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Blen Mesfin is an [[official]] in [[Ethiopia]]’s opposition Semayawi (Blue) [[Political party|Party]].  <ref name="humanrights.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.humanrights.gov/freethe20/|title=#Freethe20 - HumanRights.gov is the official United States Government website for international human rights related information|publisher=|accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref> In 2016 she was named one of twenty women political prisoners in the [[FreeThe20 campaign]] by [[Samantha Power]], the U.S. [[Ambassador]] to the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/09/246541.htm|title=FreeThe20 Women Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Concern Campaign Launch|publisher=|accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref> ⏎
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Mesfin was arrested at a protest in [[Addis Ababa]] in April 2015.<ref name="humanrights.gov"/>  The protest was for 26 Ethiopians killed by the a group called Islamic State in Libya.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/07/ethiopia-respect-court-rulings-and-release-opposition-members/|title=Ethiopia: Respect court rulings and release opposition members|publisher=|accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref>  On Wednesday April 23, 2014, Thursday April 24, 2014, and April 25, 2014, EPRDF (Ethiopia ruling party security forces) arrested members of the Semayawi Party.  Blen Mesfin was arrested on Thursday.  The Semayawi [[activist]]s had posters for a political rally on April 27, 2014.<ref>http://www.thepetition</ref>⏎
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[[Category:Ethiopian people]]
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