Bekele Gerba, a leading opposition chief in Ethiopia, has been granted bail by a Federal Supreme Court after months of being held
in detention.
Gerba who is facing criminal charges is a secretary general of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) whose main leader Merera Gudina remains in detention for similar charges.
The Addis Standard news portal reports that the current order quashed an earlier one by a High Court in August refusing bail to Bekele. The Supreme Court imposed a bail bond of 30,000 birr (equivalent to about $1100).
Oromo activists and human rights watchers, however, insist that the charges which are politically motivated must be dropped.
Gerba who is facing criminal charges is a secretary general of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) whose main leader Merera Gudina remains in detention for similar charges.
The Addis Standard news portal reports that the current order quashed an earlier one by a High Court in August refusing bail to Bekele. The Supreme Court imposed a bail bond of 30,000 birr (equivalent to about $1100).
Oromo activists and human rights watchers, however, insist that the charges which are politically motivated must be dropped.
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