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Amnesty International Report 2015/16 – Ethiopia Members and leaders of opposition parties as well as protesters were extrajudicially executed. General elections took place in May against a backdrop of restrictions on civil society, the media and the political opposition, including excessive use of force against peaceful demonstrators, the disruption of opposition campaigns, and the harassment of election observers from the opposition. The police and the military conducted mass arrests of protesters, journalists and opposition party members as part of a crackdown on protests in the Oromia region. BACKGROUND The ruling political party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, won all the seats in the Federal and Regional Parliaments in the general election. The opposition Semayawi Party reported that the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) refused to register over half of its proposed candidates for the House of Peoples’ Representatives: of 400 c
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Local militia in Oromia region kill members of Agazi forces in retaliation for the killing of peaceful protesters ESAT News (February 15, 2016) The protest in the Oromia region of Ethiopia that is well into its third month has gotten even bloodier today as local militia in West Arsi killed 11 members of the Agazi forces (special kill squads of the regime) in retaliation for the killing of two protesters, according to the Oromo Media Network. OMN’s report was not verified by o ther sources but information obtained by ESAT earlier in the day revealed 2 federal police members and 7 protesters with gunshot wounds were admitted to the hospital. Today’s carnage was sparked when Agazi forces shot into a bus full of weeding goers who were playing a popular song among protesters which the forces requested to be turned down. The Agazi forces started shooting as the driver of the bus takes off to avoid the altercation, injuring four people. The forces then went to the town
Ethiopian activists brave bad weather to hand petition to U.N. By Tedla Asfaw  Monday February 8, 2016, a Chinese New Year of Monkey, was a snowy cold day for rally in New York City in front of the United Nations. Public Schools were closed and traffic was light. in Ethiopia, monkeys are known for being smart and people who are "smart" are often refereed to as "smart as monkey" or "Bilt Endetotit". <p> Ethiopian activists who braved the cold and snowy weather were also smart like the monkey. By being the voice of their people for over two decades, the activists have learned the importance of rally. They reject the idea of "useless protest". The rally in support of Ethiopians back home who were killed, beaten and jailed and the illegal land demarcation deal between Ethiopia and Sudan were the cause of the protest. The signed petition of 25,000 people organized by the Ethiopian Border Affairs Committee and various

