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19 May, 2007
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Three Swedish terror suspects jailed in Ethiopian for five months have been released, Sweden's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
The three were released on Friday and rejoined their families Saturday after the embassy in Addis Ababa helped organize their return to Sweden, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Tobias Nilsson.
Earlier this month, the Swedish Foreign Ministry presented a formal letter of protest over the detentions to Ethiopia's ambassador in Stockholm.
The three were among dozens of foreigners detained earlier this year as terror suspects. The detainees also included citizens from the U.S., Canada, France, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Tunisia and Morocco, a Kenyan rights group said.
Sweden, Canada and Eritrea have lobbied for information about their citizens in Ethiopia, where human rights groups say hundreds of prisoners, including women and children, have been transferred secretly and illegally.
Ethiopia denies the suspects were detained illegally.