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OLF members, ONN journalists on trial accused of forming Oromia Transitional Government ask court to change presiding judges

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OHRM-2022-0210
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Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne

Defendants under the Qasim Abdullahi file, accused of conspiring to form ‘The Oromia National Transitional Government Committee’ and two ONN journalists had an appearance yesterday, at Oromia Supreme court on the 23rd of June, 2022. Yesterday’s court hearing in which the 17 accused were present, was one in which a previous request forwarded by their lawyers asking for the presiding judges to be changed due to what they called “a partisan stance of the judge towards the public prosecutor.”

Source: Addis Standard, "News: OLF members, ONN journalists on trial accused of forming Oromia Transitional Government ask court to change presiding judges", published 2022-06-24. https://addisstandard.com/news-olf-members-onn-journalists-accused-of-attempting-to-form-oromia-transitional-government-ask-court-to-change-the-presiding-judges/

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