The Federal Attorney General of Ethiopia announces pardoning 530 prisoners mainly women with children. The main beneficiaries of this pardon are mother with children, according to the press statement of the Office of the Attorney General. Excluding the 530, Ethiopia has pardoned over 13,122 prisoners over the past few months following the introduction of a new pardon law in July 2018. The Burayu incident has led to the death of 37 people and 315 wounded while millions of birr worth property was destroyed. Out of them 81 are arrested while 28 are not arrested,” said FikaduTsegaw, one of the officials of the Attorney, who briefed the media this afternoon.

Source: Ethiopian News January 02, 2019 12:33 UTC