(File photo of Gen Asaminew Tsige, left and Gen. Tefera Mamo)
Two Generals serving life
sentences on trumped up charges by the tyrannical regime in Ethiopia have
reportedly been hospitalized after they were brutally beaten by prison police.
Gen. Tefera Mamo and Gen. Asaminew
Tsige were accused of being members of the then Ginbot 7, now Patriotic Ginbot
7 for Unity and Democracy, and accused of organizing a coup d’etat.
The two were sentenced to
life 8 years ago after the kangaroo court in Addis Ababa upheld the bogus
charges by the regime.
According to sources the
police brutally beat the two Generals saying they had brought in cell phones
into the prison. The sources also said an Oromo journalist was also severely
beaten by police in the same prison. The aunt of Gen. Tsige and her 14 year old
child were also taken to custody for day and interrogated by the authorities
without a court warrant.
The Generals and the other
high brass officers imprisoned with them have been kept in a dark room and have
been denied visitation by family and lawyers.
There have been several
reports of beatings on the prisoners since their arrest 8 years ago.
ESAT News
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