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July 2013

Ethiopia’s opposition holds rare protests

Ethiopian opposition activists have demanded the release of reporters and political prisoners jailed under anti-terror legislation in demonstrations. In rare public outpours of anger, people on Sunday marched peacefully in the towns of Gondar and Dessie, chanting “freedom” and carrying pictures of jailed politicians and journalists. Government officials said there were around 1 500 protesters in

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Third world minded South African media unleashing xenophobic attacks on Ethiopia and Ethiopians…

The Horn Times Newsletter, 15 July 2013 By Getahune Bekele –South Africa “In that incredibly tense Ethiopia game, at one point …an altercation took place between a number of players on the half way line. At this point, the local fans seemed to be aggressively chanting ‘war! War!’” Soccer Laduma newspaper July 3, 2013 “It

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Ethiopian opposition holds rare protests

(AFP) – Ethiopian opposition activists on Sunday demanded the release of journalists and political prisoners jailed under anti-terror legislation in demonstrations in two major towns. In rare public outpours of anger, people marched peacefully in the towns of Gondar and Dessie, chanting “freedom” and carrying pictures of jailed politicians and journalists. Government officials said there

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Red Terror in Ethiopia killed thousands between 1976 1978 – The Denver Post

By Tom McGhee The Denver Post Between 1976 and 1978, a Marxist government in Ethiopia killed as many as 500,000 of the country’s citizens in a bloodbath called the Red Terror. The terror grew out of a relatively peaceful movement to end the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie. A political vacuum was created when the

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