The government said in a statement that the individuals were involved in terrorist activities, including trying to seize power by force. Among the journalists listed, most of them are journalists based on United SAT, such as journalists working in Ethio 360, who are critical of Abiy Ahmed’s government. The statement released by the state media indicated that it is working with Interpol to bring the accused journalists and politicians living abroad to justice. Meanwhile, Ethiopia and America have not signed an agreement regarding the extradition of criminals.
Among those listed in the lawsuit are Ethio 360 Habatamu Aayalew, Yerusalem Tekletsadeq, Brock Ybas, as well as former ESAT media journalists Mesai Mekonen and Sisay Gobeze. Among those accused of terrorism are the prominent journalist Seteber Abera, who was recently released from prison, and Ato Ldetu Ayaleu, a veteran dissident living in America and known for criticizing Ethiopia’s current administration, are appearing on various media.
After the peace agreement with the People’s Liberation Army of Tigray (HPW) and the end of the two-year bloody war that claimed more than half a million lives, the Ethiopian government is currently in a conflict with the special forces and irregular factions of the Amhara region Warriors who helped Ethiopian soldiers fight against TPLF fighters.
Recently, most of the individuals listed in the government’s terrorism charges have criticized Abiy Ahmed’s administration for ‘sending the army and starting a war in the Amhara region’.
It will be remembered that the Security and Safety Joint Task Force announced in a statement issued on April 20, 2015 that it is taking irrevocable legal action against extremist forces organized and coordinated by the United Nations to seize regional power by destroying the constitutional system in the Amhara region. The suspects targeted senior leaders of the Amhara region. He announced that they were organized and coordinated in the country and abroad to overthrow the federal government by violently attacking the constitutional system and controlling the governmental structure of the region.
For this reason, the executive member of the Prosperity Party and the head of Amhara Regional Prosperity Party branch office Ato Girma Yeshitla, who were recently killed by the armed leaders of the extremist force and their associates, who were killed by the armed leaders of the extremist force and Mhret Wedajo or Mret Wedajo or nicknamed Mre Wedajo, were recently killed in Aquahan, where they were born in their hometown of violence and cruelty. The Joint Task Force statement said that their colleagues are exemplary.
The joint security and safety task force statement added; He announced that the 450 individuals who were recruited and trained in 130 districts in Amhara and other areas by these extremist forces in the country and abroad were forcibly removed and replaced by their own structures.
