Tsegaye Tadesse ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An Ethiopian court sentenced 35 opposition members to life in prison on Monday, rebuffing a prosecution request that they be executed for trying to overthrow the government, treason and inciting violence. The remaining eight defendants, including four journalists, were ordered to serve terms of between 18 months and 18 […]
In a recent must-read article (“Fallout from war on terror hits Ethiopia“) by a foreign correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, an article that deals with the repercussions of Ethiopia’s interference in neighboring Somalia in the name of the war against terrorism, an Ethiopian government official was quoted as saying: “We don’t see any basic violations of human rights,”
By Negussay Ayele June 30, 2007 In the previous commentary “Meles Zenawi and Etrhiitorpeia” posted in www.ethiopians.com (March 20, 2007), with Ethiopia smothered in the title, we scanned the zero sum game PM Meles Zenawi and his TPLF played on behalf of Eritrea at the total expense of Ethiopia. From 1975 to 1991 he and his minions did everything
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Insurgents have launched simultaneous attacks on five government and Ethiopian military installations in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. They are the most serious attacks since Ethiopian-backed forces battled Islamists and Hawiye clan fighters in April – the worst fighting in 16 years. The attacks come a day after proposed peace talks were delayed for a month.
June 11, 2007 Picture – Ethiopia’s democratically elected parliamentarians, leaders of the opposition party Kinijit. In a politically motivated trial, the dictatorial government of Ethiopia convicted these elected opposition leaders, Monday, June 11, 2007. The trial has been widely condemned by international human rights groups as an attempt to silence Ethiopian government critics.)
Believe it or not. … Idi Amin Dada sent love letters to the Q.ueen of E.ngland and asked her to marry him. He wanted to be the King of S.cotland. He declared himself the “Conqueror of the British Empire” and the “Last King of S.cotland,” after Britain severed diplomatic ties with Uganda in July 1976.
(Tis Abay) No man’s fate, not even what has happened any of the CUD leaders, reveal EPRDF’s excesses and the hypocrisy of the West than Siye Abraha’s . Pre and post election violence, the west has, at least, given lip service to human rights abuses, condemned political detention and gently nudged their darling African leaders,
Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) http://www.kinijitethiopia.org e-mail kil@kinijitinternational.org Voice Mail/Fax 1-206-203-3974 KIL. DOC-003 The Struggle for Democracy in Ethiopia The nature of the struggle and its TPLF Adversary February 27, 2007 — The regime in power calls itself the government of Ethiopia. The people prefer to call it the TPLF’s government. The ruling
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This article is a response to the news in the most popular Norwegian newspaper ‘Aftenposten’ about the expulsion of Norwegian diplomats under the title “Norway ’shocked’ over diplomatic expulsion”. By Leoul Mekonen August 29, 2007 — It was so amazing and surprising for many Ethiopians why Meles’s reaction shocked the Norwegian authorities. “Why is that
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Menelik II, King of Shewa from 1866 to 1889, and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 until his death in 1913, photographed in the early 1900s. He is widely honored by many Ethiopians and commemorated during the celebration of the Battle of Adwa. Many Pan-Africans regard him as an advocate for African independence against European powers
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Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) http://www.kinijitethiopia.org e-mail kil@kinijitinternationalorgVoice Mail/Fax 1-206-203-3974 Press Release Justice cannot be served in the absence of an Independent Court February 19, 2007 — The long awaited ruling on the trumped up charges against Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (CUDP) leaders, civil society advocates and human rights defenders has been postponed
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February 16th, 2007 Prof. Mammo Muchie Ethiopia’s Trist With History: The moment is now to release the prisoners and open the door for a grand national reconciliation By Mammo Muchie Introductory Note On July 10, 1999 at 8:10 I composed this statement in response to a misreporting of a key note speech I made in
