Zenawi’s 40 years of homework for TPLF By Robele Ababya

I chose to start writing this peace with this quotation by Thomas Jefferson: “Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty”. I chose it because liberty cannot be guaranteed to the vast majority of humankind as long as merciless dictators with lust for power exist on our planet. I submit that the struggle to defeat tyranny must be continuous.

Thomas Jefferson was: one of the Founding Fathers of the USA; the principal author of the Declaration of Independence; and the 3^rdPresident of the United States. Benjamin Franklin was also one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; the famous quote: “Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God” was in 1976 suggested by him to appear on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the USA so that it would echo the Declaration of Independence. I ask the present US leaders whether they still uphold the ideals of the Founding Fathers enshrined in the Constitution of the United States of America

So my fellow Ethiopians, liberty comes and then kept at a hefty price paid for incessantly, more so now that the new ‘do-as-told’ Prime Minister of Ethiopia, inter alia: (1) has clearly, arrogantly and defiantly declared repeatedly that the policy of his notorious predecessor shall continue intact; (2) has ignored earnest calls for the release of all political prisoners and relax the political space; is denying the constitutional right of freedom of expression.  Does he, as a professed Christian, understand the grief, despair and agony that this beautiful Ethiopian young lady in picture had suffered under the tyrannical rule of his predecessor?

There is no doubt that he obeyed the orders of Bereket Simeon and other atheists in the TPLF to dictatorship to authorize the Federal Police to carry out the outrageous killing of innocent Muslims in Wollo appealing for the respect of their constitutional rights. This act of savagery signals dark days of tyranny ahead in the process of implementing Zenawi’s 40 years of homework for TPLF of which the President of Tigray Abay Woldu spoke (vide the paragraph under the caption below). Are the Ethiopian people and opposition democratic forces going to tolerate tyranny for that long? Are we going to let the TPLF nurture and grow the seed of intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic hatred sown by the late tyrant? I think not at all and predict the end of the EPRDF is in sight.

Abay Woldu’s homework

The President of Tigray Abay Woldu in his speech after becoming also the Chairman of the TPLF Stalinist party replacing the dead boss of its founder said in his speech to the people of Tigray that their ‘Great Leader’ has given them forty (40) years of homework. It was clear from his speech that Abay meant holistic implementation of the ideology, policy, strategy and plans authored, approved and put in place by Zenawi. He seems to be under the illusion that Tigray as the epicenter of communist power is by right of legacy the custodian of that ideology.

Axum is the citadel of the Ethiopian Judo-Christian civilization and later joined by Islam thus making our country a unique land of harmonious abode of the Judaic, Christian and Islamic faiths for centuries. It is a bizarre twist of history that radical communists sprung from Tigray with the vicious intent to upset and ruin the enviable harmonious relationship bound by the belief in one creator of the universe in order to substitute it with atheist  Marxist- Leninist- Stalinist-Maoist ideology. This is one of the legacies left behind by the late Zenawi buried at the holy grounds of the St. Trinity Cathedral – a decision in and of itself a hot controversial issue awaiting resolution.

Cry for leaders in the 21^st century

In one of my articles I recall writing that “A leader is one with a vision of where people want to go but they won’t do it alone without the leader”. It is widely agreed that people in this age of information in the 21^st century are equipped with the knowledge of identifying able leaders and exercising their rights to elect them to positions of power whether in government or private enterprises.

The people as: the only single source of political power have the right to hold those elected to public scrutiny and strict accountability; the only source of political power have the right to identify and vote for democratically-minded leaders with vision and proven ability in a free and fair election.

Unfortunately dictatorship will continue to be an impediment in post Zenawi Ethiopia where the literacy rate is 28% ranking the country as 182^nd out of 184 nations. Incidentally the rate was 60% literacy during the Derg era for which the regime received international accolade.

The TPLF power behind the new Prime Minister (PM) has successfully converted him into a clone of his former boss in that not only did the new PM underline that there shall be no change in policy but also tried to act as an incarnate of his master. This is a shameful but nevertheless a clever devious drama that only a devil can conceive, refine and implement.  The PM and the driving force behind him are under the illusion that the legacy of their boss including ideology, policy, strategy and plans will continue undiminished and that the masses have the sole duty to listen to the massive state propaganda and obey the diktat of the party.

Exemplary Ladies fighting for freedom

The news of the recent assassination attempt on the 14 year Pakistani girl,Malala Yousufzai, propagated like a shockwave on our globe causing a state of anger and outpouring sympathy for the victim of a Taliban extremist opposed to modern civilization, enlightenment, freedom of expression and above all the right of women to education. The savage act deserved the description “The War Against Intellectual Freedom”, a theme of common concern to humanity as demonstrated by the mammoth vehement condemnation emanating from all corners of our world. The news of the recovery of the lass is most welcome and the award of bravery she has received from the government is wonderful and the campaign for her candidature for Nobel Peace prize spearheaded by celebrities including Angelina Jolie is a mortal blow to extremists everywhere – including the leaders of TPLF who created the Al Shabab by their naked aggression of Somalia.

Malala spoke in defense of moral and legal rights of girls enshrined in the Universal Declaration of the United Nations and became a towering champion of those rights. This is a shining example of women fighting for their rights everywhere because they are grossly disadvantaged in our global village.

On our side, the emergence of ladies leaders like Asayesh Tamiru is inspiring. In her interview with the remarkably seasoned journalist, Sissay Agena, on the highly esteemed ESAT Radio, she made me exceedingly proud of her tenacity to expose the gross injustices that were being perpetrated in Ethiopia for the last 21 years of TPLF. Her resounding success after 18 years of persistent attempts to convince and win to her side the initially stubborn German Lawmakers and taxpayers is a spectacular distinction of her great leadership quality. Her clarion call for more work to be done in order to replace injustice so far fostered by the TPLF regime was so clearly and powerfully made for all of us men and women to heed and implement vigorously.

I heard the news with utmost pleasure that the invincible Reeyot Alemu was awarded the “2012 Courage in Journalism” Prize by International Women’s Media Foundation. I extend to her my sincere congratulations from the depth of my heart.

The quest for freedom, dignity, democracy and prosperity is shared universal value of humanity. Bravo ladies! You will emerge victorious in your just struggle.

