July 21, 2015
From left to right: Zelalem and his friends Yonatan, Bahiru and Abraham all in Kilinto Prison. #Ethiopia
– They have been given yet another appointment to face verdict on August 20, 2015
The Lideta Federal High Court has today rejected the 10 pages counter-evidence and opposition presented by the ten defendants in the file of Zelalem Workagegnehu, De Birhan’s co-blogger, who has been arrested since July 8, 2014 on charges of links with the Diaspora based opposition groups like Ginbot 7 and social media related activities. The Court was set to give verdict on the Public Prosecutor’s evidences. Today’s rejection suggests that the Court has accepted the Prosecutor’s evidences.
It is to be recalled that the lawyer of the first six defendants had his legal license revoked by the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice last week, so the defendants have today appeared without any lawyer.
The lawyer of the six defendants had previously argued that evidences presented against his clients were gathered after the prisoners were put under custody, therefore, they should not be taken as legal evidences. However, the judge had today rejected all the counter-evidences and arguments outright.
The Court has now given another appointment to August 21, 2015 to give verdict on whether the defendants should be acquitted or defend themselves.
Under the file of our co-blogger Zelalem, nine locally based opposition politicians, social media activists and politically inactive youth have been detained since July 8, 2015 suspected and charged with links to Diaspora based opposition parties such as Ginbot 7 Movement, and few other charges.
The above report is a translation of an Amharic report filed by the Social Media page of the local opposition Semayawi (Blue) Party. The original Amharic version is attached below.
Translated by Tedla!
የነ ዘላለም ወርቃገኘው መቃወሚያ ውድቅ ተደረገ
ለነሀሴ 14/2007 ዓ.ም ለብይን ተቀጥረዋል
በነገረ ኢትዮጵያ ሪፖርተር
በእነ ዘላለም ወርቃገኘው የክስ መዝገብ ከ1-6ኛ እንዲሁም የ9ኛ ተከሳሾች ጠበቃ የሆኑት ተማም አባቡልጉ በደንበኞቻቸው ላይ በቀረበባቸው የክስ ማስረጃ ላይ ያቀረቡት ባለ 10 ገፅ መቃወሚያ በፍርድ ቤቱ ሙሉ ለሙሉ ውድቅ ተደርጓል፡፡ ጠበቃው ተከሳሾቹ ሀምሌ 1/2006 ዓ.ም ተይዘው ከሶስት ወር በኋላ ጥቅምት 7/2006 ዓ.ም ከብሄራዊ መረጃና ደህንነት ተገኘ የተባለ መረጃ ከአቃቤ ህግ ማስረጃዎች ማስረጃ ዝርዝርነት እንዲወጣ፣ ተከሳሾቹ ለፖሊስ መረጃ የሰጡበት መንገድና ፖሊስ የሰነድ ማስረጃዎችን የያዘበትን መንገድም አቃቤ ህግ ህጋዊ መሆኑን ስላላረጋገጠ በደንበኞቼ ላይ በማስረጃነት እንዳይያዝ ሲሉ መቀወወሚያ አቅርበው ነበር፡፡
ከተከሳሾቹ መካከል በዛሬው ችሎት አንደኛ ተከሳሽ ዘላለም ወርቃገኘሁ ‹‹መቃወሚያው የቀረበው ከተከሳሾች እጅ ተገኙ የተባሉት ማስረጃዎች በህጋዊ መንገድ የተገኙ ስለመሆናቸው አቃቤ ህግ በማስረጃ ስላላረጋገጠ ነው›› ሲል ፍርድ ቤቱ መቃወሚያውን እንዲቀበለው ጠይቋል፡፡ ሆኖም ዛሬ ሀምሌ 14/2007 ዓ.ም በልደታ ፍርድ ቤት 19ኛ ወንጀል ችሎት መቃወሚያውን ሙሉ በሙሉ ውድቅ አድርጎታል፡፡ በሌላ በኩል ፍርድ ቤቱ ተከሳሾቹ በነፃ ይሰናበቱ ወይንም ይከራከሩ የሚለውን ለመወሰን ለብይን ለነሀሴ 14/2007 ዓ.ም ቀጠሮ ሰጥቷል፡፡
በዘላለም ወርቃገኘሁ የክስ መዝገብ ከ1-6ኛ እንዲሁም 9ኛ ተከሳሾች ጠበቃ የሆኑት ተማም አባቡልጉ ከጥብቅና በመታገዳቸው ምክንያት ሰባቱም ተከሳሾች በዛሬው ችሎት ያለ ጠበቃ ቀርበዋል፡፡ በዚህ መዝገብ ተከሰው አቶ ተማም መቃወሚያ ካቀረቡላቸው መካከል አቶ የሸዋስ አሰፋ፣ አቶ አብርሃ ደስታ፣ አቶ ሀብታሙ አያሌውና አቶ ዳንኤል ሺበሽ ይገኙበታል፡፡
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