Prosecutor file charges aganist 33 suspects
Addis Ababa, 3/20/2006
The prosecutor filed charges against 33 individuals suspected of attempting to
dismantle the constitutional order.
In its charges submitted to the Second Criminal Bench of the Federal High Court
on Monday, the prosecutor said the defendants accepted and acted up on the call
made by the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), bent on dismantling the
constitutional order through force.
The charges state that the 33 defendants under the file of Tigineh Kifle have
perpetrated the violence instigated in Addis Ababa beginning on November 1, 2006
by adhering to CUD's call.
The prosecutor also charged another defendant named Solomon Aregawi Berhe for
alleged incitement of the public to violence through his tabloid called Hadar.
According to the prosecutors charges, defendants listed from 1-17 have
attempted to incite hostility among peoples of Ethiopia that advocate diverse
political attitude.
The court ordered the police to bring two defendants who did not appear at the
court during the particular session.
The court also ordered the prison to take to health institution three of the
defendants who appealed to the court that they were hurt during investigation.
Though the defendants appealed for bail rights, the prosecutor requested the
court not to grant them bail as their crimes are severe.
The tribunal adjourned the session to pass decision on the issue of the defendants
bail rights and the objection from the prosecutor.
Source: ENA
