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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|access-date=18 July 2016|archive-date=16 July 2016(contracted; show full)9g1Rv|first=Samantha|last=Power|date=24 December 2016}}</ref> along with a mass release of 9,800 people detained under the state of emergency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africanews.com/2016/12/24/ethiopia-s-mass-release-of-detainees-excites-top-us-officials-call-for-more/|title=Ethiopia's mass release of 'detainees' excites top US officials, call for more|last=AfricaNews|date=24 December 2016|website=Africanews}}</ref> According to Ethiopian journalist [[Tesfalem Waldyes
‏]] she was re-arrested during a wave of arrests in October 2016.‏<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/tesfalemw/status/785892653447557121|title=Here comes another wave of arrest in #Ethiopia. Blen Mesfin of Blue Party & part of @AmbassadorPower's #Freethe20 campaign re-arrested today|first=Tesfalem|last=Waldyes|date=11 October 2016}}</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}}</ref>

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