The EPRP strongly condemns the Meles Zenawi regime that has not only exposed the Ethiopian people to a cholera epidemic but has ordered doctors and health officers to deny the epidemic is cholera lest it loses revenue for foreign tourists. Hundreds have died from the cholera epidemic referred to by theregime falsely as "diarrhoea".
“The ideological identikit of some of the rebel forces is alarming. The TPLF, for example, are considered as ferocious local replicas of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge”. (Domenico Quirico, La Stampa, Italy, 26/4/1991)
Now the House and Senate have returned to Washington after the summer recess. It is now time to make a concerted effort to contact all members of Congress to enact legislation promoting democracy, human rights, and economic prosperity in Ethiopia.
It's been now 18 years since EPRP activists including Tsegaye Gebre Medhin (aka Debteraw) and others were captured and disappeared by the TPLF regime. Despite repeated calls and public out cries, the EPRDF has refused to disclose their condition and take responsibility. On the other hand, we are yet obliged to face with another injustice made by individuals like you who consider themselves equally victims of the same regime. This is where the Ethiopia's political irony lies.
Having read the article by Aemirro Esthete in Debteraw makes me to conclude that such individuals with such backgrounds never get it yet. Bravo Aemirro Eshete for the job well done!! The Red Terror Promoters did not get it yet that our progressive generation was and still is an icon of radical change symbolizing a movement of freedom and social justice for all in Ethiopia
Professor Al Mariam’s ( or Alemayehu Gebre Mariam's) article entitled…The disquieting silence of our sisters......with sentences like “the deafening silence of her sisters..... the untapped power of Ethiopian women, ‘the new Ethiopian woman…shoulder to shoulder suffering the blows of dictatorship..”, belittle the struggle of Ethiopian women and their contribution up to now. The article could be a good lesson on how not to write about things one is completely ignorant about.
As Assistant secretary of State for African Affairs during the George Bush jr administration, Jendayi Frazier did not exhibit an acute and deep grasp of the African reality, especially that of the war torn Horn of Africa. Aside from patting the dictators in Addis Abeba
Two years a go, the TPLF, government has made a deal with the Sudanese president Omer Al Bashir and among the deals, TPLF led government agreed to cede a vast fertile farm land of Ethiopia to the Sudan, in return, Sudan agreed to hand-over Ethiopian political refugees and prevent any political movement against the tplf regime in the Sudanese soil and also Sudan agreed to supply oil with a discount price
Lemma Hailu and Tesfaye Kebede (aka Abohaye): Disappeared since 1993
Both Lemma and Tesfaye are veteran members of the EPRP who were also at onetime registered refugees in the Sudan. In 1991, they fell into the hands of the TPLF (now in power) and were taken from Gondar to Makalle,Tigrai, and later released after months of detention. In 1993, they were arrested again in Addis Ababa along with Aberash Berta and disappeared. Their case has been ignored by international human rights groups--no reasons given. As is the case with Aberash, there are justified fears that they may have been killed summarily by the ruling Tigrean Front.
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The 2009 World Population Data Sheet published by the Washington, DC-based Population Reference Bureau states that the population of the African continent has surpassed one billion. Africans now account for over a seventh of the human race.
As a young woman she joined the Ethiopian people’s Revolutionary Party (EPRP established in 1972) struggling against the totalitarian Soviet backed regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam. She served no regime in any capacity. She fought for democracy in Addis Ababa and later on in rural areas with EPRP guerrillas and was wounded and was blinded in one eye.
New York, August 26, 2009--Two Ethiopian journalists were thrown in prison on Monday after a judge convicted them under an obsolete press law in connection with coverage of sensitive topics dating back several years, according to local journalists and news reports.
Following are some of the most serious violations committed by members of the Government Police Force and cadres of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Front (EPRDF) in the Regional States throughout Ethiopia.
Major Atanaw Wassie, in his late seventies, has passed away after two years of detention by the repressive regime of Meles Zenawi.
Major Atanaw was a longtime refugee in the Sudan and he was forcefully deported and handed over to the Mles regime by the Sudanese authorities though it was clear he would be risking death in Ethiopia, Major Atanaw was deported with 14 others and all were disappeared for more than a year.
Following the EPRP press release condemning the ceding of fertile Ethiopian land to foreigners (August 5/2009), the regime of Meles Zenawi has tried to deny its questionable and condemnable policy of ceding more than 2.7 million hectares of fertile
All over the Middle East and in Libya too, the rights of Ethiopians, refugees and domestic workers, are being grossly violated, The recent victim is a young woman in her twenties who was kidnapped in the Al Daid region of Sharjah (UAE), gang raped and then struck by stones till she died. The main killer had previously murdered a young Pakistani girl but was released when he paid blood money.
I read with interest you long article trying to justify yourself and to cast yourself as a Bulge and not as a Tigre as some people may have stated when dealing with your nefarious role as head of the so called Ethiopian Commodity Exchange.
