Law & Justice
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New bill tabled to legislators proposes salary deductions from gov’t, private employees for disaster relief funding
(Photo: HoPR) Addis Abeba – A new bill requiring both government and private sector employees to make monthly salary deductions has been…
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Boro Democratic Party announces arrest of two more leaders in Benishangul-Gumuz amid rising tensions over regional constitution amendments
Muluken Asfaw (left) and Shibabaw Hailu, who are members of the Boro Democratic Party’s Central Committee (Photo: BDP) Addis Abeba…
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Echoes of the Past, Hopes for the Future: After decades of atrocities, can justice prevail in Ethiopia’s Somali region?
Jigjiga city, the capital of Somali Regional State (Photo: Social Media) By Keinan Hared Addis Abeba – Think of a region recovering…
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Judges’ association in Amhara welcomes legislation granting legal immunity, says five judges still in custody
Amhara National Regional State Supreme Court (Photo: Amhara Communications) Addis Abeba – The Amhara Region Judges’ Association welcomed the regional council’s recent…
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Bahir Dar University renames surgical ward in memory of slain surgeon, calls for justice
(Photo: Ministry of Health) Addis Abeba– Bahir Dar University’s senate has renamed the surgical ward at Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital…
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Federal Court sentences senior clergyman to 5 years in prison, 10,000 Birr fine for attempting to withdraw over $6M from AU account
Clergyman Belay Mekonnen, the main suspect. Photo: Screenshot Addis Abeba– The Federal High Court Lideta Branch has sentenced kesis Belay…
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Fed. Court passes guilty verdict against senior clergyman, others in fraudulent attempt to withdraw over US$6M from AU account
Clergyman Belay Mekonnen, the main suspect. Photo: Screenshot Addis Abeba – A federal court in Addis Abeba passed guilty verdict…
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Ethiopia Federal Court sentences 81 Al-Shabaab members to up to 20 years in prison
Addis Abeba – The Federal High Court, Dire Dawa branch, Jigjiga Criminal Court Rotating Bench sentenced 81 people accused of…
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US Ambassador urges Ethiopia to remove officials implicated in rights abuses, raises concerns over shrinking civic space
Beth Van Schaack, the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice (left), and Hanna Arayaselassie, Ethiopia’s Minister of Justice (right) (Photo:…
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Justice Ministry to approve transitional justice implementation directives within three months
Hanna Arayaselassie, Minister of Justice (Photo: EBC) Addis Abeba – The Ministry of Justice has announced that the implementation directives…
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