Sunday, September 29, 2013

ታላቅ ሰበር ዜና፤ በኖርዌ ለግንቦት 7 ህዝባዊ ሃይል የተደረገ የገቢ ማሰባሰቢያ በስኬት ተከናወነ!!!!!!!!!!


ዛሬ ሴፕቴምበር 28, 2013 በዓለም ላይ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ የግንቦት 7 ህዝባዊ ሃይልን ለመርዳት በኖርዌ ኦስሎ ከተማ የተዘጋጀው የገቢ ማሰባሰቢያ ፕሮግራም የህዝባዊ ሃይሉ ከፍተኛ አመራር ኮማንደር አሰፋ እና የግንቦት 7 የፍትህ የነፃነትና የዲሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ ዋና ፀሃፊ አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌ እንዲሁም የዲሞክራሲያዊ ለውጥ የድጋፍ ድርጅት በኖርዌ ሊቀመንበር የሆኑት አቶ ዳዊት መኮንንና ጥሪ የተደረገላቸ እንግዶችና ከተለያየ የአውሮፓና ስካንዴኔቪያን ሃገሮች መጡና በጣም በርካታ የሆኑ በኖርዌ በሚኖሩ ከተለያየ ከተማ የመጡ ሀገር ወዳድ ኢትዮጵያውያን በተገኙበት በታላቅ ወኔና የሃገር ፍቅር ስሜት በስኬት ተከናወኖ አመሸ።

በዝግጅቱ ላይ የግንቦት 7 ህዝባዊ ሀይሉ አመራር ስለድርጅታቸው በሰፊው ህዝቡን ያስደሰተ ማብራሪያ የሰጡ ሲሆን ከታዳሚው የቀረባላቸውንም ጥያቄዎች በስፋት በማብራራት ለታዳሚው ከፍተኛ ግንዛቤ አስጨብጠዋል። በተመሳሳይ አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌ በምስል የተደገፈ ከፍተኛ ማብራሪያ ሰጥተው ከህዝብ የቀረበላቸውን ጥያቄዎች ሰፋ አድርገው አስረድተዋል።

በአንፃሩ እጃችን እረጅም ነው ብለው የሚያስቡ ጠባብ አስተሳሰብ ያላቸው የወያኔ ተላላኪ ቡድኖች ዲሞክራሲ ባለበት በኖርዌ ምድር መጥተ እንኳን የማይቀየሩ አምባገነኖች እዚህም ዝግጅታችን እንዳይሳካ ለማበላሸት እንቅልፍ ሳይተኙ የሃሰት ፕሮፓጋንዳቸውን እየነፉ ህዝብ ለማደናገር የአሸባሪ ድርጅት ለመርዳት የገቢ ማሰባሰቢያ ሊያደርጉ ነበር ነገር ግን ፕሮግራሙ ተሰረዘ በማለት ዜና ቢያሰራጩም እኛ ግን እየረዳን ያለነው የግንቦት7 ህዝባዊ ሃይል በየትኛውም አለም  በአሸባሪነት መዝገብ ውስጥ ያልተመዘገበ ድርጅት መሆኑን የኖርዌ ፕሮፌሰር በሃገሪቱ ውስጥ ለሚታተም አንድ  ጋዜጣ አስተያየታቸውን የገለፁ ሲሆን በእለቱም ዝገጅቱ በደማቅ ሁኔታ ተከናውኖ ከዚህ ቀደም በየተኛውም የገቢ ማሰባሰቢያ ፕሮገራም ያልታየ ከፍተኛ የገንዘብ ገቢም ተደርጓል።

በአጠቃላይ በዝግጅቱ ላይ የተለያዩ ጨረታዎች፤ ቀስቃሽ ሙዚቃ፤ ባህላዊ ምግብና መጠጥ እንዲሁም የተለያዩ ቁሳቁሶች ለሽያጭ ቀርበው የነበረ ሲሆን በተጨማሪም የትጥቅ ትግል ለምን አስፈለገ በሚል አጭር ገላጭ ድራማ ቀርቦ ህዝቡን በጣም አስደስቷል። በዝግጅቱ መክፈቻና መዝጊያ ላይም የህዝባዊ ሃይሉ መዝሙር ላንቺ ነው ሃገሬ ላንቺ ነው የሚለው በህዝቡ ተዘምሮ ዝገጅቱም እኩለ  ለሊት በድምቅት ተጠናቋል፡፡

ድል ለኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ሞት ለወያኔ
ሄለን ንጉሴ/ኖርዌ

Friday, September 27, 2013

Ethiopian Police Detain Several Opposition Leaders in Addis Ababa

Posted by  on September 27, 2013
Awramba Times (Addis Ababa) – Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ), the leading opposition group based in Addis Ababa disclosed that 26 senior leaders were arrested while campaigning for  anti-government  protest  in the capital Addis Ababa today.
Girma Seifu, Member of parliament and Deputy chairperson of UDJ
Girma Seifu, Member of parliament and Deputy chairperson of UDJ
According to sources close to UDJ whom Awramba Times spoke to, the list includes, Dr.Negsso Gidada (Party Chairman), MP Girma Seifu (Deputy Chairman), Asrat Tasse (Secretary General), Daniel Tefera (PR Head) and Tekle Bekele (Finance head).
Police have not yet given any official explanation on the arrest of opposition figures

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

A Journalist kidnapped, Threatened, and Beaten by Intelligence and Security Agents in Ethiopia

