ON June 15/2015, one of the founders of the legal opposition group,
Semayawi Party , Samuel Awoke, was beaten to death near his home in the
(Gojjam) town of Debre Markos. He was a candidate of an MP post in the
last election. Samuel had been beaten and jailed before. His killers,
suspected to be agents of the regime, have not been apprehended.
BRIGHT FUTURE FOR ETHIOPIANS !!!
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Ethiopia: Investigate suspicious murders and human rights violations
The late Tadesse Abraha |
The suspicious murder of opposition leaders and wide-spread human rights
violations against opposition party members over the past few weeks raises questions about Ethiopia’s elections, said Amnesty International as the parliamentary poll results were announced yesterday.
The organization has also expressed concerns about the failure of the Africa Union Elections Observer Mission (AUEOM) and the National Elections Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) to properly monitor and report on allegations of wide-spread abuses before, during and after the election.
The late Samuel Awoke |
“It is unacceptable that these violations barely warranted a mention in reports released by official observers, including the Africa Union Elections Observer Mission and the National Elections Board of Ethiopia.”
Friday, 27 March 2015
Amnesty International Report 2014/15
Head of state: Mulatu Teshome Wirtu
Head of government: Hailemariam Desalegn
Freedom of expression continued to be subject to serious restrictions. The government was hostile to suggestions of dissent, and often made pre-emptive arrests to prevent dissent from manifesting. Independent media publications were subject to further attack. Peaceful protesters, journalists, and members of opposition political parties were arbitrarily arrested. The Charities and Societies Proclamation continued to obstruct the work of human rights organizations. Arbitrary detention and torture and other ill-treatment were widespread, often used as part of a system for silencing actual or suspected dissent.
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Ethiopia: ‘Because I am Oromo’: Sweeping repression in the Oromia region of Ethiopia
Between 2011 and 2014, at least 5000 Oromos have been arrested based on their actual or suspected peaceful opposition to the government.
Sunday, 22 March 2015
Ethiopian pilot who hijacked plane sentenced to 19 years in jail
Addis Ababa, 21 March 2015 (WIC) – An Ethiopian court sentenced an Ethiopian Airlines pilot to 19 years and six months in prison on Friday for hijacking his own plane and flying it to Geneva.
The high court in Addis Ababa issued its ruling on Hailemedhin Abera in his absence. He had been convicted in absentia on Monday.
Saturday, 21 March 2015
Ethiopia expels prominent university professor for his anti government views
ADDIS ABABA - A prominent university professor known for his critical views against the government has been expelled from his job, Abugida news website reported on Tuesday.
Dagnachew Assefa, a professor of philosophy at Addis Ababa University, was fired for his independent views and the scholar said the measure was "politically motivated."
Dagnachew Assefa, a professor of philosophy at Addis Ababa University, was fired for his independent views and the scholar said the measure was "politically motivated."
Ethiopian Oromo Rebel Group Founder Returns to Domestic Politics
Oromo Democratic Front President Leenco Lata arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Thursday, Lencho Bati, a spokesman for the group, said in an e-mailed response to questions. The group held inconclusive talks with Ethiopian officials over the past two years, Beyan Asoba, the head of the U.S.-based ODF’s foreign relations department, said in a separate e-mailed statement. Leenco began the Oromo Liberation Front in 1973 before leaving to join the ODF in 2013.
