Urgent Campaign to CALL & FAX White House,

Urgent Campaign to CALL & FAX White House, House, Senate Foreign Relations committee

July 31, 2014

GLOBAL ALLIANCE CALLS ON ALL CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN ETHIOPIA TO ACT TODAY CONGRESS CLOSES JULY 31

CALL/FAX TODAY! THE WHITE HOUSE THE SENATE&HOUSE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE

FAX THE STATEMENT FROM GLOBAL ALLIANCE

“The Urgent Need for Human Rights-Based U.S. Investment Policy in Ethiopia (PDF)”

“The Urgent Need for Human Rights-Based U.S. Investment Policy in Ethiopia (Word)”

CALL AND COMMUNICATE THE MESSAGE THAT:

“The U.S. must follow a human rights-based investment policy in Ethiopia and be guided by its fundamental values of protecting life, liberty and property”

White House :
Tel: (202) 456-1111
Fax; 202-456-2461

Ed Royce
Tel: 202-225 4111
Fax 202-226-0335

Eliot Engel
Phone: (202) 225-2464
Fax: (202) 225-5513

Dana Rohrabacher
Tel (202) 225-2415
Fax 202-225-0145

House Africa Sub-committee
Chris Smith
Tel: 202) 225-3765
Fax (202) 225-7768

Karen Bass
Tel: 202 225 7084
Fax 202-225-2422

Tom Marino
Tel: 202-225-3731
Fax 202-225-9594

Randy Weber:
Tel : 202-225-2831
Fax: 202-225-0271

Steve Stockman:
Tel 202-225-1555
Fax 202-226-0396

Mark Meadows
Tel: (202) 225-6401
Fax:202-226-6422

David Cicilline:
Tel; 202-225-4911
Fax (202) 225-3290

Ami Bera
Tel (202) 225-5716
Fax (202) 226-1298

Senate Subcommittee on African Affairs
Chris Coons
Tel: (202) 224-5042

Jeff Flake
Tel: 202-224-4521

Richard Durbin(
Tel: 202) 224-2152
Fax: (202) 228-0400

Ben Cardin
Tel: 202) 224-4524
Fax: (202) 224-1651

Jeanne Shaheen
Tel: 202 224 2841
Fax (202) 228-3194

John McCain
Tel:(202) 224-2235
Fax: (202) 228-2862

John Barrasso
Main: 202-224-6441
Fax: 202-224-1724

Rand Paul
Tel: 202- 224-4343 No Fax

Robert Menendez,
Tel: 202.224.4744 No Fax

Bob Corker
Tel: 202-224-3344
Fax: 202-228-0566

Phone: 202-224-4343202-

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posted By Daneil Aleyu Zeleke

ፖሊቲካና የግለሰብ ጠባይ (ፕ/ር መስፍንወ/ማርያም)

ፖሊቲካና የግለሰብ ጠባይ (ፕ/ር መስፍንወ/ማርያም)

July 28, 2014

ለእኔ ፖሊቲካና የግለሰብ ጠባይ እንደውሃና ዘይት የማይደባለቁ ነገሮች ይመስሉኛል፤ አጼ ምኒልክ ‹‹አመልህን በጉያህ›› ያሉት ለዚህ ሳይሆን አይቀርም፤ ዘይትና ውሀ በባሕርያቸው የሚለዩትን ያህል ፖሊቲካና ግለሰብም የባሕርይ ልዩነት አላቸው ማለት ነው፤ የወያኔ መሪዎች ምንም ነገር የማይሰምርላቸው፣ ከመጀመሪያውኑ እነዚህን ሁለት የማይደባለቁ ባሕርዮች አደባልቀው በመንሣታቸው ነው፤ ፖሊቲካ ለማኅበረሰቡ መቆርቆር ነው፤ ለሕዝቡ መቆርቆር ነው፤ ለአገር መቆርቆር ነው፤ የፖሊቲካ መነሻም ይኸው መሆን አለበት፤ ዓላማውም የማኅበረሰቡ፣ የሕዝቡ ልማት እንጂ ጥፋት አይደለም፤ የነበረውንና ያለውን ማጥፋት የፖሊቲካ ዓላማ ሊሆን አይችልም።