|By Betre Yacob| The Ethiopian journalist Bisrat Woldemichael was kidnapped, threatened, humiliated, and beaten by the Ethiopian intelligence and security agents on 28 August, 2013. He has reported this incident today to journalists.
Bisrat reported that the dreadful incident took place at Gotera, a place in the capital Addis Ababa as he was walking home from work. He said he was victimized for exercising his right to free expression in conjunction with the related right to press freedom.
Bisrat Woldemichael works for a magazine, Ebony, as Editor in Chief, and writes political articles on different Ethiopian private press outlets. He also blogs at  www.addismedia.wordpress.com and www.ethiopiahot.wordpress.com. The journalist is known for his outspoken articles focused on the poor governance and pervasive human right violation, which are turning the oldest East African nation, Ethiopia, into a hell.
Violence against journalists is a common practice in Ethiopia, a country generally regarded as one of the most dangerous places to be a journalist. According to Amnesty International, during the past three years only, over 100 prominent journalists were brutally prosecuted on fabricated charges, and too many others were also subjected to harassment, intimidation, and other violence.
“It was 3:30 AM in the evening, and I was returning home from my workplace. 4 people came to me and said: ‘we need to ask you some questions. Two of them were dressed in black and their faces were almost covered with their caps”, Bisrat said, while narrating his ordeal to journalists.
“I first didn’t understand what was going on. I realized that I was in danger just when one of them put a knife on my stomach”, he noted.  “When I saw the knife, I asked them: ‘Who are you? What do you need? But none of them gave me an answer, instead they warned me just to keep walking forward,” he explained.
“I didn’t do anything but followed them, because I was surrounded, and the guy also clearly told me he would stab me with the knife if I tried to challenge them. In addition, one of them had a gun”, Bisrat said.
From there Bisrat was taken to a place far away from the main road. The place he was taken to was quite dark and out of public sight.
“As soon as we reached there they told me they were disappointed at my articles I had recently written, particularly at the one which dealt about the wealth of the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi ”, Bisrat said.
“They said: ‘Who are you to count the wealth of Meles Zenawi? Who are you to write about his family’s wealth?  You have passed the red line!’ ” he explained.
The journalist said that the kidnappers violently interrogated him at length, for almost one hour, and threatened him to stop writing.
“They said: ‘here we are giving you a last warning. If you write any more for any media (or if you keep blogging), the consequence will be worse for you. If you need your life, stop wiring. Remember!  It is a last warning’ ”, Bisrat explained.
The journalist said that this was not the end of the drama but the beginning. “They also insulted and humiliated me, and finally began to beat me.
Right after the incident, Bisrat was able to go to a nearby police station, to report the case. But, according to him, having heard the case, the police officers simply gave him an appointment for the coming mooring and let him go. Bisrat said that it took him several days to get the case registered.
“They are Watching Me”
Bisrat said since the day he experienced the violence he has been under surveillance. “Few days ago, I saw them following me behind”, he explained adding “I know they are watching me very closely.”
But, in the face of such grave threats, Bisrat, a journalist who is committed to freedom of speech, has continued doing his job with courage. He continues writing about the political crisis, poor governance, and human right violation worsening in Ethiopia.
“I don’t have a choice. I am a journalist. There is nothing to do except writing what I see, hear, and feel.” Bisrat explained. He again and again made clear that no threats and tortures would make him stop writing
The paper Tigers
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, guarantees the right to freedom of expression saying that: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers. Likewise, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which Ethiopia ratified in 1993, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights guarantee the right in a very clear way. They even impose formal legal obligations on state parties to insure this fundamental right is protected.
But, sadly, even in the presence of all these legal documents, Enjoyment of press freedom and freedom of expression still continue to be a far cry for Ethiopian journalists and bloggers as they experience violence while doing their job. They are harassed, threatened, humiliated, and arbitrary jailed.
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Sunday, September 22, 2013

PressTV Ethiopian opposition leads protest against government

press TV

Member of the main Ethiopian opposition party,Blue party , led protesters in the street
of Addis Abeba ,demanding for a change in the political and economic policies of the govermment.

the protesters wanted to march on meskel square which is mainly used for national public gathering .However, their demonstration was curtailed when they faced a police roadblock. the police blocked  the rally saying the iconic square was under construction .

Police block Blue Party rally near Office

Police blocked thousands of Blue Party demonstrators from rallying to the City’s biggest square, Meskel Square. They were blocked after they walked 100 meters from their Head office in Ginfele,near 4Kilo. The leaders of Blue Party have ordered demonstrators to return back to the Party’s Head Office and to peacefully continue the demo there.  The demonstrators are voicing slogans like ” We Need Freedom, Police belongs to the people, we are one, Free Eskinder Nega, Free Reeyot Alemu and others”, sitting near their Head Office.

Blue Party’s earlier demo called on September 2, 2o13 had  been forcefully crushed by police. Police last week warned the Party that it could not only hold the rally in Meskel square but in Jan Meda

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Ginbot 7PF fundraising advertisement Oslo Norway 2013

we Ethiopians in Norway have decided to support the force and established ad hoc committee (taskforce) mandated to coordinate a one-time fundraising in Oslo. As from the date of its establishment the taskforce is working on various activities and scheduled 28thof September, 2013 the date for the grand fundraising event in Oslo

Friday, September 20, 2013

Words from a prisoner of conscience at Kaliti



Andualem Aragie (Vice Chair of Unity for Democracy Justice Party -Prisoner of Conscience)
From Kaliti Prison (a house of punishment)

First of all, may my respectful and brotherly greetings reach you all wherever you may be!

I wish to express my gratitude to you all for not succumbing to the ruling regime's propaganda avalanche that describes me as being "a terrorist who rides the horse of death, is accompanied by angels of destruction and is bent on making Ethiopia a land of blood." Instead, you have realized that my imprisonment and that of my friends here is a symbol of the larger imprisonment of the Ethiopian people and you have become a clear and powerful expression of my stifled voice. I am grateful to you for keeping me in your thoughts and for giving such a precious value to the small sacrifice that I am making. 

To begin with, it was not without good reason that I did not shy away from the struggle, knowing full well that I would go to prison, leaving behind my young children and my fresh marital life. I ardently believe that there is nothing more precious in this world than freedom for which man could live and die. I believe wholeheartedly that, as long as I have a clear conscience and clarity of purpose, God, who is the Father of knowledge and freedom, and you my fellow men and women would always be on my side as I come and go through the winding paths of suffering. I am also fully confident that the Ethiopian people, particularly the youth, will bear the torch of struggle aloft and continue to march forward until freedom dawns is won and shines brightly on our land. 

In the 20th century, people in many countries have seen and basked in the rays of freedom. I believe that the 21st century will be a time when these rays of freedom will also shine brightly on countries like Ethiopia. The century is one of freedom. I believe God has willed that we live in this particular century so that we can struggle to fulfill the primary purpose of our creation, namely: the realization of freedom, brotherhood, love and peace. Where there is no freedom, there is no lasting peace. Where there is no freedom, there is no love. Where there is no freedom, there is no sustainable development. Where there is no freedom, human interaction becomes embroiled in a quagmire of problems. Therefore, the struggle waged for freedom is the mother of all struggles. We Ethiopians know full well that regaining our freedom from the grips of dictators who considered ruling over people oppressively as their natural right is not easy. The magnitude of the price paid in such a struggle is measured in terms of the severity of the imprisonment, bodily harm and the lives sacrificed. 

If you were not a terrorist, why are you imprisoned? How can an entity that considers itself a government lie? Even if the government imprisons you under false charges, why didn't the court set your free? Why did it sentence you to life imprisonment? In a country where any politician can criticize the government and go home in peace, what is special about you? These are questions I believe are raised repeatedly particularly by the supporters of the regime. I do not blame them for asking such questions. Really though, why am I imprisoned? Why are my friends imprisoned?

