On 4 May, Temesgen Desalegn, editor of the Ethiopian newspaper Feteh, was fined by the court for publishing a statement from Eskinder's trial in which he stated his innocence and criticized the proceedings.
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Ethiopia sentenced three other reporters and two opposition leaders in prison in the end of January 2012: Ethiopian Review Internet editor Elias Kifle (life sentence, not present in court), Awramba Times –weekly magazine editor Wubshet Taye (14 years) and Feteh weekly magazine editor Reeyot Alemu (14 years).