የደርግ መንደር ምሥረታ የሕዝብ ዓላማ ነበረው፤ የዓላማው መሣሪያ ግን የሕዝብ ሳይሆን ወታደራዊ ጉልበት ነበር፤ በዚህም ምክንያት የሕዝብ ዓላማ ያለው ሥራ የሕዝብን ህልውና በሚፈታተን የጉልበት መንገድ መከተሉ ዓላማው እንዳይሳካ፣ ሕዝብና አገዛዙ ባላንጣዎች ሆኑ፤ ጥሩው ዓላማ በከሸፈ ጉልበተኛነት ሳይሳካ ቀረ፤ በመንደር ምሥረታው ዓላማ ደርግ ክፋት ወይም ቂም ቋጥሮ አልተነሣም፤ ስሕተቱ ከውትድርና ባሕርይ የመጣ ይመስለኛል::

 ማጥፋት ዓላማ ሲሆንና ጉልበት የማጥፋት መሣሪያ ሲሆን ፍጹም የተለየ ነው፤ማጥፋት የሚመጣው ከግል ጠብና ከግል ቂም ነው፤ የራሱን ወይም የአባቱን፣ ወይም የእናቱን ቂም በልቡ ቋጥሮ ፖሊቲካ ውስጥ የሚገባ ሰው ለጥፋት የተዘጋጀ ነው፤ ለጥፋት የተዘጋጀ ሰው ፖሊቲካ ውስጥ ሲገባ እሳት አደጋ መኪና ላይ ቆሞ ቤት እንደሚያቃጥል ሰው ነው፤ አታላይ ነው፤ ዓላማውንም የዓላማውንም መሣሪያ አያውቅም፤ የሚንቀሳቀሰው በጥላቻና በቂም ነው፤ ወይ የሕጻን ልጅ ወይም የተስፋ-ቢስ ደደብ ጠባይ ነው፤ እንዲህ ያለ ሰው ፖሊቲካ ውስጥ የሚገባውም በዚሁ በደደብነቱ ምክንያት ነው፤ የደደቡ ፖሊቲከኛ ሥራ የማያስወቅሰው ፖሊቲከኛውን ብቻ አይደለም፤ በዚያ ፖሊቲከኛ የሚመራው ሰው ሁሉ አብሮ የሚወቀስ ነው፤ እንዲያውም በፖሊቲከኛው እውቀትና ችሎታ ማጣት የተነሣ የሚደርሰው ስቃዩና መከራው፣ ችግሩና አበሳው በዚህ ዓይነቱ ፖሊቲከኛ ላይ አይደርስም፤ ሰቃዩንና መከራውን፣ ችጋሩንና አበሳውን የሚጋፈጠው በዚህ ዓይነቱ ፖሊቲከኛ የሚመራው ሕዝብ ነው፤ ሕዝብ መሪውን በትክክል መምረጥ ያለበትም ለዚህ ነው፤ ተንጋሎ የተፋ ለራሱ ከፋ የሚባለው ይደርሳል።

