Nairobi, March 10 -- Amnesty International has urged the Ethiopian government to immediately lift a one-month-old blockade imposed on selected social media platforms.

Ethiopian authorities shut down access to popular social media platforms on February 9, 2023 after tensions between the country's authorities and the Orthodox Tewahdo Church escalated.

The internet disruption was in response to planned protests over an alleged government-backed attempt to split the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewhado Church.

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Last month, the Orthodox Church, the country's largest religious denomination, accused Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government of backing a breakaway synod created by bishops in...