የሽግግር ወቅት

ዴሞክራሲያ ቅጽ 42 ቁ. 2 ጥቅምት/ ኅዳር 2009
 በማንኛውም የሥርዓተ ማኅበር ልውውጥና ሂደት የሚተላለፍ ኅብረተሰብ፣ ተወደደም ተጠላ፤ የሽግግር ወቅት የሚያስፈልገው መሆኑ አያከራክርም። ለዚህም በቂ ምክንያቶች ይኖራሉ። በቅርቡ የሀገራችን ታሪክ እንኳን ሦስት ተፃራሪ ሥርዓቶች፣ ባለፈው ግማሽ ምዕተ ዓመት ሲለዋወጡ የተመለከትን ሲሆን በሥርዓቶቹ ልውውጥ መካከል ለተተኪው ሥርዓት መተላለፊያ፣ ማስተናገጃና መቆጣጠሪያ ሊሆኑ የሚገባቸው በቂ ዝግጅቶችና መሰናዶዎች ሳይደረጉ ቀርተዋል። ሂያጁውን ማስወገድ እንጅ፤ መጭው ምን እንደሚመስል እንኳን በቅጡ ሳይታወቅ በመታለፉ ፤ በሁሉም መስክ አገራችን መጎዳቷን ሁሉም ዜጋ የሚያውቀው ዕውነታ ነው። የዚህ ውጤትም የማያቋርጥ ፀፀትና ቁጭት ሆኖ ቀርቷል። "አርቆ ማሰብ አቅቶኝ፤ በግብታዊነት እጄን በእጄ ቆረጥኩት" የሚያሰኝ ትካዜን ጥሎ ሄዷል። ያለፉት ሦስት ፅንፈኛ ሥርዓቶች የተፈራረቁት አንዱ ሌላውን በማስወገድና ሥልጣኑን በመተካት ቢሆንም ሕዝቡ የበይ-ተመልካች በመሆን ተበደለ፤ ተጎዳ እንጅ፤ የመፃዒ ዕድሉ ቀያሽም ሆነ የመብቱ ወሳኝ አልሆነም። እያንዳንዱ ሥርዓት ከአንዱ ወደሌላው በሚተላለፍበት ወቅት የለውጡ ሂደት የፈጠረው ክፍተኛ ግርግር፤ ሕዝቡ የሚመኘውን የለውጥ ረድዔትም ሆነ በረከት እንዳያገኝ አድርጎታል። ዕድሉን ተነጥቋል፤ ተስፋው የምድረ-በዳ ውልብልቢት ሆኖ ቀርቷል ። ያም በመሆኑ፤ ሽግግሩ የጥቂት ሥልጣን ጥመኞች ማርኪያ ሆኖ አልፏል። ሕዝቡ ተሳታፊ ሊሆን ባለመቻሉም የብሩኅ ተስፋ ዕድሉ፤ ተሰናክሎ ቀርቷል። የዚህ አንደምታ፤ እስካሁን ድረስ ሀገሪቱን እያማቀቃት ይገኛል። ይህ ችግር በሦስቱም ተከታታይ ሕዝባዊ አመፆች ተፈጽሟል - ተደጋግሟል። ከዐፄው ሥርዓት እስከ ወያኔ አገዛዝ ተሰልሷል። በተለዋዋጮቹ ሥርዓቶች ሂደት ውስጥ ሕዝብ የሥልጣን ባለቤትና ተጠቃሚ ባለመሆኑና የሕዝብ ተሳትፎ ተግባራዊ እንዲሆን ባለመደረጉ፤ የተጠበቀው የሀገር ተስፋ መክኗል።

Ethnic tensions in Gondar reflect the toxic nature of Ethiopian politics

From uneven development to authoritarian government, the morass of issues facing the city of Gondar offer a snapshot of Ethiopia’s wider problems

 A coach torched by anti-government protesters in Gondar, Ethiopia. All photographs by William Davison

In Gondar, a city in Ethiopia’s northern highlands, a lone tourist pauses to take a photo of a fortress built more than two centuries ago. Nearby, past a row of gift shops, lies the wreck of a coach torched during unrest in August.

Gondar, known as “Africa’s Camelot”, was once the centre of the Ethiopian empire – at a time when that empire was defined mainly by Amhara traditions. 
Today, the city is facing new tensions that have a complex history. A territorial dispute between elites here in the Amhara region and those in neighbouring Tigray has been simmering for at least 25 years.

