The regime in Ethiopia has detained the following leaders and members of Semayawi Party, a leading opposition group, yesterday as they left the Party’s office and headed home:
1. Ato Yilkal Getinet (Chairman)
2. Ato Sileshi Feyisa (Vice Chairman)
3. Ato Yidnekachew Kebede (Head of Legal Affairs)
4. Ato Endashaw Emishaw (Head of Office)
5. Ato Bekalu Adane (Central Committee member)
6. Ato Yonas Kedir (Central Council member)
7. Wzt. Hanna Walelegin (Head of Women Affairs)
8. Wzt. Eyerusalem Tesfaw (member)
9. Ato Yonatan Tesfaye (member)
10. Ato Abel Efrem (member)
11. Ato Ahmed Mohammed (member)
12. Ato Eyasped Tesfaye (member)
All of them are being detained at Janmeda Police station and it is feared that they might have been beaten up, according the Party’s spokesperson.