Ethiopian Minister’s Wife Accused of Using Saudi Cash in Unrest
By William Davison
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Ethiopian authorities charged a minister’s wife with terrorism for using money from the Saudi Arabian Embassy to pay for Islamic protests against the government, defense lawyer Temam Ababulgu said.
Habiba Mohammed, wife of Civil Service Minister Junedin Sado, was among 29 people charged with terrorism offenses in an Ethiopian court yesterday, Temam said yesterday in an interview
outside the court in the capital, Addis Ababa.
Nine members of a 17-person committee formed to dispute the government’s control of the Islamic council, which has led the demonstrations, were also among the 29 charged under a 2009
terrorism law the U.S. and United Nations have criticized as too broad. Habiba was charged with belonging to and aiding a terrorist organization, Temam said.
Muslims in Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous nation, have been holding protests at mosques for more than a year against government control of an Islamic council, some of which turned violent. The government accuses the group of being led by extremists who want to convert the secular nation into an Islamic state.
A call today to the Saudi Embassy in Addis Ababa was not answered. State Minister of Communications Shimeles Kemal did not immediately answer two calls to his office today.
The defendants will answer the charges at the next hearing, scheduled for Nov. 22, Temam said.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The ethiopian government is nonsense who are provoking muslims to violent and would accountable for all consequances
This is non sens and provocation.It would be better for all to realese this poor woman.It is clear it is taragetting muslims,it will only divide the people.
This is nonsense.Let the poor woman go. It though seems she is being painted with a wrong brush and the story is heading towards a conspiracy theory. She is framed and accusers looking for someone to accuse and make a name for themselves. This is a war against Islam.
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