Ethiopia: Government blocking of websites during protests widespread, systematic and illegal

14 December 2016, 00:01 UTC

The Ethiopian government systematically and illegally blocked access to social media and news websites in its efforts to crush dissent and prevent reporting of attacks on protesters by security forces during the wave of protests that started in November 2015 and led up to the state of emergency, a new report released today shows.

Research conducted by Amnesty International and the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) between June and October 2016 shows that access to WhatsApp was blocked, as well as at least 16 news outlets.

Ethiopian opposition leader from restive region arrested

By Aaron Maasho | ADDIS ABABA

An Ethiopian opposition leader from a region hit by deadly anti-government protests has been arrested after returning from meeting members of the European Parliament in Brussels, a political ally said on Thursday.

Merera Gudina leads the Oromo People's Congress from Ethiopia's Oromiya region, which has been the center of protests against land grabs and what opponents say is a government clampdown on political freedoms. Officials deny such charges.

Why is the Ethiopian diaspora so influential?

During a year of anti-government protests throughout Ethiopia, its global diaspora, particularly that in the US, has been deeply involved - and not just vocally, writes Addis Ababa-based journalist James Jeffrey.

Twitter and Facebook have been blocked since a six-month state of emergency was imposed last month as the government tries to restore order across the country's two most populous regions of Oromia and Amhara.

There are also internet blackouts, primarily targeting mobile phone data, which is how most Ethiopians get online - and is for many residents of the capital, Addis Ababa, the most frustrating effect of the security clamp down.

The Oromo protests have changed Ethiopia

The struggle of the Oromo people has finally come to the attention of the global public conscience.

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Demonstrators chant slogans while flashing the Oromo protest gesture during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromia region, Ethiopia [Reuters

November 12 marked the first anniversary of the Oromo Protests, a non-institutional and anti-authoritarian movement calling for an end to decades of systemic exclusion and subordination of the Oromo.

Although the protests were sparked by a government plan to expand the territorial and administrative limits of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, into neighbouring Oromo towns and villages, they were manifestations of long-simmering ethnic discontents buried beneath the surface.

Ethiopia’s internet crackdown hurts everyone

James Jeffrey

Freelance journalist based in Addis Ababa and regular contributor to IRIN

Ethiopia has never been an easy place to operate. But a six-month state of emergency, combined with internet and travel restrictions imposed in response to a wave of anti-government protests, means it just got a whole lot harder.
The government has targeted the mobile data connections that the majority of Ethiopians use to get online. Internet users have also been unable to access Facebook Messenger and Twitter, with a host of other services also rendered unreliable.
This has impacted everyone: from local businesses, to foreign embassies, to families, as well as the extensive and vital international aid community.
“Non-governmental organisations play crucial roles in developing countries, often with country offices in the capitals, satellite offices across remote regions, and parent organisations in foreign countries,” said Moses Karanja, an internet policy researcher at Strathmore University in Nairobi.  “They need access to the internet if their operations are to be efficiently coordinated.”

A political decision

The Ethiopian government has been candid about the restrictions being in response to year-long anti-government protests in which hundreds of people have died.
It has singled out social media as a key factor in driving unrest. Since the beginning of October, there has been a spike in violence resulting in millions of dollars’ worth of damage to foreign-owned factories, government buildings and tourist lodges across Oromia Region, initially ground zero for the dissent.

Will Ethiopia’s Year-Long Crackdown End?

Need for Meaningful Reforms, Accountability

Felix Horne

Senior Researcher, Horn of Africa@felixhorne1

When I met 15-year-old “Meti” (not her real name), she felt her dream of becoming a nurse was over. In February, Meti and her classmates joined a protest in East Hararghe, in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, against the government’s displacement of farmers around Addis Ababa, security force abuses, and the repression of opposition voices. When security forces started shooting, she and her classmates ran; she turned to see her brother shot dead. Later that night, security forces arrested her father and two of her brothers. Then school officials informed her they were suspending her from school for her participation in the protest.

Australia: Protests Prompt Ethiopia Reprisals

Visa for Abusive Ethiopian Official Raises Concerns

 

(Sydney) – The Ethiopian government has arrested and detained dozens of relatives of Ethiopians who participated in a Melbourne protest in June, 2016, and is still holding many of them four months later, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Ethiopian Australians protest against an Ethiopian government delegation visiting Melbourne, Australia, June 2016.