 ዛሬ እያጎረሰ ምረጠኝ የሚለው ነገ ቆዳህን ልግፈፍ ይላል፤ እንደምንሰማው ወደቦሌ አካባቢ ‹መቀሌ› የሚባል የሰማይ-ጠቀስ ፎቆች መንደር አለ ይባላል፤ የዚህ መንደር ባለቤቶች የወያኔ ባለሥልጣኖች ለመጦሪያቸው የሠሩአቸው ናቸው ይባላል! በአንጻሩ እኔ የማውቀው አንድ ወያኔ አለ፤ በውጊያ ላይ በደረሰበት ጉዳት ይመስለኛል አንድ ዓይኑን ክፉኛ የታመመ ነው፤ ስለሚሸፍነው የጉዳቱን መጠን ባላውቅም ጉዳቱ ይሰማኛል፤ ሚስትና ሁለት ልጆች አሉት፤ ሚስቱ ጠዋት በጀርባዋ ከባድ ነገር አዝላ ልጆቿን ወደተማሪ ቤት ታደርሳለች፤ እንደምገምተው አንድ ቦታ ገበያ ዘርግታ የምትሸጠውን ትሸጣለች፤ ወደማታም እንደጠዋቱ ተጭና ወደቤትዋ ከልጆችዋ ጋር ትመለሳለች፤ የዚህ አንድ ጉዳተኛ ወያኔ ቤተሰብና የባለሰማይ-ጠቀስ ሕንጻ ባለቤቶች የሆኑት ወያኔዎች ኑሮ የሰማይና የመሬት ያህል የተራራቀ ነው፤ ለአንድ ዓላማ አብረው የተነሡ ሰዎች በሃያ ዓመታት ውስጥ ይህንን ያህል መራራቃቸው በጣም ያሳዝናል ብሎ ማለፉ አይበቃም፤ ደሀው ወያኔ ሕመሙንና ስቃዩን የምገነዘብበት መንገድ ባይኖረኝም አንድ ዓይኑን ማጣቱ ብቻ ጉዳቱን ያሳየኛል፤ እንግዲህ ባለሰማይ-ጠቀስ ወያኔዎችና ይህ ደሀ ወያኔ በጦርነት ላይ ያደረጉት አስተዋጽኦ በጉዳታቸው ቢመዘን የዚህ ደሀ ወያኔ እንደሚበልጥ አልጠራጠርም፤ ቢያንስ እንደአንዳንድ መሪዎቹ አልሸሸም፤ ታዲያ በምን ተበላልጠው እነሱ እዚያ ላይ እሱ እዚያ ታች ሆኑ? ይህንን አሳዛኝና አገርንና ሕዝብን የሚጎዳ ሁነት የሚያመጣው እሳት አደጋ መኪና ላይ ቆሞ ቤት እንደሚያቃጥለው ሰው ያሉ ፖሊቲከኞች-ነን-ባዮች የተዛባ ሚዛን ነው፤ በዚህ የተዛባ ሚዛን በየጦር ሜዳው አሞራ የበላቸው የታደሉ ናቸው፤ ተስፋቸው ትርጉም አጥቶ ሳያዩ፣ ውርደት ሳይሰማቸው፣ ችግርንና ግፍን ሳይቀምሱ ቀርተዋል፤ ለነገሩ ነው አንጂ እንኳን ወያኔ በሥልጣን ምኞት ከወገኑ ጋር የተዋጋውና ከኢጣልያ ወራሪ ጦር ጋርም የተዋጉት አርበኞችም ተመሳሳይ ዕድል ገጥሟቸው ነበር፤ ዛሬ ኢትዮጵያን ለክፉ ነገር የዳረጋት የእነዚህ ሰዎች ጡር ይመስለኛል።

የፖሊቲካ ተግባሮቻቸውን ከግል ጠባዮቻቸው እየለዩ የሚኖሩ ፖሊቲከኞች በአንዳንድ አገር አሉ ለማለት ይቻላል፤ ከአውሮፓ ስዊድንና ኖርዌይ፣ ስዊትዘርላንድ፣ ከእስያ ዛሬን እንጃ እንጂ በነኔህሩ ዘመን ህንድ የሚጠቀስ ነበር፤ በአብዛኞቹ አገሮች ግን ፖሊቲከኞቹ እንደየደረጃቸው ለሀምሳ፣ ለሠላሳ፣ ለሀያ፣ ለአሥር ሰዎች የሚበቃ የተሟላ ቤት ውስጥ አምስት መቶ ሰዎችን የሚያስተዳድር ደመወዝ እያገኙ የሚኖሩ ሲሆኑ ምግባቸው ግን አብዛኛውን ጊዜ የአንድ ሰው ይመስለኛል፤ የዚህ ትርጉሙ ምንድን ነው? ለፖሊቲከኞቹ መቀማጠል በላባቸው የሚከፍሉት ደሀዎች ናቸው፤ ከተፎካካሪዎቻቸው ተንኮል የሚጠብቋቸው ደሀዎች ወታደሮች ናቸው፤ ምርጫ ሲደርስ በነቂስ ወጥተው ፖሊቲከኞቹን የሚመርጧቸው ጦማቸውን የሚያድሩት ደሀዎች ናቸው፤ እነዚህም ጊዜያዊና ትንሽ የግል ጥቅምን ከዘላቂው የአገርና የሕዝብ ጥቅም መለየት ያልቻሉ የሕዝብ ክፍሎች ከተበላሹት ግለኛ ፖሊቲከኞች የማይለዩ ናቸው።