As in the past centuries, the Ethiopian people of the 21st century are still suffering under the yoke of oppression. Though this is the prevailing case, EPRDF, just like the Derg, claims that it is "a democratic government". What is more, it is telling us that its democracy can serve as a model for other countries. However, its all-out campaign to convert lies into truths is not succeeding. If its propaganda campaign does not succeed, the other alternative the regime has is to "cut the feet of opposition parties" and stifle the struggle for freedom in the bud. Imprisoning individuals and groups is still another means of smothering dissent. 

It is not the barrel of the gun alone that the ruling regime uses to debilitate the struggle for freedom. It also makes public institutions fabricate endless lies. Courts that should have been temples of justice have become public squares where lies are manufactured and truth is sacrificed. If we take me as an example, earlier, I was accused as one of the CUD leaders, of "trying to change the constitutional system through violence". This time, I am accused along with others, of "terrorism and treason." In both cases I have been sentenced to life imprisonment. Injustice that was committed yesterday is also being committed today. What is being perpetrated against me is being perpetrated against many other Ethiopians. Many innocent Ethiopians have paid untold sacrifices of limb and life. 

The answer to the questions raised above can be summarized in one statement. Re'yot Alemu, Eskendir Negga, Beqele Ge rba, Olbaba Lelisa, Natnael Mekonnen, I and numerous other Ethiopians are languishing in prison at present because, in this twenty-first century, Ethiopia has become a land of torturous oppression. It is the ruling regime that decides who should be targeted for labeling and who the next prisoners would be. 

In the past, our forefathers had left their sweet homes and tender children behind in response to calls to defend their homeland against foreign aggressors. They took it as an honour to stand in defense of their homeland and to pay the sacrifices that the occasions required. In the same way, my being thrown into prison for the small effort that I have made to struggle through peaceful means against the ruling regime's yoke of oppression that has been bearing down on the Ethiopian people for ages, gives me a sense of pride. There is not a single crime that I have committed, that would nag my conscience and deprive me of sleep. As a result, even the concrete floor on which I sleep gives me warmth.

In the past centuries as well as in the present 21st century of Ethiopia's existence, the most powerful issue in the national agenda has been the question of the sovereignty of the Ethiopian people. There has not been any other issue that united the people more than the question of sovereignty. The struggle for freedom waged by political parties is not a struggle to seize power. The struggle for the sovereignty of the Ethiopian people must be a common cause that should unite the various political parties, including the ruling party. Perhaps it may be naive to wish that the key persons of the ruling regime would be involved in this struggle of ensuring the sovereignty of the people. After all, against whom are we waging the struggle?

Instead of resolving conflicts through dialogue, the ruling regime has chosen to solve problems through the bullets of sharpshooters. This attitude clearly shows its backward and intransigent nature. However, this nature of the ruling regime does not discourage us and make us retreat from the struggle. Rather, it gives us an added cause to confront and challenge it with greater determination. Retreating from the struggle would not bring light. It would rather make the darkness even darker. 

The day we are able to carry out a well organized, disciplined and peaceful struggle, not only would we be able to bring down brutal dictatorship from the shoulder of the Ethiopian people but we would also be able to abolish dictatorship from appearing ever again in the political arena of our country. But given the path that we have come through, given the speed with which we have moved and given the efforts we have made, centered around private interests, we would not be able to achieve much.

Thinking about the efforts made in our country in the name of peaceful struggle and about the mistakes made alone would make one go sick and disconcerted. The worst mistake would be, however, if we do not learn from those past mistakes and are still unable to conduct a well planned and well executed struggle that achieves its goal with certainty. The worst of all mistakes would be if, as a result of our past mistakes, we move far apart instead of coming closer to each other; if we fear each other instead of trusting each other; if we disparage each other instead of respecting and encouraging each other; if we hate each other instead of loving each other. And being separated from each other in this manner, we render ourselves unable to raise our united hands against the ruling regime and thus allowing the period of oppressive rule to be prolonged. It is inhuman to rule over people through oppression. It is equally inhuman to succumb to oppression. As those who rule oppression would be criminals, so would those who timidly offer their backs conveniently and ready for dictatorial rule, particularly during this time when the struggle for liberation is being waged in all directions. There will come the time when all these persons would be accountable for their actions or inactions.

There could be some ones who would ask: "What oppression are you talking about? It has been some 22 years since we have gained our freedom from oppression." There may be others who would say: "We are working and we carry bread in our hands for our children when we go home. What is more freedom than this?" There may be some in the Diaspora who would say: "The freedom that we were denied in our own country, we have regained it in a foreign country. What special reason would we have that would compel us to struggle so that freedom would prevail in Ethiopia?" 

When the majority of Ethiopians are suffering under brutal oppression, what kind of freedom is it that the few say they have regained? In a system that oppresses the majority, how long can anyone continue to be free? In a situation where the ruling regime oppresses those who hold differing views, how long can we continue to exist with our voice stifled and our conscience obscured so that we could not speak the truth? In a country where the majority are hungry, how long can the few that have plenty continue to be well fed? In a country where there is no real freedom but a semblance of it, those of us who believe that we are free can only have a distorted view of freedom. In a country where a dictatorial regime twists the arm of the people and claims to have won 99.6% of their voice, it becomes senseless to argue whether or not there is freedom in that country. How meaningful and satisfying is it for us who have fled from a country where there is no freedom to be enjoying the freedom that other fathers have brought? And what credible explanation can we give on this matter to the children that we have engendered? Even those who believe that they can live freely in a foreign country have the responsibility of supporting in all the ways they can the struggle that their brothers and sisters at home are waging for freedom. There is no justification by any measure to say: "It is no concern of ours if others are downtrodden, as long as we live in freedom; or if others are starving as long as we are able to get our daily bread." Although we have our individual lives, we should not forget even for a moment that our destinies as well as those of our children are intertwined. 

To speak the truth, the majority of those fellow country men and women who are, in many ways, in a position to contribute much to supporting and leading the struggle for freedom that is being waged by the people of this country are not playing their proper role and carrying out their responsibility. In fact, they seem to countenance the regime that they do not support and thereby showing a tendency of encouraging it to continue with its dictatorial rule. On the other hand, it has become a common matter to hear others who, over "machiato" and in their private rooms, calling for "their horses to be readied" for they are about to declare war against the regime. Our struggle for freedom has to come out of the "machiato" shops and private rooms without delay. 

