Acquitted Ethiopian men don’t have to pay for church they didn’t destroy
World Watch Monitor Three Ethiopians do not now have to pay compensation for a church which, in January, they were acquitted of charges of destroying. All Protestant Christians, the three men – Tibebu Mekuria, Dawit Jemberu, and Belete Tilahun were freed on 18th January after a Supreme Court judge acquitted them on 13th January. The three had […]
Three men freed from false convictions for burning down Ethiopian Orthodox church
World Watch Monitor Three men, falsely convicted and imprisoned for burning down an Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) building in the rural community of Gulema Iyesus in May 2014, have been acquitted and freed. The area is about 275 kilometres north of the capital, Addis Ababa. Tibebu Mekuria, Dawit Jemberu, and Belete Tilahun were reunited with […]