Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Abebe Urgessa et al case is adjourned for Tikimt 21. Megersa, Bilisuma and Lenjisa come to the court as a witness for other people.

Abebe Urgessa et al case is adjourned for Tikimt 21. Megersa, Bilisuma and Lenjisa come to the court as a witness for other people. The new judges to the 19th chamber are Samuel and Tadesse instead of Sheleme and Zerihun.
Zone9 Befqadu bail granted for 20,000 birr with restriction not to leave country and his case is adjourned for December 07-2015.
Abebe's case is grave while others: Teshale, Bilusuma, Megersa, Adugna and Lenjisa is light. Meaning Abebe is charged with Art. 3 of the ATP while others are charged with Art. 7/1 of the same. A3 is participation in terror act conspiracy plan to cause those acts mentioned on A4 of the law. But A7 is participation on already designated terrorist group by the Parliament, in comparison A7 is less grave than A3.
It is like the punishment for A3 is high (leaders of G7 Muslim committee convicted) A7 is most of the time less punishment 3-7 yrs.
To remind you about Abebe Uregessa, here is what I got from Madda Walaabuu Press page.
"Abebe Urgessa was a second year student, Water Engineering Major, at Haramaya University. After classes were interrupted following the ‪#‎OromoProtests‬ movement that swept the whole nation in April 2014, Abebe like many other students went to visit his family till the classes resume.
He was arrested upon arrival at a small town called Teji, in South west Shawa, where his families are living. After detention incommunicado for three weeks, he was falsely accused of standing in a market place telling people not to pay taxes to the government. Though the court released him on bail on the 21st of May, 2014, student Abebe was abducted again just a week later on the 29th of May.
While his where about still remains a mystery to this very date, it’s known that the government accused him, on its media outlets, of detonating hand grenade at the Haramaya University facility.
Abebe’s story designates with many other innocent Oromo students unlawfully abducted and falsely accused with bogus charges while being taken to or kept at undisclosed detention centers under severe tortures, more often than not. His story is just one among the many."

Source: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10207517094670535&id=1384222697

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