Bequeathing to our present children and to those who are yet unborn an Ethiopia that is a land of freedom and whose paths are free from thorns and other obstacles is a primary responsibility entrusted upon us all. A responsibility as major as this cannot be realized by a few. It requires an unreserved and all-encompassing effort from all of us. 

Although freeing the Ethiopian people from dictatorial rule is primarily the responsibility of us 
Ethiopians, it is an internationally recognized truth that nations could have positive or negative influence on other nations. This truth has become more obvious during this century. 

In the past, Ethiopians have given their support to enable other Africans to bring down Apartheid and colonial rule. A considerable number of African countries are now marching along the road of democracy. Ethiopia, however, is still suffering under a dictatorial rule. What is distressing is seeing South Africans, who know the suffering under an unjust rule of Apartheid and should have stood on the side of the Ethiopian people's struggle for freedom, have chosen to be on the side the ruling regime. 

Whenever famine struck in our country and people were struggling with death, the International Community has responded rapidly with food and other life saving supplies. Their generous responses have saved the precious lives of millions of our people and we are indeed grateful for that. On the other hand, when our people wage a struggle to extricate their freedom from the tight grip of dictators, the International Community has turned its eyes away and given their backs to the people. Our humanitarianism should be aroused not only when people are hungry for bread but also when they are hungry for freedom. 

We should not forget for a moment that injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. Supporting a regime that is the cause of poverty and hunger, sending wheat when famine strikes does not show being on the side of the people. Providing food for the physical nature of man but showing no concern and turning a blind eye when people are deprived of their freedom that is the basis of their sacred being is like viewing the physical and the spiritual aspect of the individual in isolation of each other. 

That the Ethiopian people are unable to be masters of their freedom is primarily the failure of the Ethiopian people themselves. However, it must be said that those who declare that democracy is also a concern of theirs share the failure. If there are those who say that human rights and democratic values are matters of concern to them but then they turn their blind eyes when it comes to economic and political interests, they should realize that they are following the wrong path of history.

No matter where or when it may be, leaders that oppress their people can never be reliable partners in the pursuit of peace or in the sustainable maintenance of political or economic interests. Sustainable world peace can be ensured, development can be accelerated and interests of countries can be reliably promoted only in an environment of truth and freedom and by standing on the side of democratic forces. Ethiopia and the world in general would be indebted to the International Community if it worked not only for world peace and prosperity but also if it helped the Ethiopian people in their struggle for freedom and democracy. The world has witnessed the devastating effects of the mistakes the International Community has repeatedly made by allying itself with brutal dictators in order to gain temporary political and economic benefits. As a result of these mistakes, we have seen and are still seeing with great sadness world peace being disrupted, economies being ruined and innocent lives being lost. The International Community should learn from its past mistakes so as not to repeat them. 

When I say what I have said above, I wish to underscore that I am not in any way suggesting that the International Community has not contributed anything to the struggle of the Ethiopian people for freedom. The message that I wish to convey clearly is that the support did not take the Ethiopian people seriously and that the magnitude of the support, compared with the degree of the cruelty of the oppression, is small.

The struggle that we Ethiopians have waged so that the sun of freedom would shine in the country is not something that one could boast about. The outcome of that struggle is a good witness and we cannot blame anyone else, including the ruling regime, for this. The ruling regime, as seen from its actions, is determined to continue to rule, not with the will of the people but with power obtained through suppression. 

We Ethiopians should wage a well planned and strengthened struggle for our freedom in unison, undivided by politics, religion, age or economic class. The secret of our failure to be free lies in the fact that we individually or in unison have been unable to wage a struggle that gave priority to the wellbeing of the people and of the coming generations and to the future of the country as a whole. There is no concern for each of us and each of us has no concern for all.

Finally, even though the ruling regime has thrown me in prison on false charges so that my life would be wasted in incarceration, I feel happy and honoured to know that there are people who think of me and are on my side. May God honour you as you have honoured me by keeping me in your thoughts! Even though, as a person who is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, I cannot say much about what could happen in the outside world, somehow my heart is filled with hope. I strongly believe that a time is coming rapidly when a bright light of freedom will rise high above the lofty mountains of Ethiopia--a light that will shine upon every hill, valley and plain, upon every Ethiopian hut, upon every Ethiopian woman and man to and make us forget the dark days of the past. 

It is my ardent hope that the time will not be far when I and the others prisoners like me here will be out of this life of repression and meet with you all outside of the confines of prison to deliberate on the general condition of our country and to commune with each other, full of hope and with a spirit of brotherhood. 

May God bless Ethiopia!

Your brother and comrade in the peaceful struggle that is waged to enable the Ethiopian people to be masters of their freedom and of their democratic rights,

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Ethiopian Airlines plane diverts to Malta after engine failure

File photo.
File photo.
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 757-200 made an emergency landing in Malta yesterday after one of its engines failed.
The twin-engined aircraft was flying from Rome to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) with 135 people on board.
The Aviation Herald website said the aircraft was 140km northeast of Malta when the crew reported the starboard engine had been shut down and decided to divert to Malta.

Friday, September 13, 2013

Ethiopia: The Government is accountable for the death of a political prisoner at an Ethiopian Jail

HRLHA Statement
August 26, 2013
The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa strongly condemns the atrocious torture and inhuman treatment by the Ethiopian government against its citizens and hold it accountable for the   death of a political prisoner and prisoner of conscience Engineer Tesfahun Chemeda on August 24, 2013 in Kaliti prison.
HRLHA informants confirmed that Engineer Chemed died in Kaliti Penitentiary due to the severe torture inflicted on him while he was in different detentions centers from 2007 until the day he died. We also protest the fact that he was denied medical treatment by the government.
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Tesfahun Chemeda
Engeener Tesfahun Chemeda, an Oromo national, was handed over by Kenyan authorities to Ethiopian Security agents in April 2007 from where he had granted a refugee status from UNHCR in Kenya after he had fled to Kenya to escape persecution by the EPRDF government of Ethiopia.
Engineer Tasfahun Chemeda was one of the 15 Oromo nationals   who was sentenced to life in prison in 2010 by the Ethiopian court  (http://humanrightsleague.com/2010/07/a-call-for-the-reversal-of-the-racial-politically-motivated-and-discriminatory-sentence-by-a-court-in-ethiopia/ for his activism and political beliefs that were different from the ruling EPRDF government of Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Government is accountable for
  1. Torturing Mr. Chemeda in prison, thereby violating the 1984 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, an agreement which Ethiopia signed and ratified in 1994
  1. For denying Engineer Tesfahun medical treatment, violating the rights of prisoners which are clearly stated in international law and International covenants on civil and political rights article 10(1) “. All persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person”. and  Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Rights of Persons Held in Custody and Convicted Prisoners article 21 (1) “All persons held in custody and persons imprisoned upon conviction and sentencing have the right to treatments respecting their human dignity”.
By handing over the Oromo refugees and others, the Kenyan Government is also breaching its obligations under international treaties as well as customary laws.
  1. Under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1465 U.N.T.S. 185,) the Kenyan Government has the obligation not to return a person to a place where they will face torture or ill-treatment.
  2.  Article 3 of the Convention against Torture provides: No state party shall expel, return (“refouler”) or extradite a person to another state where there are substantial grounds to believe that they would be in danger of being subjected to torture.
The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa calls upon the Ethiopian authorities to immediately carry out an independent investigation into Engineer Tesfahun’s death, including whether torture played a part in his death, and disclose to the public anyone found responsible and bring that person to justice. The HRLHA also calls upon the Western political allies of the TPLF/EPRDF Government of Ethiopia to exert pressures so that it is forced to turn around and start working on the genuine democratization of the country, halting the systematic elimination of citizens who demand basic rights and fundamental freedoms,
Finally we extend our condolences to Tesfahun’s  family and friends in their time of grief as well as all Ethiopians who have been falsely accused, illegally detained or wrongly killed at the hands of a brutal and hypocritical regime. Engineer Tesfahun is just one of thousands of victims of the EPRDF government’s campaign of violence, repression and efforts to curtail basic freedoms and fundamental rights of Ethiopians at all costs.

