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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> 

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 a April 27  political rally.<ref>http://ecadforum.com/2014/04/26/ethiopia-semayawaiblue-party-members-are-being-arrested/</ref> A petition at Care2petitions shows Blen Mesfin was arrested on April 24. (See http://www(DOT)thepetitionsite(DOT)com/418/352/133/supporting-blue-party-to-express-the-freedom-and-democracy-needed-for-ethiopian-people/)

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