The Government of Ethiopia has granted pardon for 530 inmates in connection with the upcoming Christmas.
Ethiopia will celebrate Christmas Holiday on Monday, 7 January, 2019.
Zinabu Tunu, public relations head of the Federal Attorney General Office, in a press conference today, said that priority was given to mothers.
13, 122 individuals have become beneficiary of the Amnesty Law which was approved by the Ethiopian parliament on last July, According to noted.
The law grants amnesty for individuals and groups either under investigation or convicted on treason, crime against the constitutional order and armed struggle.
However, criminals convicted of genocide, extrajudicial killings, forced abduction, and committing inhuman torture and beating will not benefit. (FBC)