Zegabi

The case of journalist Tamrat Negera has been closed, police said, because his case has been transferred to the State of Emergency Committee. The police have refused to comply with the court order to bring him to court for trial.… Read more ›

The Federal High Court’s Lideta Division in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa has scheduled a hearing for January 25, 2014 (Eth. Cal.) to hear testimonies and decide whether Eskinder Nega and fellow Balderas Party leaders should defend themselves or be released.… Read more ›

The Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) has welcomed the establishment of the National Consultative Forum. OFC has also called for an end to the war in northern Ethiopia. Balderas Public Relations Officer Bekalu Atanafu and Tigray Democratic Party’s Muluberhan Haile also… Read more ›

The second special session of the House of Peoples’ Representatives of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (the Ethiopian Parliament) has voted to approve the draft proclamation to establish a National Consultative Commission. Parliament Speaker Tagesse Chafo urged the commission,… Read more ›

Journalist Getiye Yalew has completed his sentence before three days ago, but according to Zegabi sources, he has not yet been released. Kality Prison officials have refused to let him go. Getiye was sentenced to two months in prison after… Read more ›