ወደፍሬ ነገሩ ልምጣና፤- በአሁኑ ጊዜ የኢትዮጵያ ፖሊቲከኞች የሚወጡትና የሚወርዱት ለየትኛው ዓላማ ነው?

1. የበትረ መንግሥቱን ሥልጣን ከወያኔ ፈልቅቆ ለማውጣትና ለመያዝ?
2. በምክር ቤት ገብቶ የወያኔ አጫፋሪ በመሆን ደህና ደመወዝና ነጻ ቤት ለማግኘት?
3. ከውስጥ ሆኖ ወያኔን ለማጋለጥ?

የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ የፖሊቲካ ቡድኖችን ሲደግፍ የፖሊቲካ ቡድኖቹን ዓላማዎች አጣርቶ በማወቅ መሆን አለበት፤ አለዚያ በሎሌነት እየኖሩ ጌታ መለወጥ ነው።

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Journalistene Tesfalem Waldyes Erago (t.v.) og Edom Kassaye (midten) er fengslet i Etiopia. De to har tidligere reist på utvekslingsopphold gjennom Fredskorpset. Redaktør Hailegeorgis Asmamaw (t.h.) er også blant de tiltalte. Foto: Comittee to Protect Journalists/Zone 9/Addis Guday/Facebook

Statsminister Hailemariam Desalegn i Etiopia på en pressekonferanse noen dager etter at terrortiltalen mot en gruppe fengslede journalister og bloggere ble gjort kjent. Hailemariam leverte en klar advarsel om at alle som er en del av det etiopiske myndigheter definerer "terroristnettverk" vil ble straffeforfulgt. Foto: AFP Photo/Zacharias Abubeker

Myndighetene i Etiopia slår ned på landets presse og sosiale medier ved å arrestere ni journalister og bloggere og tiltale dem for brudd på terrorlovene.

Tesfalem Waldyes Erago og Edom Kassaye er etiopiske frilansjournalister som tidligere har deltatt i utvekslingsprogram med det norske Fredskorpset. De to sitter nå fengslet sammen med sju andre bloggere og reportere, som alle ble arrestert i april i år.

Etter mer enn to måneder i varetekt ble Waldyes Erago, Kassaye og de sju andre formelt tiltalt den 14. juli, blant annet for påståtte brudd på Etiopias anti-terrorlover.

Flere menneskerettighetsorganisasjoner har reagert kraftig på tiltalen. Human Rights Watch mener at den er politisk motivert. Organisasjonen har bedt etiopiske myndigheter om å droppe saken og kaller den en misbruk av terrorlovene.

Journalister i fengsel

I hele Afrika er det bare Eritrea som har flere fengslede journalister enn Etiopia. Organisasjonen Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) mener at dette er den mest omfattende saken i sitt slag i Etiopia på nesten ti år.

I tillegg til journalistene Tesfalem og Edom er også redaktør Asmanaw Hailegeorgis tiltalt, samt seks bloggere i det uavhengig kollektivet Zone9.Ytterligere en blogger er tiltalt in absentia, det vil si at vedkommende ikke var tilstede i rettssalen.

Journalistene og bloggerne er tiltalt for påstått kontakt med grupper som etiopiske myndigheter anser som terrorister.

Tom Rhodes er Øst-Afrika-representant for CPJ, som krever at de ni løslates umiddelbart.

- Det har vært en rekke feil og mangler i rettsprosedyrene. Bare av den grunn burde de vært frigitt, sier Rhodes på telefon fra Nairobi i Kenya til Bistandsaktuelt.

