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OLF members, ONN journalists charged with attempts to dismantle gov’t, attempts to form ‘Oromia National Transitional Government’

Ref
OHRM-2022-0146
Date of incident
Zone
Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne
Number of people affected
14

14 members of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and three journalists of Oromia News Network (ONN), was today arraigned at Oromia Supreme Court located in Addis Abeba. The 17 defendants in Qasim Abdullahi’s file presented their defense in writing against charges of attempting to dismantle the legally established governmental system to instill the Oromia Regional National Transitional Government ( ORNTG ) in violation of the 238/1/B of the constitution, the lawyer Tolemariam Megersa told Addis Standard.

Source: Addis Standard, "News: OLF members, ONN journalists charged with attempts to dismantle gov’t, attempts to form ‘Oromia National Transitional Government’", published 2022-04-21. https://addisstandard.com/news-olf-members-onn-journalists-charged-with-attempts-to-dismantle-govt-attempts-to-form-oromia-national-transitional-government/

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