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Ethiopia jails nine journalists, renews press crackdown Top row, from left: Zelalem, Natnail, Mahlet. Middle row, from left: Atnaf, Abel, Befekadu. Bottom row, from left: Tesfalem, Edom, Asmamaw. (Courtesy Zone 9, Addis Guday, Facebook) Nairobi, April 28, 2014 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the Ethiopian government's arrests of nine journalists in one of the worst crackdowns against free expression in the country. "With the latest arrests, Ethiopian authorities are turning the peaceful exercise of free expression into a crime," said CPJ East Africa Representative Tom Rhodes. On Sunday, a public prosecutor in the capital, Addis Ababa, accused the detainees--editor Asmamaw Hailegeorgis, freelancers Tesfalem Waldyes and Edom Kassaye, and bloggers Abel Wabella, Atnaf Berhane, Mahlet Fantahun, Natnail Feleke, Zelalem Kibret, and Befekadu Hailu--of working with foreign human rights organizations and using social media to create instabilit

Mesfin Wolde-Mariam April 24/2014 The UN Human Rights Commission The African Union Human Rights Commission The International Red Cross Amnesty International Human Rights Watch And All Men and Women of GOOD WILL Reeyot Alemu Reeyot Alemu Reeyot Alemu is a budding Ethiopian poet, essayist, and journalist. There are not many Ethiopians of her caliber inside the country. She has been languishing in the famous Ethiopian Prison in Qalliti for almost three years. She was charged of terrorism, a crime she totally abhors. She was sentenced first for eighteen years but later reduced to three. With the exception of her mother and father, she is not allowed to communicate with anyone, including her sisters, brothers as well as her fiancée. Reeyot, although constantly in agonizing pain and in need of help, is held in solitary confinement with a very old and sickly foreign woman who herself requires assistance. Reeyot is suffering from some growth in her breasts. The prison auth

Residents say government has not delivered on resettlement promise of land, clean water and livestock                 William Davison in Gambella theguardian.com , Tuesday 22 April 2014 12.24 BST   In the village of Elay, people are defying the government and returning home. Photograph: William Davison The orderly village of Agulodiek in Ethiopia 's western Gambella region stands in stark contrast to Elay, a settlement 5km west of Gambella town, where collapsed straw huts strewn with cracked clay pots lie among a tangle of bushes. Agulodiek is a patch of land where families gradually gathered of their own accord, while Elay is part of the Ethiopian government's contentious "villagisation" scheme that ended last year. The plan in Gambella was to relocate almost the entire rural population of the state over three years. Evidence from districts surrounding Gambella town suggest the policy is failing. Two y

የመከላከያ ሚኒስትር በተሰኘው የውሸት ሥልጣን ላይ የተቀመጠው አድርባይ ሲራጅ ፈርጌሳ ለይስሙላው ምክር ቤት ባቀረበው ሪፓርት፣ “የመከላከያ ሚኒስትር የብሔር ተዋጽዖ የተመጣጠነ” እንደሆነ ገለፀ። እንደ ሰውየው ሪፓርት ከሆነ የመከላከያ ሠራዊቱ 29.46 በመቶ አማራ፣ 25.05 በመቶው ከደቡብ ብሔሮች የተውጣጣ፣ 24.45 በመቶ ኦሮሞ፣ 17.47 በመቶው ትግራይ እና የተቀሩት ክልሎች ድርሻ 4.17 በመቶ ነው። መረጃው የተቀናበረው በክልል ቢሆንም የቀረበው ግን በዘር ነው። “ተመጣጠነ” የተባለውም የክልሎች ተዋጽዖ ሳይሆን የዘር ተዋጽዖ ነው። ሠራዊቱን እንዲህ በዘር ሸንሽንኖ የስታትስቲክስ ጨዋታ መጫወት አሳዛኝም አሳሳቢም ነገር ነው። የሆነ ሆኖ ይህ መረጃ፣ መረጃ ነው ተብሎ ለሕዝብ ቀርቧል። ይህንን መረጃ የሰማ ማሰብ የሚችል አዕምሮ ያለው ሰው የሚጠይቀው የመጀመሪያ ጥያቄ “የሠራዊቱ ስብጥር በተገለፀበት ዓይነት የመኮንኖቹም ስብጥር ለምን አልተገለፀም?” የሚል ነው። ይህ ጥያቄ በአስተዋይ ሰው አዕምሮ ውስጥ በተነሳነበት ፍጥነት ምላሽ ያገኛል፤ ምክንያቱም ምላሹ እዚያው እቁጥሮቹ ውስጥ አለ። የመኮንኖቹ ስብጥር ያልተነገረበት ምክንያት አብዛኞቹ መኮንኖች በ17.47 በመቶው በመሆናቸው ነው። ወደዚህ መምደሚያ የሚደርሰው አሳቢው ስለፈለገው ሳይሆን የመረጃው አቀራረብ አመክኖ (ሎጂክ) ወደዚያ ስለሚገፋ ነው። በዚህም ምክንያት በሲራጅ ፈርጌሳ አንባቢነት የቀረበው የህወሓት ሪፓርት በገዛ ራሱ ላይ ነው የተኮሰውም። እኛ እንደ ሲራጅ ፈርጌሳ የዘር ስታትስቲክስ ውስጥ አንገባም፤ መልዕክታችን ለተገፋውና እየተበደለ ላለው ለመላው የሠራዊቱ አባል ነው። ይድረስ ሹመትና ኃላፊነት ተነፈገህ፤ የጥቂቶቹን ሀብትና ዝና ጠባቂ እንድትሆን ለተፈረደብህ ወገናችን!!! እስከመቼ ለህወሓትና ጥቂ

