Law & Justice
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News update: Lidetu Ayalew Remains in Police Custody Despite Oromia Supreme Court’s Decision to Grant Bail
by Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, October 07/2020 – Yesterday morning, October 06, 2020, the Oromia Supreme Court allowed release…
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News: Prosecutors Charge Misha Adem Chiri with telecom fraud; charges filed in his and his lawyers’ absence
Misha Adem Chiri . Picture: Social Media By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, September 04/2020 – Federal Prosecutors have September…
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News: Prosecutors charge opposition OFC’s vice chair with crime against constitutional order, endangering public safety
By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, September 01/2020 – Federal prosecutors have today formally charged Dejene Tafa, vice chairman of…
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News: Protests in Degehabur after death of a young man in the hands of the police; Somali region chief security says situation calm
Protesters burned tyres and blocked inner city road in front of the police station and other parts of the city,…
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Analysis: Conducting Preliminary Inquiry in ‘Jawar Mohammed et al. v. Ethiopia’: Tactical or Technical Procedure?
Jawar Mohammed and Bekele Gerba By Jetu Edosa @JChewaka Addis Abeba, August 07/2020 – After several weeks of remand in…
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Commentary: The government’s massive law enforcement response: a litmus test for the courts
Following her appointment as the president of the Federal Supreme Court in 2018, Meaza Ashenafi (pictured) vowed on several occasions…
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News update: Inside the trial of Ethiopia’s opposition politicians
From top left : Jawar Mohammed, Eskinder Nega, Hirut Kifle, Bekele Gerba & Lidetu Ayalew. Pictures: Addis Standard/Social Media/Ezema/Agencies by…
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News: Police accuse detained senior TPLF officials of passing classified materials to terrorists, intent to incite violence
TPLF Logo Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, July 21/2020 – Ethiopian Federal police told judges at the Federal First Instance…
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News: Fed. court orders investigation into police beating of Eskinder Nega, grants police 13 more days
Eskinder Nega. Image: social media Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, July 17/2020– Judges at the Federal High Court Lideta Branch…
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News: Jawar Mohammed tells fed. court he is being held at a basement in unmarked building; judges grant police 14 more days
Jawar Mohammed and Bekele Gerba. Image: Jawar Mohammed Facebook Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, July 16/2020 – Tuuli Baayyis, the…
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