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On June 12, members of Australia’s Ethiopian community who are from Somali Regional State protested the visit to Australia of an Ethiopian regional government delegation that included Abdi Mohamoud Omar, known as Abdi Iley, the president of Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State. They were also protesting Australia’s support for the Ethiopian government. The Ethiopian delegation did not appear, and after several hours the event was cancelled. The protesters later learned that several dozen of their relatives in Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State had been arrested and detained due to their involvement in the Melbourne protest.

Ethiopia charges 22 over terror plot instigated by opposition in the diaspora

The Federal High Court in Ethiopia on Monday charged 22 individuals for terror related offences. According to the state affiliated FANA Broadcasting Corporate, the charges were in respect of ‘‘causing damage by inciting violence in schools.’‘

‘‘The 22 individuals, including 1st defendant Dereje Alemu Desta, 2nd defendant Teshome Diribsa and 3rd defendant Behiru Lucho, were charged for damaging government and public properties as well as plotting to carry out terror acts,’‘ FBC said.

The report further states that the accused persons were receiving instructions from leaders of the Oromo Liberation Front based in Kenya and Norway

Ethiopian blogger-activist re-arrested

• AFRICA
• Sunday 13 November 2016 - 8:58am

File: Protesters in Addis Ababa chant slogans against what they say is unfair distribution of wealth in Ethiopia. Police have again arrested human rights activist Befeqadu Hailu.

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian police have re-arrested a blogger and human rights activist who criticised the government, especially its handling of the ongoing protests in the Oromia and Amhara regions.

Befeqadu Hailu, who is also a member of the Zone9 blogging collective and one of seven bloggers – one in absentia – and three independent journalists arrested in April last year. Three months after their arrest all 10 were charged in terms of Ethiopia’s infamous Anti-Terrorism Proclamation.

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Ethiopian intellectuals submit a petition to the U.N. Secretary General

Press Release 
November 1, 2016
 
His Excellency Ban Ki-moon
United Nations Secretary-General
United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Dear Mr. Secretary-General:
We concerned academics and scholars of Ethiopian origin,
APPALLED and TERRIFIED by the violent crackdown of dissent and the ongoing massacre of peaceful demonstrators by the security forces of the regime in Ethiopia, controlled by the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF), which hails from and claims to represent the Tigray region whose inhabitants account for not more than 6% of Ethiopia’s population;
HAVING witnessed the gross human and democratic rights violations committed by the regime since it came to power in 1991, proving itself to be increasingly totalitarian and brutally repressive against its own people;
HAVING read the damning periodic reports of Freedom House, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the United States Department of State Human Rights Report on Ethiopia, the European Parliament (Joint) Motion for a Resolution of the Situation in Ethiopia, among others, concerning the atrocities committed by the regime;

Mass arrests in Ethiopia's Oromia region days after state of emergency declared

By Ludovica Iaccino
October 18, 2016
At least 1,000 people have been arrested in Ethiopia, which declared a nationwide state of emergency on 9 October due to ongoing anti-government protests. The mass arrest occurred in Sebeta town, near the capital Addis Ababa.

Those arrested were accused of carrying out violence and damaging properties. Earlier in October, anti-government protesters attacked public buildings, companies and firms, including foreign ones, in Oromia.

At least 300 people killed at Oromo festival in Debre Zeit

By Ethiomedia
October 2, 2016 

ADDIS ABABA (Oct 2) - Nearly 300 people were killed and many more injured on Sunday when soldiers fired tear gas and shots on tens of thousands of Oromos celebrating a cultural festival in Debre Zeit, about 40 km south of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
A helicopter gunship was also reportedly involved in firing shots on the people most of whom were killed in a stampede sparked by the tear gas fired more than what the crowd could take in.

Yiqrta teyiqu

Ethiopians are crying out for Freedom and Justice

Now is the Time for change 

by Graham Peebles / September 23rd, 2016

Usually September 11th, or 1st of Meskerem on the Ethiopian calendar, is a day of celebration. It is the Ethiopian new-year. However, this year there was a distinct shortage of happy gatherings or collective jubilation to mark the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009, either inside the country or amongst the diaspora.

