Norway: Bergen streets in the fight against torture

Ethiopians demonstrating against the systematic torture of political prisoners in the country Saturday afternoon demonstrated Ethiopians against the abuse of dissidents in the country. Photo: Eirik Hagesæter October 27, 2013, Norway (BA) – We demonstrate in order to put pressure on the Norwegian government and the international community, so they can put pressure on the regime in Ethiopia , says EBSS Tesema to BA. He explains that many of...

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Ethiopia: Confessions of a Police State by pro. alemayehu G. mariam

The trashing of constitutional rights    The Ethiopian Constitution guarantees, “Persons arrested have the right to remain silent. Persons arrested shall not be compelled to make confessions or admissions which could be used in evidence against them. Any evidence obtained under coercion shall not be admissible.” (Article 19(2)(5).) In reality, this guarantee is not worth the paper it is written on!  Last week, Human Rights Watch...

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የአንድነት አመራር አፈና እና ድብደባ ተፈጸመባቸው

የአንድነት ለዴሞክራሲና ለፍትህ ፓርቲ የብሄራዊ ምክር ቤት አባልና በሚሊዩኖች ድምጽ ለነጻነት ሕዝባዊ ንቅናቄ በተለያዩ ከተሞች በመንቀሳቀስ ከፍተኛ ተሳትፎ ያደረጉት መምህር አበበ አካሉ ትናንት 14/02/06 ዓ.ም የደህንነት መስሪያ ቤት አባላት ነን ባሉ ሶስት ቅጥረኞች የግድያ ሙከራና አካላዊ ጥቃት እንደደረሰባቸው ለፍኖተ ነጻነት ይፋ አድርገዋል፡፡ ሰላማዊው ታጋይ እንደተናገሩት በምሳ ሰዓት ኮተቤ መሳለሚያ አካባቢ ለስራ ጉዳይ ሲንቀሳቀሱ ህገ ወጦቹ ያካራክሯት የነበረችን ላንድክሩዘር መኪና የእግረኛ መንገድ እንድትዘጋ በማድረግ አቶ አበበን በሀይል በመኪናው በመጫን ወደማያውቁት ሰዋራ ቦታ በመውሰድ ቤቶች በሚሰሩበት አካባቢ ከመኪናዋ በማውረድ ሺሚንቶ ላይ በማስተኛት በሰላማዊ መንገድ የሚያካሂዱትን...

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Address Oromo issues to make Ethiopia a true democracy

By Mulata Gudata     No politics is ever born new as the politics of tomorrow is the projection of what we have on our hands today. It is only that as a society the wisdom we deploy in handling our political moves makes the outcome of the projection to take a desirable course or a catastrophic one. The civil right issues and the quest for social reform that we grapple with today after it has exploded out of control have started during the time of Emperor Haile Silasse. The outcome could have been sweeter and...

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Who’s Having “Nightmares” in Africa? by prof. almayehu G. mariam

Great African leaders have dreams. The rest have nightmares.  Recently, African leaders, at least those at the helm of the African Union and their flunkies, have been reporting endlessly recurring ghastly nightmares of Lady Justice “race hunting” them with scales in one hand and a sword in the other. President Uhuru Kenyatta, described by Time Magazine as “Kenya’s richest man”, last week vividly described  his sleepless nights...

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