Posted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
by Felix Horne
Three months after Ethiopian security forces arrested opposition leader Dr. Merera Gudina upon his return to Ethiopia, following his participation in a hearing at the European parliament about the crisis in his home country, prosecutors on Thursday charged the prominent 60-year-old politician with rendering support to terrorism and attempting to “disrupt constitutional order.” Ethiopian marathon runner Feyisa Lelisa and the head of the banned opposition group Ginbot 7, Dr. Berhanu Nega, had also participated in the hearing that had been hosted by Member of the European Parliament Ana Gomes, and which was to inform delegates about the protests that have swept through Ethiopia since November 2015. Hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands detained since these protests began. Merera is now at Maekelawi, a prison where mistreatment and torture are commonplace.
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By Keffyalew Gebremedhin, The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism law, which on April 22, 2016 rushed to silence Bekele Gerba, and the bullet that sniffed out the life of another effective and respected prominent Philippines opposition leader Benigno Aquino on August 21, 1983 – fired by agents of the Ferdinand Marcos regime – now bear real similarities after Bekele’s last court day.
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Posted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
– Adolf Hitler
Foto Addis Standard
by Mahlet Fasil
Prosecutors have today charged 22 individuals, including prominent opposition member Bekele Gerba (pictured), first secretary general of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), with various articles of Ethiopia’s much criticized Anti Terrorism Proclamation (ATP). Addis Standard could not obtain details of the charges as of yet.
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