Finote Democracy Voice of Ethiopian Unity Radio - EPRP Metro Washington DC Weekly Radio Broadcast
The perils of outsourcing the fight for freedom
By Yilma Bekele
I could have titled this piece ‘Obama and his Africa peace keepers’ but that would not be fair. Anybody with half a brain can see that I am trying to make my issue to be his problem. Excuse me just because fighting for my right is beneath my dignity there is no reason to impose on him that I am unable to do for whatever reason. Dear Mr. President we Africans are not amused! This is what appeared on The Guardian
JULY 10/2014
ETHIOPIA--THE DOGS OF REPRESSION UNLEASHED
Following the illegal extradition of opposition Ginbot 7 leader Andargatchew Tsige from Yemen, the repressive regime in Addis Abeba has gone on a spree of arrests in a clear drive to strike at dissidents. Preliminary reports indicate no less than 35 people have been arrested in Addis Abeba in an alleged ( and false) link to "terrorism". The regime has conveniently labeled several opposition organizations as "terrorist".
ARDUF Outraged by the Unlawful Extradition of Ato Andergachew Tsige and Appeal to Ethiopian Democratic Forces to Hasten the dismantling of Wayyane
The Christian Do-Gooders Secretly Attacking Gays
Like many a Daily Beast reader, I found Campus Crusade for Christ to be somewhere between annoying and amusing. You remember them from college: the Jesus freaks, intent on spreading the “Good News,” somewhere between quaint and creepy.
July 2/2014
YEMEN : RELEASE ANDARGATCHEW TSIGE IMMEDIATELY !
(EPRP Press Releae)
Andargatchew Tsige, the secretary general of the GINBOT 7 Movement, was transiting through Sana'a, Yemen, airport when he was apprehended by Yemeni immigration and security police and jailed incommunicado. Andargatchew has never done anything to Yemen's detriment.
June 30/2014
ILLEGAL DETENTION OF ANDARGATCHEW TSIGE BY YEMEN
Andargatchew Tsige, the secretary of the Ginbot 7 movement(opposition) has been intercepted by Yemeni authorities at Sana'a airport and detained for a reason that has not been made public by them. Andargatchew was on his way to another country.
YEMEN: Akhdam people suffer history of discrimination
SANA, 1 November 2005 (IRIN) – “Clean your plate if it is touched by a dog, but break it if it’s touched by a Khadem [meaning servant in Arabic].” This traditional saying expresses the contempt by mainstream society in Yemen against members of the Akhdam community
June 26/06/2014
JOURNALIST DEREJE BEGASHAW IN DANGER IN KAMPALA
Former editor of ASQUAL newspaper, Dereje Begashaw, is facing grave dangers to his very existence in a situation of difficult exile in Kampala, Uganda. Dereje, a persistent activist within the Ethiopian community in East Africa, has been threatened with deportation and worse, assaulted, and denied his human rights for years and the situation has worsened when and since his wife has been forced to join him in exile. Dereje has had to endure 7 years of suffering as a refugee living in unenviable conditions.
UN establishes Commission of Inquiry to investigate Eritrea’s human rights
In an historic step, the UN Human Rights Commission has decided to establish a Commission to investigate the notorious human rights violations in Eritrea. The full text of the resolution is included below, but this is the key section:
“7. Decides to establish, for a period of one year, a commission of inquiry comprising three members, one of whom should be the Special Rapporteur, with the other two members appointed by the President of the Human Rights Council;
June 20/2014
WORLD REFUGEE DAY
World Refugee Day highlights the world wide crisis of the presence of millions of refugees exposed to cruel mistreatment, enial of asylum rights and even death at the shores of callous ports. The plight of Ethiopian refugees is deplorable and worse than the year before.
JUNE 16/2014
OPEN LETTER TO THE US MINISTRY OF JUSTICE THE US SHOULD NOT BE A HAVEN FOR ETHIOPIAN CRIMINALS !
Tedros Berhanu, the ill trained but notorious public prosecutor in Ethiopia, who has played a key role in the incarceration of several journalists, peaceful protesters and dissidents under the so called Anti Terrorism Law, is living now normally in Silver Springs (MD) along with his wife.
Ethiopia’s Police State: The Silencing of Opponents, Journalists and Students Detained
Detention under spurious charges in Ethiopia is nothing new. With the second highest rate of imprisoned journalists in Africa[1] and arbitrary detention for anyone who openly objects to the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) regime’s despotic iron fist, the Western backed government in Addis Ababa is a dab hand at silencing its critics.
An American Passion for Tyrants
One standard definition of “international development” is that it is the global effort by rich and poor countries alike, working in tandem, to dramatically reduce extreme poverty and want. At the same time, such development should foster the economic growth of poor countries so that they will eventually be able to catch up with rich ones. Then they will share what Walt W. Rostow, the intellectual father of the so-called modernization theory that dominated the Western development world in the 1950s, called the promise of abundance.
PRESS RELEASE - Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF)
The Issa-Somali Diaspora and the Old Dream of Greater Somalia Bordering Awash River
Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF) has been following with alert and concern the unrest and convulsion on the banks of the Awash River and Addis -Djibouti road and the ensuing war of words among the Issa-Somali communities in Diaspora and Afar Diaspora about the ownership of the three territories, namely; Adaytu, Undda-Foo and Gadamaytu
Ltters from Atse Menelik II to Aba Jifar
The Oromo Extremists are busy demonizing Menelik II and Amharas. Below are quotations of letters from Atse Menelik II to Aba Jifar. Read it carefully.
“Two years before Emperor Menelik wrote the letter to Abba Jiffar, he had put a legislation in effect to abolish slavery.
“—– I have told you before again and again to stop selling and buying slaves. However, you have continued this practice secretly. Moreover, in the remote areas, I have heard that the people have started selling their wives as well as their kids. I remind you again, whether in remote areas or any other place, abolish this inhuman practice.
Yemeni People Traffickers Prey on Ethiopia Migrants Seeking Work
Bloomberg News
Notorious Ethiopian prison guard Worku sentenced to maximum 22 years
A woman who was beaten routinely by a notorious Ethiopian prison guard — a man accused of killing and torturing dozens of people — hugged prosecutors after her tormentor was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