Ethiopia to Continue Land Grabbing and Forced Resettlement

By Curtis Kline 
anuak-man
September 13, 2013 (Inter Continental Cry) — Millions of acres of Ethiopia’s most fertile lands are being offered to foreign investors, often in long-term leases and at bargain prices. At the same time, through its ‘villagization’ program, the Ethiopian government is forcibly displacing hundreds of thousands of Indigenous Peoples in order to free up their land so the transnational agro-industry can move in and grow foodstuffs and bio-fuels for export. It is a process of dispossession in which Indigenous Peoples are being forced to become dependent on aid handouts having lost their land and their ability to produce their own food.

For over a year, the Anuak and other Indigenous Peoples of the Gambella region of Southwest Ethiopia have been forced into government created villages which seldom contain the amenities promised to them. There is little access to food, arable land, water or electricity.
Last year the Anuak implicated the World Bank in the many severe human rights abuses that are being carried out as part of this resettlement. Last April, Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim announced, “The World Bank Group shares these concerns about the risks associated with large-scale land acquisitions. He conceded that more efforts “must be made to build capacity and safeguards related to land rights—and to empower civil society to hold governments accountable.”
The World Bank has been a key investor in several more land grabbing scandals across the developing world, despite their stated principles of respecting Indigenous People’s right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent before projects that affect their lands.
However, in this case, the World Bank, with its links to the Ethiopian Government’s Protection of Basic Services Program (sponsoring the villagization), has denied evidence that their funds are linked to villagization and says they haven’t encountered any human rights violations in the area.
An independent panel at the World Bank has been created to investigate the issue. The Inspection Panel, argues the position of denying the allegations of financing human rights abuse is not sound, saying: “The two programs depend on each other, and may mutually influence the results of the other.”
In a letter sent to the panel last year, Ethiopian refugees say some people have been forcibly relocated from their land, which is now being leased to foreign investors. “These mass evictions have been carried out under the pretext of providing better services and improving the livelihoods of the communities,’ says the letter. “However, once they moved to the new sites, they found not only infertile land, but also no schools, clinics, wells, or other basic services.” It also says they were forced to leave their homes and abandon their crops just before the harvest, and were not given any food assistance during the move. Those farmers who have refused to move from their land have been targeted for arrest, beating, torture and killing,” the letter says. The refugees state that they have been severely harmed by the World Bank financed project which is contributing to the Ethiopian Governments program of forced villagization.
US and UK development agencies have been tied to the same alleged abuses, especially in the Lower Omo Valley. Around the same time the World Bank was implicated for its sponsorship abuses and land theft, the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were accused of ignoring evidence of human rights abuses including intimidation, beatings and rape.
A farmer from the Gambella region is attempting to sue the UKgovernment after claiming that its funding of a project led to such human rights abuses against his family. The man–known as Mr. O–told his lawyers he was evicted from his farm, beaten and witnessed rapes as part of the “villagization” scheme.
According to his lawyers, Mr. O asserts that his family was forced to resettle in a new village where there was no replacement farmland or access to food and water. When he tried to return to his former home, Mr. O says he was hit repeatedly with a rifle butt and taken to a military camp by Ethiopian soldiers where he was gagged and subjected to further beatings.
Despite the list of human rights complaints and strong criticism from many human rights organizations, the Ethiopian government has vowed to continue with its villagization program in the coming years.
The government has already moved 200,000 households into 388 resettlement centers. Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director of the Oakland Institute has said that it’s up to the officials of the World Bank, USAID and DFID “to swiftly re-examine their role and determine how to better monitor funding if they are indeed not in favor of violence and repression as suitable relocation techniques for the development industry.”
Ethiopia currently receives more foreign aid than any other country in Africa–over $3 billion a year–the major donors being the United States and the United Kingdom.