Lesson from current demographic

According to the CIA World Factbook the population of Ethiopia was 93,815,992 (July 2012 est.) with demographic as follows:-

Ethnicity: Oromo 34.5%, Amara 26.9%, Somalie 6.2%, Tigraway 6.1%, Sidama 4%, Guragie 2.5%, Welaita 2.3%, Hadiya 1.7%, Affar 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, other 11.3% (2007 Census)

Religions: Orthodox 43.5%, Muslim 33.9%, Protestant 18.6%, traditional 2.6%, Catholic 0.7%, other 0.7% (2007 Census)

Languages: Amarigna (Amharic) (official) 32.7%, Oromigna (official regional) 31.6%, Tigrigna (official regional) 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (official) (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (official) (1994 census)

For the purpose of this article I have derived the following classification:-

1. The Big-3 groups according to religion that have decisive impact on the Ethiopian society are in shown below:-

·         Orthodox Tewahido: constitute 43.5% of the Ethiopian population

·         Muslims : constitute 33.9% of the Ethiopian population

·         Catholic and Protestants: constitute 18.6% of the Ethiopian population

Tigray with its population of 6.1% of the Ethiopian population is a bastion of Orthodox Christianity and is therefore subsumed in the Big-3 category. Sidama, Guragie, Welaita, and Hadia most probably fall within Orthodox (Guragie in particular) or in the Protestant. Most Somalis as Muslims are in this category.

2. The Big Two according to Ethnicity

·         Oromos: constitute 34.5% of the Ethiopian population

·         Amharas: constitute 26.9% of the Ethiopian population

3. The Big-2 according to language

·         Amharigna 32.7% and

·         Oromigna 31.6%

From the array of data and derivatives given under the section above it is logical to deduce that:-

·         The potentially overwhelming combined force of Christians, Muslims, Oromos and Amharas is suppressed by the brutal TPLF/EPRDF regime.The senile, Sebhat Nega, architect and co-founder of MLLT, is hell bent on destroying Orthodox Tewahido Christianity and the Amharas. His claim is a crystal clear disclosure of the hidden agenda of his party to destroy Ethiopia. Triggering the aforementioned potential force into action will see the quick end of the few diehard communists within the top echelon of the TPLF that are desperately fighting for their survival.

·         The Oromos and Amharas are dominant in each of the scenarios (1, 2, 3) presented above. This is the reason the TPLF warlords are scared to death of the two groups as demonstrated by distancing them from the inner-most core of power. It is to be recalled that Fascist Italy devised and perpetrated the policy which is now being religiously applied by the Stalinist communists within the TPLF.

·         It would be a shame if opposition democratic forces fail to cease this moment of political turmoil – within the traditional cash cow of the TPLF in the Arab world – and the demise of arch communist Zenawi in order to engender the kind of a new regime that the Ethiopian people need so critically.

·         Religious groups: Orthodox Tewahido Christians at 43.5 %; Muslims at 33.9% and; Protestants plus Catholics at 18.6 % amount to 96.0% of the Ethiopian population. The scared die-hard communists in the top leadership of TPLF hell bent on unconstitutional interference with religious affairs such as not allowing elections at Mosques. The same fate will come to other religions unless a united action is taken to dislodge the TPLF regime from power through massive civil disobedience.

In closing I would like to convey the sentiment of my highest esteem to ESAT and all pro-Ethiopia democratic websites for keeping the Ethiopian people informed.

God has done his part leaving to us what we can do. Ethiopians have their God and themselves to claim their natural right to be free and live in dignity. Let us invigorate the struggle at home!

እራሱን ያልሆነው ጠ/ሚንስትር

ጌዲዮን ደሳለኝ ከኖርዎይ

ለሁለት  አስርተ አመታት በኢትዮጲያና  በህዝቦቿ ላይ ነግሶ በማን አለብኝነት አድራጊ ፈጣሪ ሆኖ በሁሉም ያገሪቱ አቅጣጫዎች ሰላማዊውን ህዝብ ለሞትና ለስደት እንዲሁም ለእስር ሲዳርግ የነበረው አምባገነኑ መለስ ዜናዊ በፈፀመው ግፍና ሰቆቃ ለምድራዊ ፍርድ ሳይበቃ ይችን አለም ሲሰናበታት የብዙዎቻችን ነፃነት ናፋቂዎች ተስፋ ቢለመልምም ስርዓቱ ካለው እኩይ ተፈጥሯዊ  ባህሪ አንፃር የናፈቅነውንና የተመኘነውን ነፃነትም ሆነ ለውጥ ሳይመጣ እነሆ ሌሎች ንፁሃን ሲገደሉና ሲሰደዱ እንዲሁም ሲታሰሩ አየን ሰማን፡፡

ለብዙሃን ዜጎች ህይወት መጥፋት፣ መሰደድና በየእስር ቤቱ መታጎር ተጠያቂ የሆነው አምባገነኑ የወያኔ ቡድን እንዲሁም ስርዓቱ  በተለይ ሃገር ሲያፈርሱ፣ ሲመዘብሩና ደሃውን የህብረተሰብ ክፍል ሲየፈናቅሉና በችጋር ሲቆሉ የነበሩት የህወሃት መስራቾች በዘፈቀደ ባገኙት አጋጣሚ እዚህ ምስኪን ህዝብ ላይ አፋቸውን ያላቀቁበትና የተዘባበቱበት አውሬው መሪያቸው ከሞተ በሗላ መሆኑ አንድም ሰውየው በህዝብ ላይ ብቻ ሳይሆን ጋሻ ጃግሬዎቹም ጭምር  ስብህናቸውን ሸጠው ሲረገጡ መኖራቸውን የሚያሳይ ሲሆን፡ አልያም ህልውናቸውን በነበረበት ሁኔታ ለማቆየት በህዝብ ላይ የፍርሃት ድባብ ለማስፈን የእውር ድንብራቸውን  ዘርን ከዘር፣ ሃይማኖትን ከሃይማኖት ለማጋጨት በነሱ መልካም ፈቃድ  የስልጣን ዝውውር የተደረገ ይመስል ስልጣን ከአማራና ከኦርቶዶክስ እጅ አውጣን እያሉ ውሃ የማይቋጥር ተራ ዲስኩር በአስተሳሰብ ከነሱ ቀድሞ ዘርና እምነት ሳይለየው በአንድነት ለጠላቸው ህዝብ ሲነግሩት ሰንብተዋል፡፡

