Andualem Aragie (Amharic: አንዱዓለም አራጌ; born 4 November 1972) is an Ethiopian politician and activist who is the Deputy Leader of Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (ECSJ), an opposition party formed after the merger of 7 smaller opposition parties in May 2019.
The Carter Center declared that "there were a considerable number of the constituency results that had significant problems and whose credibility was in question.
[9] After his negotiated release from prison in 2007, along with the rest of opposition members, he continued his political career by co-founding, on June 20, 2008, the Unity for Democracy and Justice party.
Andualem remained the Vice Chair and the Head of Public Relations of his party until his re-arrest and imprisonment by the Ethiopian government on September 14, 2011 on terrorism charges.
[10][11] Despite international pressure for his release from the European Union and the United States of America, he was sentenced to life in prison on June 27, 2012.
[3] The official government news agency also announced the guilty verdict stating that the defendants "were attempting to dismantle the constitution.