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Bashir Makhtal wurde am 3. August 2009 in Äthiopien zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt. Er war am 27. Juli im Zusammenhang mit terroristischen Aktivitäten in vier Anklagepunkten schuldig gesprochen worden.
Bashir Makhtal wurde am 27. Juli 2009 in Addis Abeba im Zusammenhang mit terroristischen Aktivitäten in mehreren Anklagepunkten schuldig gesprochen. Das Urteil erging, obwohl es Bedenken hinsichtlich der Fairness des Gerichtsverfahrens gab. Das Strafmaß soll am 3. August verkündet werden. Es besteht die Gefahr, dass Bashir Makhtal zum Tode verurteilt wird.
Appell an
JUSTIZMINISTER
Berhan Hailu
PO Box 1370
Addis Ababa
ÄTHIOPIEN
(korrekte Anrede: Dear Minister)
Fax: (00 251) 11 5517775
E-Mail: justice@telecom.net.et
ministry-justice@telecom.net.et
Sende eine Kopie an
KANADISCHER AUßENMINISTER
The Hon. Lawrence Cannon
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, NO K1A 0G2, KANADA
Fax: (001) 613 996 9709
STAATLICHE ÄTHIOPISCHE MENSCHENRECHTSKOMMISSION
Ambassador Dr Kassa Gebreheywot,
Chief Commissioner,
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission
PO Box 1165
Addis Ababa
ÄTHIOPIEN
Fax: (00 251) 11 618 0041
E-Mail: hrcom@ethionet.et
BOTSCHAFT DER DEMOKRATISCHEN BUNDESREPUBLIK ÄTHIOPIEN
S. E. Herrn Kassahun Ayele Tesemma
Boothstraße 20 a, 12207 Berlin
Fax: 030 772 0624
E-Mail: Emb.ethiopia@t-online.de
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Urging the Ethiopian authorities not to impose the death penalty on Bashir Makhtal
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Expressing concerns that Bashir Makhtal’s trial was unfair
- Calling on Ethiopian officials to allow Bashir Makhtal full and unrestricted access to his lawyer, Canadian embassy officials, his family and any medical care he may require
Sachlage
Weiter auf Englisch:
Bashir Makhtal was convicted by a court in Addis Ababa on three charges—inciting rebellion by aiding and abetting the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), an armed opposition group in the Somali region of Ethiopia; being a senior member of the ONLF; and involvement in training of ONLF members. The High Court of Ethiopia is scheduled to hand down his sentence on 3 August. The charges on which he was convicted carry a possible death sentence and there are concerns that the trial was unfair. Bashir Makhtal’s grandfather was one of the founders of the ONLF, but Bahsir Makhtal has denied any involvement with the ONLF.
Bashir Makhtal had been held incommunicado detention in Ethiopia for two-and-a-half years after being secretly transferred from Kenya in 2006. He had been arrested on Kenya's border with Somalia, though it is unclear on what grounds the Kenyan authorities arrested him. He was due to appear before a Kenyan court, but was transferred to Ethiopia. Bashir Makhtal was brought before an Ethiopian military tribunal, which operated in Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia, which Bashir Makhtal does not understand. He was denied access to a lawyer to represent him in these hearings.
On 1 February 2009, Bashir Makhtal was allowed to meet with family members for the first time since his initial detention in Kenya. His case was eventually transferred to the civilian court system and he was able to meet with a lawyer. He and his lawyer were not given clear information about the charges he was facing. Bashir Makhtal's trial was postponed several times. He was not permitted to meet regularly with his lawyer, and he has never been permitted to meet privately with him. During the trial, neither Bashir Makhtal nor his lawyer were permitted to cross-examine prosecution witnesses. He was unable to call any witnesses in his defence, as many who could have been called had fled the country fearing for their safety.
Canadian embassy officials have only had limited access to Bashir Makhtal, and only in the presence of prison staff. They were permitted to attend the trial.
Hintergrundinformation
Bashir Makhtal left Canada to start a business in Djibouti in 2002. In 2006, he was arrested by the Kenyan authorities as he crossed the border from Somalia, fleeing violence in the Somalia capital, Mogadishu. He travelled 1,500km by car to the Kenyan border, where he applied for an entry visa. He was detained and his Canadian passport was confiscated. He was transferred to Nairobi and was due to appear before a Kenyan court. But before his case could be heard, he was secretly transferred to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he was held for two and a half years until his recent trial and conviction.