Proponent argued that the law counters dangerous terrorist situations in the country in line with Ethiopia's requirement to the United Nations Security Council resolution 1373 (2001).
Fetah weekly newspaper editors Woubshet Taye, Reyot Alemu, Zerihun Gebre-Egzabher was arrested by Addis Ababa Police in June 2011 for alleged terrorist act.
Following Abiy Ahmed's premiership, the Ethiopian parliament delisted OLF, alongside ONLF and Ginbot 7 from terrorist organization database on 5 July 2018.
[6] A ceasefire agreement took place on 7 August 2018 between the government and OLF leaders in Asmara, leading up to the formation of Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), an armed resistance movement that dissatisfied by the signatory term of disarming its members.
Hence, when most members of ICU fled to neighboring countries, the militant began retreating to south, organizing guerilla tactics, bombing and assassinating the Ethiopian forces.