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Death Sentences Passed On Tigrayan Members of ENDF

Sentences passed on members of the Armed Forces who supported the aims of the terrorist TPLF while it committed cruel injury to the Armed Forces, reports EPA.

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Translation of News Published by Ethiopian Press Agency in Amharic on 6th August 2021.

Sentences passed on members of the Armed Forces who supported the aims of the terrorist TPLF while it committed cruel injury to the Armed Forces

The First Instance Military Court of the Western Command has filed charges and is sentencing members of the Armed Forces who supported the aims of the terrorist TPLF while it committed cruel injury to the Armed Forces. 

It was noted that the sentencing is being delivered following proper legal processes, building on documentary and testimonial evidence, hearing of witnesses, and the filing of charges.

According to Colonel Mareye Ebabu, who is in charge of the Western Command Court under the Defence Forces Military Judiciary, these are many soldiers that had been given a mission from the terrorist group to demoralize the army and to sabotage its activities in an organized manner just before the terrorist TPLF launched an attack. 

It has been proven that the members were found to be carrying poisons when searched; derqosh (dried injera) for battle presented as evidence; as well as promoting TPLF propaganda on social media and disseminating TPLF agenda claiming that there was no legitimate government after the 5th of October, said Colonel Mareye.

In addition to working to disgruntle the army and alienate it from the government in loyalty to TPLF, they not only rejected the change [reference to Abiy Ahmed coming to power] there were also insults and significant belittlement, it was explained. 

The plans of the Tigrinya-Speakers in the army that were given a mission by the terrorist TPLF were in preparation to cause damages no less significant than that which was inflicted upon the Northern Command, he said. 

 Noting that the members were charged as per their crimes and according to the law with their rights to appeal maintained, they were mainly charged with treason and were sentenced to death and life in prison as well as other sentences that have been passed on them.

The presiding judge of the Primary Military Court of the Northern Command, Captain Thomas Matthias on his part said that the court-martial of the command has charged and sentenced members of the 5th Mechanized Regiment of the Northern Command who were, through investigation, identified to have attacked and abetted the attack of the Army as well as members under the command [Western] and he thanked the army for its eager cooperation to deliver witness testimony. 

Although most defendants were charged with treason, defense lawyers were appointed to all defendants that appeared before the court, indicates the evidence we got from the Defence Forces page. 

4 Comments

  1. Dawit Solomon

    August 11, 2021 at 8:05 am

    በገፍ የታሰሩት የትግራይ ተወላጆች በምሉ ለስርዓቱ ስጋት ናቸው ተብሎ ተፈዳቻው ካልሆነ በስተቀር ከመቸ ነው የትግራይ ህዝብ ለኢ/ያ ስጋት የሆነ ደሙ አፍስሶ አጥንቱ ከስክሶ የገነባት አገር አሁን ልግል ለስልጣን ሲሉ በውሸት ክስ ከሰው የሞት ፍርድ እና እድሜ ልክ እስራት ፈረደላቸው እውነት ማን እንደከዳ ዓለም እያወቀ በኤርትራና እና በአረብ ኢሚሬት ድሮን ክህደት ፈፅሞ ሲደበድብ የነበረ ስርዓት በተደጋጋሚ ብከኢንተርናሽናል ሚድያ ተጠይቆ ኤርትራ አልገባችም ብሎ ስኪድ የነበረ በስተመጨረሻ ዓለም ሲደርስበት ያመነ ስርአት በሚን ሂሳብ ነው ታድያ ለትግራይ ተወላጆች የሆኑት መከላከያ አባላት ክህደት ፈፅመዋል ብሎ የሚፈርደው ፤ ዓለም ዝም ሊል አይገባም የሄ ውሳኔ ማስቆም አለበት ።

    The people of Tigray have been sentenced to death and life imprisonment in Eritrea and the United Arab Emirates for treason. The system that used to beat Drone was repeatedly questioned by the international media when it was denied that Eritrea had entered the country. The world should not be silent. This decision must be stopped

  2. Sara

    August 10, 2021 at 4:56 am

    Hi Tghat-Medi, please also add to this article that these Tigrayan soldiers did not even have any involvement in the war in Tigray (other than being ethnic-Tigrayan). These Tigrayan ENDF soldiers were not in Tigray, when Abiy Ahmed declared his genocidal war on Tigray, and have played no part in the war (other than read about it in news like everyone else). By ONLY translating this Abiy Ahmed’s (and Amhara-elites’) propaganda, you’re not helping much (for the truth about Abiy’s cruelty to any innocent Tigrayan to come out).
    Thanks for the translation, but please put it as appendix only and add the reality (& real news) above it. For example, https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/23/un-ethiopia-purging-tigrayan-officers-peacekeeping-missions/
    have said before that they “face torture or execution” for their ethnicity.

  3. Hiluf

    August 9, 2021 at 2:38 am

    They need urgent attention from the international community ,and Aby Ahmed to ICC.

  4. Davey McCrackett

    August 8, 2021 at 2:24 pm

    I have not heard a response from IC on this news, even from stalwarts such as HRW, Amnesty, ICRC. Surely having all 17k members found guilty is beyond belief?

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