Melese Zenawi’s gun men  arrested the editor-in-chief of the weekly Awramba Times, Fitsum Mamo  and its senior reporter Elias Gebru today.  Cuba and Ethiopia under Melese Zenawi and the Tigrai bandits are the  two of the world’s leading jailers of journalists .

The whereabouts and conditions of the two  Journalists is not known.

1. ETHIOPIA Gang Leader: Meles Zenawi Indicators: Imprisonments rise from two to 18. Dozens forced into exile. In 2006 alone, authorities ban eight newspapers, expel two foreign reporters, and block critical Web sites. Key fact: Only a handful of private newspapers owned by Melese Zenawi and his cronies now publish (i.e REPORTER), all under intense self-censorship.