ጥቂት የማይባል የህብረተሰብ ክፍል ለዝች ዘመናትን በግፍና በመከራ ላሳለፈ ሃገርና ህዝብ የመጣል ተብሎ በታሰበው ወይም በመጣው አዲሱ መሪ ላይ ጭላንጭል ተስፋ ሰንቆ ቢቆይም  ተስፋ አሰቆራጭ ሁኔታ የተፈጠረው ብዙም ግዜ ሳይፈጅ መሆኑ ተስፋ አድርጎ የነበረውን ተስፈኛ አሁንም የመከራው ቀንበር መፈታት ሳይሁን አለመላላቱን  ያየነው አዲሱ  ጠ/ሚንስትር  ሃ/ማርያም ደሳለኝ ከሀ እስከ ፐ የሟች  ቅጂ መሆናቸው እየተስተዋለ ሲመጣ ነው፡፡

በመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ሟች አምባገነን መለስ ዜናዊ በዙሪያው የሚሰበስባቸውና ወደ ስልጣን የሚያስጠጋቸው ሰዎች ምን አይነት አመለካከትና ስብእና ወይም ሀገራዊም ሆነ ህዝባዊ ስሜት አላቸው ? የሚለውን ጥያቄ ለመመለስ ሊቅ ወይም ነብይ መሆን የሚጠበቅብን አይመስለኝም፡፡ ምክንያቱም ሰውየው(ሟች) ይችን ሃገር በገዛበት ሁለት አስርተ የግፍና የመከራ ዘመን ውስጥ በራሳቸው የሚተማመኑትን፣ በሃሳብ ደረጃ እሱን የሚሞግቱትን በተለይ ለሃገርና ለህዝብ የሚጠቅም ፅንሰ ሃሳብ የሚያንፀባርቁትን የሃገር ሃብት ምሁራን ሲገድል፣ ሲገፋና ሲያሳድድ በግፍ ሲያስር የስልጣን ዘመኑን ማሳለፉ ከማንም የተሰወረ አይደለም፡፡ በአመለካከት ከሱ የተለዩትን አብረውት በትግል ሜዳ የነበሩትንም ሁሉ  ሳይቀሩ  ሲያሶግድ፣ ሲያስርና ሲያሳድድ መኖሩ  በህይወት ያሉ የቀድሞ የህውሃት ሰዎች ምስክር ናቸው፡፡ ይህንን ከተረዳን አቶ ሃ/ማርያም ደሳለኝ  በመለስ ዜናዊ ተመርጠው  እንዴት እዚህ ደረሱ የሚለውን ለማወቅ ከላይ እንደጠቀስኩት ነብይ መሆን አይጠይቅም፡፡

በሁለተኛ ደረጃ አቶ ሃ/ማርያም በአለም አቀፍ ማህበረሰብ ተፅእኖም  ይሁን ወያኔ የህዝብ ይሁንታ ለማግኘት ቁልፍ የሆኑ የስልጣን ቦታዎችን  ይዞ ከፊት አስቀድሞ መንበረ ስልጣኑን ቢሰጣቸውም  ምንም  የመወሰን አቅም  የሌላቸው ወያኔ ለሽፋን ያስቀመጣቸው መሆናቸውን ያየንባቸው አጋጣሚዎች ብዙ ናቸው፡፡የሳቸውም በራስ ያለመተማመን መንፈስና የስብእናችው ጉዳይ ታክሎበት በይዘትም ሆነ በፅንሰ ሃሳብ የግፈኛውን የመለስ ቅኝት መሆናችው እያየን ያለነው ገና በጠዋቱ የስልጣን ግዜያቸው ነው፡፡ የእሳቸው እራሳቸውን ያለመሆን ችግር አንድም እርምጃ ወይም ውሳኔ ለይስሙላ በተሰጣቸው ስልጣን እንደማይፈፅሙ የሚያሳየን  የህዝብና የሃገር ሃብትን ንብረትን በመመዝበር በምትታወቀው በሟች ባለቤት አዜብ መስፍን  ከቤተ-መንግስት  መውጣት አሻፈረኝ በማለቷ ስልጣናቸውን በይፋ ከተቀበሉ በሗላ ከወር በላይ መኖሪያቸውን ተረክበው በቤተ-መንግስት አለመግባታቸው ሰውየው ሳይሆኑ ለሃያ አንድ አመታት  ኢትዮጲያንና ህዝቧን ያስነቡና ያሰቃዩ የነበሩት የህውሃት ሰዎች መዘውርን እንደጨበጡት አንዱ ማሳያ ነው፡፡

የአቶ ሃ/ማርያም ደሳለኝን  ሹመት በተመለከተ በተለያየ ጊዜ ብዙ ተብሏል፡፡ አብዛኛው እኔን ጨምሮ ከላይ  በጠቀስኳቸው ጉዳዮችና ከዚህ አፋኝና  አምባገነን ስርዓት  ተፈጥሯዊ ባህሪ  አንፃር  ሰውየው የግፈኛውና የአምባገነኑ መለስ ቅጂ (ግልባጭ) ናቸው፡፡  ስርዓቱ እስካልተወገደ ድረስ ለውጥ  መጠበቅ ከእባብ እንቁላል እርግብ እንደመጠበቅ ነው ስንል  በጣም ጥቂት የዋሆች ግን ጊዜ ይሰጣቸው ይሉ እንደነበር  ይታወሳል፡፡ብርቅዬው ገጣሚ ሄኖክ የሺጥላ ለማይነጥፈው ብእሩ ምስጋና የግባውና ለ አቶ ሃ/ማርያም  ጊዜ ይሰጣቸው ለሚሉ ተስፈኞች ግጥም ፅፎ ነበር፡፡ እሺ ጊዜ ይሰጥ ግን ስንት ገለው ይብቃቸው፣ ኮታቸው ስንት ነው  ስርዓቱ እያለ  መግደል አያቆሙምና ደግሞ እሳቸው ስንት እስኪገሉ እንያቸው  ነው ያለው ገጣሚው፡፡ እና ይህው ብዙም አላለፉንም የስልጣን ጊዜያቸው ወራት ሳያስቆጥር  አስፈፅማለሁ ያሉትን  የሟች አለቃቸውን እቅድ  በደቡብ ወሎ በደጋንና ገርባ ከተሞዎች መብታቸውን በሰላማዊ መንገድ  የጠየቁ  ንጹሃን ዜጎችን በጠራራ ፀሃይ በመግደልና በማሰር የሟች አለቃችውን  እቅድ በመተግበር  በንጹሃን ደም  ታጠቡ፡፡