Ethiopia is among 10 Countries With the Worst Literacy Rates in the World

September 10, 2013 (Care2) — Barely anyone — one to two percent of the population — could read in ancient Rome and nobody thought more people should. Now we recognize that literacy is a human right; that being able to read and write is personally empowering and, in a world that relies more and more on technology, simply necessary.
Nonetheless, millions of children, the majority of whom are girls, still never learn to read and write today (pdf). This Sunday, September 8, is International Literacy Day, an event that Unesco has been observing for more than 40 years to highlight how essential literacy is to learning and also “for eradicating poverty, reducing child mortality, curbing population growth, achieving gender equality and ensuring sustainable development, peace and democracy.”
774 million people aged 15 and older are illiterate, an infographic (pdf) from Unesco details. 52 percent (pdf) live in south and west Asia and 22 percent in sub-Saharan Africa. The latter region is where most of the countries with the lowest literacy rates in the world are located, according to data from the C.I.A.:
1. Burkina Faso: 21.8 percent of the adults in this West African country are literate.
2.  South Sudan: This country in east Africa, which became an independent state in 2011, has a literary rate of 27 percent.
Afghanistan: 28.1 percent of this country’s population are literate with a far higher percentage of men (43.1 percent) than women (12.6 percent) able to read.
4. Niger: The ratio of men to women in this landlocked western African country is also lopsided: the literacy rate is 42.9 percent for men, 15.1 percent for women and 28.7 percent overall.
5. Mali: Niger’s neighbor on the west, the literacy rate in Mali is 33.4 percent. 43.1 percent of the adult male population can read and 24.6 percent of the country’s women.
6. Chad: This west African country is Niger’s neighbor on its eastern border; 34.5 percent of its population is literate.
7. Somalia: Long beset by civil war and famine, 37.8 of Somalia’s population is literate. 49.7 percent of the adult male population is literate but only 25.8 percent of adult females.
8. Ethiopia: Somalia’s neighbor to the north, the literacy rate in Ethiopia is 39 percent.
9. Guinea: 41 percent of this west African country’s population is literate. More than half (52 percent) of adult males are literature and only 30 percent of women.
10. Benin: 42.4 percent of Benin in West Africa are literate.
Around the world, two-thirds of adults who are illiterate are female, meaning that there are 493 women unable to read and write.
54 of the 76 million illiterate young women come from nine countries, most in south and west Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and not necessarily those with high rates of adult illiteracy: India (where almost 30 million young women are illiterate), Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania, Egypt and Burkina Faso.
Why Literacy Is a Human Right
Those who cannot read and write are “destined to be on the social and economic margins of our world,” Unesco reminds us. Being able to read and write has profound benefits not only on a person’s educational opportunities but also for their health, economic prospects and their children.
My late grandmother, who emigrated from southern China to Oakland in the early 20th century, never learned to read or write anything beyond her first and last name. She relied completely on her children or grandchildren to read the instructions on a bottle of medicine, to open her mail and pay her bills. Once when she was in her 90s and still living alone in Oakland Chinatown, a strange man knocked on her door, showed her some official-looking documents and insisted that he had to enter her house. She shut the door in his face and immediately called my dad.
Had my grandmother been able to read the papers the man had in his hand, she could have known what he was up to. As a girl in rural China at the start of the previous century, no one gave a thought to teaching her to read or write. She worked for most of her life (she was still sewing piecework for clothing manufacturers into her 90s). Like many older adults, she simply never had time to devote her energies to learn to read and write.
In 2010, the literacy rate was higher for young people (89.6 percent) than for adults (84.1 percent), according to a report from Unesco (pdf). It’s essential that as many children as possible go to school, learn to read and write and acquire the numeracy skills necessary to thrive in our technology-drive world. This year’s International Literacy Day is specifically dedicated to “literacies for the 21st century,” in recognition that we not only need to need to provide “basic literacy skills for all” but also “equip everyone with more advanced literacy skills as part of lifelong learning.”
Last year’s assassination attempt of Pakistani teenage educational activist Malala Yousafzai highlighted the immense challenges faced by young women in parts of Asia to acquire an education. It is all the more imperative to get behind efforts like Unesco’s Education For All movement, which strives to provide a quality basic education for all children, youth and adults and, therefore, to give as many as possible the best possible foundation for their future.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

” እኔ ባልፍም እንኩዋን ሺህ ርዕዮቶች ስላሉ በርቱ አትደናገጡ “

Reeyot-Alemu
* የርዕዮት ደህንነት አደጋ ላይ መሆኑን እንድታዉቁት ስል ነዉ ይህንን በብዙ ሀዘን ዉስጥ ሆኜ የጻፍኩላችሁ
ትላንትና እንደሁል ጊዜዉ ስንቅ ይዤላት ወደ ቃሊቲ ሔድኩ በር ላይ ያለዉ ፖሊስ “የርዕዮት እህት ነሽ አይደል እሱዋን መጠየቅ አትችይም በአስተዳደር በኩል ሔደሽ ጠይቂ” አለኝ፡፡ እንዳዘዘኝ በአስተዳደር በር በኩል ሔድኩ ወደ ዉስጥ በስንት ትግል ከስለሺ (የርዕዮት እጮኛ) ጋር ገባን፡፡
ከብዙ ጥበቃ በሁዋላ በብዙ ፖሊሶች ታጅባ መጣች ፊትዋ ተለዋዉጦ ስለነበር ምን እንደሆነች ስጠይቃት ከእናት፡ አባት እና ንስሃ አባት ዉጪ ማንም ሊጠይቃት እንደማይችል እና የእነሱን ስም እንድትሰጥ እንደተጠየቀች እና አሚናዘር የሚትባል የሴቶች ክፍል ሀላፊ አልጋዋ ድረስ በመምጣት እንደሰደበቻትና እንደዛተችባት እየነገረችኝ እያለ አሚናዘር የተባለችዉ ሃላፊ ወደኛ በመምጣት ርዕዮትን በማመናጨቅና በመስደብ ከኛ ልትወስዳት ስትሞክር ለምን እንደሆነ ስጠይቃት “ከዛሬ ወዲህ ዐይኑዋን አታዩትም ማንም እኔን ሊያዝ አይችልም የእናንተ ጋዜጣና ሚዲያ ምን እንደሚያመጣ እናያለን ” በማለት ርዕዮትን በማዋከብ እና በመጎተት እየሰደቡ ወሰዱዋት፡፡ ምድር ላይያሉ ሰቅጣጭ እና ለህሊና የሚከብዱ ስድቦችን አወረዱብን በዚህ መሀል ርዕዮት ድምጹዋን ከፍ አርጋ “የማልጨርሰዉን ነገር አልጀምርም እኔን ለማንበርከክ እና ለማሸማቀቅ ክሆነ መቼም አላረገዉም ትገይኝም ከሆነ ነይ ተኩሺ ” ስትል ጎትተዉ ወሰዱዋት፡፡ እኛንም ከጊቢዉ አዋክበዉ አስወጡን፡፡
ዛሬ በዐል ስለሆነ ምን አልባት ሊያስገቡን ይችላሉ ብለን ነበር ሁላችንም ወደ ቃሊቲ የሔድነዉ፡፡ የሆነዉ ግን በጣም አሳዛኝ ነበር፡፡ በር ላይ ደርሰን ስንጠይቅ (ቤተሰቦችዋና ጓደኞችዋ) አሚናዘር ላስፈቅድ ብላ በር ላይ ያለችዉ ፖሊስ ወደ ዉሰጥ ገባች ትንሽ ቆየት ብላ ተመለሰችና አባትና እናት ብቻ ነዉ የሚገቡት ያልችዉ አሚናዘር ብላ እኔና ስለሺ ጓደኞችዋንም ጨምሮ መግባት እንደማንችል ተነገረን የዚን ጊዜ አባታችን “የእነሱን ህገወጥ ስራ እንደማይተባበር እና እኛ ተከልክለን እሱ እንደማይገባ ነገራቸዉ” እናታችን እንድትገባና ሁኔታዋን አይታ እንድትነግረን የያዝነዉን ምግብ ይዛ ገባች፡፡ በጣም በሀዘን የያዘችዉን ምግብ ይዛ ተመለሰች ምነዉ ስንላት ርዕዮት የርሃብ አድማ እንዳደረገች እና ቤተሰብ የማይገባላት ከሆነ አድማዉን እንደምትቀጥል እንደነገረቻት እናም በጣም ያስደነገጠንን ዜና ነገረችን “አጠገቡዋ ኮ/ል ሐይማኖት (የ ገብሩዋድ ባለቤት) እንዳመጡዋትና የርዕዮትን አልጋ በማስጠጋት እሱዋነ ከጎንዋ አድረገዋት እሱዋም ሙሉ ለሊት እየሰደበቻትና እየዛተች እንዳሳደረቻት ህይወትዋ አደጋ ላይ መሆኑን አንድ ነገር ቢፈጠር በህመም እንዳልሆነ እንድታዉቁት እኔ ባልፍም እንኩዋን ሺህ ርዕዮቶች ስላሉ በርቱ አትደናገጡ” የሚል መልእክት ነገረችን፡፡
አስረዉ ሲያበቁ እንኳን ምነዉ ቢተዋት? በዚህ ከቀጠለ እህቴን ነገ ለማግኘቴ ምን ያህል እርግጠኛ እንደምሆን አላዉቅም!!!!!
ሉሉዬ የሚታልፊበት መከራሽን አምላክ ይይልሽ!!!!
* ይህ ጽሁፍ በተለያዩ የፌስ ቡክ አድራሻዎች የተስተናገደ አሳዛኝ ማስታወሻ ነው። ጽሁፉን በዋናነት ያተመ ትክክለኛ ምንጭ ካለ ለማረም ዝግጁ ነን። ጽሁፉን እንድናስተናግድ ለላክልን ደንበኛችን እናመሰግናለን። ርዕየትና ሌሎች ውድ ወገኖቻችንን እናስባቸው!!