በጎንደር ከተማ አንድ የሚሊሺያ አዛዥ ተገደለ በርካታ ሰዎችም ታሰሩ
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
ታዋቂ ወጣት ፖለቲከኞች ታሰሩ
ወጣት ብርሃኑ ተክለያሬድ፣ ወጣት ፍቅረማርያም አስማማውና እየሩሳሌም ተስፋው ካለፉት 2 ሳምንታት ጀምሮ በማእከላዊ እስር ቤት ውስጥ እንደሚገኙ ኢሳት አረጋግጧል።
Monday, 16 March 2015
ኢህአዴግ በመንግሥት በጀት ለካድሬዎችና አባላቱ ሥልጠና እየሰጠ ነው።
መጋቢት ፯(ሰባት) ቀን ፳፻፯ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-የኢህአዴግ ካድሬዎችን የሚያሰለጥነው አካዳሚ ፕሬዚዳንት የሆኑት አቶ አዲሱ ለገሰ ሰሞኑን በሰጡት መግለጫ በመለስ ዜናዊ ስም የተሰየመው የአመራር አካዳሚ በመንግስት በጀት ከ2003 ዓ.ም ጀምሮ በአምስት ዙሮች 2ሺ 500 ያህል ከፍተኛ አመራሮችን፣ ከ30ሺ በላይ መካከለኛ አመራሮችን አሰልጥኗል፡፡
አካዳሚው ያለአንዳች ፈቃድ ከ2003 ዓ.ም እስከ 2006 ዓ.ም ሲሰራ ከቆየ በሃላ በ2006 ዓ.ም በሚኒስትሮች ደንብ ቁጥር 321/2006 ተጠሪነቱ በቀጥታ ለጠ/ሚኒስትሩ በማድረግ መንግሥታዊ ተቋም ሆኖ ተቋቁሟል፡፡
አካዳሚው በአሁኑ ወቅት በሱሉልታ አካባቢ በ50ሺ ካሬሜትር ቦታ ላይ ዋና የማስልጠኛ ተቋሙን እየገነባ ሲሆን እስካሁን ከየመንግስት መ/ቤት የሚመረጡ ካድሬዎችን ለማሰልጠን በመምህርነት ሲያገለግሉ የነበሩት የመንግሥትና የኢህአዴግ ከፍተኛ ባለለስልጣናት እንደነበሩ ተናግረዋል፡፡
Ethiopia 'targets' Oromo ethnic group, says Amnesty
Many Oromo people flee Ethiopia to take refuge in neighbouring states
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Ethiopia has "ruthlessly targeted" its largest ethnic group for suspected links to a rebel group, human rights group Amnesty International says.
Thousands of Oromo people had been subjected to unlawful killings, torture and enforced disappearance, it said.
Dozens had also been killed in a "relentless crackdown on real or imagined dissent", Amnesty added.
Sunday, 15 March 2015
Tedros Adhanom urged to make public apology over white lies
Washington DC - Editors of ten leading Ethiopian websites on Wednesday demanded Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom to retract his outlandish statement about a school girl whom he promoted as winner of a non-existent multimillion-dollar international award.
Editors of Abugida, Addis Voice, ECADForum, Ethioforum, Ethiofreedom, Ethiomedia, Ethiopian Review, Quatero, Satenaw and Zehabesha took the unprecedented step to hold the minister accountable for his propaganda stunt over a 14-year old Beritu Jaleta, an Ethiopian-Australian schoolgirl from Melbourne. He said the school girl won 20 million Australian dollars in an international school competition and was partnering with the regime.Wednesday, 11 March 2015
Ethiopia: Digital Attacks Intensify
(New York) – The Ethiopian government has renewed efforts to silence independent voices abroad by using apparent foreign spyware, Human Rights Watch said today. The Ethiopian authorities should immediately cease digital attacks on journalists, while foreign surveillance technology sellers should investigate alleged abuses linked to their products.
Friday, 6 March 2015
ማስተርስ/ዶክተሬት እንደ መለዋወጫ እቃ!