A square peg for a round hole or, as Ethiopians say, a blanket for a starving man. In other words irrelevant and that is precisely what comes to mind when we consider the scope and impact of the visit by secretary of state Hilary Clinton to seven African nations. To begin with one wonders why Secretary Clinton avoided visiting Ethiopia where Meles Zenawi a staunch US ally was recently praised as the man who brought democracy to Ethiopia by none other than Clinton's deputy Johnnie Carson.
Ali Saeed, the main protagonist of the acclaimed film, Memories of a Generation, has started a presentation tour in Europe. After his visit to France he has gone to London and met with officials of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Amnesty International and explained the Ethiopian human rights situation to them.
SOCEPP Canada ( a branch of SOCEPP headquartered in Berlin) calls on all human rights organizations and democratic forces in Europe to give full support to Ali Saeed (SOCEPP Winnipeg) whose film, Memories of a Generation,
August 10/2009
A Canadian citizen detained in Somalia was sentenced for life in prison for terrorism-related charges by an Ethiopian High Court in the capital Addis Ababa. The Canadian branch of SOCEPP (HQ Berlin, Germany) strongly condemns this sentencing.
A new breed of colonialism is rampaging across the world, with rich nations buying up the natural resources of developing countries that can ill afford to sell. Some staggering deals have already been done, says Paul Vallely, but angry locals are now trying to stop the landgrab
In the late 1970s Ethiopia's Marxist military rulers tortured and murdered hundreds of thousands in brutal repressions. Now, one survivor is trying to create a permanent online archive of the so-called Red Terror using the documents the Communist regime, known as the Derg, left behind, reports the BBC's Elizabeth Blunt.
Hirut Abebe-Jiri was in her early teens when Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown.
She had had a happy and privileged childhood, part of a well-off and well-connected family.
But the revolution made people like them liable to be viewed as suspicious.
The award-winning documentary film with the above title is coming to Oslo, and will be shown on the 29th of August this year. The film is an excellent basis and point of departure for discussion and public debate about the ongoing struggle for democracy and people’s rule in Ethiopia. Everyone who is concerned with conflict/peace, democracy/development, and justice/human rights (research/practice) will certainly find this film to be fruitful viewing because of its theme and content.
By writing this article, I understand that I am touching on one of the most closely guarded taboos, the untouchability of the OLF. I also understand that, because so many precious lives were sacrificed under the banner of this organization, emotions run very high at the mention of criticism. But I have the right and the duty toshare my views and ideas regarding our movement. I have no intention to inflict any discomfort on any particular individual or group, I have tried to be as impartial as possible but if anyone is personally offended, I hope you will grant me forgiveness.
Come september 2010, elder (Major) Atananaw Wassie and 14 other refugees deported with him from the Sudan would be passing 2 years of custody in Ethiopia. They were all long time recongized refugees when the Sudanese authorities rounded them up and handed them over to the EPRDF in Ethiopia.
The traitorous regime of Meles Zenawi has ceded Ethiopian land to the Sudan and it is now giving more than 1.6 million hectares of fertile land to foreigners coming from the Middle East and East Asia. The effect of this appropriation of land by foreigners is negative and not to be underestimated.
The above quotations should be born in mind when we discuss issues of Eritreans with Ethiopians. The first quotation was in response to a question “what do we get?” posed by a woman who was waiting for Thomas Jefferson to announce the type of government American should have.
Success story is no more; the crisis within the powerhouses continues, so is the prospect of Ethiopian revolution. More often than not, both convulsion from within and a revolution from outside are the factors that amount to the final disintegration of tyrannical regimes. When a push comes to shove the powerhouses, both the parliament and the congregation from within will be no more. In a ways, any given tyrant regime that takes control of a state power without legal sanction and rules the nation with an absolute power is prone to collapse gradually if not suddenly, as a result of convulsion from within and a revolution from without.
(A reply to the self-defeatist camp of Neamin Zeleqe)
By Tsegaye Kassa
OF PERMANENT ENEMIES & INTERESTS
Some Opposition groups seem to believe in the statement that there are no permanent enemies but permanent interests. The USA follows the policy that it co-operates with enemies if it is in the interest of it’s national security. For the USA, there are permanent interests but no permanent enemies.
The traitorous regime of Meles Zenawi has once again ceded Ethiopia's rights over the River Nile. 85% of the water of the Nile comes from the Blue Nile (Abbai River) in Ethiopia.
Certain Political Figures from the wide field of Political Parties of Ethiopia are considering some sort of armed struggle. Their main objective is to remove the dictator who is reportedly preparing to step down. The armed struggle is a noble mission so long it is to free the people from an oppressive regime. However, the implications of the armed struggle are complex to be left to the actors and Engineers of the armed struggle. First, it must be realized that the armed struggle powered by EPLF that helped TPLF to grab power in 1991 is a sticky issue by itself.