የሕወሓት አገዛዝ የኢትዮጵያን መሬት ለሱዳን አሣልፎ ለመስጠት ዝግጅቱን አጠናቀቀ | ከኢትዮጵያ ድንበሮች መድረክ የተሰጠ መግለጫ

የሕወሓት አገዛዝ የኢትዮጵያን መሬት ለሱዳን አሣልፎ ለመስጠት ዝግጅቱን አጠናቀቀ | ከኢትዮጵያ ድንበሮች መድረክ የተሰጠ መግለጫ

የሕወሓት አገዛዝ የኢትዮጵያን መሬት ለሱዳን አሣልፎ ለመስጠት ዝግጅቱን አጠናቀቀ | ከኢትዮጵያ ድንበሮች መድረክ የተሰጠ መግለጫ

የሕወሓት አገዛዝ የኢትዮጵያን መሬት ለሱዳን አሣልፎ ለመስጠት ዝግጅቱን አጠናቀቀ | ከኢትዮጵያ ድንበሮች መድረክ የተሰጠ መግለጫ

የሕወሓት አገዛዝ የኢትዮጵያን መሬት ለሱዳን አሣልፎ ለመስጠት ዝግጅቱን አጠናቀቀ | ከኢትዮጵያ ድንበሮች መድረክ የተሰጠ መግለጫ

የሕወሓት አገዛዝ የኢትዮጵያን መሬት ለሱዳን አሣልፎ ለመስጠት ዝግጅቱን አጠናቀቀ | ከኢትዮጵያ ድንበሮች መድረክ የተሰጠ መግለጫ
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አሳዛኝ ዜና ከቂርቆስ ክፍለ ከተማ ፡7የቤተሰብ አባላት በዘራቸው ምክንያት በስራ አስፈጻው ትህዛዝ ተፈናቀሉ!! በቂርቆስ ከተማ 7 የቤተሰብ አባላት የአማራ ብሔር ናችው በማለት በዘራቸው ምክንያት በክፍለ ከተማ ዋ ና ስራ አስፈጻሚ አቶ ተወልደ ትህዛዝ ከየካቲት16/2007 ጀምሮ ከቤታቸው እንደተፈናቀሉና ኦሬጅና ማስረጃቸውን በማጥፋት የሀሰት ሰነድ ብማዘጋጅት ከተጠያቁነት ነጻ ለመሆን በሀሰት እንደተወነጀሉና ተደጋጋሚ የማስፈራሪያ ዛቻ እንደሚደርሳቸው ፣ፍትህ ምኒስትሩ አቶ ጌታቸው ድረስ ሄደው ቢያናግሩም ምኒስትሩ አቶ ተወልደ አይናቸውን ማየት እንደማይፈልግ ገልጸው ጉዳያቸው ህዝብ ጆሮ እንዲደርስ እና እያደረሰባቸው ያለው ዘርን መሰረት ያደረገ ጥቃት እንዲቆም አቤቱታቸውን ገልጸዋል።በአሁኑ ሰዓት እንጦጦ ኪዳነ ምህረት ቤተክርስትያን ተጠልለው ይገኛሉ። https://freedom4ethiopian.wordpress.com/2016/02/07/olk/
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The people of Guji, South Ethiopia, demand MIDROC Gold out of their land Police arrest over a hundred protesters (ESAT News) — People in Guji Zone, an area in south Ethiopia known for its rich mineral wealth are demanding MIDROC Gold, a mining company owned by Ethiopian born Saudi tycoon, Mohammed Al Amoudi, to leave their land. Elders from the Guji community who spoke to ESAT on the phone said they are demanding that MIDROC Gold which has been looting their precious resource for the last 25 years should leave their land as it had done nothing to benefit the local community.   Protesters are staging a rally day and night in an area locally known as Udo Shakiso Ukuto and it would continue till their demands are met, the elders told ESAT. The elders said the people are demanding for their rights be respected and for the release of those detained by the regime. The Federal police meanwhile arrested over one hundred protesters, according to the elders.
የወልቃይት ባህልና ማንነት — መልስ ለአቶ ሃይሉ የሺወንድም (ከጎሹ ገብሩ) የወልቃይት ባህልና የማንነት ጥያቄ በሚል ባለ ስምንት ገፅ መጣጥፍ ጥር 6 2016 በኢትዮሚድያ ድህረ ገጽ የወጣው ጽህፍ ደግሜ ደጋግሜ አንብቤዋለሁ። ወንድሜ ኃይሉና እኔ ተወልደን ያደግነው ተ . ሐ . ህ . ት በምትባል ከትግራይ አብራክ የተፈጠረች አረመኔ የፋሽሽቶች ጥርቅም ከአያት ቅድመ አያቶቻችን ይዘነው የኖርነውን ባድማችን ቀምታ ወገኖቻችን በመግደልና በማባረር ዘር አልባ ባስቀረችዉ በወልቃይት ጠገዴ አካባቢ ስንሆን ሁለታችንም የሚያስተሳስረን የዝምድና ሰንሰልት አለን ። ለተወሰነ አመትም በቅርበት አብረን በጎንደር ከተማ ስንኖር በመከባበርና በመደጋገፍ ጥሩ ጊዜ አሳልፈናል አቶ ኃይሉ ከአዲስ አበባ ዩንቨርሲቲ ተሞክሮን ለማዳበር (ሰርቪስ ትሬኒንግ) በአስተማሪነት ተመድበው እኔም የሁለተኛ ደረጃ ተማሪ ሆኜ ነው። በዛን ወቅት ወንድም ኃይሉ በእዉቀት የበሰሉና በተማሪዎች ንቅናቄም ዋና ተዋናኝ እንደነበሩ ብዙ ምልክቶች አይ ነበር። እኔም በወቅቱ ፖለቲካዊ አስተሳሰቤ ብስለት ያልነበረው፤በአገር ወዳድነትና በስሜት የምጋልብ ነበርኩ። አኔና አቶ ኃይሉ የሺወንድም ከ 1969 ዓ.ም ጀምሮ ለብዙ ዓመታት ተለያይትን ከቆየን በኋላ በ2006 ዓ.ም  ኖርወይ እያሉ በተሌፎን ኮንፈረንስ ተገናኝተን በወቅታዊው የአካባቢያችን ችግር ለተወሰን ግዜ ጠለቅ ያለ ዉይይት ስናደርግ ወልቃይትን አስመልክቶ የነበራቸው አመለካከት ተሐህት ቦታችን ለቃ መውጣት አለበት ደንበራችን ተከዜ ነው የሚል አቋም ነበር ሲያስተጋቡት የነበረው። አሁን ያጋጠማቸው እንቅፋት ትክክለኛ መንስኤው ባላውቅም ምክንያት ይሆናል ብዬ የገመትኩት በስልጣን እየባለጉ ባሉት ስጋ ዘመዶቻቸው ተፅእኖ ብየ እንዳልል ወንድም ኃይሉ