January 2007

Police shot dead a young political dissident on Wednesday at Rufael, one of the northern suburbs of Addis Ababa. Four federal police officers dragged Tesfaye Tadesse, 25, from his friend’s home at 9:45 pm and shot him thrice on his chest and twice on his back. His family found his bullet-straddled body latter. Tesfaye a …

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Ethiopian-Americans for Democracy ethiodemocracy@yahoo.com Can the Leopard Change its Spots or Ethiopia’s Ruling Clique Its Ways ? The Guilty Verdict and Why The TPLF is So Predictable After an 18-month charade, a politically compliant Ethiopian court on June 11, 2007 found 38 members of Ethiopia’s main opposition party, CUD-Kinijit, guilty of leading armed rebellion and …

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One of Kinijit’s principles is the rule of law. Kinijit believes that all Ethiopians must be equal under the law. There cannot be justice where the law is not supreme. How could a party claim to stand for the rule of law if it does not implement it within its structure? An organization that does …

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Kinijit International January 8, 2007 Times have changed. The genie of freedom is out of the bottle and has made its home in the hearts and minds of the Ethiopian people. Citizens of the nation of Ethiopia have realized that no human is divinely ordained to rule over them without their consent. This means the …

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Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) http://www.kinijitethiopia.org e-mail kil@kinijitinternational.org Voice Mail/Fax 1-206-203-3974 Press Release KIL-002/07 Hold hands Ethiopians! Block the evil road that leads to hell Jan 7, 2007 — Times have changed. The genie of freedom is out of the bottle and has made its home in the hearts andminds of the Ethiopian people. …

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