TPLF led charges on yonatan Tesfaye accused of anti government facebook posts

The Human rights activist and ex-spokesman for Ethiopia's main opposition Blue Party has been charged with inciting violence and being a "ring leader" of a banned rebel group after he criticised the government on Facebook.Yonatan Tesfaye, who has been jailed since December 2015, in one message accused the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) of using "force against the people instead of using peaceful discussion with the public." The European Union and the US repeatedly expressed concern over vague use ATP law in Ethiopia under the repressive TPLF led regime. The regime persecutes activists, journalists opposition members and supporters to silence any dissent.

Full charges on Yonatan Tesfaye, a human rights activist, by politically captured legal system of TPLF in Ethiopia. Here is the full charges in English

Charged on – May 4th 2016
Plaintiff: Federal Public Prosecutor
Defendant – Yonatan Tesfaye
Crime – Violation of Article  4 of the Anti – Terrorism Proclamation (ATP )
Number of defendant – 1

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የብሪታኒያው ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ፊሊፕ ሃመንድ በኢትዮጵያ ጉብኝት እንደሚያደርጉ ተገለጸ

በእስር ላይ የሚገኙ አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌ በቂ ህጋዊ ድጋፍን አላገኙም በማለት ለኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ተደጋጋሚ ማሳሰቢያዎችን ሲሰጡ የቆዩት የብሪታኒያው ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ፊሊፕ ሃመንድ ነገ በስቲያ ረቡዕ በኢትዮጵያ ጉብኝት እንደሚያደርጉ ተገለጸ። ሚኒስትሩ ሃመንድ የኢትዮጵያ ባለስልጣናት ብሪታኒያ ለምታነሳቸው ጥያቄዎች ተገቢውን ምላሽ የማትሰጥ ከሆነ የሁለቱ ሃገራት ዲፕሎማሲያዊ ግንኙንት ሊሻክር ይችላል ሲሉ በቅርቡ መግለጻቸው ይታወሳል።

የሃገሪቱ የሰብዓዊ መብት ተሟጋች ተቋማትና ታዋቂ ግለሰቦች የብሪታኒያ መንግስት ዜጋውን ለማስለቀቅ በቂ ትኩረትን አልሰጠም ሲሉ በድጋሚ የተቃውሞ ዘመቻን እያካሄዱ እንደሚገኝ ታውቋል።

ባለፈው ሳምንት የአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌ የዘጠኝ አመት ታዳጊ ህጻን በሃገሪቱ መንግስት ላይ ክስ መመስረቷ የሚታወስ ሲሆን፣ በኢትዮጵያ ጉብኝትን የሚያደርጉት ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትሩ የአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌ ጉዳይን አብይ ጉዳይ አድርገው እንደሚወያዩ ይጠበቃል።

የኢትዮጵያ ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር ከአንድ ወር በፊት የብሪታኒያው ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዴቪድ ካሜሩን በአዲስ አበባ ጉብኝትን ያደርጋሉ ቢልም ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ ጉብኝት ሳያደርጉ መቅረታቸውን ለመርዳት ተችሏል።
ይሁንና ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትሩ ፊሊፕ ሃመንድ በኢትዮጵያ የሁለት ቀን ጉብኝትን ለማድረግ ረቡዕ አዲስ አበባ እንደሚገኙ የኢትዮጵያ ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር ሰኞ ለሃገር ውስጥ መገናኛ ብዙሃን ገልጸዋል።

ሚኒስትሩ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስሩን ጉብኝት ልዩ ቢያደርግም የጉብኝቱን አጀንዳ በተመለከተ የሰጠው ዝርዝር መረጃ የሌለ ሲሆን የሁለቱ ሃገራት ዲፕሎማሲያዊ ግንኙነት እንዲሁም የአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌ ጉዳይ ሰፊ ውይይት እንደሚካሄድበት ለመረዳት ተችሏል።

የአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌ ጉዳይን የሚከታተልውና ሪፕሪቭ የተሰኘው የብሪታኒያ የሰብዓዊ መብት ተሟጋች ድርጅት የሃገሪቱ መንግስት ከሌሎች ፖለቲካዊ ጉዳዮች ይልቅ ለዲሞክራሲ እንዲሁም ለዜጎች መብት መከበር ቅድሚያ እንዲሰጥ በድጋሚ አሳስቧል።
በተለያዩ መድረኮች የአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌ ጉዳይን ከኢትዮጵያ ባለስልጣናት ጋር በማንሳት ሲወያዩ መቆየታቸውን ሲገልጹ የቆዩት የብሪታኒያው ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ፊሊፕ ሃመንድ፣ መንግስታቸው ሲያቀርብ የቆየው ጥያቄ ተቀባይነት የማያገኝ ከሆነ የኢትዮጵያና የብሪታኒያ ግንኙነት ሊሻክር ይችላል ሲሉ በቅርቡ ማሳሰባቸው ይታወቃል።

