Addis Ababa — The Federal High Court has ordered Professor Mesfin Wolde Mariam, a self proclaimed human rights activist and economist Dr. Birhanu Nega, to start preparing to present their defense for ...

Two leading Ethiopian academics who are members of a local human-rights council have been released after 28 days in jail in Addis Ababa. Mesfin Wolde Mariam and Birhanu Nega were released on bail ...

The crackdown on those believed to be responsible for last month's riots has continued, with the arrest of two of Ethiopia's leading academics. Professor Mesfin Wolde Mariam and Dr Berhanu Nega were ...

Addis Ababa — Prof. Mesfin Wolde-Mariam and Dr. Berhanu Nega who have been detained by police since Tuesday (May 8, 2001) appeared before court on Wednesday (May 9, 2001) as the 5th Criminal Bench of ...

On May 18,2001 the Federal High Court in Addis Ababa ( a court ruling in Ethiopia ) returned to custody for further detention Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam, the founder and first chairman of Ethiopia's ...