Facebook Free Birtukan Week extended

Encouraged by the worldwide attention it has drawn, organizers of Facebook’s Free Birtukan Week have extended the campaign until the end of September.

The organizers also want to involve other social networks and IMs, including Myspace, Linkedin, Digg, Yahoo Buzz, Yahoo IM, and Google Talk.

The objective is to draw an international attention to the plight of Birtukan Mideksa and all the political prisoners in Ethiopia.

The organizers call on every one who wants Birtukan to be released from jail to change his/her profile photo to that of Birtukan’s, despite differences in political stands.