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Four prisoners shot and killed in Yirgalem, Southern Ethiopia ESAT News  Four prisoners were shot and killed on Monday in Yirgalem town, Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia. The prisoners were demanding their release saying they had completed their time. Police said they were killed while trying to escape the prison. But the Sidama Liberation Movement (SLM) said that was not the case. Chairman of the Sidama Liberation Movement (SLM), Dr. Million Tumato told ESAT that the demand by the prisoners was to be free as they had completed their sentences. But the response from authorities, he said, was bullets. Dr. Tumato said it was a cold blooded murder. ESAT sources also said they had heard gunfire in the prison this past Monday. Meanwhile, authorities are reportedly rounding up and detaining the youth for what sources said was to stop an impending protest against the regime and lack of job opportunities after they had graduated from colleges. Dr. Tumato also confirmed to ESAT

Ethiopian regime to release “some” political prisoners as popular pressure mounts by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 3, 2018) In an unprecedented move by a regime known for cruel treatment of political prisoners as well as criminalizing dissent and independent voice, a statement by the Prime Minister Wednesday says “some” political prisoners would be released.               Hailemariam Desalegn speaking at a press conference on Wednesday January 03, 2018 “Some members of political parties and other individuals would be released to widen the political and democratic space,” a media outlet controlled by the ruling party reported Wednesday morning. The wordings and quotes from the Prime Minister in the reports of media controlled by the ruling party keep changing as we put together this report. Hailemariam Desalegn was speaking at a joint press conference by leaders of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Movement (EPRDF), the ruling coalition of ethnic partie

Ethiopia: Worldwide task force calls for remittance embargo ESAT News (January 2, 2018) A worldwide Ethiopian joint task force has called for Ethiopians in the Diaspora to stop sending remittance to the country through money transfer channels or reduce the amount they send in a bid to deny a repressive regime the hard currency it badly needs to survive. “The two-year long political and economic uncertainty is forcing wealthy Ethiopians (most of whom are regime-affiliated) to migrate and money-launder their wealth abroad. Considering this and the desperate need of the regime for hard currency, transferring money to Ethiopia now for commercial or investment ventures will do more harm than good to Ethiopia and Ethiopians,” the statement by the joint task force says. “The Task Force therefore calls up on Diaspora Ethiopians who plan to invest in Ethiopia to cancel, delay, or limit their plans or activities for the time being,” it said. Ethiopians in the Diaspora send over 4

የሬሚታንስ /ሃዋላ/ ተአቅቦ የማህበራዊ ሚድያ ዘመቻ ጥሪ የዘመቻ ጊዜ፦ ከዛሬ ጃንዋሪ 01 2018 እስከ ማርች 31 2018 ድረስ ለሦስት ተከታታይ ወራት ለዘመቻው የሚውሉ ሀሽታጎች:- •  # StarveTheTPLFBeast •  # ጉጅሌህወሓትንአንቀልበው •.  # BineesaHinWorattiin # Ethiopia  : የዘመቻው ዓላማ፦ ሁሉም ኢትዮጵያዊ እንደሚገነዘበው፣ በዚህ ወቅት ህዝባችን ነጻነቱን ለማግኘት እና የሀገሩ ባለቤት ለመሆን ከፍተኛ መስዋእትነት እየከፈለ ይገኛል። ከሁለት አመት በላይ የዘለቀው ህዝባዊ እምቢተኝነት ህዝቡን ውድ ዋጋ ቢያስከፍለውም የህወሓትን መንግስት ከፍተኛ ቀውስ ውስጥ አስገብቶታል። ከላይ የተዘረዘሩት አገዛዙ የገባባቸው ፖለቲካዊ እና ኢኮኖሚያዊ ቀውሶች በአንድም ይሁን በሌላ መልኩ የህዝቡ የትግል ፍሬዎች ናቸው። ነገር ግን፣ ከፍተኛ ውጤት እያስመዘገበ ያለው የህዝባችን ትግል ለድል እንዲበቃ የሁሉላችንንም ርብርብ ይጠይቃል። በተለይም በውጭ ሀገራት የሚኖሩት ኢትዮጵያዊያን የአገዛዙን ኢኮኖሚያዊ እና ብሎም ፖለቲካዊ አቅም የማንኮታኮት ከፍተኛ ሀይል አላቸው። ኢትዮጵያዊያኑ ወደ ሀገርቤት የሚልኩት ገንዘብ ወይም ሬሚታንስ አገዛዙ በአሁኑ ወቅት በዋነኛነት ተንጠልጥሎ የሚገኝበት ከፍተኛው የውጭ ምንዛሬ ምንጭ ነው። በዚህ የውጭ ምንዛሬ ምንጭ ላይ በተለያዩ መንገዶች የሚደረግ እቀባ የስረአቱን የኢኮኖሚ ቀውስ በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ የሚያባብስ እና የማፈን አቅሙን የሚያዳክም በኢትዮጵያዊያኑ እጅ ውስጥ ያለ ትልቅ አቅም ነው። በመሆኑም፣ የስርአቱ የኢኮኖሚ ቀውስ ተባብሶ የመግዛት አቅሙ እንዲዳከም እና ብሎም እንዲንኮታኮት እንዲሁም የህዝቡ መስዋእትነት ለድል እንዲበቃ እና የመከራው ጊዜ እንዲያጥር ውጭ ያሉት ኢትዮጵያዊያን ትልቅ ሀላፊነት አለ