ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (APA) – Ethiopian Woyanne Ministry of Justice officials on Sunday said 226 out of the 273 people arrested, have been charged with genocide committed during an ethnic clash in May.
The rest, 47 of them have also been charged with “serious crimes” they committed during an ethnic clash between Oromo and Guji tribes clashes.
Sources say those charged with genocide will possibly face a death penalty “since the crime is very serious.”
In May 2007, an ethnic clash were erupted between the Oromo and Guji over water sources and grazing land and during which a large but unspecified number of people were killed on both sides.
It it the first time that the Ethiopian Woyanne government has charged such a large number of people with genocide crime in the country’s history.
The trial is being held in the Oromia regional state where the incident took place.
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November 16th, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Who is Oromo who is Guji ? Since both of them are Oromos who is making genocide on who ? On Webster’s Dictionary the meaning of genocide is “The systematic killing of a whole people or nation”. I don’t see any genocide when Oromos are killing his own brothers as genocide. But I can see when TPLF is creating problems in between Oromos and they can destroy each other. Then it can come back as a wetness, prosecutor and judge to punish both of them. It says “kill two birds by one stone”. I can say what TPLF is doing on Oromos is real genocide.
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November 17th, 2008 at 12:02 AM
they just wanna clear the oromo ppl out of the earth. i believe that’s their main goal
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November 17th, 2008 at 1:19 AM
this is not the first time that the woyane thugs are accusing a group of people committing genocide. Lets not forget that CUD officials were also were accused of the same scam.
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November 17th, 2008 at 7:10 AM
Criminals should be brought to justice.
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November 17th, 2008 at 10:57 AM