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provisions of the 2009 Anti-Terrorism Proclamation and the 2004 Ethiopian Criminal
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4. The Complainant further avers that he was ,ent~nced to 18 years imprisonment
on 13
July 2012 after a judgment of the Federal High Court on the 27 June 2012. On 2 May
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2013, he appealed to the Federal Supreme (Court. His sentence was upheld although
the court dismissed the charge of leading a terrorist organisation under Article 7(2) of
the 2009 Anti-Terrorism Proclamation.
S. The First Complainant
of the Federal
filed an appeal in the <p"'-qg;l-:<
for
Supreme Court on 9 May 2013 but
a hearing of the appeal. The deadline
July 2013.
6. The Second Complainant
avers
was arr~~~e1 on 21 June
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published an article in the.
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criticising the Ethiopian
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Government's plan to
and i;~(~~~p~iatedfund-raising plans.
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She was detained in M~~l<ela
to visitors. She was charged' with
) (a), 38(1) and 684 (1) and (2)
7 and 9 of the 2009 Anti-Terrorism
of the Ethiopiah;,'f=riminal Code and
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7. One-the 26 JanuarY6'~2,Ql~'the Ses~nd Complainant
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was sentenced
to 14 years
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t and a fine,~t,;qi}~,Q90>Ethiopiah
Birr, the equivalent of 1,870 USD. On 31
she' a:; ,'(t, ep:before t~e Federal S~preme Court which reduced her sentence
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upheld the dJ~~?j6n on appeal and maintained the charge of participating in a terrorist
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8. The Second Complainant
further claims th~t in early 2012, she was diagnosed with
tumours (fibroadenoma) in both breasts. She underwent an operation~~~
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