ሰውየው ኢትዮጲያንና ህዝቧን የሚመሩት  ከአለቃቸው በውርስ ባገኙት የሳቸው ባልሆን  ባህሪ ብቻ ሳይሆን ይችን ሃገር መዝብረው በደለቡና በሰቡ የህውሃት ሰዎች በርቀት መቆጣጠሪይ ስለሆነ  ከህዝብ ሳይሆን  ከነኚሁ የሃገርና የህዝብ ጠላቶች  ክብርና ሞገስ  ለማግኘት እንደ ሟች አለቃቸው  ሆዳምና ከራሱ ባለፈ ስንዝር  የማያስብ  ጥርቅም በሞላበት ፓርላማ ተብይ ውስጥ በሙት መንፈስ  እየተመሩ  መኮረጅ የቻሉትን  ያህል  ሲተውኑ፣  ተልኳቸውን በድል ለመወጣት ሲወራጩና  ሲሳደቡ፣ እንዲሁም ህዝብ  ክብር የሚሰጣቸውን የህሊና እስረኞችንና የነፃነት ታጋዮችን  ሲዘልፉ፣ ከቃላት አጠቃቀምና አስተያየት ጀምሮ የሳችው ባልሆነ ስብእና  የሚያደርጉት ትእይንት  በሳችው ደረጃ ካለ   ከተማረና  ከዚህ ዘመን ስልጡን ሰው የሚጠበቅ አይደለም፡፡

 ላይ ላዩን ቅልም ዱባ ይመሰላል እንዲሉ  የአቶ ሃ/ማርያም ስልጣን ሳየቀመጡበት መነቃነቅ ጀምሯል፡፡ ሟችቹ መለስ ትቶት ሄደው ዘርፈ ብዙ ችግር ወትሮም  ቅንነት የጎደላቸውን አዲሱን ጠ/ሚንስትርም  ሆኑ የስርዓቱን አውራ  ገዳዮች  ይንጣቸው የዟል፡፡ ከመጀመሪያ ጀምሮ  በአለቃቸው  ሞት ልባቸው መራድ  የጀመረው  የወያኔ  ቱባ ባለስልጣናት  ሊፈጠር  ይችላል ብለው ያሰቡትን ህዝባዊ ተቃውሞ ለማፈንና  በህዝቡም ላይ ፍርሃት ለማንገስ  ለአዲሱ ጠ/ሚንስትር እውቅና ከመስጠታቸው በፊት ከስርዓት ውጪ በሆነ መንገድ  በአብዛኛው ከህውሃት ለሆኑት የተሰጠው ወታደራዊ ሹመት(የማእረግ  እድገት) በውስጣቸው ያልሰከነ ነገር ለመኖሩ አመላካች ነው፡፡ ከዚም ባለፈ  አቶ ሃ/ማርያም  እስከ አሁን ካቢኔያቸውን አለማሳወቃቸውና  ሌሎችም በሰርዓቱ ላይ የሚታየው ሰፋፊ ክፍተት፣ እንዲሁም ገዢው ቡድን እንደ አሻንጉሊት  የሚጫወትባችው  አጋር  የብሄር ድርጅቶች ውስጥ  የሚታየው መተራመስ  ስርዓቱ  በደመነፍስ  እየተውተረተረ  እንዳለ የሚያሳይ ነው፡፡

ይህንን ስርዓት  ለመጣል  በቅን ልቦና  በመደማመጥና ለጋራ ጥቅም  በአንድነት  ከታገልን በትንሽ መስዋትነት ሃገራችንንና  ህዝባችንን ነፃ ማውጣት አይገደንም፡፡

ድል  ለኢትዮጲያ   ህዝብ !!  ሞት ለወያኔና  ለሆዳሞች!!!!

Ethiopian Asylum Seekers in Norway protest in Oslo against the Ethiopian Dictatorial Regime and the Norwegian Asylum policy.

By Gedion Dessalgne

Ethiopian Asylum Seekers in Norway demonstrate in Oslo against the Ethiopian dictatorial regime 18. October 2012. Around 400 people gathered first in Oslo central station and we went to the Norwegian parliament by showing our problem with deferent slogans.

Gedion program leder

We Ethiopian asylum seekers in Norway who have been lived for a long until 17 years without resident permit, but have been working for many years and paid taxes, politicaly  active  by joining opposition parties, protesting against the Ethiopian dictatorial regime through all this years.

Us we all know Norway have signed a deportation agreement with the Ethiopian regime to deport rejected Ethiopian asylum seekers in Norway who have been lived for so many years, among us people who have been living for 17 years, people who have established family, have children, people who are suffering mental illnesses and so on.

We Ethiopians have fled from our country because of the TPLF regime that has been in power for more than 22 years. We have suffered a lot, and experienced torture, prison, and discriminate in our own country.

Since Norway has signed the deportation agreement in January 26, 2012 with Ethiopian dictatorial regime, we are suffering a lot.

Now the dictator Meles has gone for good, but TPLF is still leading our country. The new PM Hailemariam Dessalgn told on his first speech that, there will not be any policy change and he confirmed that opposition political parties, jourlalists, and activists who are in prison are terrorists.

Tousends of people are still in prison without any hope of change.

To see the deportation agreement between Norway and the Ethiopian dictatorial regime.

http://www.nei-tre.org/documents/avtalen-mellom-norge-og-regimet-i-etiopia.pdf

Gedion Dessalgne from Norway

ESAT Yesamintu Engida Dr. Berhanu Nega October 2012 Ethiopia

ESAT Human Right exclusive interview with journalist Solomon Mengist

“የመለስ ራዕይ” እየተተገበረ ነው!

በአቤ ቶክቻው

በጠቅላይ ሚንስትሩ እዝ ስር የሆነው መሳርያ የታጠቀው ሃይል አንዱ ካንዱ በመተባበር ከምርጫ ጋር ተያይዞ በመጣ ቀውስ ምስኪኑን ህዝብ በተለይ በሰኔ 97 እና በጥቅምት 98 ዓ.ም እያለሙ አጥንቱንም ቅስሙንም ህይወቱንም ይሰብሩት ነበር።

ታድያ በተለይ የጥቅምቱን ግድያ የተመለከቱ አንድ አዛውንት “እነዚህ ሰዎች በጥቅምት አንድ አጥንት ሲባል የሰው አጥንት መስበር መሰላቸው እንዴ!?” ብለው በህመማችን እንድንስቅ አድርገውን እንደነበር ከዚህ በፊትም አውግተናል።

ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር የነበሩት መለስ ዜናዊ ትላንት በእርሳቸው እዝ ሲገደሉ የነበሩ ሰዎች ዘንድ ሄደዋል። እነዛ ምስኪን ሟቾች መለስን ሲያገኟቸው እንዴት ያደርጓቸው ይሆን? ብዬ ልጠይቅ ነበር ለካስ የገደለ እና የተገደለ ቦታው ለይቅል ነው!

