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Gura Ferda and the crimes against humanity

Human Rights / October 25, 2020

Published first in April 14, 2012 By Tesfay Atsbeha and Kahsay Berhe Republished October 25, 2020 The inhuman measures of expelling Ethiopians from their own country in the district of Gura Ferda should outrage all Ethiopians. How can hardworking innocent farmers, women and children who were living legally be deprived of their houses, farmland and …

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EU Parliament condemns human rights abuses in Saudi migrant camps after Telegraph investigation

Human Rights / October 9, 2020

By Zecharias Zelalem and Will Brown/CREDIT: The Telegraph Vote kept top secret until last minute amid concerns of coercion The European Parliament has strongly condemned Saudi Arabia for holding tens of thousands of African migrants in slave-like Covid detention camps after The Telegraph exposed horrific conditions. The vote to censure the kingdom comes a month after an investigation …

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Eskinder Nega, Democracy, Human Rights Activists and Journalist

Famous People, Human Rights, News / October 2, 2020

ESKINDER NEGA BIOGRAPHY ETHIOPIA Eskinder Nega, a journalist and blogger based in Addis Ababa, was sentenced on July 13, 2012, to 18 years in prison for violating anti-terrorism laws after he criticized the government for arresting journalists and anti-government activists. He was jailed for almost seven years at Kaliti Prison in Addis Ababa, where political …

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Saudi Arabia: thousands of Ethiopian migrants held in ‘hellish’ conditions – new investigation

Human Rights / October 1, 2020

October 01, 2020 Amnesty International UK Press releases Thousands of Ethiopians expelled by neighbouring Yemen in March left to languish in disease-ridden Saudi cells Reports of dead bodies in cells, with lack of soap and water creating acute COVID risk ‘It’s hell, I’ve never seen something like this …There are no toilets’ – Ethiopian detainee …

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Washington Update: Ethnic Cleansing in the Benshangul

Human Rights / September 23, 2020

Washington UpdateSeptember 23, 20201.The present ethnic cleansing in the Benshangul, Afar and northern and southern parts of Ethiopia is the direct result of divide-and-rule ethnic federalism provisions placed in Ethiopia’s Constitution by former Prime Minister Meles and the EPRDF party. These provisions were included in the Constitution without the consent of the Ethiopian population. It …

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The Amara Genocide Is Intensified, but the Medias Are Silent!

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE, Human Rights / September 20, 2020

By Belayneh Abate The Amara genocide is intensified to eliminate Amaras and Christians from the Eastern, South, Central and Western parts of Ethiopia. But most of the onetime vocal “independent” Ethiopian medias are in deafening silence. It appears these medias are joining the genocide denier rulers, who are accused of participating in the continued Amara …

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UN Amplifies Ethiopian Migrant Detainees’ Cries for Help in Saudi Arabia

Human Rights, News / September 18, 2020

By Tigist Geme/VOA September 18, 2020 The prospect of paid work and better lives lured Teshome and Kadir from their native Ethiopia, their hopes pinned on Saudi Arabia. Instead, the two young men have spent at least five months idled and anguished, confined in one of the kingdom’s migrant detention centers. They fear they’ll never …

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Mass Murder of Amharas in Benishangul-Gumez Region

Human Rights, In Other News / September 17, 2020

Targeted attacks against Amharas have occurred again in Benishangul-Gumez Region of Ethiopia. Amhara Association of America (AAA) has received reports that 89 people mainly Amhara/Agew have been killed by Gumez militias in an attack spanning several days starting September 4. We are still collecting information, but here is what we have learned from our sources …

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Who Has Been the Terrorist for more than Three Decades: EPRDF Officials or Eskinder Nega?

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE, Human Rights / September 13, 2020

By Belayneh Abate A note to Eskinder Nega: Eskinder Nega, when Christ was taken to the death chamber, almost all his followers instantly betrayed him! May that betrayed God be with you at this time when many of us are betraying you siding with your criminal accusers and the unjust Pontus Pilates. Its September 11 …

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Attestations of the Amhara Genocide and Ethnic cleansing in Ethiopia

Human Rights, Scholarly Articles / September 10, 2020

Zelalem Attlee (MD, MHCM, DrPH) August 27,2020 Attestations of the Amhara Genocide and Ethnic cleansing in Ethiopia The 20th and the 21st centuries have been marked by extreme violence and genocides globally. While the causes can be attributed to multiple factors, several subpopulations have been victims of these atrocious activities. The term genocide was first …

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Ethiopia Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed is a killer Genocider of the Amhara People

ANALYSIS, OPINION & MORE, Human Rights / September 10, 2020

September 10. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues Attestations of the Amhara Genocide and Ethnic cleansing in Ethiopia The 20th and the 21st centuries have been marked by extreme violence and genocides globally. While the causes can be attributed to multiple factors, several subpopulations have been victims of these atrocious activities. The term genocide was first coined by …

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TEDROS ADHANOM EXPOSED: Money, Blood and Conscience: A novel of Ethiopia’s democracy revolution

Human Rights / September 7, 2020

By Abebe Gellaw Executive director of Ethiopian Satellite Television & Radio (ESAT) 2016-2019. Could a new historical novel about Ethiopia’s former dictatorship be the final straw that forces the World Health Organization’s beleaguered Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebhreyesus to resign? Money, Blood and Conscience tells the story of a Hollywood television producer who stages a rock …

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