By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, September 09/2020 – Kedir Bullo, lawyer for Ethiopian born U.S. citizen Misha Adem Chiri, told Addis Standard that his client failed to appear at a hearing adjourned for today because he was rearrested by Oromia regional state police after being released on 20, 000 …

By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, September 04/2020 – Federal Prosecutors have September 02 charged US citizen Misha Adem Chiri with criminal charges of violating the country anti-telecom fraud proclamation No. 761/204 Article 9/1. Prosecutors accused Misha, an IT assistant with Oromia Media Network (OMN), of installing telecom satellite equipment …

By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, September 01/2020 – Federal prosecutors have today formally charged Dejene Tafa, vice chairman of the opposition party Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) and one other co-defendant with crimes against the constitutional order, endangering public safety and inciting violence, among others. Since the major crackdown by …