Presset

Tre av de tiltalte skal ha blitt forsøkt presset til falske tilståelser. Etter å ha sittet i varetekt er alle nå overført til et vanlig fengsel.

Rhodes er ikke optimist med hensyn på en snarlig løslatelse. Han besøkte i fjor fengselet der de ni nå sitter, og sier at forholdene der slett ikke er gode. Det er ikke klart når selve rettssaken vil starte.

Edom Kassaye er den ene av de tiltalte med tilknytning til Norge. Hun deltok på utveksling gjennom Fredskorpset til Kenya i 2012. Kassaye er medlem i Environmental Journalist Network, et nettverk for miljøjournalister.

Fredskorpset er et offentlig norsk forvaltningsorgan som legger til rette for utveksling mellom Norge og land i sør. Fredskorpset legger også til rette for sør-sør-samarbeid.

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Etiopiske journalister tiltalt for terrorisme

Ni fengslede journalister og bloggere i Etiopia står tiltalt for brudd på landets terrorlovgivning. To av journalistene har tilknytning til Norge gjennom det norske Fredskorpset

 Profesjonell reporter

Tesfalem Waldyes Erago er den andre av de fengslede med bakgrunn fra Fredskorpset. Han deltok i 2009-2010 i et utvekslingsprogram i regi av Fredskorpset til Uganda. Tesfalem er frilansjournalist og skriver for de etiopiske publikasjonene Fortune og Addis Standard.

Rhodes i CPJ kjenner Tesfalem og sier at han er en profesjonell journalist som er høyt respektert av kollegaer i regionen.

- Ingen kan tro at han er noe annet enn en reporter, sier Rhodes.

Internasjonal kritikk

Utenriksdepartementet i USA har i en skarp uttalelse kritisert tiltalen mot de ni, og ber om at etiopiske myndigheter sørger for en rettferdig rettssak som dessuten er åpen for offentlig innsyn.

- Arrestasjon av journalister og bloggere, og at det rettes tiltale mot dem under terrorlovgivning, har en skremmende effekt på media og alle etiopieres rett til å ytre seg fritt, heter det i uttalelsen.

Etiopias nåværende anti-terrorlov med vide fullmakter stammer fra 2009. USAs utenriksminister John Kerry advarte tidligere i år Etiopia mot å bruke antiterrorlover til å undertrykke ytringsfriheten.

Vil følge med

Norge har tidligere tatt opp ytringsfrihet og journalisters kår i Etiopia med landets myndigheter. Statssekretær Bård Glad Pedersen i Utenriksdepartementet sier at Norges bekymring også er tatt opp i FNs menneskerettighetsråd.

- Vi er klar over saken med Etiopias fengsling av journalister. Vi diskuterer med likesinnede land i Addis Abeba hvordan vi best kan følge saken med de fengslede journalistene og best promotere menneskerettigheter og ytringsfrihet i Etiopia, sier statssekretæren i en epost til Bistandsaktuelt. 

Vil kontrollere

Etter at mangeårig statsminister Meles Zenawi døde i fjor, skal det avholdes valg i 2015. Landet er et viktig samarbeidsland for Norge. Etiopia mottok 359 millioner kroner i bistand i fjor.

At ikke bare journalister, men også bloggere er satt i fengsel og tiltalt, kan bety at myndighetene i Etiopia legger stor vekt på å kontrollere sosiale medier.

Dette på tross av at bare en liten prosentandel av Etiopias mer enn 90 millioner innbyggere har tilgang på internett.


Artikkelen er endret og oppdatert 24.7.2014 kl. 15.40

Publisert: 22.07.2014

Sist endret: 24.07.2014
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Ethiopia-stop using “anti-terrorism” law to stifle dissent.

         

By Daneil Aleyu Zeleke

In 2009 a controversial anti-terrorism law (Proclamation No. 652/2009) was established in Ethiopia. The law criminalises any contact or reporting that encourages individuals or groups which the government labelled ‘terrorists.’  Since then, opposition members and journalists are convicted by the broad and ambiguous anti-terrorism law.

