In Ethiopia, a court ruled Monday that the government could keep imprisoning 24 opposition leaders. Political tension has been escalating in Ethiopia since a disputed election in May. Earlier this month police shot dead 42 demonstrators and wounded 200 others. Following the unrest, the government detained about 9,000 people — most of whom have since been released. However 24 opposition leaders from the Coalition for Unity and Democracy party remain jailed and might face treason charges. Amnesty International has declared all of the jailed opposition leaders to be prisoners of conscience. Among the arrested is Berhanu Nega, a U.S. trained economist who studied at the New School and taught at Bucknell.