Oromia media

  Breaking: Jawar Mohammed, Bekele Gerba and others just released JANUARY 7, 2022  FROM RIGHT: JAWAR MOHAMMED, BEKELE GERBA, DEJENE TAFA AND HAMZA BORANA ADDIS ABEBA, JANUARY 7, 2022-  MEMBERS OF THE OROMO FEDERALIST CONGRESS (OFC) AND SEVERAL OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ARRESTED SHORTLY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF HACHALU HUNDESSA WERE RELEASED TODAY. MEMBERS OF THE OROMO FEDERALIST CONGRESS (OFC) SUCH AS JAWAR MOHAMMAD, BEKELE GERBA, DEJENE TAFA, HAMZA BORANA, AND MANY OTHERS WERE ARRESTED FROM THE PREMISES OF OROMIA CULTURAL CENTER IN ADDIS ABEBA ON JUNE 30, 2020, A DAY AFTER THE KILLING OF HACHALU HUNDESSA. ALTHOUGH SOME WERE RELEASED EVENTUALLY, A TOTAL OF 35 PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE CHILDREN OF BEKELE GERBA WERE ARRESTED ON THAT DAY.  AFTER MONTHS OF PRE-TRIAL HEARINGS, THE PROSECUTOR ESTABLISHED CHARGES AGAINST 20 DEFENDANTS IN JAWAR MOHAMMED’S FILE IN SEPTEMBER 2020. THE CHARGES INCLUDE TEN COUNTS IN VIOLATION OF PROCLAMATION NO. 1176 /2012 ON TERRORISM PREVENTION...