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Abebe Workie, Meleskachew Amaha released on bail

June 12th, 2009 |  |  3 Comments

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – A Woyanne regime kangaroo court has ordered the release of distinguished attorney and chairman of the Ethiopian Human Rights Council, Ato Abebe Workie, and Voice of America correspondent in Addis Ababa, Ato Meleskachew Amaha, on bail yesterday afternoon.

Both left their jail cells earlier today after Ato Meleskachew paid 15,000 birr, and Ato Abebe, 30,000 birr.

The charges against Ato Abebe and Ato Meleskachew include illegal use of radio equipments and trying to sell equipment illegally.

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3 Comments to “Abebe Workie, Meleskachew Amaha released on bail”

  1. sami says:

    woyene is a desperate regime

    [Reply]

    June 13th, 2009 at 1:33 AM

  2. brx says:

    This shows as that woyanne is in his final day’s. we must unite to speed up the death

    [Reply]

    June 13th, 2009 at 3:23 PM

  3. Anonymous says:

    ከአበበ ወርቄ 15 ሺህ ብር፣ ከአቶ መለስካቸው ደግሞ 15 ሺህ ብር፣ ሌላውንም እንደዚሁ ያለ ምንም ማስረጃ እያሰሩ፣ እያንገላቱ፣ላልተወሰነ ግዜ በዋስ እየፈቱ ደጎስ ያለ ገንዘብ ባንክ በመያዣ ስም ይገባላቸዋል፡፡ እነዚህ ሰዎች በብሩ ኢፈርት ላይ ኢነቨስት ያደርጉ ይሆናል ማን ያውቃል? መጠራጠር አይከፋም፡፡

    ዘውዱ ግርማ

    [Reply]

    June 14th, 2009 at 4:02 PM

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