
On Wendsday 28 January 2009 evening Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) officials and party supporters held a candle-light vigil at the party’s head office honoring the day the party’s chair woman Birtukan Mideksa was re-arrested. Dr. Hailu Araya, Vice President and Head of Public Relations, told our sources that the party is also in preparation to hold a peaceful demonstration in opposition to Birtukan’s imprisonment.