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

ርዕዮት ከማንም የተለየ የዚህችን ሀገር ሀላፊነት የመሸከም እዳ የለባትም፤ የእኛን ሁሉ እዳ ነው የተሸከመችው


አንዲትን ወጣት ሴት መምህር ጋዜጠኛ ከእስኪሪቢቴ እና እንጀራ ውጭ በእጇ ይዛ የማታውቅ በቤተሰቦቿ በጓደኞቿ በስራ ባልደረባዎቿ የተከበረችና የተወደደች በህይወት ዘመኗ በምንም አይነት መጥፎ ተግባር ላይ ተሳትፋ የማታውቅ ምንም አይነት የወንጀልም ሆነ የክስ ሪከርድ የሌለባት ብዙ ጊዜዋን ከተማሪዎች ጋር እና ከምታስጠናቸው ህጻንት ጋር የምታሳልፍ፤ የቀረውን ጊዜዋን ደግሞ ስትታዘብ የዋለቻቸውን ስርዓቱ የፈጠራቸውን ችግሮች፤ ስለ ህግ የበላይነት መጓደል፤ ስለዜጎች እኩልነት፤ ስለ አደርባይነት፤ ስለ እምነት ነፃነት… በድፍረትና በሀቀኝነት ስትከትብ ታሳልፋለች፡፡ መምህርና ጋዜጠኛ ርዕዮት አለሙ ከአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርስቲ በእንግሊዘኛ ቋንቋ እና በቲያትሪካል አርት ሁለት ድግሪ ያላት ሲሆን፤ በአሁኑ ሰዓት በቃሊቲ እስር ቤት አስከፊ የእስር ጊዜ እያሳለፈች ነው፡፡
ይሄ መቼም የሚተቻቸውን በሰበብ በአስባቡ ማሰር የአምባገነኖች መለያ በመሆኑ ከልጅቱ ጥንካሬ አንጻር አይደንቅም፡፡ የሚገርመው ከ5 ወር በፊት ርዕዮት በጠና ታማ በነበረበት ሰዓት ማረሚያ ቤቱ ወደህክምና ቦታ ለመውሰድም ሆነ መድሀኒት ለማቅረብ ፍቃደኛ አለመሆኑ ብዙዎቻችንን አስደንግጦን ነበር፡፡ ዛሬ ደግሞ ከእናቷ ውጭ ማንም እንዳያያት ከልክለዋል፤ ለዚች ወጣት ሴት ይሄ ሁሉ ጭካኔ ለምን? 
ዛሬ በርዕዬት ላይ እየተፈጸመ ያለውን ግፍ እያየን አንዳንዶቹ አልሰማንም አላየንም ብለን ቁጭ ፤ አንዳንዶቻችን እግሬ አውጪኝ ብለን ሸሽት፤ አንዳንዶች እስከመጨረሻው አብረው ቆመዋል፡፡ ዛሬ ግን የሁላችንንም ድምጽ ከያለንበት መስማት ትፈልጋለች፡፡ ቢያንስ ቢያንስ ታስራ እንኳ ሰብአዊ መብቷ ሊከበር ይገባል፡፡ 
ርዕዮት ከማንም የተለየ የዚህችን ሀገር ሀላፊነት የመሸከም እዳ የለባትም፤ የእኛን ሁሉ እዳ ነው የተሸከመችው!



Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Norwegian-Amharic Dictionary inaugurate ceremony in Oslo 2013

የኖርዌጅያንኛ አማርኛ መዝገበ-ቃላት ምረቃና ውይይት ምሽት በኖርዌ ኦስሎ ቅዳሜ Sep 7.2013 በታላቅ ሁኔታ ተከበረ

በአቶ እንግዳሸት ታደሰ እና  በአቶ ሽመልስ ተፈራ ተዘጋጅቶ የታተመው የኖርዌጂያንኛ  አማርኛ
መዝገበ ቃላት እንዲሁም በአቶ ሐብታሙ ታትሞ የቀረበውን ኖርዌጂያን አማርኛ ግራመር ምረቃና
ግምገማ ምሽት ላይ ኢትዮጵያውያንና የኢትዮጵያ ወዳጆች በመገኘት ምሽቱን በተሳካ ሁኔታ አክብረዋል

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Friday, September 6, 2013

በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ያለውን ችግር አብረን እንፍታ!! ወገናዊ ጥሪ ከግንቦት 7 ሕዝባዊ ኃይል