That proclamation has been thoroughly condemned and criticized by all of the major international human rights organization. For instance, Human Rights Watch criticized that “law” for providing “an extremely broad and ambiguous definition of terrorism that could be used to criminalize non-violent political dissent and various other activities that should not be deemed as terrorism.” Even the U.S. State Department expressed its disapproval of the “extremely harsh and politicized use of Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism law” in persecuting political opponents.

Since Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism law was adopted in 2009, the independent media have been decimated by politically motivated prosecutions under the law. The government has systematically thwarted attempts by journalists to establish new publications. Blogs and Internet pages critical of the government are regularly blocked, and in 2012 printing houses came under threat for printing publications that criticized the authorities.

Since the laws’ passing, what has precipitated is exactly what rights groups predicted. In less than four years, over 200 people have been arrested under the anti-terrorism law and more than 35 journalists and opposition leaders had been convicted of terrorism.

One of the journalists sentenced under the law who remain in prison is Eskinder Nega , a veteran Ethiopian journalist. He had been detained numerous times, and was sentenced in July 2012 to 18 years in prison for conspiracy to commit terrorist acts, as well as participation in a terrorist organization. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, a panel of independent experts, concluded in November 2013, that Eskinder’s imprisonment was arbitrary and “a result of his peaceful exercise of the right to freedom of expression.”

Human Rights Watch has repeatedly raised concerns about the anti-terrorism law’s overly broad definition of “terrorist acts.” The law’s provisions on support for terrorism contain a vague prohibition on “moral support” under which only journalists have been convicted.

The latest victims of this repressive policy regime seem to be six young professionals that are part of a group of bloggers called Zone 9 and three journalists. A group of Ethiopian bloggers and journalists detained for nearly three months have been charged with “terrorism” for having links to outlawed groups and for planning attacks.

On May 2, this year, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem  Pillay, expressed deep concern at the arrest of these bloggers and journalists. The High Commissioner called for a reform of the country’s anti-terrorism legislation to come into line with international human rights law and stated that

“The fight against terrorism in Ethiopia cannot be used as an excuse to intimidate and silence journalists, bloggers, activists and members of civil society organizations.”|

The United States said it is deeply concerned by the Ethiopian Federal High Court’s decision to press charges against six bloggers and three independent journalists under the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation.

Human rights watch reportedly said the Ethiopian government should immediately drop politically motivated charges brought against 10 bloggers and journalists on July 17, 2014, under the country’s deeply flawed anti-terrorism law.

As many human rights groups have said, Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism “law” is merely a convenient mechanism for “politically motivated trials and convictions of opposition figures, activists, journalists, and bloggers, as well as increased restrictions on print media.”  It is State terrorism through the use of “anti-terrorism law” and violation of the rule of international law. The “war on terrorism” should not be a war on international law where anti-terrorism efforts become a convenient justification for thuggery.

The Ethiopian regime should cease using its overly broad anti-terrorism law against journalists and peaceful political activists. International actors should pay close attention to the recent, intensified crackdown of freedom of expression. Expressing critical views is not a terrorist act.  The “Terrorism” charges against bloggers and journalists are politically motivated. The fight against terrorism in Ethiopia cannot be used as an excuse to intimidate, silence and detain journalists and activists. Using “anti-terror” law to stifle peaceful dissent has to stop.

Journalism is not a crime!

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Ethiopians in Norway held a public meeting in Oslo under the rallying maxim ‘I am also Andargachew Tsige’

July 16, 2014

Declaration of stand

Ethiopians in Norway held a public meeting to discuss and chart out the future course of action and responsive measures to be taken following the Yemeni abduction and handover of ato Andargachew Tsige, the secretary general of the Ginbot 7 movement for freedom, justice and democracy.

The meeting was organized by the Democratic Change in Ethiopia Support Organization in Norway (DCESON), held on the 12th of July 2014, attended by the participants that came from the different towns and cities in Norway and lasted for several hours. The meeting started at 15;00 (3:00 p.m.) local time and many of the participants wore T-shirts bearing the portrait of ato Andargachew Tsige and maxim `I am also Andargachew Tsige. This made the meeting splendid and glamorous.

