could face up to 15 years in jail if found guilty of supporting the ONLF rebels, the AFP news agency reports.
Judge Shemsu Sirgaga made his ruling after the prosecution closed its case at the trial in the capital, Addis Ababa. FULL ARTICLE AT BBC »
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