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It will soon be a year and a half of unjust imprisonment for Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe, the man extradited from Sudan in a disturbing case of mistaken identity during a high profile joint investigation by the British National Crime Agency (NCA), and the ItalEritrea - Prolonging a Miscarriage of Justice
It will soon be a year and a half of unjust imprisonment for Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe, the man extradited from Sudan in a disturbing case of mistaken identity during a high profile joint investigation by the British National Crime Agency (NCA), and the Italian Palermo magistrate. The situation has gone beyond being an embarrassing mistake to becoming a grave miscarriage of justice against an innocent man who found himself in a foreign country after fleeing persecution in Eritrea, his home country. Despite all evidence to the contrary, he remains accused of being Medhanie Yehdego Mered and imprisoned as one of the human smugglers most wanted by European authorities. He is being tried in Italian courts; however, the prosecution keeps asking for the case to be heard by different courts and as a result the trial has been restarted and is now being heard by a fourth judge. Henceforth in this article Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe will be referred to as “the Suspect” and Medhanie Yehdego Mered as “the Smuggler”, to avoid confusion and to better distinguish between the man in custody and the person at large. Read More ... Read more