The country is in crisis and the majority of Ethiopians believe there is little to celebrate; instead many people spent the day in quiet reflection, dressed in black. Prayers were said at church services in Ethiopia and abroad for those who have been killed protesting (a constitutional right), by security forces of the ruling regime.

As the movement for democratic change grows, the government continues to try to put it down by violent means. Security forces indiscriminately shoot peaceful protestors in the streets, beat and intimidate others. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says they receive “daily accounts of killings and arbitrary arrests”, and estimate that up to 500 protestors have been killed since November 2015, although many inside the country put the figure higher.

ግፍ አመጽን ይወልዳል፤ የጸናም ጎሕን ያያል!!!

 ቅጽ 42 ቁጥር 9                                                                                         ሐምሌ/ነሐሴ 2008 ዓ.ም
                                                                                                        
ነሐሴ 26/ 1967 ዓ.ም የሀገራችን የመጀመሪያው ዘመናዊ ፓርቲ/ድርጅት የሆነው ኢሕአፓ፤ ለሦስት ዓመት በህቡዕ ድርጅታዊ ሥራ ሲሠራ ቆይቶ ራሱን በሚያስደንቅ ሁኔታ ይፋ አደረገ። መርሃ ግብሩን/ፕሮግራሙን በልዩ ልዩ የኢትዮጵያ ቋንቋዎች (በእንግሊዝኛ ጭምር) በአንድ ቀን በመላ ሀገሪቷ ሲያሰራጭ አንድም አባል አልተያዘም ነበር። ያ ቀን የጭቁኖች ፈንጠዝያ ቀን ተብሎ ቢወራ ኋላ እንዳየነው ማጋነን አልነበረም። ኢሕአፓ ዛሬም በትግል ላይ ነው። ነሐሴ 2008 ደግሞ ጭቁኑ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ በስፋትና በጥልቀት በወያኔ ላይ አምጾ ተነስቶ ወሳኝ ፍልሚያ እያካሄደ የወያኔን የቀብር ደወል በማጮህ ላይ ይገኛል። በአካባቢ የተወሰኑና መለስተኛ ጥያቄዎች እየተካሄደ ላለው ሕዝብ አመጽ አቀጣጣይ ክብሪት የነበሩ ቢሆንም ዋናው መሰረታዊ ምክንያት ግን ኢሕአፓ ለትግል ሲነሳ አንግቦ የታገለላቸው ቋሚ የሆኑት የሕዝብ መብትና ዴሞክራሲያዊ ጥያቄዎች ምላሽ ሊያገኙ አለመቻላቸው ነው።

Ethiopian activists disrupt mining conference in Perth, Western Australia

By Mareshet Meshesha
September 13, 2016

Ethiopians representing different civic and community groups disrupted Africa Down Under Mining Conference held at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Perth, Western Australia. The activists patiently waited for the conference delegate Mr Jemal Bekir, representing Tolessa Shagi, the mining minister finish his presentation in which he told the conference that Ethiopia has a democratic government and that the country was not land-locked as it has access to the Indian ocean through Djibouti and Kenya, both countries including South Sudan and Uganda, with which he claims Ethiopia to have an economic cooperation. Also present in the venue was the tplf ambassador in Australia, Tirfe Kidane.

To Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council

By Worldwide Movement for Human Rights (WMHR)
September 13, 2016

RE: Addressing the escalating human rights crisis in Ethiopia
Your Excellency,
The undersigned civil society organisations write to draw your attention to grave violations of human rights in Ethiopia, including the recent crackdown on largely peaceful protests in the Oromia and Amhara regions.
As the UN Human Rights Council prepares to convene for its 33rd session between 13 – 30 September 2016, we urge your delegation to prioritise and address through joint and individual statements the escalating human rights crisis in Ethiopia.

AN ESCALATING HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS IN OROMIA AND AMHARA REGIONS

The situation in Ethiopia has become increasingly unstable since security forces repeatedly fired upon protests in the Amhara and Oromia regions in August 2016. On 6 and 7 August alone, Amnesty International reported at least 100 killings and scores of arrests during protests that took place across multiple towns in both regions. Protesters had taken to the streets throughout the Amhara and Oromia regions to express discontent over the ruling party’s dominance in government affairs, the lack of rule of law, and grave human rights violations for which there has been no accountability.

What is behind Ethiopia's wave of protests?

