ሐምሌ ላይ የዞን ፱ እስረኞች መንግስት በይፋ አሸባሪዎች ብሎ ከሰየማቸው የፖለቲካ ተቃዋሚ ድርጅቶች ድጋፍ በመቀበል እና በአለምአቀፍ ተሟጋቾች ታክቲካል ቴክኖሎጂ ኮሌክቲቭ (Tactical Technology Collective) ከተባለው ጋዜጠኞች እና ተሟጋቾች እራሳቸውን ከዲጂታል ክትትል እንዲጠብቁ ከሚያግዛቸው ቡድን በኢሜይል ኢንክሪፕሽን እና ዳታ ሴኩሪቲ ስልጠና በመቀበል በ2001 ኢትዮጵያ ጸረ-ሽብር አዋጅ ተከስሰዋል።
In July, the Zone9 prisoners were charged under Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorism Proclamation of 2009 for receiving support from political opposition organizations, defined formally by the government as terrorists, and receiving training from international activists in email encryption and data security from the Tactical Technology Collective, a group that helps journalists and activists protect themselves from digital surveillance.