በነገራችን ላይ ባለፈው ግዜ ኢሳት ቴሌቪዥን “ሰብዓዊ መብት” በተባለው ፕሮግራሙ አንድ ዶክመንተሪ አሳይቶን ነበር። “ባለ ራዕዩ” መሪ ያስገደሏቸውን ሰዎች የሚዘክር ዶክመንተሪ። ይህንን ፕሮግራም የተከታተለ አንድ በአዲሳባ የሚገኝ ወዳጄ፤ “ባለፈው “ህዝቡ ሲያለቅስላቸው” አሳዝነውኝ እኔም አልቅሼ ነበር። ለካስ ይሄንን ሁሉ አድርገውናል!? በእውነቱ ለቅሶዬ ተጭበርብሯል ቤተመንግስት ሄጄ እንባ መልስ ጠይቃለሁ!” ብሎኛል። የምርም አቶ መለስ እኔ ራሴ ካሰብኩት በላይ ነፍስ በእጃቸው ጠፍቷል። የሆኑ ሰው የማይበረክትላቸው ሰው ነበሩና!

ከመለስ በኋላ አዲስ ባለ ራዕይ ንጉስ ይመጣልናል ብለን ብንጠብቅ “ከኔ በፊት የነበረውን ጫማውን እንኳ ልሰም አቅም የለኝም! እኔ የርሱን ራዕይ አስፈፅማለሁ እንጂ ከኔ ራዕይ አትጠብቁ!” ብለው የተናገሩት ሰውዬ መጡ!

አሁን የመለስ ራዕይ በአግባቡ እየተፈፀመ እንደሆነ ተጨባጭ ነገሮች እየታዩ ነው

በአማራ ክልል ኢትዮጵያውያን ሙስሊሞች ላይ ልክ እንዳለፈው ግዜው ጥቅምት አሁንም “እነዚህ ሰዎች በጥቅምት አንድ አጥንት ሲባል የሰው አጥንት መስበር መሰላቸው እንዴ!?” በሚያሰኝ መልኩ ብዙዎችን ቁስለኛ አድርጎ አራት ሰዎች ደግሞ መሞት ዕጣ ፈንታቸው ሆኗል። ይሄ በጣም አሳዛኝ ነው… መጨረሻው ምን እንደሆነም አይታወቅም። መንግስት እንደ ጥሩ ወጠብሻ ጎረምሳ ከህዝቡ ጋር እልህ ተጋብቶ ልክ አቶ መለስ ሲያደርጉ እንደነበረው ሁሉ “ምን ታመጣላችሁ!?” እያለ የሚያደርገውን እያደረገ ነው።

እኔ የምለው በአሁኑ ጊዜ አቶ መለስ ያሉት እውነቱ ቦታ ነው። እግዜሩ የምናደርገውን ይታዘባል። ለእያንዳንዱ መለስ ሰራሽ ሴራም እዛ አስር ጊዜ እያስጠራ አበሳቸውን ከሚያበላቸው ለእርሳቸው ሲባል እንኳ የእስካሁኑ ይብቃ… ራዕያቸውን ለማስፈፀም ተብሎ ነብሳቸው በጋነብ እሳት ካረረችው በላይ አናሳርራት! ብዬ እንደፈረደብኝ እመክራለሁ!

For being critical of Meles, couple separated in prison

By CHARLES ONYANGO-OBBO 
When Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died on August 20, he took with him not just a secret about him but about other strongmen-cum-reformist African leaders.

That secret is why they resort to pulling fingernails and become intolerant of dissidence – when they don’t have to and could do much better with a more liberal and democratic approach.

For nearly three weeks before Meles died, the Internet had been abuzz with gleeful claims that he had passed away in a Belgian hospital. And when it was officially announced that he had, there was no shortage of his many enemies celebrating his death. The excitement of it all was shocking.

I met Meles for the first, and last, time in early March of 2006. There had been hotly contested elections in March 2005. The opposition accused Meles and his ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition of a massive theft of the vote. There were protests all over the country with the most violent ones being in the capital, Addis Ababa.

Meles cracked down on the protests with a vengeance that shocked his international allies and horrified many Ethiopians. He pulled pages out from the darkest days of Ethiopia’s murderous military junta leader Mengistu Haile Mariam.

Nearly 100 people were killed.

I was part of a delegation picked by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) – together with CPJ Africa Programme Director Julia Crawford, and veteran journalist and CPJ Board member Charlayne Hunter-Gault – to travel to Ethiopia to plead for the many journalists who had been arrested in the crackdown and charged with treason.

We met Serkalem Fassil, then a 26-year-old beautiful Ethiopian woman. She was, officially, publisher of the Asqual, Menelik and Sanetaw titles. She was five months pregnant, and had been in prison since November 2005.

Eskinder Nega, her fiancé, had been in and out of prison seven times in the past few years. He was the real power behind Asqual, Menelik and Senataw but put Serkalem’s name on the titles as publisher because she was less controversial.

Eksinder and Serkalem were both being held at Kaliti Prison on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Kaliti was then a sprawling prison. In the hot season, according to prisoners’ accounts, the cells turned into a sauna. In the cold season they became an ice box.

Until our visit, Eskinder and Serkalem had not been allowed to see each other. That, however, was not their main concern: their biggest fear was whether their child, their first, would be born in prison.

They were among the nearly 27 journalists arrested in a crackdown on the independent media in the wake of the protests.

In addition to the journalists, more than 100 opposition politicians, NGO activists, lawyers and trade union leaders had also been arrested and charged with conspiracy to overthrow the constitutional order and to commit genocide and other serious crimes for which punishment ranges from 15 years in prison to death.

Scary place to be a journalist

Eskinder and Serkalem were likely to spend the rest of their lives behind bars – if they survived the hangman’s noose.

