Court decided that remaining prosecutor’s witnesses not to be heard for prosecutor failed to bring witnesses multiple times It was to hear remaining prosecutor’s witnesses that activist Nigist Yirga et al was adjourned for July 18/2017. However, prosecutor once again failed to bring witnesses. Police said it couldn’t get the witnesses on their addresses and […]
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Court rejected preliminary objections of Nigist Yirga et al, adjourned to hear prosecutor witnesses (March 31, 2017 hearing)
Federal High Court Lideta Division 4th Criminal Bench dropped all, except one, preliminary objections of Nigist Yirga et al on its March 31/2017 hearing. The court only accepted the objection which the defendants requested the disclosure of prosecutor witnesses against them. The first preliminary objection was regarding their right to be tried in the Amhara […]

Prosecutor presents five witnesses against Gurmessa Ayano ( Bekele Gerba) et al (Dec 28/2016 hearing)
It was to hear the rest witnesses against the first charge that this adjournment was given for Dec 28/2016. Federal Prosecutor presented the witnesses to testify on the issue of the protest erupted in Abune Gindeberet Woreda of Bekie Kelatie town and whether the OFC members were involved in the violence in 2015. Tolossa Beyene […]
የአቶ በቀለ ገርባና ሌሎች 22 ተከሳሾች የክስ ሂደት እንዲሁም በቂሊንጦ እስር ቤት ያለው የሰብአዊ መብት አያያዝ
በአስከፊ እስር ውስጥ አልፈው ዳግም ለእስር የተደራጉት የኦሮሞ ፌደራሲስት ኮንግረስ ምክትል ሊቀመንበር አቶ በቀለ ገርባና ሌሎች 22 ተከሳሾች የክስ ሂደት እንዲሁም በቂሊንጦ እስር ቤት ያለው የሰብአዊ መብት አያያዝ ምን ይመስላል የሚለውን የዋዜማ ራዲዮ ባልደረባ ኤዶም ካሳዬ ከአዲስ ስታንዳርድ ኦንላይን ሚድያ ዋና አዘጋጅ ፀዳለ ለማ እና ከሰብአዊ መብት ፕሮጀክት ዋና አስተባባሪ ሶልያና ሽመልስ የተደረገውን ውይይት ያድምጡ።

Coalition of NGO, Diaspora Groups Support Congressional Hearing on Human Rights in Ethiopia
March 9, 2017, Washington D.C. The undersigned civil society organizations applaud Chairman Chris Smith, and Ranking Member Karen Bass of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committees Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations for holding a hearing on Ethiopia today entitled, “Ethiopia: Democracy Under Threat.” The hearing draws much-needed attention to […]