ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – The Woyanne high kangaroo court today reduced Teddy Afro’s 6-year prison sentence to 2 years, allowing him to go free in 5 months from now.
Teddy has been held in prison for the past 11 months after being falsely accused of vehicular manslaughter.
In December 2008, a Woyanne party hack acting as judge sentenced him to 6 years in prison for killing a homeless man, Degu Yibelte, in Addis Ababa with his BMW in what the prosecutor alleged as a hit-and-run accident.
A hospital record that showed Degu’s death one day earlier than the day Teddy had a car accident was ignored by the dumb judge.
ቴዲ አፍሮ ከአምስት ወር በኋላ ይፈታል
(አውራምባ ታይምስ) – ዝነኛው አርቲስት ቴዎድሮስ ካሳሁን በመኪና ሰውን ገጭቶ በማምለጥ ወንጀል ክስ ተመስርቶበት በከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት የስድስት አመት እስራት እንደተፈረደበት ይታወቃል፡፡
ሆኖም ድምጻዊው ለጠቅላይ ፍርድ ቤት ባቀረበው ይግባኝ መሰረት ውሳኔው ተሸሮ በሁለት አመት እስራት ብቻ እንዲቀጣ ተወስኖበታል፡፡
አውራምባ ያነጋገራቸው የህግ ባለሙዎች እንዳሉት ‹ያቀረበው የይግባኝ ሰነድ የቀረበበትን ክስ ሙሉ ለሙሉ ውድቅ የሚያደርግ ነው ሆኖም የስርአቱ አገዛዞች ድምጻዊውን ነጻ ማድረግ ስላልፈለጉና ወንጀለኛ ነው እንዲባል ስለሚፈልጉ ነጻ ከማለት ይልቅ ሁለት አመት ብለው ፈርደውበታል› ብለዋል፡፡
ስማቸው እንዳይጠቀስ የፈለጉ የቃሊቲ ወህኒ ቤት ኃላፊዎች እንደገለጹልን በወህኒ ቤቱ አሰራር መሰረት አንድ ፍርደኛ ከተፈረበት ፍርድ 1/3ኛውን በአመክሮ ስለሚቀነስለት የሚታሰረው አንድ አመት ከአራት ወር ብቻ ይሆናል ብለዋል፡፡ በዚህም መሰረት እስካሁን ለአስራ አንድ ወራት ያህል በእስር ቤት የቆየው ቴዲ ከአምስት ወር በኋላ ነጻ ይወጣል ተብሎ ይገመታል፡፡
አመክሮ የሚከለከልበት የተለየ ምክንያት አለ ወይ ስንል ጥያቄ ያቀረብንላቸው የወህኒ ቤት ምንጮች እንደገለጹልን አንድ ታሳሪ የተለየ መጥፎ የዲስፕሊን ችግር ከሌለበት በስተቀር ወይም ለማምለጥ ሙከራ ካላደረገ በቀር የአመክሮ ተጠቃሚ ይሆናል ቴዲ ደግሞ በሁሉም ዘንድ እጅግ የሚወደድ ባህሪና ጨዋ ስነምግባር ያለው ሰው እንደመሆኑ ይህ አይነቱ ክልከላ እርሱን አይመለከትም ብለውናል፡፡
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* Teddy Afro railroaded to prison for 6 years by kangaroo court
* High court reduces Teddy Afro’s sentence to 2 years
* Ethiopians react to Teddy Afro’s sentence
* There Is No Justice In Ethiopia – The Teddy Afro show trial
21 thoughts on “Kangaroo court reduces Teddy Afro’s sentence to 2 years”
thank God that’s a good news..
Teddy means for this generaion UNITY and PEACE. By far, Teddy is more educated than any Ethiopian . Life and hands on practice has made him more educated than the corrupted, lier and killers of Weyane dictators.
Weyane means anti-UNITY and Teddy means LOVE, PEACE and above all UNITY!
UNITY FIRST!
Aye court and aye verdict! how much of jokes or in that case how much of insults can these beautiful people and nation take from these mafia family. Where are the true Ethiopians that can say: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH TO LEGESSE Z, AZEB MESFIN, SEYOUM MESFIN, MEBRAHTU G/HIWOT, AND THEIR traitor Eritrtean masters/advisors. You don’t have to be weyane lover or hater to listen the jokes most of the diplomats make of “Ethiopian gove.”; as there is a government other than the mafia family, their handlers (donors), and armed protectors. God save the beautiful Ethiopians from these deadly mafia family!
Since there was no any evidence presented to prove his guiltiness they should absolve him immediately and gave him a moral compensation.
The mockery justice should seek apology to Teddy and the Ethiopian people for practicing wrongfully just to satisfy the evil will of Meles Regime.
Woyane is expert in this kind of game, and this is the same game they used to free kinjit leaders, of course with a different flavor and connotations.He has to keep defending his innocence
Free Teddy, he is innocent
Free Teddy with all due moral compensation
Woyane is expert in this kind of game, and this is the same game they used to free kinjit leaders, of course with a different flavor and connotations.
