September 4, 2007 A high-level delegation of the Coalition for Unity & Democracy Party (Kinijit) will depart Addis Ababa for Washington DC on Saturday, Sept. 8, according to Ethiopian Review’s reporter in Addis Ababa. It has now been confirmed that members of the delegation, Wzt. Bertukan Mideksa, Dr Hailu Araya, Ato Gizachew Shiferraw, and Ato […]
August 9, 2007 In court on Monday, Ethiopian opposition officials stated that Daniel Bekele, 40, and Netsanet Demissie, 29, who are on trial for allegedly attempting to overthrow the government, were not part of their movement. These two individuals are the final defendants out of the original 131 charged in the ongoing treason trial. Eng.
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WASHINGTON DC – U.S. support for anyone who claim they are fighting against terror is likely to backfire in the long run as it did during the Cold War when U.S. supported most corrupt and brutal dictators because they said they were anti-communists, a top US lawmaker has warned. Senator Partick Leahy, Chairman of the
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By Messay Kebede August 66, 2007 — Various Ethiopian websites exhibit articles that highly congratulate and praise the achievements of mediators in the long-drawn-out attempt to free the CUD leaders. According to these articles, thanks to the aggressive and unrelenting effort of the mediators, the dreadful outcome of life imprisonment has been reversed into a
UNCHR Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa Publication Date 4 January 2008 Citation / Document Symbol ETH102699.E Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ethiopia: Treatment of relatives of members of opposition parties, especially the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) (2006-2007),
By Ephrem Madebo So much of the long history of the struggle between autocratic regimes and the good people of Ethiopia can partially be explained by critically analyzing the essence of good and evil. It is an absolute truth that in every generation of Ethiopians, good citizens seem to clearly outnumber those who are evil, yet
Artist Tamagn Beyene in Zurich, Switzerland – July 21, 2007
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Washington Post Editorial Saturday, July 21, 2007 MORE THAN once during the Cold War, the United States aligned itself with dictatorial or corrupt, but anticommunist, foreign governments, compromising democratic principles for perceived advantage against the Soviet Union. These choices were not necessarily wrong, but each one put the U.S. on a slippery slope, at the
Ambassador Donald Yamamoto American Embassy P.O.Box 1014 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia E-mail: pasaddis@stat.gov Dear Ambassador Yamamoto: Your recent assertion1 that suggests a parallel between the democratic path followed by the Founding Fathers of the USA and the destructive course chosen by the dictator Meles Zenawi is a cruel blow to the aspirations of oppressed people around the
Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit)http://www.kinijitethiopia.orgA Call for Renewed Vigor in the March towards Democracy and the Rule of Law Kinijt International Leadership (KIL) expresses our earnest delight and enquan des alen to our gallant and towering elected leaders, their families and all Ethiopians. The release of our leaders after 20 months of illegal
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Very happy about the release of the CUD (Kinijit) prisoners of conscience. Sad about the thousands of others left behind bars. I have heard that the CUD folks have signed a document in which they have admitted to “mistakes” to win their release. Naturally, I feel that the document has some relevance, to the extent
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 By Ephrem Madebo The absolutely nonsense and preposterous ‘political’ verdict that started on June 11 calumniated to its worst stage yesterday when the Ethiopian High Court nominal judges read a political manuscript sent from Zewnawi’s office. The rule of law might have never been the way of life in Ethiopia, however, neither