ሚኒስትሩ ከእሁድ ጀምሮ በሳውዲ አረቢያ ጉብኝትን እያደረጉ ሲሆን፣ ከስድስት የባህረ-ሰላጤ ሃገራት መሪዎች ጋርም እንደሚወያዩ ታውቋል።

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Prof. Berhanu Nega “The fight with TPLF is in the heartland, not along the border”

Chairman of the Patriotic Ginbot 7 Movement for Unity and Democracy, Prof. Berhanu Nega reiterated that armed operations by his Movement is not along the border with Eritrea as the regime in Addis Ababa would like the people to believe, but is inside the heartland as has been seen in the recent fight with regime forces in Arbaminch, south Ethiopia.

Addressing Ethiopians in North America at a meeting held in Washington DC on Sunday, the Chairman of Patriotic Ginbot 7, an armed coalition fighting the tyrannical regime in Ethiopia said the recent attack against regime forces in Arbaminch has proven the regime’s rhetoric wrong – that the armed group would launch an attack from the country’s border with Eritrea.

An attack by the Patriotic Ginbot 7 forces early this month killed at least 20 regime soldiers while 50 others sustained serious injuries.

Prof. Berhanu meanwhile called on Ethiopians in the diaspora to get organized and stay vigilant so as not to fall into the regime’s trap, which would otherwise destroy the fabric of Ethiopian civic and religious institutions in the diaspora.

He said Ethiopians abroad should work to bring officials of the corrupt regime to justice whenever and wherever they see them. He encouraged Ethiopians abroad to use alternative ways when they send money to their country as remittances are a significant source of foreign currency to the corrupt regime. He also urged Ethiopians to establish democratic institutions wherever they are and strengthen the culture of democracy.

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Eskinder Nega- The Price of Freedom of Expression in Ethiopia

Name of Datainee:- Eskinder Nega (18 Years Sentenced)

Charge:- Journalist Eskinder Nega was charged for violating Article 7(2) of Anti-Terrorism Proclamation 652/2009 and Article 32 (1/a) and 248(b) of the Criminal Code of FDRE Proclamation No.414/2004, by communicating with the leaders of terrorist group in clandestine, organizing an assembly to incite violence and uprising, giving information to Ethiopia Satellite Television (ESAT), by writing and distributing Provocative articles, by acting as in country representative of Ginbot Seven, by helping Eritrean government to facilitate and integrate its terrorism agenda on high treason.

Verdict- on 27^th of June, 2012 the Lideta Higher court on the 3^rd Criminal Bench found him guilty, on the same charge of Anti-Terrorism  Proclamation he was accused and sentenced for 18 years of rigorous imprisonment. Even though Eskinder has appealed to the Supreme Court, the court has confirmed the decision of the Higher court on 15^th of August, 2012. Journalist Eskinder is banned from his civil rights for five years and He is prohibited from selling, changing and transferring his assets to a third party.

Education and Career: – Eskinder Nega was born in 1969 and he was the only child of his Parents. He has completed his elementary education at Sanford School in Addis Ababa. He has completed his High School and Higher Education in USA. Then, just after a little a while after EPRDF came to power; he came back  home and established a Newspaper called Ethiopis. Eskinder’s relationship with EPRDF led government had been adversarial since the start because if his very critical articles.

The government closed the newspaper and put Eskinder in Jail. After the government closed Ethopis, Eskinder has managed to launch Asqual, Satenaw, and minlik Newspapers. He has been in jail eight times because of his journalism career. After Election 2005 his newspapers were closed and were jailed with his wife Journalist Serkalem Fasil. She was forced to give birth to their only child in prison. On this specific time of the arrest Eskinder spend Seventeen months in prison.


Current Situation: - Eskinder’s current arrest started on 14^th of September, 2011 since then he is serving his 18 years sentence. He is in kality High security zone. He has been denied his right to be visited by his family and friends. At this time no one is allowed to see Eskinder except a person who delivers for him. Four years and eight months has passed since he was arrested.

Recognition: - Journalist Eskinder Nega has won Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award in 2012.  Amnesty International has listed his name under prisoner of conscience. Freedom Now has collected and submitted a petition to UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and according to the group’s decision that his detention is against international laws.