He has to keep defending his innocence
It’s a good news,a welcome development for all Ethiopians at home and abroad.Our pressure on the regime seems to have worked out.
Our next duty is to continue our diplomatic struggle to make Birtukan Mideksa free.I watched the usual hackned rethoric,twisted philosophy,naked lies of of the brutal dictator-in the so-called news press to local journalists-on the re-arrest of Birtukan Mideksa.
The dictator was blabbering on Democracy,rule of law, freedom which don’t exist under his regime.
Though a victim of his monstrous regime for a while,Birtukan was right in asserting the truth that she didn’t earnstly ask for pardon,for there was no crime on the part of the opposition leaders but the regime which supporessed the democratic election by force.
Finally, truth will set Birtukan free.If the dictator is wise enough he should set her free by passing order to his cadre judges.
UnityFirst,
Where did you get your education? just curious.
This is a very strategy the woyane’s use to declare that there is actually independent court system in ethiopia where supreme court at the highest….Tedy should not even be in prison in the first place…There is law in ethiopia but Meles & his co are above that law…then why do they need law nor court!!
Thank’s God i’m Glad to heard that!!!!!!!!
Tedy has been accused of hit and run,and the
victim was found dead after the accident(according to the report)
Now my question is:
1.Was Tedy put in jail with out evidence?
2.If he is really criminal,Does the sentence(2 years) pay off all the sin that Teddy has done?
Folks,I am not blaming Tedy but the woyanne officials exposed themselves for critics just at the spot.Accusing somebody of murder and sentencing two years in jail,that is a kind of
joke or playing on peoples’ mind.
They should free Tedy before “Jusice”fires back on Wayanne judges.
Good for him. and let him send some shimagles, otherwis nobody will make him free other than woyanne itself. This is the truth.
GL Teddy!
This is a good news. This is sort of meet me half way kind of a deal. And also amazed by woyane’s tricks. We all know Teddy was also a victim here. In all regards Teddy should be out in less than a year. I say let’s all move on…prayers for Teddy and hopefully he will be able to clear up his name once he is outside the system.
Bilt lij yesetutin yizo yaleqsal
Elmo
Thank God! . . . I see u in Atlanta soon, Teddy . . .
Please do not tell me that is a high court decision. Just report the event. I am sad that he will stay another 5 months in prison. He doesn’t deserve a single day in prison.
I can’t Trust Weyanne, until I see Teddy out of Jail
Well I guess by God’s charity not by woyanne’s willingness, we will be seeing Tedy very soon even though 5 months is still very long for someone patriotic as Tedy it still is a relief not to see him demoralized in woyanne’s prison and later turn out to be a shame like Tamrat who turned his face to his true faith as he did turn his face from his people when he was an official, I still wonder what they did to Tamrat to make him what he is, if he was truly transformed, he would have left to a “gedam”, professed and be a humble Christian in his ancestor’s faith that worships Christ for centuries.
God Bless Ethiopia
i don’t know what to say, i am so happy. since he has been arrested, i have been listening to his songs again and again. his songs are always new to my ears. i can’t wait to see him on the stage performing again, and i also want to hear him saying “EIJ LEIJ TEYAYAZU”
The fact that terrorist TPLF has been forced to release Teddy shows that the Obama administration is not going to tolerate terrorist TPLF’s fools’ game. The previous U.S. administrations had a full knowledge of the fools’ game played by terrorist TPLF. However, they chose to knowingly tolerate the fools’ game of terrorist TPLF and look the other way simply because they needed to use it for their own ends. It is to be recalled that CIA worked with Mujahadeen in Afghanistan to use it against the ex-Soviet Union and the case with terrorist TPLF is the same. However, the new U.S. administration is sending out signals to terrorists like TPLF that the game is over. The release of Teddy Afro is the result of this signal. It is not only Birtukan, Teddy or tens of thousands of other prisoners of conscious that are in terrorist TPLF’s prison but also Ethiopia as the whole is an open air prison under tight control of terrorist TPLF. Thanks to their heroic struggle, the people of Somalia have freed themselves from terrorist TPLF by forcing terrorist TPLF pull its terrorist militia out of Somalia in humiliating defeat. Terrorist TPLF is celebrating this disgraceful pull out in defeat as a victory. Terrorist TPLF sent its terrorist militia to Somalia to overthrow Sheik Ahmed and pulled out in disgrace hours before his reinstallation. In effect, terrorist TPLF left Somalia accomplishing nothing except for the humiliating defeat it suffered not to mention the untold losses it sustained in lives, limbs, blood, and treasure. The defeat and the losses are so egregious and huge that even terrorist-in-chief Meles refused to put figure on the losses. His laughable and ridiculously flimsy excuse is something to the effect… giving numbers will set precedent in which he will have to do it in the future for any operation…. As foolish as his excuse is, please don’t laugh. It is exactly what he said and I swear I am not making it up. Over with terrorist TPLF’s fools’ game of sham democracy, phony court, and cooked economic statistics etc.
