Ethiopia charges ex-spy chief, 25 others with rights abuses
Ethiopia has charged powerful former intelligence chief Getachew Assefa and 25 others over alleged human rights abuses, the office of the attorney general said yesterday.
Getachew was the head of the Ethiopia National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) until June 2018, when he was removed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed amid a raft of reforms in the Horn of Africa nation.
Under Ethiopia’s previous government, the NISS was accused by rights groups of overseeing the torture and murder of dissidents.
Getachew was charged with 25 other intelligence officers, the attorney general’s office said in a statement.
“The 26 suspects have been charged with a total of 46 criminal charges, with 22 of them currently in custody while the other four individuals including Getachew Assefa’s cases will be tried in absentia”, it added.
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