Finote Democracy Voice of Ethiopian Unity Radio - EPRP Metro Washington DC Weekly Radio Broadcast
Candlelight Vigil for prisoners of conscience in Ethiopia - Sund Dec 7 - 6pm - White House
Fingerprints of International Aid on Forced Relocation, Repression, and Human Rights Abuse in Ethiopia
Letter of Protest to the UN Security Council
Land Wars: Ethiopia Accused of Massacring Civilians to Clear Way for Foreign Farms
By Lara Whyte
Ethiopia, one of the world's hungriest countries, is selling off vast chunks of its land to foreign investors who are growing food products for export — and those who get in the government's way are being killed or silenced, according to a new investigation.
Under the country's controversial "villagization" scheme, huge populations of farming communities are being moved out of their homes on land eyed for development and into new settlements built by the government. Residents not lured out by promises of better infrastructure and services are often forced to go against their will, and resistance often brings violence or intimidation into acquiescence or exile, US-based rights group the Oakland Institute says in a report due for release on Monday.
ENGINEERING ETHNIC CONFLICT
THE TOLL OF ETHIOPIA'S PLANTATION
DEVELOPMENT ON THE SURI PEOPLE
ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT’S WITCHHUNT AGAINST PRIVATELY-OWNED MEDIA
At least six publications have had to close in recent months and around 30 journalists have fled abroad since the start of the year as a result of the biggest crackdown on the privately-owned press since 2005, one reflecting a government desire to make a clean sweep of independent media before parliamentary elections next May, local analysts say.
Moral Hazards of the Aid Industry in Ethiopia: justice is overdue Commentary
Aklog Birara (Dr.)
NOVEMBER 3/2014
ETHIOPIANS IN EASTERN UKRAINE NEED URGENT HELP
Ethiopians living in Eastern Ukraine,Donetsk, for the last ten to more than 20 years are in a dire situation and need urgent assistance. Ordinarily their plight was already unbearable as they had to suffer unemployenent and crude racism.
Letter to President Obama
We are 19 Ethiopian Muslims writing to you from within the Ethiopian gulags. Since we were arrested and detained on fabricated charges under the country’s notorious anti-terrorism laws more than two years ago, we have been going through Stalinist political show trial designed to intimidate and silence us into submission in the face of the government’s audacious and grotesque program of re-indoctrinating Ethiopian Muslim. Read More…
OCTOBER 31/2014
EPRP FULLY SUPPORTS THE PEOPLE OF BURKINA FASO
The EPRP fullly supports the ongoing struggle of the Burkinabe people against
dictatorship and for democracy. Their struggle is a harbinger of intensified popular struggles all over the continent. Like other peoples, the Burkinabe people face the danger of the status quo army shortcircuiting their victory to establish yet another demagogic military dictatorship.
Is Ethiopia’s Sovereign Debt Sustainable?
Seid Hassan, Minga Negash, Tesfaye T. Lemma and Abu Girma Moges[1]
Determining the sustainability of a developing country’s public debt is a challenge. This is because most developing countries in general and Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) countries in particular face an undiversified export base, a large share of agriculture in GDP (which itself is characterized by low yields) with large share of labor force in the primary sector, and complex governance and instability problems.
OCTOBER 28/2014
ILLEGAL DETENTION OF 9 BLOGGERS CONTINUES
Those collectively charged as "terrorists inciting people to violence" are known as the zone 9 bloggers (six young bloggers and three journalists) and the regime in Addis Abeba has illegally kept them prison for the last six months.
October 27/2014
DENOUNCE THE ETHNIC CLEANSING AND MURDER OF AMHARAS
Amharas and Oromos are the two largest ethnic groups (nationalities) in Ethiopia and the ruling Tigrean Front (TPLF) has considered both as enemies and taken brutal actions against them. But in the TPLF political mentality (echoed sadly by some foreign quarters), the Amharas are enemy no 1 and should be targeted for all kind of brutalities ranging from ethnic cleansing, land grab, massacre and deliberate impverishment.
Get well Dr. Craig Spencer
By Yilma Bekele
What kind of place would the world be without people like Dr. Craig Spencer? Dr. Spencer is the medical doctor that is currently in New York Hospital with symptoms of the Ebola virus. Before his privacy was breached and his name associated with the dreaded virus Dr. Spencer was an International Emergency Medical (IEM) fellow at Columbia University in New York.
Leaked UN Report Says Eritrea Arms and Trains Ginbot 7 Members
Ginbot Sebat is a banned opposition group formed in 2009 by Amhara political elites committed to regime change in Ethiopia through armed struggle.[i]
The honorable Ato Gebru Asrat and his politics
By Yilma Bekele
The honorable Ato Gebru Asrat has written a very fat book that is five hundred pages long. I am assuming that the purpose of the book was to present himself as a person of vision and to show us his leadership ability to show us the road to the future. Unfortunately, he has a handicap that cannot be glossed over since for many years he has operated as member of that infamous organization TPLF (ሕዝባዊ ወያኔ ሓርነት ትግራይ) that is still creating havoc in the life of our people and our country.
