Year: 2017
- Africa
News: Ethiopia federal court rules activist Nigist Yirga, five others should begin defending terrorism charges against them
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, Nov. 14/2017 – The federal high court 4th criminal bench has today passed key ruling in the case against activist Nigist Yirga and five others charged in the same file with terrorism related offenses. According to the ruling, Nigist and the five others with her: Alemneh Wase G. Mariam, Tewdros Telay Kume, Awoke Abate Gebeyehu,…
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AS Exclusive Document presented at the Ethiopia national security meeting
Addis Abeba, November 13/2017 – Yesterday, Addis Standard has published a scoop based on a document assessing the current security situation in Ethiopia and was presented at the National Security Council meeting, which was held on Friday Oct. 10/2017. The document revealed in detail that Ethiopia was currently confronted with alarming level of multi-front crisis. Following the permission from…
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AS Exclusive: Document presented at the National Security Council meeting reveals Ethiopia facing alarming multi-front crisis
Major points discussed in the document include: The country’s federal system is facing imminent threat Security breakdown contributing to rising public anxiety Immeasurable human and material cost caused by recent conflicts Absence of rule of law prevalent Security crisis negatively impacting the economy Diminishing foreign aid due to human rights related concerns Crippling effect on the tourism industry as…
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Interview: They were even terrified to hear that the title of my book included the name Maekelawi: Solomon Kebede
Solomon Kebede was detained by the government and charged with multiple terrorism charges when he was working as a managing editor of Yemuslimoch Guday (Muslim’s Affairs), the only surviving Muslim affairs oriented magazine up until the beginning of 2013. His arrest resulted in the closure of the magazine. After serving three years and three months in two of Ethiopia’s notorious…
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News: Ethiopia court acquits a journalist, opposition party member from charges under defunct state of emergency
Addis Abeba, Nov. 8/2017 – The Federal High Court Bole Branch, third Bench has today acquitted journalist Elias Gebru & opposition party member Daniel Shibeshi from criminal charges brought against both under Ethiopia’s defunct State of Emergency (SoE). Both Elias and Daniel were first detained along with Anania Sorri on Nov. 18, 2016 for ‘violating’ a section under the…
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Commentary: Revisiting the lives of Ethiopian freed prisoners. Are they really free?
Mahlet Fantahun (Translated by Zecharias Zelalem) Addis Abeba, Nov. 07/2017 – Looking at the lives of Ethiopians who were once incarcerated for no sufficient reasons then “freed” from prisons often after arduous court battles, such as the case for Zone9 blogging collective in which I was one, or many others whose trumped up charges fail the smell test, or…
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News: Court reconsiders its ruling to summon senior gov.officials as defense witnesses in high profile case
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, Nov. 06/2017 – The Federal High court 4th criminal bench has today said that it was reconsidering the relevance of the list of witnesses in the high profile case under the file name of Gurmesa Ayano et.al, a file name that also includes Bekele Gerba and other members of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC). In…
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News: Three people killed, properties damaged in Nekemte, western Oromia
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba Oct. 30/2017 – In what’s is increasingly becoming a violent turn of events in recent weeks, three more civilians beleived to be Tigrayans were killed today in Nekemte, east Wollega zone of the Oromia regional state in western Ethiopia. According to Addisu Arega Kitessa, the Oromia regional state communication bureau head, the three people were killed…
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News: Ethiopia Supreme court overrules decision by high court and grants bail to opposition politician Bekele Gerba
AS staffs Addis Abeba, Oct. 30/2017 – Ethiopia’s Federal Supreme Court has today accepted the appeal for bail from the defense team of prominent opposition figure Bekele Gerba, first Secretary General of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC). The Supreme court’s decision overrules a decision on Aug. 10 by a panel of three judges at the federal high court…
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News: At least 10 killed, 20 wounded when security fired live shots at fresh protests in Ambo
Addis Abeba, Oct. 26/2017 – At least ten people were killed today and 20 more wounded in a fresh round of protest that started on Tuesday October 24 in Ambo city, 125 km west of Addis Abeba and one of the epicenters of the 2014-2016 Oromo protests. Earlier in the morning a student at Ambo University told Addis Standard…
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