Ethiopian authorities have released people detained in connection with April’s student riots, the pro-government Walta Information Centre reported on 6 July. According to Walta, the Addis Ababa police commission on 4 July released 107 people who had been in custody since the riots took place. The head of the commission’s legal service department, Sisay Tadese, said a further 150 detainees had been released on bail by the Kewit District Court of North Shewa. The same court rejected bail applications from 16 people. All the detainees had been held on suspicion of involvement in the riots. Over 30 people died and more than 250 were injured on 17 and 18 April when police clashed with student demonstrators and rioters in Addis Ababa.
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