The T-shirts represent the symbols for the solid expressions of the participants` resolve and support for the struggle and the sacrifices ato Andargachew is paying. The T-shirts were made by the Bergen branch of the DCESON and the DCESON had covered all the expenses incurred and made them available to the participants free of charge. .

The meeting started following a minute of silence held to remember all the victims of the 23 years of the brutal rule of the TPLF. Ato Abie Amare who is in charge of the public relations division of the DCESON called the minute of silence. Following this, ato Yohannes Alemu, chairman of the DCESON welcomed and thanked the participants and started his speech. He spoke about Ginbot 7`s recent all out call for practical actions, responses and campaigns against the TPLF regime following the latter`s abduction of ato Andarachew Tsige.

He also mentioned that the TPLF regime has also arrested the opposition politicians of the UDJP, Semayawi partyand Arena and engaged in the peaceful struggle in Ethiopia and stressed the importance of a united struggle to get rid of the oppressive TPLF rule.. The abduction of ato Andargachew Tsige has triggered public anger and created the strong feeling of unity. Thus the struggle belongs not all to Ginbot 7 but also all Ethiopians. Thus the struggle is uniting us and we should continue it in this spirit of unity.

The next speaker was ato Debas, member of the DCESON and he dealt with the struggles of ato Andargachew Tsige since his youth hood under the topic `who is Andargachew Tsige?. Representatives of the EPRP, Shengo and Patriotic Front addressed the participants. They expressed solidarity and emphasized the need for a united struggle to remove the TPLF regime. Poems and speeches were also included in the day`s program until the break that lasted for 30 minutes.

The second part of the meeting started after the break of 30 minutes. Ato Abdu Yussuf deputy chairman of the DCESON Stavanger branch highlighted the first phase calls and action programs the GINBOT 7 has issued recently, suggested a discussion on the steps to be taken to implement them. Ato Yohannes Alemu presided over this discussion. Moreover, the participants discussed a range of issues and it was noted that international task forces are being set up all over to implement the first phase of Ginbot7`s call for action. Thus, the participants also decided to set up a task force consisting of members from the different political organizations.In the end, the participants decided to adopt and issue a 6 point declaration of a stand.

1. When we say that we are all Andargachew, we are committed to the struggle for freedom, democracy and justice in our country, Ethiopia and are willing to pay all the sacrifices needed.

2. Call on and urge all the political organizations and civil societies to end their squabbles, divisions and create unity..We will apply pressure on them to realize this goal

3.We would like express our full readiness to respond to all the national calls to save our country.

4. We will work together to bring the Yemeni government to international justice for its violation of international and human rights laws by abducting and handing over ato Andargachew to the TPLF regime in Ethiopia..

5.The abduction and incarceration of ato Andargachew of ato Andargachew will only fuel and strengthen the struggle and we will express our commitment to actively contribute to it.

6. Call for the halting of all arrests and immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in Ethiopia.
Finally, ato Daniel Abebe the vice chairman of the DCESON made concluding remarks on ato Andargachew`s struggle for freedom, democracy, unity and justice. It is time to bring to its end the 23 year brutal, racist, divisive and fascistic rule of the TPLF and urged all to unite and end the rule.

The meeting ended at 20:00 (8:00 p.m.) local time.

All of us are Andargachew Tsige.

Victory to the people of Ethiopia.

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Breaking News: Andargachew Tsige

Transferred to a Secret Location outside Addis Ababa

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Elias Kifle,

July 15, 2014

The TPLF secret police has taken Andargachew Tsige, the kidnapped Ethiopian opposition leader, to a secret location outside Addis Ababa, perhaps the Tigray capital Mekele, according a reliable source in Addis Ababa.

Ethiopian Review’s source, who is a disgruntled ANDM member, said that the TPLF leaders kept the abduction and interrogation secret from the other factions of EPRDF because they suspect that ANDM has been infiltrated by Ginbot 7. The paranoid TPLF secret police that is led by Debretsion Gebremichael and Getachew Assefa is currently monitoring the phone, email and SMS of all ANDM senior leaders, including Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen.