• 22 August 2016
 
• From the sectionAfrica

Image copyrightAFP

Ethiopia's Olympic marathon silver medallist Feyisa Lilesa crossed his hands above his head as he finished the race in Rio - bringing the world's attention to a wave of protests in his home country.

How Corrupt Is Ethiopia?

Ethiopia has one of Africa's strongest economies, but its government is known for shady transgressions. How bad is Ethiopia's corruption?

President Obama recently visited Ethiopia, the first sitting U.S. president to do so. Near the end of his trip, Obama spoke at a press conference and, when asked whether the U.S. would assist Ethiopia combat dissenting political groups, said: " "Our policy is that we oppose terrorism wherever it may occur. And we are opposed to any group that is promoting the violent overthrow of a government, including the government of Ethiopia, that has been democratically elected."

Protests in Ethiopia's Gonder City Signal Uncertain Future

 By James Butty, VOA  August 2, 2016
An Ethiopian professor of political science based in the United States says Ethiopia finds itself at a crossroads with an uncertain future unless the government holds free and fair elections.

This, as tens of thousands of people in Gonder, a city in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia, protested Sunday calling for a change of government because of what they say is unfair distribution of wealth in the country.
Charges of ethnic discrimination
Getachew Metaferia, professor of political science at Morgan State University, said the root causes of the Gonder protest and the Oromia protests of last year can be found partly in the Ethiopian government’s ethnic-based federalism policy.

Protest continues in Oromo region

ESAT News (July 26, 2016)

Anti-government protests continued in the Oromo region of Ethiopia as demonstrations in West Arsi towns turned violent on Monday.

In Dodola, Adaba and Asasa towns demonstrators demanded the release of their compatriots detained by the regime in the ongoing protests that is well into its eighth month.

Ethiopia: Attack on Civil Society Escalates as Dissent Spreads

July 22, 2016

Protests in Ethiopia. Credit: Gadaa.com (Flickr/Creative Commons).

by Yoseph Badwaza, Program Officer, Africa and
Jennifer Charette, Senior Program Associate, Africa

Amid discontent, sometimes violent protests, and a drought of historic proportions that has left more than 15 million Ethiopians in need of urgent food aid, the Ethiopian government is tightening its stranglehold on domestic politics.

The dangerous route of Ethiopian migrants

By Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker
July 22, 2016

The other day, on the outskirts of Fantahero, a small village in the desert of northern Djibouti, Sebhatou Mellis was sheltering from a-hundred-and-four-degree heat in the shade of an acacia tree. Mellis, who is twenty-six and has the rangy build of a runner, was about a thousand miles away from his home, in the impoverished Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. There, he and his family had taken a government loan to help improve his farm, tried to invest it, and failed, he told me. “At the end, the money was finished, and all the people began to insult us and say that we took the money from the government and used it badly,” he said.

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ባለፈው ታሪክ ብቻ የሚኖር ፤ በወደፊቱ ላይ ማተኮር ይሳነዋል !

                                                                                              በፍኖተ ዴሞክራሲ የኢትዮጵያ አንድነት ድምጽ
                                                                                                    ሰኔ 30 ቀን 2008 ዓ.ም. የተላለፈ ሐተታ

ኢትዮጵያ፤ እንደማነኛውም ሀገር፤ የራሷ መጥፎም ሆነ መልካም ታሪክ ነበራት/ አላት። የጥቃትና የድል፤ የጥጋብና ረሀብ፤ የስፋትና የመጨራመት፤ የመከራና ሀሴት ዘመናት ሁሉ ተፈራርቀውባታል ። የተለያዩ ሥርዓተ- ማኅበራትንና ገዥዎችን ሁሉ አሳልፋለች። ድንበሯ ያልተደፈረ ፤ ታሪኳ የተከበረ ፤ ሉዓላዊነቷ ያልተገሰሰ ፤ የንግድ መናሃርያዋ ከአፅናፍ እስከ አፅናፍ የተዘረጋ፤ ኃያል ሀገር ነበረች ። የጦርና የንግድ መርከቦቿም በውቅያኖሶችና ታላላቅ ወደቦች ይንሳፈፉ ነበር። ያ ሁሉ ዛሬ፤ ነበር ሆኖ አልፏል ! " የነበር ሲያወሩት ይመስላል ያልነበር፤ የኢትዮጵያ ጠረፍ ውቅያኖስ ነበር ! " እያሉ መናገር፤ የዕለት -ተዕለት ቁዘማ ሆኖ ቀርቷል ! ታሪካዊና ነባራዊ ሀቆች ግን እነኝኽ ናቸው ! ዜጎቿም በነኝህ ተፈራራቂ ሥርዓተ- ማኅበራትና ስልተ-ምርቶች ሂደት ተጉዘዋል። ያም ሁሉ ሆኖ እስካሁን ደረስ፤ የራሳቸው ዕድል ባለቤቶችና ወሳኞች አልሆኑም።