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Nine year old daughter of Andargachew Tsige sues the UK government

The daughter of Andargachew Tsige, kidnapped by the Ethiopian regime in 2014 at Yemeni airport and in death row in Ethiopia has sued the British government, according to Reprieve, an organization that’s campaigning for his release.

“Lawyers for Menabe Andargachew, 9, a joint US-UK citizen living in London, have begun judicial review proceedings against the British Foreign Office over ministers’ handling of the case of her father, Andargachew ‘Andy’ Tsege,” the report said.

Minabe “has launched legal action against the UK Government, for its refusal to request his return,” said Reprieve.

“My mom said he’s been sentenced to death,” Menabe told NBC News as her chin quivers. “I just don’t know if we can get him back in time.”

The UN’s Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the European Parliament have previously called for Mr. Tsege’s release, as have US members of Congress. In a statement published today by NBC News, Senator Ben Cardin, who sits on the US Foreign Relations Committee, said “Mr. Tsege’s grave case is one of many that gives cause for concern.”

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ጋዜጠኛ ውብሸት ምግብ ከበላ 24 ሰዓት አልፎታል

ጋዜጠኛ ‪ውብሸት ታዬ‬ የ14 አመት እስር ተፈርዶበት በዝዋይ ማረሚያ ቤት ይገኛል። ውብሸት ትናንት ግንቦት 20/2008 ዓ.ም የታሰረበት ክፍል ሲፈተሽ ጽሁፍ ተገኝቶብሃል በሚል በቅጣት ጨለማ ቤት እንዳስገቡት ባለቤቱ ወ/ሮ ብርሃኔ ተስፋየ ገልጻለች።

ውብሸት ዛሬም ጨለማ ክፍል እንደታሰረ ነው። ይህን በመቃወም ውብሸት የርሃብ አድማ ማድረጉንና የሄደለትን ምግብ መመለሱን ለማወቅ ተችሎአል። ዛሬ ውብሸትን ለማየት የሄዱ ሰዎች “ማየት አትችሉም” ተብለው ተመልሰዋል። ጋዜጠኛ ውብሸት ምግብ ከበላ 24 ሰዓት አልፎታል።

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የአቶ አንዳርጋቸው የ9 ዓመት ልጅ በእንግሊዝ መንግስት ላይ ክስ አቀረበች

የአሜሪካና የእንግሊዝ ዜግነትን አጣምራ የያዘችው ምናቤ አንዳርጋቸው የአቶ አንዳርጋቸውን ጉዳይ በሚከታተሉ የውጭ ጉዳይ መስሪያ ቤት ሰራተኞች ላይ በጠበቃዎቹዋ አማካኝነት ክስ መስርታለች።

ላለፉት 2 ዓመታት በእስር ላይ የሚገኘው አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ከሁለት አመት በፊት በጣም ለአጭር ጊዜ ካደረገው የስክል ጥሪ በስተቀር ከቤተሰቡ ጋር እንዲገናኝ አልተፈቀደለትም ሲል ጉዳዩን የሚከታተለው ሪፕሪቭ የተባለው የህግ ባለሙያዎች ድርጅት አስታውቋል። አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጠበቃ እንዳያገኝና ፍርድ ቤት እንዳይቀርብ መደረጉ ብቻ ሳይሆን፣ የእስር ቤት ባለስልጣናት በእጃቸው እንደሌለ እየገለጹ መሆኑን ድርጅቱ አስታውቋል።

የተመድ የሰብአዊ መብት ካውንስል፣ የአውሮፓ ፓርላማ እንዲሁም የአሜሪካ የኮንግረስ አባላት አቶ አንዳርጋቸው እንዲፈቱ ጥሪ ማቅረባቸው ይታወቃል።

ምናቤ አንዳርጋቸው ፣ አባቷ በህገወጥ መንገድ በየመን መንግስት ተላልፎ መሰጠቱን፣ ህገወጥ በሆነ ሁኔታ መታሰሩንና የሞት ፍርድ የተፈረደበት መሆኑን በመግለጽ፣ እንግሊዝ ከዚህ በፊት ለሌሎች ዜጎች ያደረገችውን ጥረት ለአባቷ መፈታት አላደረገችም በማለት ክስ ቅርባለች።

የሪፕሪቭ የሞት ቅጣት ቡድን ዳይሬክተር የሆኑት ማያ ፎአ፣ እንግሊዝ አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ከእስር ተለቀው ወደ ቤተሰቦቻቸው እንዲቀላቀሉ ጥሪ ማድረግ አለባት፣ ዝምታው ማብቃት ይኖርበታል ብለዋል።

ተጨማሪ ለማንበብ አዚህ ላይ ይጫኑ 

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