Aba Gebreselassie Tibebu and Activist Abebe Gellaw on ENTC Meeting (Video) ‹ EthioFreedom

This meeting was organized by the Democratic Change in Ethiopia Support Organization in Norway (DCESON) and took place on the 12th of April 2014 in Oslo from 15.00-21:00 p.m. It was attended by around 200 Ethiopians who live in Oslo and the other parts of Norway. The guest speaker at the meeting was ato Bizuneh Tsige who is the member of the leadership of Ginbo7 movement for justice, democracy and freedom. The guest speaker held a broad speech. The public meeting was opened by holding a minute of silence to remember the victims of the TPLF racist rulers and prisoners of conscience in Ethiopia. The minute of silence was led by ato Abi Amare who is in charge of the public relations part of the DCESON. Following this, ato Yohannes Alemu, the chairman of the DCESON spoke about how the DCESON was established and its objectives. He told the participants that the organization at the moment supports the UDJ party that is based in Ethiopia and Ginbot7 that is based in exile (abroad). More

አማርኛ ተናጋሪው በገጀራ ዘግናኝ ግድያ ተፈጸመባቸው “መኖሬን ጠላሁት። ራሴን እንዳልገድል ወንጀል ነው። ሰው እንዳልገድል ወንጀል ነው” በሚል ግራ መጋባት አንድ አዛውንት ይናገራሉ። ተበዳዮች ከእርሻ ስራ በኋላ የሚይዙትን በትር ፖሊስ ሰበሰበ። ከዚያም እገበያ ቦታ ላይ ገጀራና ጦር የያዙ ጎረምሶች እየጮሁ ጥቃት መፈጸም ጀመሩ። 16 ሰዎች፣ 26 ናቸው የሚሉ አሉ ጉዳት ደረሰባቸው። አንድ ሰው ተገደሉ። ይህ ዜና የተወሰደው ተበዳዮች ራሳቸው ባንደበታቸው ሲናገሩ ከሚታዩበት ቪዲዮ ነው። የተገደሉት አቶ ጌጡ ክብረት ይባላሉ። የሰባት ልጆች አባት ናቸው። የተገደሉት በገጀራ ነው። ከተገደሉ በሁዋላ አይናቸውን አውጥተዋቸዋል። አንደኛው ተናጋሪ አዛውንት እንደተናገሩት ደግሞ “ብልታቸውን ሸንሽነዋቸዋል”። ጉዳት የደረሰባቸው ሰዎች ለህክምና ሲሄዱ “ሂድና አገርህ ታከም። ይህ የእኛ ሃኪም ቤት ነው” እንደተባሉ ምስክሮቹ ይናገራሉ። ይህ ሁሉ የሚሆነው በምዕራብ ሸዋ ዞን ደኖ ወረዳ በሶስት ቀበሌ ገበሬ ማህበራት በሚኖሩ የአማርኛ ተናጋሪዎች ላይ ነው። ሰዎቹ እንደገለጹት ከጎንደር ከዛሬ 20 ዓመት በፊት ነው ወደ ስፍራው የገቡት። በህጋዊ ማመልከቻና በህጋዊ የአስተዳደር አካላት ውሳኔ ቀደም ሲል የዝንጀሮ መንጋ የሚኖርበትን ስፍራ እንዳለሙ ይናገራሉ። በዚህም ላይ ህጋዊ ግብር የሚከፍሉ ናቸው። አንድ እድሜያቸው የገፋ ተናጋሪ በቪዲዮው ላይ እንደተናገሩት “አስተዳደሩ ቻፓ (ማኅተም) መትቶ” አስረክቧቸዋል። ከሃያ ዓመታት በኋላ አሁን “አማርኛ ተናጋሪ ናችሁ። መሬቱን ለቃችሁ ውጡ” የተባሉት ሰዎች ለፌደራል ባለስልጣናት አቤቱታ ማቅረባቸው ይበልጥ ጉዳት አስከትሎባቸዋል። “እስኪ ምን ታመጣለህ” በሚል ያካባቢው አስተዳደር አካላት ቀልደውባቸዋል። ከሁሉም በላይ ግን ላለፉት

በኖርዌ ያሉ ኢትዮዽያውያን የወያኔን የስለላ መረብ በመቃወም ታላቅ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ አደረጉ | Ethiopian News in Amharic

You probably heard that Ethiopia has been a fast growing economy in the content recording very high growth rate not just in Africa but the world as well. Yet the new measurement known as the Multidimensional Poverty Index, or MPI, that will replace the Human Poverty index in the United Nations’ annual Human Development Report says that Ethiopia has the second highest percentage of people who are MPI poor in the world, with only the west African nation of Niger fairing worse. This comes as more international analysts have also began to question the accuracy of the Meles government’s double digit economic growth claims and similar disputed government statistics referred by institutions like the IMF. Niger Ethiopia Mali Burkina Faso Burundi Somalia Central African Republic Liberia Guinea Sierra Leone What is the MPI? People living in poverty are affected by more than just income. The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) complements a traditional focus on income to reflect