US express concern on terrorism charges on Bekele Gerba and others

Press Statement John KirbyAssistant Secretary and Department Spokesperson, Bureau of Public Affairs Washington, DC April 29, 2016   The United States is deeply concerned by the Government of Ethiopia’s recent decision to file terrorism charges against Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) First Vice-Chairman Bekele Gerba and others in the Oromia region who were arrested in late 2015. We again urge the Ethiopian government to...

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ጋዜጠኛ እስክንድር ነጋ አዲሱ ትውልድ የኢትዮጵያን አንድነት እንዲጠብቅና የታሪክ ህፀፆችን እንዲያርም ጥሪ አቀረበ

የኢትዮጵያ አንድነት የመጠበቅና የታሪክ ህፀፆችን ማረም ከአዲሱ ዘመንት ዲሞራቶች ይጠበቃል ሲል ጋዜጠኛ እስክንድር ነጋ ገለጸ። ታዋቂው ጋዜጠኛ እስክንድር ነጋ “ የዘንድሮ ግንቦት 20” በሚል ርዕስ ሰሞኑን ከወህኒ ቤት ለመገናኛ ብዙሃን በላከው ፅሁፍ ኢህአዴግ ወደስልጣን የመጣበትን 25ኛ አመት በማስመልከት ያለፉትን 50 አመታት የኢትዮጵያ ፖለቲካዊ ሁኔታ በመገምገም ለችግሩ ዘላቂ መፍትሄ እንደሚያስፈልግ አስገንዝቧል። በኢትዮጵያ ተማሪዎች ትግል ውስጥ የነበረው የሃይል አሰላለፍ እንዲሁም በህብረ-ብሄርና በብሄር ፓርቲዎች መካክል የነበረውን ልዩነት በመዘርዘር ለኢትዮጵያ ችግር ዘላቂ መፍትሄ እንዲበጅ ጥሪ አቅርቧል። “ተማሪዎች እንቅስቃሴያቸውን ከጀመሩ ከ55 ዓመታት በኋላም የዮሃንስና የምኒሊክ የ19ኛው...

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Okello Akway sentenced to nine years in prison

Okello Akway, the former administrator of the Gambella region who was abducted from South Sudan two years ago by operatives of the TPLF regime was sentenced on Wednesday to nine years in prison on trumped up terrorism charges. Okello was in office in the 2003 genocide against the Anyuak of Gambella perpetrated by the TPLF army. He left his office when coerced by top officials of the TPLF, including the then Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, to blame...

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የቀድሞ የጋምቤላ ክልል ፕሬዝዳንት ዘጠኝ አመት ፅኑ እስራት ተፈረደባቸው

                                                                  ኦኬሎ አኳይ (ዋዜማ)- ከሶሰት ሳምንት በፊት በአገር መገንጠል ወንጀል ጥፋተኛ የተባሉት...

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Gambella Killings and Other Avoidable Ethiopian Tragedies

Press Release, April 26, 2016 (SMNE) Putting humanity before ethnicity or other differences and caring about the freedom of others— for no one is free until all are free— could have created a different ending for each of the tragic stories affecting Ethiopians that have unfolded in the last weeks.  These incidents did not have to happen, but in each case, could have been avoided or lessened in severity. Much of the pain, suffering,...

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Ethiopian government charges opposition politician, protesters with terrorism

The Ethiopian government on Friday charged a leading member of an opposition party, Bekele Gerba and 21 others with terrorism, quoting its anti-terrorism proclamation that the regime uses to silence dissent. According to the charges, the 22 defendants were accused of being a members of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), which the regime declared a terrorist organization, among others, and allegedly being the cause of destruction of property and loss...

