by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (September 28, 2018) The Human Rights Council says the mass arrest carried out by police in Addis Ababa last week was unlawful. The Council said it was troubling that over 1,200 people were detained at a military camp without charges, while they should have been arraigned before the court in 24 hours of the arrest ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (September 24, 2018) Police announced new figures in death toll in deadly violence in Addis Ababa as they carried out mass arrests over the weekend. Police said the arrests were made to fight growing crimes and lawlessness in the capital but the presence of supporters and members of opposition parties among the detainees and the ...

ESAT News (August 31, 2018) The crime prevention unit of the capital’s police said it has arrested 108 people that it said have been involved in looting private and public properties as well as in the illegal movement of hard currencies in Addis Ababa. Police have also seized weapons and motor bikes that the suspects allegedly used in the crime, ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (August 27, 2018) The ex-president of Ethiopia’s Somali region, Abdi Mohamoud Omar, also known as Abdi Illey, has been arrested at his residence in Addis Ababa today. According to a report by the Ethiopian Television that quoted the federal prosecutor, Abdi Illey was arrested for violations of human rights, inciting ethnic and religious conflict in ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (August 21, 2018) An Ethiopian court has issued an arrest warrant on former spy chief, Getachew Assefa, whom ESAT sources say has escaped to neighboring Sudan. Our source close to the government also said Getachew Assefa has been staying in a hotel in his hometown, Mekele, Tigray region for a month. He has not been ...

ESAT News (August 21, 2018) Authorities in Ethiopia’s restive Oromo region have arrested 171 people accused of inciting deadly violence and ethnic motivated attacks in the region. Head of political affairs with the regional party, OPDO, Addisu Arega told local media that the suspects were arrested in several towns in the region accused of killings, inciting violence and looting. Among ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (August 7, 2018) Abdi Mohamoud Omar, a.k.a. Abdi Illey, who was deposed from the presidency of the Somali region yesterday, has been arrested and taken to undisclosed location. The BBC Amharic report said members of the national army have arrested Illey and removed him from his palace in Jijiga. Unrest in Jijiga and Dire Dawa ...

ESAT News (March 26, 2018) Nineteen people have reportedly been arrested in the city of Bahir Dar on Saturday by the orders of the Command Post, the authority in charge of the state of emergency declared in Ethiopia. They were accused by the Command Post of planning to form an Amhara political party, but the detainees say they had a ...

ESAT News (November 7, 2017) Princes and businessmen arrested on Sunday in Saudi’s crackdown on corruption are reportedly sleeping on bare mattresses on the lobby floor of a five star hotel. Review.org reports that the mattresses were re-structured memory foam mattresses from online mattress manufacturer Nectar. Nectar has not responded to our claims to verify this fact. The Daily Mail ...