Blen Mesfin

Blen Mesfin (Amharic: ብሌን መስፍን) is an official in Ethiopia’s opposition Semayawi (Blue) Party.

[1] In 2016, she was named one of twenty women political prisoners in the FreeThe20 campaign by Samantha Power, the U.S.

[1] The protest was for 26 Ethiopians killed by a group called Islamic State in Libya.

[3] More than 30 members of the Semayawi Party were arrested before an April 27 political rally.

[4] Two other members of the Semayawi Party, Meron Alemayehu (ሜሮን አለማየሁ ) and Nigist Wondifraw (ንግስት ወንዲፍራው), were also arrested.