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አቶ በቀለ ገርባን ጨምሮ የተቃዋሚ ፓርቲ አመራሮችና አባላት በሽብር ተከሰሱ

የኦፌኮ ም/ሊቀመንበር አቶ በቀለ ገርባን ጨምሮ የተቃዋሚ ፓርቲ አመራሮችና አባላት የሽብር ክስ ተመስርቶባቸዋል፡፡ ባለፈው ሰኞ ሚያዝያ 10/2008 ዓ.ም ተዘጋጅቶ ዛሬ ሚያዝያ 14/2008 ዓ.ም በፌደራል አቃቤ ህግ ክስ የቀረበባቸው 22 ተከሳሾች ክሳቸው ከፍተኛ ፍ/ቤት ልደታ ምድብ 19ኛ ወንጀል ችሎት በንባብ ተሰምቷል፡፡ በአቶ ጉርሜሳ አያናው መዝገብ የተከፈተው ክስ ላይ እንደተመለከተው የኦፌኮ ም/ሊቀመንበር አቶ በቀለ ገርባ በአራተኛ ተከሳሽነት ስማቸው ተቀምጧል፡፡ ተከሳሾቹ በ2001 ዓ.ም የወጣውን የጸረ-ሽብርተኝነት አዋጅ 652/2001 የተለያዩ አንቀጾችን በመተላለፍ የሽብር ክስ የተመሰረተባቸው ሲሆን፣ ተከሳሾች ለ122 ሰዎች ጉዳት፣ ለንብረት ውድመት፣ ለመሰረተ ልማት መስተጓጎል፣ ለትምህርት...

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11 U.S. Senators condemn human rights violations in Ethiopia

  12 U.S. Senators Condemn Ethiopia’s Crackdown on Civil Society U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a resolution with 11 other Senators today condemning the lethal violence used by the government of Ethiopia against protestors, journalists, and others in civil society for exercising their rights under Ethiopia’s constitution. The resolution calls for the Secretary of...

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Open Letter to President Barack Obama (Andualem Arage from Kaliti prison)

Dear President Obama, I am a son of a poor farmer who sustains his family in subsistence agriculture and still is. I am the son of that farmer, who did not try to change the life of his father, nor that of his own, believing from the outset that, it is when societal, political and economic problems are properly dealt with first that we can prosper as a nation or as a family. Mr. President, I am the son of that farmer, who tried...

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Ethiopian Political and Civic Organizations Opposed the Candidacy of Tedros Adhanom to WHO Head

20 Ethiopian Political and Civic organizations write to WHO board of directors in opposition to the candidacy of Tedros Adhanom to the post of Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO). —————————————————————- Dear Matsoso: We are a diverse group of Ethiopian Diaspora organizations from all parts of the world, working in the field of human rights. We write in opposition to the candidacy of Tedros Adhanom, Ph.D. for the post of Director...

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በጋሚቤላ ወገኖቻችን ላይ ለደረሰው ጭፍጨፋ ተጠያቂው ወያኔ ነው!!!

ባለፈው ዓርብ ሚያዚያ 7 ቀን 2008 ማንነታቸው ያልታወቁ ታጣቂዎች ድንበር ጥሰው በመግባት በላሬና ጃካዋ ወረዳዎች በሚኖሩ የኑዌር ወገኖቻችን ላይ ጭፍጨፋ ማካሄዳቸውን በአገዛዙ ቁጥጥር ሥር ያሉ ሚዲያዎች ጭምር ዘግበዋል። ህወሃት ሥልጣን ከተቆጣጠረ ወዲህ በጋምቤላ ክልል ነዋሪ በሆኑ ወገኖቻችን ላይ እንዲህ አይነት የጅምላ ጭፍጨፋ ሲካሄድ ይህ የመጀመሪያው አይደለም። በ1996 የህወሃት ልዩ ጦር የተሳተፈበት የዘር ማጥፋት ወንጀል በአኝዋክ ተወላጆች ላይ ተካሂዶ ከ400 በላይ ሰላማዊ ዜጎች ህይወታቸው ተቀጥፎአል። በወቅቱ የፈደራል ጉዳዮች ሃላፊ የነበረው አባ ጸሃይና ሌሎች ቱባ ቱባ የመከላኪያና የደህንነት ባለሥልጣናት እጃቸው እንደነበረበት ቢታወቅም እስከዛሬ ድረስ አንዳቸውም ለፍርድ አልቀረቡም።...

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A State Department report on human rights in Ethiopia show worsening situation, but the US continue to finance the tyrannical regime

The 2015 country report on Ethiopia by the State Department show an even worsening human rights abuse by the minority regime in Ethiopia, a country considered by the US as its best ally in Africa. The list of the human rights violations are too long but to name a few are “harassment and intimidation of opposition members and supporters and journalists; alleged torture, beating, abuse, and mistreatment of detainees by security forces; and politically...