ልጄ አስራ ሁለተኛ ክፍል ስለጨረሰ የደስታዬ ተካፋይ ትሆኑ ዘንድ… የሚል ግብዣ ደርሷችሁ አያውቅም? እናንተም ፋሽኮ ቪኖ ወይንም እናትና ልጅ አረቄ ይዛችሁ ድግሱን ለማድመቅ ሳትሄዱ አልቀራችሁም – የዚያን ዕለት ጎረምሶቹ የቀለጠ ፓርቲ ደግሰው እስኪነጋ ይጨፍራሉ አሉ… ይህስ ይሁን።
ድህረ ምረቃ ፕሮግራም ላይ መሆኑን አንድም ቀን ሲናገር ሰምታችሁ የማታውቁት በቅርብ የምታውቁት ሰው ፣ እንዲያውም በመደበኛ ትምህርት ከስንተኛ ክፍል ነበር? አቋርጦ ወደ ሄደበት ሄዶ (ጫካ ወይንም ምርኮ) ግን የዛሬ ‘ሹም’ ‘የማስተርስ ፣ ዶክትሬት ዲግሬዬ በፖሰታ ስለደረሰኝ የደስታዬ ተካፋይ እንድትሆን ብሎ ቢጠራችሁስ? ይኼ ሰው ድሮ ትምህርት ቤት የተመዘገበበት ስም ሌላ ነበር… አሁን ደግሞ አዲስ ስም ብቻ ሳይሆን አዲስ ማዕረግ ፣ አዲስ ቤት ፣ አዲስ መኪና… ምኑ ቅጡ… ባናቱ ላይ ዲግሪ ሸምቶበታል።
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
ካህኑ የአረና አባል በመሆናቸው ዘግናኝ ድብደባ ተፈጸመባቸው
የካቲት ፳፭(ሃያ አምስት) ቀን ፳፻፯ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-የቀፍታ ሑመራ ወረዳ በረኸት ከተማ ነዋሪ የሆኑት ቄስ ሕሉፍ ኸሕሳይ የዓረና-መድረክ ኣባል በመሆናቸው ብቻ ዘግናኝ ድብደባ እንደተፈጸመባቸው ከፓርቲው ጽህፈት ቤት የወጣ መረጃ አመለከተ።
እንደ መረጃው ከሆነ ቄስ ህሉፍ በደረሰባቸው ዘግናኝ ድብደባ በህይወትና በሞት መካከል የሚገኙ ሲሆን፤ ለድብኢደባቸው ምክንያቱ የአረና አባል መሆናቸው ብቻ ነው። የካቲት 17 ቀን 2007ዓመተ ምህረት ምሽት 1፡00 ሰዓት ኣከባቢ በሶስት ታጣቂዎች ከለላነት ተደብቆ የነበረ ሰው በድንጋይ ደጋግሞ በመደብደብ ለከፋ ኣደጋ እንደዳረጋቸው ፓርቲው ጠቅሷል።
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ የቅስቀሳ መልእክቱን እንዲለውጥ ተጠየቀ።
Tedros Adhanom caught in $20 million teen prize scandal
Government of Australia and Rotary Foundation deny funding teenager
By Abebe Gellaw
Tedros Adhanom
Monday, 2 March 2015
A Magna Carta for Ethiopia?
By Alemayehu G Mariam
March 2, 2015
I am celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta Libertatum or the Great Charter of English Liberties. Whoa! Hold it! I understand your question!
Why is a guy born in Africa (Ethiopia) now living in America celebrating a document written by a bunch of disgruntled and rebellious English barons quarrelling with a feudal monarch over taxes and restoration of their feudal privileges in Medieval England 800 years ago?
March 2, 2015
I am celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta Libertatum or the Great Charter of English Liberties. Whoa! Hold it! I understand your question!
Why is a guy born in Africa (Ethiopia) now living in America celebrating a document written by a bunch of disgruntled and rebellious English barons quarrelling with a feudal monarch over taxes and restoration of their feudal privileges in Medieval England 800 years ago?
Saturday, 28 February 2015
ሰበር ዜና: የወያኔ ሰላይ ከሆላንድ ተባረረ!
British support for Ethiopia scheme withdrawn amid abuse allegations
Department for International Development will no longer back $4.9bn project that critics claim has funded a brutal resettlement programme
(The Guardian) The UK has ended its financial support for a controversial development project alleged to have helped the Ethiopian government fund a brutal resettlement programme. Hundreds of people have been forced from their land as a result of the scheme, while there have also been reports of torture, rape and beatings.
Until last month, Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) was the primary funder of the promotion of basic services (PBS) programme, a $4.9bn (£3.2bn) project run by the World Bank and designed to boost education, health and water services in Ethiopia.
