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'''Blen Mesfin''' (Amharic: ብሌን መስፍን) 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> 

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>  More than 30 members of the Semayawi Party were arrested before an April 27  political rally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ecadforum.com/2014/04/26/ethiopia-semayawaiblue-party-members-are-being-arrested/|title=Ethiopia: Semayawai(Blue) Party members are being arrested|first=|last=+ecadforum|date=26 April 2014|publisher=}}</ref>

Two other members of the Semayawi Party, [[Meron Alemayehu]] (ሜሮን አለማየሁ ) and [[Nigist Wondifraw]] (ንግስት ወንዲፍራው), were also arrested.  They were #5 and #6 in the FreeThe20 campaign.  They are now free. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/09/246541.htm|title=We're sorry, that page can't be found.|publisher=}}</ref>

== Other websites ==

Ethiopia: Semayawi Party (Blue Party), including origin, mandate, leadership. (UNHCR)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.refworld.org/docid/54c9f8064.html|title=Refworld - Ethiopia: Semayawi Party (Blue Party), including origin, mandate, leadership. Structure, legal status, and election participation; party membership; treatment of party members and supporters by authorities|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|last=Refugees|publisher=}}</ref>

== References == 
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