Ato Andargachew was a founding member of ANDM before he joined the opposition.

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አብርሃ ደስታ ተደብድቦ ፍርድ ቤት ቀረበ

July 15/2014

 በትግራይ እየተካሄዱ ያሉ ወቅታዊ ጉዳዮችን በመዘገብ ይታወቃል። ለእውነት ሲቆም እንጂ፤ ለህይወቱ ሲሰጋ አይተነው አናውቅም። አብርሃ ደስታ ስራው መምህርነት ሲሆን፤ የአረና ፓርቲ የህዝብ ግንኙነት ሃላፊም ነው። የትግራይ ተወላጅ ሆኖ ስለትግራይ መጥፎ በመዘገቡ የተናደዱበት ይመስላል። ባለፈው ሳምንት ትግራይ ውስጥ ታፍኖ ወደ አዲስ አበባ ማእከላዊ ፖሊስ እስር ቤት መምጣቱን ዘግበን ነበር። እዚህ ማእከላዊ እስር ቤት ውስጥ ብቻውን መታሰሩ እና በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ መደብደቡ አዲስ የደረሰን ዘገባ ነው።

አብርሃ ደስታ ጠያቂም ሆነ ጠበቃ የለውም። ከድብደባው የተነሳ በጣም መዳከሙ ነው የደረሰን ዘገባ የሚያመለክተው። በፍቃዱ ጌታቸው ከአዲስ አበባ እንደዘገበው ከሆነ፤ አብርሃ ደስታ እንዳይታይ በማሰብ ለሊት ነበር እስር ቤት ያስገቡት። ይህ ብቻ አይደለም። በሚገርም ወይም ታይቶ በማይታወቅ ሁኔታ በኢትዮጵያ ሰአት አቆጣጠር ከለሊቱ 6፡30 ለሱ በተሰየመ ፍርድ ቤት ቀርቦ እንደነበር ለማወቅ ተችሏል። ለማወቅ ያልቻልነው ነገር፤ የፍርድ ቤቱ ሂደት፣ የክሱ ጭብጥ እና ይዘት ምን እንደሚመስል ነው። ነገሩን እንደ አንድ ተቃዋሚ ብቻ ሳይሆን እንደሰው ስናስበው ትክክል አይመስልም። አንድን ሰው አፍኖ አምጥቶ፤ ደብድቦ እና አሰቃይቶ ፍርድ ቤት ማቅረብ የደረስንበትን የፍትህ ዝቅጠት የሚያሳይ ነው።

አብርሃ ደስታ በተደጋጋሚ ሲናገር “የትግራይ ህዝብ የህወሃት ደጋፊ አይደለም” ይል ነበር። ለነገሩ የህወሃት ታጋዮች የሞቱት እና የተሰዉት እንደአብርሃ ደስታ ያሉ ሰዎች በግፍ ታፍነው እየተደበደቡ ለፍርድ እንዲቀርቡ ከነበር ያሳዝናል። ህወሃትን እንደግፋለን የሚሉ የትግራይ ተወላጆች ጭምር “የመስዋዕትነት ውጤቱ ይህ ነው?” ብለው እራሳቸውን መጠየቅ አለባቸው።

የአረና ፓርቲም አንድ አባሉ ታፍኖ እና ታስሮ ሲወሰድ በዝምታ መመልከት የለበትም። የመግለጫ ጋጋታ የታሰሩትን ባያስፈታም፤ አቋምን ማሳወቂያ መንገድ ነውና መግለጫ ማውጣት አስፈላጊ ነው። የይስሙላ ቢሆንም ለሰባዊ መብት ጠባቂ ድርጅትም ቢሆን ማሳወቅ ያስፈልጋል። ከምንም በላይ ግን አንድነት ፓርቲ እንዳደረገው በህገወጥ መንገድ ዜጎችን የሚያስሩትን ሰዎች ለፍርድ ማቅረብ ያስፈልጋል። ቢሰራም ባይሰራም የህጉን መንገድ ደጋግመን ልንሄድበት ይገባል። ለዛሬው እዚህ ላይ አበቃን።

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