Friday, 27 February 2015
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
በተቃውሞ የተነሳ ተቋርጦ የነበረው በዋልድባ ገዳም የሚያልፈው የመንገድ ግንባታ እንደገና ተጀመረ
የካቲት ፲፯(አስራ ሰባት) ቀን ፳፻፯ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-ስማቸው እንዳይገለጽ የጠየቁ የገዳሙ ምንጮች ለኢሳት እንደገለጹት ከወልቃይት ተነስቶ በዋልድባ አብረንታት ገዳም አድርጎ ወደ ማይፀብሪ የሚሰራው መንገድ በ2004ዓ/ም በገዳሙ ፣በአካባቢው ሕብረተሰብ እና በውጭ በሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያዊያን ጠንካራ ተቃውሞ የተነሳ ተቋርጦ ቆይቷል።
መንግስት ወደ ገዳሙ የሚገባው ለአፈር ምርምር እንጂ መንገድ ለመስራት አይደለም በሚል የመንግስት ካድሬዎችና አንዳንድ መነኮሳትና የቤተክነት ሃላፊዎች የሀሰት ምስክርነት እንዲሰጡ አድርጎ ህዝቡን ካዘናጋና “ገዳሙ አይታረስም ብለው የሚቃወሙትን ጠንካራ መነኮሳት” ከገዳሙ ካስወጣ በሗላ፣ አሁን የመንገድ ስራውን እንደገና መጀመሩን ተናግረዋል።
Monday, 23 February 2015
Ethiopia: Panel Names One of Ethiopia Top Sources for Illicit Financial Flow
A high level panel delegated by the African Union (AU) and chaired by Thabo Mbeki, the former president of South Africa, has found Ethiopia to be among the top African nations in terms of being a source of illicit financial flows (IFFs), most of which makes ways to the developed world.
The panel was tasked to find out how prone Africa is for a systematic financial theft which mostly is orchestrated by giant multinational companies operating in the continent. The panel's report dubbed "track it, stop it and get it" found that in five decades alone, the continent is estimated to have lost one trillion dollars; and currently nations including Ethiopia are losing some 60 billion dollars due to illicit financial flows across the board.
የአለም ባንክ በኢትዮጵያ የተፈጸሙትን የሰብአዊ መብት ጥሰቶችን በጽሞና እንዲያያቸው ተጠየቀ።
የካቲት ፲፮(አስራ ስድስት) ቀን ፳፻፯ ዓ/ም ኢሳት ዜና :-አለማቀፉ የሰብአዊ መብት ድርጅት ሂውማን ራይትስ ወች ባወጣው አስቸኳይ መግለጫ በአለም ባንክ ድጋፍ በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ የሚከናወኑ ፕሮጀክቶች ፣ የባንኩን ፖሊሲ የሚጻረሩ ሆነው መገኘታቸውን የአለም ባንክ የውስጥ የምርመራ ክፍል ማሳወቁን ገልጿል። ይሁን እንጅ የባንኩ ማኔጅመንት በባንኩ የውስጥ የምርመራ ቡድን የቀረበውን ሪፖርት የሚቃረንና ባንኩን ከተጠያቂነት የሚያድን ሌላ ሪፖርት አቅርቧል። የአለም ባንክ የዳይሬክተሮች ቦርድ በምርመራ ክፍሉና በማኔጅመንቱ የቀረቡትን ሁለት የተለያዩ አስተያየቶችን ለማየት ከሶስት ቀናት በሁዋላ ይሰበሰባል።
World Bank: Address Ethiopia Findings
(Washington, DC) – The World Bank should fully address serious human rights issues raised by the bank’s internal investigation into a project in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the bank’s vice president for Africa. The bank’s response to the investigation findings attempts to distance the bank from the many problems confirmed by the investigation and should be revised. The World Bank board of directors is to consider the investigation report and management’s response, which includes an Action Plan, on February 26, 2015.
Sunday, 22 February 2015
የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ሊቀመንበር በዕጩነት እንዳይቀርቡ ተደረገ።
አዲስ አበባ ከተማ ወረዳ 5 ለመጭው ምርጫ ለተወካዮች ምክር ቤት ሰማያዊ ፓርቲን ወክለው ሊቀርቡ የነበሩት የፓርቲው ሊቀመንበር ኢ/ር ይልቃል ጌትነት ‹‹ከቀረቡት 17 ዕጩዎች መካከል በተጣለ ዕጣ ወድቀዋል›› በመባላቸው ለመጭው ምርጫ በዕጩነት እንዳይቀርቡ መደረጋቸውን ለነገረ ኢትዮጵያ ገልጸዋል፡፡ ኢ/ር ይልቃል በዕጩነት በቀረቡበት ወረዳ 5 የምርጫ ጣቢያ ኢህአዴግ፣ የትግስቱ አንድነት፣ ቅንጅትን ጨምሮ ሌሎች ስድስት የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ ተወካዮች ያለ ምንም ዕጣ አልፈዋል የተባለ ሲሆን ‹‹የሚያልፉት በዕጣ ነው›› የተባሉት ሰማያዊን ጨምሮ 11 የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ ተወካዮች መካከል ሰማያዊና ሌሎች አራት የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ ተወካዮች ‹‹ዕጣ አልወጣላቸውም፡፡›› ተብሏል፡፡
Saturday, 21 February 2015
ያ ትውልድ !