Ethiopia then, as today, was a very scary place to be a journalist. At that point, if you threw in other cases of journalists who had been arrested over cases unrelated to the post-election fallout, Ethiopia had the highest number of scribes in prison in Africa, and the third highest in the world after China and Cuba. Many had fled – and continued to flee – into exile.

It’s a situation that seemed unlikely even in the final days of the campaigns in May 2005. At that time the government gave the opposition unprecedented access to state broadcast media. On weekends they got as many as four hours of airtime.

While up to 2001 the government had been one of the leading jailers of journalists in the world, it improved its record dramatically and opened 2005 with hardly any in prison.

ስልጣንን ከኦርቶዶክስ እና ከአማራ ነጥቅናት !!! “የስብሃት ነጋ ቅኔ”

ህወሃት ጠላቶቼ ናቸው ብሎ ከሚቆጥራቸው መካከል ዋነኞቹ የአማራ ህዝብና፤ የኦሮቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተክርስትያን
ናቸው። እዚህ ላይ “ተፈጥሮና አማራ የትግራይ ህዝብ ቀንደኛ ጠላቶች ናቸው”  ብለው ጽፈው የተማማሩበትን
ማስታወስ ያስፈልጋል። ኦሮቶዶክስ ቤተክርስትያን እያለችም እቅዳችንን ማስፈጸም አንችልም ባሉት መሠረትም
ቤተክርስትያኒቷን ለሦስት እንድትከፈል ማድረጋቸውም የሚዘነጋ አይደለም።
ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ ከቂምና በቀል በስተቀር ፍቅርን የማያውቀው እና በእርጅና ዘመኑ እንኳ ራሱን መግራት ያቃተው
ስብሃት ነጋ የተባለው ክፉ ዘረኛ በቅርቡ “ስልጣንን ከኦሮቶዶክስና ከአማራ እጅ ነጠቅናት ይህም የትግላችን ውጤት ነው” 
ማለቱን ሰምተናል። ባለፉት አርባ ዓመታት የትኛው አማራ፤ የትኛው ኦሮቶዶክስ ስልጣን ይዞ ነበር ቢባል ግን መልስ
የለውም። የከሃዲው ስብሃት ነጋ አባባል ግን ለአማራ ህዝብና ለኦሮቶዶክስ ቤተክርስትያን ያለውን ሥር የሰደደ ጥላቻ
ቁልጭ አድርጎ የሚያሳይ ነው። መለስ ዜናዊም በህይወት ዘመኑ ለቤተክርስትያኒቷና ለአማራ ህዝብ ባለው ጥላቻ
መሠረት ቤተክርስትያኒቷን ለማፍረስ የቻለውን ሁሉ አድርጓል። የአማራንም ህዝብ ለማጥፋት ብዙ አረመኔያዊ
ተግባራትን ፈጽሟል።በእርሱ የአገዛዝ ዘመን ከሁለት ሚሊዮን በላይ አማራ ከቁጥሩ ጎድሎ የት እንደገባ ሳይታወቅ
ቀርቷል።
ከሁለት ሚሊዮን በላይ የአማራ ህዝብ የት ገባ ተብሎ የተጠየቀው መለስ ዜናዊ ያለምንም እፈረትና ታሪክና ሰው ምን
ይለኛል ሳይል “በኤድስ አልቋል” ብሎ በድፍረት መልስ ሰጥቷል።ይሄ በጣም አሳፋሪ እና ነውር ነገር ነው። በተለይም
አገርን እመራለሁ ብሎ በህዝብ አናት ላይ ከተቀመጠ ሰው አንደበት ሲወጣ። ህወሃቶች እንዲህ ያለውን አሳፋሪንና ነውር
ነገረን ለይተው አያውቁም ማለት አይቻልም። አንድን ህዝብ ለይተው “በኤድስ አለቀ” ብሎ መናገር ነውር መሆኑን
ጠንቅቀው ያውቃሉ። ነውር መሆኑን እያወቁ እንዲህ ያለ አሳፋሪ ነገር በአደባባይ እንዲናገሩ የሚያደርጋቸው በእድሜም
ሆነ በትምህርት መገራት ያልቸለው ትእቢታቸውና በአጠቃላይ ለአማራ ህዝብ ያላቸው ሥር የሰደደ ጥላቻ መሆኑን
መገንዘብ ያስፈልጋል። ህወሃት ራሱን የአማራ ህዝብ ጠላት ነኝ ብሏል። ህወሃትን ጠላት አይደለም ብሎ መከራከር
እማይቻልበት ደረጃ ላይም ተደርሷል።በጋምቤላ እና በኦጋዴን ላይ የተፈፀመው ግድያ በዘር ማጥፋት ወንጀል ውስጥ
ተመድቧል። በኦሮሞ እና በደቡብ ህዝቦች ላይ የተፈፀመውን ወንጀል ዘርዝረነው አንዘልቅም። የህወሃት ህልም
በማንኛውም መንገድ ስልጣኑን ይዞ እርሱና እርሱ የፈቀደላቸው ብቻ ሲኖሩ ሌላው የእነርሱ አኗኗሪ ሁኖ እንዲኖር ነው።
ህልምና ራዕያቸውም እነርሱ የበላይ ሌላው የበታች ተኩኖ የሚኖርበት ሥርዓት እንዲገነባ ነው።እንዲህ ያለ ነገር
አይጠቅምም የሚለውን ሁሉ አሸባሪ እና ጠላት ነው ብለው የቻሉትን ገድለዋል፤ ለመግደል ያልቻሉትንም የእድሜ ልክ
እስራት ፈርደዋል።ይሄ ሁሉ ተደምሮ የሚያሳየን ህወሃቶች የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ጠላቶች መሆናቸውን ነው እንጂ ወዳጆች
መሆናቸውን አይደለም። እንግዲህ ትግሉም መቀኘት ያለበት ከዚህ አቅጣጫ መሆን ይኖርበታል።
እናንተ እየመራችሁኝ እኔ እየተከተልኳችሁ እንዘልቃለን ያለው ኃ/ማሪያም ደሳለኝ የተባለው ግለሰብ በጠቅላይ
ሚንስትርነት ከተመደበ በኋላ የህወሃት አባት ነው የሚባለው ስብሃት ነጋ “ስልጣንን ከኦርቶዶክስና ከአማራ ነጠቅናት” 
ብሎ መናገሩ ለአማራው ህዝብ እና ለኦሮቶዶክስ ቤተክርስትያን ያለውን ጥላቻ ከማሳየት በቀር ያሳየው በጎ ነገር የለም።
ስብሃት ነጋም ሊነግረን የፈለገው መልእክት ለአማራና ለቤተክርስትያኒቷ ያለውን ጥላቻ እንጂ ፍቅርን አይደለም። ይሄ