Call me by my name, address or title By Obo Arada Shawl - July 23, 2009
This is the final piece of article written in memory of a student activist, a planner in transport & communications and a public servant. His name was Assegid Wolde Amanuel (AWA). His professional address extended from Moyale in the south, Assab in the east, Karora in the north and Kurmurk in the west labeled as MAKK ኤትዮጵያ. His job title was an economist and later a minister of Transport & Communications. His civil title was Ato Assegid as opposed to ግራዝማች ፤ ቀጝዝማች ወይም ጛድ
“An obliging fool is more dangerous than an enemy” says a Russian proverb. In Amharic we say “kemogn dejaf mofer yikoretal” or “mogn indenegerut, beklo indasegerut”. Those Ethiopians who hailed the Obama speech in Accra and rejoiced at the possibility of a new deal for Ethiopia and Africa thanks to Obama remind us of such obliging and dangerous fools.
c/o Embassy of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia to the United States
3506 International Drive, NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Via facsimile: (202) 587-0195
Dear Prime Minister:
We are writing to express our serious concerns about legislation that would further restrict press freedom in Ethiopia and about an ongoing pattern of criminal prosecutions, administrative restrictions, and Internet censorship. We are concerned that these measures, which official rhetoric has publicly justified as policies to safeguard the "constitutional order," actually criminalize independent political coverage and infringe on press freedom as guaranteed by the Ethiopian Constitution. We call on you to use your influence to reverse this trend.
Sudanese security forces and the police have raided the homes of Ethiopian refugees in Khartoum and not only robbed and committed rape but have also arrested dozens for eventual deportation.
Some argue that helping family is good enough for one to be patriotic; they do say that in order to ridicule those who are involved in Ethiopian politics
This is a glimpse into the inner workings of the TPLF Plc. – how the machinery has increasingly evolved into a business empire, corrupted by the convenience of power; lubricated by the decadent slogan that this is our historic moment to prosper and the reckless greed that breeds more insatiable and bottomless want. What is sad is that the TPLF Plc
Like Uganda, Italy has had its political clowns. If Uganda had Idi Amin Dada, witch doctor Alice Lakwenya and even the present death man Joseph Kony, Italy had Mussolini. The image of the Italian fascist, IL Duce, strutting atop a piazza Venetia balcony and shouting “l’etiopia e italiana!” (Ethiopia is Italian), when his invading troops entered Addis Ababa is unforgettable.
The Red Sea Afar is peace loving people and inhabits areas of great strategic and economic significance in Eritrea. The war mongering state of Eritrean people liberation front (EPLF/EPFDJ) had a continuous policy to destabilise and destitute the Red Sea Afar from their original settings to achieve a demographic change of the region.
On July 9, Sudanese soldiers crossed the border in the Taya area and invaded Ethiopian territory to kill dozens of Ethiopian farmers. Troops of the Meles regime in the area did not take any action.
The Sudanese claim that the fertile land in the region has been ceded to the Sudan by the Meles regime and the Ethiopian farmers should not be there.
Breaking News!!! Ethiopian Film “Memories of a Generation” won two awards
The Documentary film "Memories of a Generation: The Story of Ali Saeed and Other Ethiopian Political Victims", directed by Aaron Floresco, has won two awards at the Films For Peace festival in Medea, Italy. It has received the award for best feature film by the festival's student jury, and has also received the award for best feature film from the main jury. Congratulations to everyone from that generation.
“The American-supported Somali faction is now in desperate straights.”
Islamist forces in Somalia are demanding the surrender of the U.S.-backed regime that has been squeezed into a small pocket of the capital city, Mogadish
Acrimonious accusations and counter accusations, threats and counter threats, confrontational polemics and rebuttals that used to distinguish Ethio-Eritrean interaction seems to be in the process of giving way, slowly, to a serious and encompassing intellectual discourse and grass roots interaction.
US foreign policy towards the Horn of Africa in general and towards Ethiopia in particular has for long been confused and confusing. Under the previous Bush administration, the inept and incompetent Jendayi Frazier muddled everything, pushed her ally Meles to invade Somalia, and gave all out support to the dictator while ignoring and denigrating the opposition.
(A reply to the self-defeatist camp of Neamin Zeleqe)
By Tsegaye Kassa
Self-defeatist groups are mushrooming in the movement for democracy and liberation of Ethiopia, a country which has been under the throes of an ethno-fascist junta for the last 18 years.
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The EPRP strongly condemns the Meles Zenawi regime that has not only exposed the Ethiopian people to a cholera epidemic but has ordered doctors and health officers to deny the epidemic is cholera lest it loses revenue for foreign tourists. Hundreds have died from the cholera epidemic referred to by theregime falsely as "diarrhoea".
It's been now 18 years since EPRP activists including Tsegaye Gebre Medhin (aka Debteraw) and others were captured and disappeared by the TPLF regime. Despite repeated calls and public out cries, the EPRDF has refused to disclose their condition and take responsibility. On the other hand, we are yet obliged to face with another injustice made by individuals like you who consider themselves equally victims of the same regime. This is where the Ethiopia's political irony lies. 
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time registered refugees in the Sudan. In 1991, they fell into the hands of the TPLF (now in power) and were taken from Gondar to Makalle,Tigrai, and later released after months of detention. In 1993, they were arrested again in Addis Ababa along with Aberash Berta and disappeared. Their case has been ignored by international human rights groups--no reasons given. As is the case with Aberash, there are justified fears that they may have been killed summarily by the ruling Tigrean Front.
