June 2012

By: Million Feyyisa Lenjiso Can be reached at, million2025@gmail.com or millyf@u.wshington.edu The Ethiopian constitution explicitly guarantees the rule of law. It protects human and democratic rights. It provides that no one is above the law and that one shall be held accountable if one infringes the rights enshrined under it. That is why it is […]

Ethiopia’s terror conviction of journalist raises doubts on free speech Ethiopia conviction of journalist Eskinder Nega for covering planned protests sparks international condemnation. US Sen. Patrick Leahy suggests cutback in aid to Ethiopia. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The Christian Science Monitor Dissident Ethiopian writer Eskinder Nega was today convicted of conspiring to commit acts of terror,

If judicial institutions are to cease serving regimes as instruments of oppression in Ethiopia there is no alternative to removing TPLF/EPRDF from power through peaceful and legal means. A press statement issued by Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) The court that was handling the case of Andualem Aragie et al has, at its sitting

(Zehabesha)- Sunday 5PM Patriotic Ethiopians in the Washington DC area are organizing a protest rally against the Al Amoudi blood money festival that will start this coming Sunday, July 1 at the RFK Stadium. The protest will be taking place everyday until July 7th!

By William Davison, Bloomberg News Correspondent / Dissident Ethiopian writer Eskinder Nega was today convicted of conspiring to commit acts of terror, sparking an outpouring of international condemnation.? The eloquent, long-standing critic of the EthiopiaPeoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front’s rule – who has also been jailed at least seven times – was awarded the PEN American

By William Davison (Bloomberg) — An Ethiopian court convicted writer Eskinder Nega, a senior opposition activist and 22 others of terrorism offenses including plotting to overthrow the government. Judge Endeshaw Adane today found members of the group, 16 of whom were tried in absentia since they are abroad, guilty of offenses including conspiracy to commit

1. YET ANOTHER Massacre of Sidama people of Ethiopia BY MELES ZENAWI AND HAILEMARIAM DESALEGN has begun. The second round of the massacre of innocent people of Sidama in Ethiopia started a week ago. However, the first massacre of about 100 innocent people of Sidama took place at a village called Loqqe in Hawassa at

(All Africa) – Global Peace Index has recently released a report on global ranking of countries according to their dangerousness, a dozen African countries are among the most affected by war, terrorism and political instability; but Rwanda is not on the list and is positioned among safe ones. Since 2007, the Global Peace Index, conducted

by Muse Abebe In the last two days there has been some news article that has been published on TPLF mouth piece, Radio Fana. One of the news states that an agreement has been made between the Ethiopian Train Corporation and Chinese CCCC for the construction of train line that extends from the city of

* Addis Ababa sent in tanks and troops in November * AU said Ethiopia would pull out by end of April * Kenya, Uganda, Burundi peacekeepers also fighting rebels By Aaron Maasho (Reuters) – Ethiopia plans to keep its troops in Somalia until the Horn of Africa country ratifies a constitution and its military is

(VOA News) – Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia say about 1,700 of their countrymen are being held in dire conditions at prisons in the Saudi city of Jazan. VOA’s Horn of Africa Service spoke by phone to four of the prisoners this week. The prisoners said they lack sufficient food, water and medical treatment, and that