ማለት ሌሎችን ህዝቦች ይወዳል ማለት አይደለም። አሁንም ደግመን እንናገራለን ይህ ግለሰብና ቡድኑ በአጠቃላይ
የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ጠላቶች ናቸው።
ህወሃት እንደ ህዝብ አማራን፤ እንደ ድርጅት ኦሮቶዶክስ ኃይማኖትን ለማጥፋት የጭካኔ ሰይፉን ከሰገባው የመዘዘው ገና
ድሮ ሕፃን ሳለ መሆኑ ይታወቃል።ባለፉት ሃያ አንድ ዓመታት የአማራን ህዝብ ቀጥቅጠዋል፤ አዋርደዋል፤ ገድለዋል፤
አሳደዋል፤ ለርሃብና ለእርዛት ዳርገዋል። በአማራ ህዝብ ላይ የተነዛው የጥላቻ ፕሮፖጋንዳ እና የተፈፀመው ወንጀል
መቼም መቼም የሚረሳ አይደለም። በተመሳሳይ ሁኔታ ኦሮቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተክርስትያንን የዘረኞችና የአመንዝሮች
መጫወቻ አድርገዋታል። አሁን ደግሞ አንድነቱን ጠብቆ ለብዙ ዘመን የኖረውን የሙስሊሙን ማህበረሰብ ለመበጥበጥ
የጥፋት ሰይፋቸውን መዘዋል። በኦሮቶዶክስ ቤተክርስትያን ላይ አባ ገ/መድህንን በመሾም ቤተክርስትያኒቷን
እንዳዋረዷት ሁሉ በሙስሊምሙ ላይ ታማኝ ካድሬያቸውን በመሾም የምእመኑን አንድነት ለማፍረስ ሌተ ተቀን
እየማሰኑ ይገኛሉ። ይሄ ድንቁርና የወለደው ትዕቢት የሚተነፍስበት ግዜ ግን እሩቅ አይሆንም።
የተከበራችሁ ወገኖቻችን !
ህወሃቶች ከጥፋታቸው መመለስ የሚችሉ አይደሉም። የህዝቡን ትእግስት እንደፍርሃት ቆጥረው “ሽንታም”  ብለው
ከመሳደብ ተመልሰው ወደ ልቦናቸው የሚመጡ አይደሉም። ካለኛ ጀግና ካለኛ ሰው የለም ብለውም የእኛን እድል
ፈንታ ወሳኞች እነርሱ ሁነዋል። ኢትዮጵያዊያንም እነርሱ ሲፈቅዱ የሚኖሩ፤ እነርሱ ካልፈቀዱለትም መኖር የማይችሉ
ዜጎች ሁነዋል። እኛ ወርቅ አንተ ግን ወርቅ ያልሆንክ ብለው በአደባባይ መናገራቸውንም በትዝብት ተመለክተናል።
እንግዲህ እስከ መቼ በህወሃቶች ፈቃድ እንኖራለን ?አስከመቼስ እነርሱ ለይተው በወሰኑልን መንገድ
እንጓዛለን ?እንዴትስ የእነርሱ አኗኗሪ ሁነን እንዘልቃለን?
የተከበራችሁ ወገኖቻችን ሆይ !
አሁን ለራሱ ክብር የሚሰጥ ዜጋ ትክክለኛውን መልስ ይፈልግ።ትክክለኛዋ መልስ ከሂሊናችን ማህደር ውስጥ አለች።
እርሷም “ ነፃነት ወይም ሞት ! ” የምትል ነች።
ግንቦት ሰባት የፍትህ፤ የነጻነትና የዴሞክራስ ንቅናቄ ለጥያቄዋ መልስ አግኝተን ነፃነት ወይም ሞት ካልን ቆይተናል።
ህወሃቶች ተጭነውን እኛ ተሸክመናቸው አብረን ልንኖር አንችልም። እነርሱም ሳይጫኑን እኛም ሳንሸከማቸው በነፃነት
የምንኖርባት ኢትዮጵያ እስከምትፈጠር ድረስ የምር ከመታገል ውጪ ሌላ አማራጭ አለ ብለን አናምንም።ስለዚህ
የጀመርነውን ትግል በጀመርነው መንገድ አጠናክረን እንቀጥላለን። ህወሃቶች የተመረኮዙት የሸንበቆ ምርኩዝ ተሰብሮ
የነፃነት ጎህ እስኪቀድ ድረስ ሳናፈገፍግ እንታገላለን። እናሸንፋለንም።ያን ግዜም ስልጣንን ከዚህ ህዝብ ከዚያ ህዝብ
ነጠኳት የሚል ትዕቢተኛ አይኖርም።ስልጣን ከኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ የሚሰጥ እንጂ የሚነጠቅ አይደለም።

ESAT Human Rights Essayes Tadese Ethiopia

ALERT! AGENTS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS SEEK ACCREDITATION

by Wondimu Mekonnen

On 10^th October 1991, few months after the TPLF/EPRDF led rebel (terror[i]) group took over the power in Addis Ababa, Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam, a retired Professor of Addis Ababa University saw how the new regime dealt with citizens in ferocity with iron fists. He foresaw the brutality they may unleash upon Ethiopians and spearheaded the establishment of Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO). EHRCO was created legally and obtained its certificate to openly advocate for human rights regardless of the harassment and persecution of its activists and members, including the life of its Executive Member, Assefa Maru. It started educating the people about the rights, published hundreds of accounts of atrocities committed by those in power and gained credibility both at home and internationally. For his action, Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam paid dearly to the extent of being jailed for speaking up for human rights and bear long term hunger strike for his rights. This took place following  his addressing of University students along with Dr Berhanu Nega on human rights.

One of the tried and proved methods of destroying national institutions of the country by the current regime in Ethiopia is cloning organisations in its own image, to replace the genuine ones. In order to silence EHRCO, it had to create a surrogate fake human rights organisation to destroy the genuine one. At the time, Professor Mesfin Woldemariam saw it as a good step by the “government” because he thought that would give them a chance to learn how to respect human rights. Many of us who knew the true colour of TPLF from inception to maturity rejected the idea since we know that was just a new trick to undermine EHRCO. Our fear became a reality.

