The Zone9 Trial Tracker blog, run by sources close to the defendants, reported that the charges included working with organizations branded as “terrorist” by the Ethiopian government; participating in an email encryption training; and “underground organization.” 
Blogu ya Kufuatilia Shauri la Zone9, inayoendeshwa na watu walio karibu na washitakiwa hao, iliripoti kwamba mashitaka yao ni pamoja na kufanya kazi na mashirika yaliyopewa jina la 'magaidi' na serikali ya Ethiopia; kushiriki kwenye mafunzo ya kuandika barua pepe kwa lugha ya siril na "kuwa na mipango ya siri."