By KIRUBEL TADESSE
Associated Press
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A group of more than two dozen Ethiopian Muslims pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of terrorism.
Federal
prosecutors are accusing the group, which includes prominent clerics
and journalists, with terrorism and attempts to create an Islamic state
that would undermine the country’s secular constitution. Among the 28
pleading not guilty was the wife of a former senior Cabinet minister who
was fired last month after publicly defending her. One defendant did
not plead and instead said he was mentally unfit to stand trial.
“I have not committed any crimes but a crime has been committed against me,” one defendant told the court. Read more
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