(የካቲት 1966 ዓ.ም. 41ኛ ዓመት መታሰቢያ ምክንያት በማድረግ)
በምሥራቅ አፍሪካ ሊፈነጥቅ የድል ጮራ፤ ሕዝባዊ ጥያቄዎችን ከፍ አድርጎ በየአቅጣጫው የተንቀሳቀሰው ሕዝባዊ ዓመጽ፣ ለሕዝብ መብት ሕዝብ የጮኸበት፣ ብዝበዛ እንዲያበቃ ተበዝባዥ የተጠራራበት፣ ረሃብ ጩኸቱን ያሰማበት፣ የተራቡ ዓይኖች ማየት የጀመሩበት ድንቁርና መስማት የጀመረበት፣ ሀገሬ ኢትዮጵያ “ያገር ያለህ !” ያለችበት የካቲት 1966 ዓ.ም. ትውስታ አርባ አንደኛ ዓመት።
በምሥራቅ አፍሪካ ሊፈነጥቅ የድል ጮራ፤ ሕዝባዊ ጥያቄዎችን ከፍ አድርጎ በየአቅጣጫው የተንቀሳቀሰው ሕዝባዊ ዓመጽ፣ ለሕዝብ መብት ሕዝብ የጮኸበት፣ ብዝበዛ እንዲያበቃ ተበዝባዥ የተጠራራበት፣ ረሃብ ጩኸቱን ያሰማበት፣ የተራቡ ዓይኖች ማየት የጀመሩበት ድንቁርና መስማት የጀመረበት፣ ሀገሬ ኢትዮጵያ “ያገር ያለህ !” ያለችበት የካቲት 1966 ዓ.ም. ትውስታ አርባ አንደኛ ዓመት።
Gagging the media in Ethiopia
By Graham Peebles, CounterPunch |
Nobody trusts politicians, but some governments are more despicable than others.
The brutal gang ruling Ethiopia are especially nasty. They claim to govern in a democratic pluralistic manner, they say they observe human rights and the rule of law, that the judiciary is independent, the media open and free and public assembly permitted as laid out in the constitution. But the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) systematically violates fundamental human rights, silence all dissenting voices and rules the country in a suppressive violent fashion, that is causing untold suffering to millions of people throughout the country.
Friday, 20 February 2015
ምርጫ ቦርድ ከ200 በላይ የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ዕጩዎችን ሰረዘ
‹‹ምርጫ ቦርድ ሰማያዊ በምርጫ ሂደቱ እንዲቆይ አይፈልግም›› ኢ/ር ይልቃል ጌትነት
ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ በተለያዩ የአገሪቱ ክፍሎች ከ200 በላይ ዕጩዎቹ በምርጫ ቦርድ ትዕዛዝ እንደተሰረዙበት የፓርቲው ሊቀመንበር ኢ/ር ይልቃል ጌትነት ለነገረ ኢትዮጵያ ገለጹ፡፡ ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ በመላ አገሪቱ በተለይም በደቡብ ወሎ፣ በሰሜን ሸዋ፣ በወላይታ፣ በቤንች ማጅ፣ በምዕ/ጎጃም፣ በሲዳማ፣ በከምባታ፣ በጋሞጎፋ፣ አዲስ አበባ፣ በደቡብ ጎንደርና ጉጅን ጨምሮ በሌሎችም የአገሪቱ ክፍሎች ከ200 በላይ ዕጩዎቹ አንድን ዕጩ ለመሰረዝ የሚያበቃ ምንም አይነት ህጋዊ ምክንያት ሳይኖር ‹‹ከብሔራዊ ምርጫ ቦርድ በደብዳቤ ታዘናል›› በማለት ለህዝብ ተወካዮች ምክርቤትና ለክልል ምክር ቤቶች ያስመዘገብናቸው ዕጩ ተወዳዳሪዎቹን በመሰረዝ ከምርጫው ውድድር ውጪ እንዲሆኑ እየተደረገ እንደሆነ ኢንጅነር ይልቃል ጌትነት ገልጸዋል፡፡
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