News: Defendants on Jawar Mohammed’s file request Court to postpone hearing after election and up to two years
By Mahlet Fasil
Addis Abeba, May 20, 2021– Defendants on Jawar Mohammed’s file were arraigned at the Federal High Court Lideta Branch, First Constitutional and Anti-terrorism Bench today to resume the prosecutor’s witness heairng which was has been suspended since April 13, 2021.
During the hearing defendants requested the judges to postpone the hearing by up to two years until after “the elections were held and the government was calmed.”
This comes a day after the Federal Supreme Court, 2nd Appeals Bench closed the file on the prosecutor’s appeal by overturning a decision made by the Federal High Court on the conduct of prosecutor’s witness hearing.