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Sharing anti-government messages, audiovisuals to become unlawful in Ethiopia

The Ethiopian government has drafted a law banning the sharing of anti-government protest messages and audiovisuals via phones and computers. The draft law tabled to the parliament on Tuesday make it punishable by law the act of sharing or disseminating any messages or audiovisuals that encourages people to protest against the government. The Ethiopian government has also began registering every cellphone in the nation while shutting down social...

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Human Rights in Ethiopia – An Update

Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 – 11:00am Location: 2255 Rayburn House Office Building   Announcement Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a briefing on the current human rights situation in Ethiopia. Home to the Oromo, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the region of Oromia was witness to mostly peaceful student protests in November of 2015 against the Ethiopian Government’s plan to take over...

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የእንግሊዝ መንግስት በአንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ ጉዳይ አጣብቂኝ ውስጥ ገብቷል -ኢትዮጵያ ከእንግሊዝ የምታገኘውን እርዳታ ልታጣ ትችላለች

እንግሊዝ ዜጋዋ በኢትዮጵያ የሞት ፍርድ ተፈርዶበት በቁጥጥር ስር የዋለ ቢሆንም ሚልዩን ፓውንዶችን ዜጋዋን ላፈኑባት የጸጥታ ኃይሎች እንደምትሰጥ የእንግሊዙ ትልቅ ጋዜጣ ዴይሊ ሜይል ዘግቧል፡፡ የሶስት ልጆች አባት የሆኑት የሰሜን ለንደን ነዋሪው አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ ከሁለት ዓመታት በፊት ከየመን አየር መንገድ ተይዘው ለኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ተላልፈው መሰጠታቸው አይዘነጋም ፡፡የኢትዮጵያ የደህንነት መስሪያ ቤት ኃላፊዎችም አንዳርጋቸውን ከወራት የምስጢር ወህኒ ቤት ቆይታቸው በኋላ በቴሌቭዥን አቅርበዋቸው ነበር፡፡ ዜጋዋ ሰብዓዊ መብቶቹ ባልተከበሩበት ሁኔታ የታሰረባት እንግሊዝ በአንጻሩ በደህንነት ማኔጅመንት ዙሪያ ክራንፊልድ ዩኒቨርስቲ ለሚሰጠው የማስተርስ ትምህርት የኢትዮጵያ የደህንነት ሰዎች ስኮላርሺፕ...

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ESAT appoints Abebe Gellaw as executive director

ESAT News (April 8, 2016) The Board of the Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) announced that it has appointed journalist and activist Abebe Gellaw as the new executive director. Abebe will fill in the position vacated by Neamin Zeleke who resigned few months ago due to other responsibilities and commitments. Abebe in his capacity as the executive director will oversee the day to day activities of ESAT which has branches in...

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ትግሉ ሰፊ የምሁራን ተሳትፎ ይሻል! (አርበኞች ግንቦት 7)

                                                         ኢትዮጵያ በበብዛትም ይሁን በጥራት በውጭው አለምም ይሁን በሀገር ውስጥ የሚኖሩ ብዙ ምሁራን ያፈራች ሀገር ነች። በጅጉ የሚያሳዝነው ግን በሀገሪቱና በሕዝቧ ችግር ላይ ሀሳብ ሲሰጡ ፣ ባደባባይ ሲከራከሩና ሲታገሉ የሚታዩት በጅጉ ጥቂቶች ናቸው። ርግጥ ነው ተከታታይ መንግስታት በምሁራን ላይ ያደረሱት ጥቃትና ማግለል ከፍተኛ መሆኑ ይታወቃል። በዚህም ምክንያት ብዙዎች መከራን ከህዝብ ጋር ከመጋፈጥ...

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UK Foreign Affairs Committee to monitor Andargachew Tsige’s case

UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) has said it will monitor the case of Andargachew Tsige, a British father held in Ethiopia, among others, amid concerns that the government has lessened its commitment to ending human rights abuses abroad, Reprieve, an international human rights organization said in a release on Tuesday. Reprieve quoted an interim report released Tuesday on the UK’s overseas human rights work by the FAC as...

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