Birtukan will also be released very soon. In what appears to be a preparation for her release terrorist Meles was braggingly stammering about her terrorizing incarceration in the terrorist group’s concentration camp at his recent so called ‘interview.’ At this stage managed drama terrorist Meles answered his own questions prepared by none other than himself. The questions were read out back to him by his own cadres masquerading as journalists and he gave his prepared answers for his own questions. The whole drama of incarcerating Birtukan Midheksa is to terrorize her and the Ethiopian people as the whole in order to scare them off any independent political activities related to the upcoming 2010 sham election. Terrorist TPLF knows very well that it will not stand any popular uprising like the one in and immediately after May 2005. So the only choice terrorist TPLF left with is terrorizing the Ethiopian people as the whole by incarcerating popular leaders like Birtukan Midheksa and by also perpetuating other terrorist activities. Now terrorist Meles has been ordered to release all political prisoners including Birtukan Midheksa, Bekele Jirata and Teddy Afro. It has already been forced to release Bekele Jirata and it has given the clearest signal yet to release Teddy Afro. The reason for the recent stammering of terrorist Meles about his terrorist acts against Birtukan is an empty stupid bravado before releasing her. He is also forcing and terrorizing the whole Ethiopian people to discuss about his terrorist acts against Birtukan at discussion forums in all offices and neighborhoods across the whole country. What is the motive of terrorist TPLF in forcing the 80 million Ethiopian people to discuss about the terrorism TPLF is committing against a single person while it is doing the same against the whole nation- against those very people themselves? Why about Birtukan only while the whole nation, the whole Ethiopian people, are captive of the TPLF terrorism? The motive is clear- it is to make sure that they scare and terrorize the whole Ethiopian people each in person by saying at the meetings: ‘… look we have incarcerated even Birtukan and nobody can rescue her from us. Not even the Western powers. If you try to support any body other than terrorist TPLF’s cadres in the upcoming election, you will face the full wrath of our terrorism and nobody can save you…’ Now, since terrorist Meles has been reluctantly ordered by the Obama administration to release her unconditionally immediately, it is trying in vain to maximize the effect it can extract from its own terrorist action against Birtukan before releasing her. In a nutshell, the recent ‘interview’ by terrorist Meles and the forced discussions about Birtukan across the territory under the control of terrorist TPLF is a futile attempt at effect maximization before the release. It is the storm before the quiet and a foolish floundering of the terrorist TPLF that only results in more wounds. All the unusual publicity and wide coverage given to the terrorizing incarceration of Birtukan Midheksa by terrorist TPLF on the almost completely silent media controlled by terrorist TPLF is just to spread fear and terror among the general population but to no avail.
Remember that our main goal is to liberate Ethiopia from captivity by terrorist TPLF and we have to continue to work for that goal while tasting the sweet victories of getting our freedom fighters released from terrorist TPLF’s concentration camps. Our effort is paying off. The struggle will continue until total victory over terrorist TPLF.
Free Birtukan Midhesksa, Teddy Afro and all the other tens of thousands of political prisoners NOW!!!
Aluta Continua!!!
Dil Lehagere
we belives that,one day the game will be over,also the target will be hit,the winner will be ……..
to release Bekele Jirata and it has given the clearest signal yet to release Teddy Afro. The reason for the recent stammering of terrorist Meles about his terrorist acts against Birtukan is an empty stupid bravado before releasing her. He is also forcing and terrorizing the whole Ethiopian people to discuss about his terrorist acts against Birtukan at discussion forums in all offices and neighborhoods across the whole country. What is the motive of terrorist TPLF in forcing the 80 million Ethiopian people to discuss about the terrorism TPLF is committing against a single person while it is doing the same against the whole nation- against those very people themselves? Why about Birtukan only while the whole nation, the whole Ethiopian people, are captive of the TPLF terrorism? The motive is clear- it is to make sure that they scare and terrorize the whole Ethiopian people each in person by saying at the meetings: ‘… look we have incarcerated even Birtukan and nobody can rescue her from us. Not even the Western powers. If you try to support any body other than terrorist TPLF’s cadres in the upcoming election, you will face the full wrath of our terrorism and nobody can save you…’ Now, since terrorist Meles has been reluctantly ordered by the Obama administration to release her unconditionally immediately, it is trying in vain to maximize the effect it can extract from its own terrorist action against Birtukan before releasing her. In a nutshell, the recent ‘interview’ by terrorist Meles and the forced discussions about Birtukan across the territory under the control of terrorist TPLF is a futile attempt at effect maximization before the release. It is the storm before the quiet and a foolish floundering of the terrorist TPLF that only results in more wounds. All the unusual publicity and wide coverage given to the terrorizing incarceration of Birtukan Midheksa by terrorist TPLF on the almost completely silent media controlled by terrorist TPLF is just to spread fear and terror among the general population but to no avail.
Remember that our main goal is to liberate Ethiopia from captivity by terrorist TPLF and we have to continue to work for that goal while tasting the sweet victories of getting our freedom fighters released from terrorist TPLF’s concentration camps. Our effort is paying off. The struggle will continue until total victory over terrorist TPLF.
Free Birtukan Midhesksa, Teddy Afro and all the other tens of thousands of political prisoners NOW!!!
-ewnet ena nigat eyadere yiteral-