Name: – Bulti Tessema Age: – 50 years old Address: – Nekemtie town of western Welega zone of Oromia regional state Current situation: – held in Qilinto prison The reason why I am jailed: – I believe that the rationale behind my arrest is my work engagement with human rights council. (HRCo) Prosecutor’s official charge […]
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Dr. Merera Gudina Preliminary Objection, April 24, 2017 Hearing
Ethiopian main opposition leader, Oromo Federalist Congress chair, Dr. Merera Gudina has filed 11 page preliminary objection against three of the charges that federal prosecutor brought against him. Here is the pdf {AM}
More CD prosecutor evidences presented against Gurmessa Ayano et al (Feb 20/2017 hearing)
CD evidence against Ato Bekele Gerba could not be heard It was to hear the rest audio visual evidences that the court had adjourned the case to Feb 20. The previous two hearings were to watch CD evidences against the 4th and 5th detainees (Bekele Gerba and Abdeta Negassa respectively). Similarly, the bench heard two […]

Last adjournment given to hear prosecutor witnesses against Gurmessa Ayano et al. (Jan 23, 2017 hearing)
Two more witnesses remain It was to hear the five witnesses the prosecutor claimed remain that the court adjourned the hearing to Jan 23/2017. Three of them testified in today’s hearing; two of them were against the 18thdefendent, one of them against the 5th defendant. Witness Abreham Haile was the first to testify against the […]