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                                                                                                     ከአምሳለ ዓለሙ
                                                                                                      ሰኔ 2008 ዓ.ም
የመገናኛ ብዙሃን፦ የሕትመት ውጤቶች (ጋዜጣና መጽሔት)በሬድዮና በቴሌቭዥን የሚተላለፉ እንዲሁም በኢንተርኔት የሚደረጉ የመረጃ ልውውጦች ማለት ነው።
የሃሳብ ነጻነትና የመገናኛ ብዙሃን መከበር የመብት ጥሰቶችን ለማጋለጥና ለዲሞክራሲያዊ ሥርዓት መሰረት ነው። ሀሳብን በነጻ የመግለጽ ነጻነት ለሰው ልጅ የተሰጠው ተፈጥሮአዊ ችሮታ ሲሆን ሰብአዊ መብትንና ክብርን የማስጠበቂያ መሳሪያ ነው።
ዜና የማግኘት መብት መኖር በተለያየ ደረጃ ለመልካም አስተዳደር መስፈን፣ የመንግሥት ተግባር ግልፅነትና የተጠያቂነት ግዴታ እንዲኖርበት አስተዋፅዖ ያበረክታል። በተለያዩ የመንግሥት ተቋማት ውስጥ የሚገኙ ችሎታ ቢስ ባለሥልጣናትን በነቂስ ለማውጣት፣ የሀገር ሀብት በባለሥልጣናት እንዳይባክን በአባላቱም እንዳይዘረፍ ነቅቶ ለመጠበቅና ለመከታተል፤ ከዚሁ ጋር በማያያዝም ሙስናን፣ ፍርደ ገምድልነትን፣ አድሎዎአዊነትን ለማጋለጥ ይረዳል። ከዚህ በተጨማሪ የተቀላጠፈ አስተዳደር ሂደትና የእድገት ጅማሮዎች ለፍሬ እንዲበቁ እንዲሁም ለተሻለ የኤኮኖሚ፣ የአስተዳደር አገልግሎትና ለተሻለ የሕግ ዋስትና መሰረት ይጥላል።

የወያኔ ስርአት ዋነኛ የጀርባ አጥነት የብሔራዊ መረጃ በዘረፋና በሽሽት ተጠምዷል

የልዑል ዓለሜ ዘገባ

እራሱን የትግራይ ነጻ አዉጪ ቡድን እያለ የሚጠራዉ የወያኔ ስርአት ዋነኛ የጀርባ አጥነት የብሔራዊ መረጃ በዘረፋና በሽሽት ተጠምዷል።

በሰሞኑ ይኸው የብሔራዊ መረጃ 9 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ወጪ በማድረግ በአለም ዙሪያ የሚገኙ የህወሃት የመረጃ ክንፍ ቀድሞ የሰየማቸዉንና በስለላ ስራ ላይ ተሰማርተዉ የነበሩ የሌላ ብሔር አባላቶችን በሙሉ መልሶ ወደ ሐገር ቤት በማስገባት በምትካቸዉ ከ 242 የሚጠጉ የአንድ ብሔር ብቻ ተወላጅ የሆኑ የመረጃ ሰራተኞችን እየተካ ይገኛል።

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Ethiopian journalist: 'I was jailed and tortured' Date 12.05.2016

He is one of Ethiopia’s most critical journalists. Muluken Tesfaw is in Europe and too scared to return. He doesn’t want to share his location, but talked to DW about press freedom declining dramatically in his country.

According to a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), released late last year, the number of journalists imprisoned in Iran, Vietnam, and Ethiopia increased in 2015. The report said that in all three countries a climate of fear for the media persists, with many of those released continuing to face legal charges or harsh restrictions, including forced exile.