To know the nature of TPLF one does not need to be a rocket scientist. Cloning fake organisations is its best art of deception of the international community. It just did that with Confederation of Ethiopian Labour Union (CELU), Ethiopian Teachers Association (ETA) and many others. Therefore, when the regime in power realised that it could not carry on committing crime against humanity while EHRCO was around, it decided to clone its own “Human Rights Organisation” that would exactly sound like EHRCO in violation of patent and copy rights law. On 4^th July 2000 (it looked like to deliberately match the Independence Day of The USA), the dictatorial tribalist regime created its own “human rights organisation” with fanfare – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission by proclamation No 210/2000[ii]. At the time of preparation for the fanfare, the Ethiopian Diaspora received lists of invited guests from all over the world including Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd, the Speaker of the House of Commons in the UK. The exiled Ethiopian community activists prepared a dossier containing catalogues of atrocities committed by the regime in Addis Ababa and sent it together with a letter to each and every person on the list pleading to boycott the fanfare. We succeeded! We received letters from hundreds of invitees, including Ms Boothoryd confirming that they would not putting their feet on soil where such fake event was going to take place.

If there had been justice in the land, EHRCO would have legally challenged the creation of another “EHRCO” and forced it to change at least the name to something “appropriate”. Unfortunately, that did not happen. The true EHRCO’s money was confiscated and their legal existence restricted.

Among the five fascistic rules edited by the regime one can find “The Charities and Societies Proclamation law (CSO law)” a “repressive new law which could criminalise the human rights activities of both foreign and domestic non-governmental organizations (NGOs).”[iii]This law gave the right to hit EHRCO, forcing it to drop the word “Ethiopian” from its name to become hrco as it “would confuse the public” with the “legitimatidrf” extended arm of Human Rights abusers – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission. Ever since its creation, the cloned “EHRC” (thanks for dropping the “o”) has not exposed a single crime committed by the regime apart from attempting to protect the dictatorial regime’s action which have been systematically exposed by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other credible human rights organisations.

Now, EHRCO reduced to “hrco” penniless and powerless, the regime went on editing laws after laws that curtailed human rights. The Press law and Broadcast Proclamation No. 533[iv], the CSO law and new “anti-terrorism law”[v] have successfully gagged the press and silenced the opposition. As per Amnesty International’s report reveals, “Thousands of protesters, political party leaders, journalists and human rights defenders were arrested and detained following the disputed November 2005 elections in which the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) retained political power.” While we hear the domestic and international cries against the gross violation of human rights in Ethiopia by the EHRC’s creators, we have yet to see or hear a word against these crimes from EHRC but to the contrary defending the perpetrators.

Just reading pages of Committee to Protect journalists reveals horrific miscarriage of justice against journalists[vi]and opposition activists. Eleven journalists including Eskinder Nega, Reeyot Alemu and Woubshet Taye have been convicted under Anti-Terrorism Law and serving up to 18 years jail sentence. Andualem Arage, Nathnael Mekonnen, Mitiku Damte, Yeshiwas Yehunalem, Kinfemichael Debebe, Zerihun Gebre-Egziabher and many others opposition members are also sentenced up to death under the same laws but EHRC justifies that by silence.

Ambassador Tiruneh Zena

EHRC is led by none but an official of the dictatorial regime appointee Ambassador Tiruneh Zena. He may be wrapped in a designer clothes but one can read from his eyes there is nothing kindness in them that is crucial to for one to stand with the victims. While EHRC silently watching, hundreds of thousands have been evicted from their birth place and their farm land sold to global agro-conglomerate[vii]. The Human Rights Ombudsman Commissioner’s eyes cannot see injustices perpetrated against innocent people, he doesn’t want to know or hear cries of victims of those who hired him to sit at the clones human rights commissioner. He wouldn’t want to know whythousands are rotting in jail, why millions are flooding into exile. He occupies the office and gets his salary for silence. Now he is seeking legitimacy from the United Nations for his excellent job of turning blind eye on the atrocities committed right under his nose[viii].

The need to be accredited by the United Nations gives the Commissioner and his bosses two advantages. From one angle, he may seek funding to keep his inactive office alive and may even share the money with his bosses. On the other hand he would try to claim recognition for silence on human rights abuse in Ethiopia as legitimate. This would undermine Amnesty International’s and Human Rights Watches Reports. If he succeeds, Zena would be awarded with a medal of the heist honour in the country for his service in the violation of human rights.

This writer would like request all peace loving members of the international community, every Ethiopian in exile and all human rights organisations throughout the world, to take up the matter with the UN and demand justice for the victims by preventing the imposter from taking up a seat in the UN and succeeding in fooling that prestigious organisation. The AU had turned into dictators club, but there is time to the reputation of UN from becoming the next. Individual victims, who have left their loved ones behind and went into exile, may flood the United Nations with letters requesting to block the application of the fake human rights organisation. When you write the letter to the UN, make sure you copy Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. Let these two credible organisations know what the sneaky dictators are about to achieve and also let them know that we do thank them for exposing crimes committed in Ethiopia against innocent people and continue discharging their duties as they are the only hope we count on to stand with the victims of dictatorship in Ethiopia.

Please send your protest letter to the following addresses:

Ms. Katharina Rose

ICC Geneva Representative

UNOG – Palais des Nations

Tel + 41 22 917 16 74

Email: k.rose@europe.com

Mr. Vladlen Stefanov,

Chief, National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms Section

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Tel: +41 22 928 9377

Email: vstefanov@ohchr.org

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[i]http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data_collections/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=4287

^[ii] http://www.ehrc.org.et/AboutUs/tabid/55/Default.aspx

^[iii] http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/ethiopian-parliament-adopts-repressive-new-ngo-law-20090108

^[iv] http://www.communicationforsocialchange.org/mazi-articles.php?id=392

^[v] http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/ethiopia-new-anti-terrorism-proclamation-jeopardizes-freedom-expression-

[vi] http://www.cpj.org/tags/reeyot-alemu

[vii] http://ecadforum.com/articles/ethiopia-eviction-of-the-indigenous-peoples-of-gambella/

[viii] http://www.waltainfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5656:ethiopian-human-rights-commission-short-listed-for-un-accreditation&catid=71:editors-pick&Itemid=396