ስለ “ግንቦት 7 ሕዝባዊ ኃይል” ምን ያህል ያውቃሉ?
ግንቦት 7 ሕዝባዊ ኃይል፣ የሃገር ሉዓላዊነትና የህዝብ የሥልጣን ባለቤትነት የተረጋገጠባት፤ የዜጎች መብቶች፣ ሃገራዊ አንድነት፣ ደህንነትና ጥቅም የተከበሩባት ጠንካራና ዲሞክራሲያዊት ኢትዮጵያ እውን ሆና የማየትን ራዕይ የሰነቀ ድርጅት ነው። የግንቦት 7 ሕዝባዊ ኃይል ወያኔንን በኃይል የማስወገድ፤ ሰላማዊና ዲሞክራሲ የሥልጣን ሽግግር በሃገሪቱ እንዲኖር የማስቻል እና ከማንኛዉም የፓለቲካ ድርጅት ጋር ያልወገኑ ነፃ፣ ጠንካራና ብቃት ያላቸው ህገ-መንግሥታዊ የመከላከያ፣ የፓሊስና የደህንነት ተቋማት እንዲኖሩ አስተዋጽዖ የማድረግ ተልዕኮ ይዞ የተነሳ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ አለኝታ ነው። በግንቦት 7 ሕዝባዊ ኃይል ውስጥ የተሰባሰብን ዜጎች በደማችን ዉስጥ ያለ የቀደምቶቻችንን የነጻነት ቅርስ ተሸካሚዎች ነንና፣ ባርነትን አማራጭ አድርገን ለመቀበል ከቶውኑ አይቻለንም። ብቸኛው ምርጫ የወያኔን የባርነት ግብዣ በአመጽ መክተን በወያኔ መቃብር ላይ የነጻነትን ሰንደቅ ማውለብለብ ነው።
ዛሬ በሃገራችን በወያኔ አምባገነናዊ እብሪት ያልታፈነ፣ ያልተዋረደና ያልተዘረፈ የሃገሪቱ ዜጋ አይገኝም። የወያኔ ሹማምንት በሃብት ላይ ሃብት፤ በድሎት ላይ ድሎት ሲጨምሩ፣ የአብዛኛው ኢትዮጵያዊ እጣ ፈንታ ግን መፈናቀል፣ መሰደድ፣ መንገላታት፣ መታሰር፣ መደብደብና መገደል ሆኗል። ኢትዮጵያ እና ኢትዮጵያዊያን እንደ ወያኔ ዘመን የተዋረዱበት፣ የተናቁበትና የተበደሉበት ጊዜ የለም። ወያኔ ከሥልጣን ሳይባረር አንዳችም በጎ ለውጥ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ማሰብ አይቻልም።
የማንኛውም ዜጋ የእኩልነት፣ የፍትህ፣ የነጻነት ጥያቄ ምላሹ ሞትና መታሰር ከሆነ እስከ መቼ ተራ እንጠብቃለን?
ዛሬ የወያኔ ጥቃት ሰለባ ያልሆነ፣ በወረፋው ያልተመታ፣ ያልተገደለ፣ ያልታሰረ፣ ያልተሰደደ፣ ከመኖሪያው ያልተፈናቀለ፣ ከስራው ያልተባረረ የህብረተሰብ ክፍል የለም። ሰራተኛ፣ ምሁራን፣ ገበሬዎች፣ ተማሪ፣ ወዘተ ጥቃት ያልደረሰበት የለም። ጥያቄው ለምን በወረፋ እንደበደባለን? እስከመቼስ ነው ወያኔ የአንዳንዶቻችንን ጥየቄ የሌሎቻችን ማስፈራሪያ እንዲያደርገውና የጥቃት እርምጃውን በየተራ እንዲያፈራረቅብን የምንፈቅድለት? የሚለው ነው።
በኢትዮጵያ ላይ እንደ ሰደድ እሳት እያቃጠለ የህዝቡን ደም እያፈሰሰ፣ እየገደለ፣ እያሰቃየና የፈለገውን እያደረገ ለሃያ ሁለት ዓመታት በሥልጣን ላይ የቆየው ጎሰኛው፣ አምባገነኑና ዘራፊው የህወሃት አገዘዝ ቁንጮ በስልጣን ላይ ቢቆይም ወይም በትረ ስልጣኑን ለሌላ ወያኔ ቢያስተላልፈው፣ አጠቃላዩ የአፈናውና የግፈኛው ሥርዓት ተገርስሶ እስካልወደቀ ደረስ ለኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ የሚያመጣው አንዳችም ለውጥ አይኖርም። ሕወሃቶች ከደደቢት በረሃ ተማምለው የመጡበትን ታላቁንና ለብዙ ዘመናት የኖረውን የኢትዮጵያን ሉዓላዊነትና አገራዊ አንድነት የማፈራረስና የማዳከም የጥፋት ዓላማቸውን ከሥልጣን እስካልተነቀሉ ድረስ እንደሚቀጥሉበት በሥልጣን ኮርቻ ላይ ከተፈናጠጡበት ጊዜ አንስቶ እየታየ ነው።
የህወሃት ቡድን ከመነሻው አንስቶ እስከአሁን ድረስ ከአርባ ዓመታት በላይ የሰራበትን ወደፊትም ለመቀጠል በዕቅድ ይዞ የሚንቀሳቀስበትን መሠረታዊ የኢትዮጵያን ብሔራዊና አገራዊ አንድነት የማፈራረስ እኩይ ዓላማ ኢትዮጵያዊያን እስካላስቆሙት ድረስ እንደሚቀጥልበት ምንም ዓይነት ብዥታ ሊኖር አይገባም። አንዳንድ የዋሆች የእባቡን የወያኔን ባሕርይ ካለመረዳት “መለስ በሌላ ወያኔ ቢተካ የተሻለ ጊዜ ሊመጣ ይችላል” ብለው ሲናገሩ ይደመጣሉ ነገር ግን እባብ የእባብነት ባህሪውን ምንጊዜም አይለቅም።
የወያኔ/ህውሃት ድርጅት እንደ ድርጅት አምባገነን፣ ጸረ-ዲምክራሲ፣ አፋኝ፣ ጎሰኛ፣የንጹሃን ደም አፍሳሽና ከሁሉም በላይ ጸረ ኢትዮጵያዊ ነው። ስለሆነም የወያኔን ድርጅት እንደ ድርጅትና ሥርዓት ከኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ጭንቃ ላይ አወርዶ በማፈራረስ በምትኩ ኢትዮጵያዊ የሆነ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ድርጅት መተካት እንጅአንዱን ወያኔ ከሌላው ወያኔ ጋር በማነጻጸር “እከሌ ከእከሌ ይሻላል» እያሉ ከእውነታው የተለየ ጉንጭ አልፋ ወሬ ማናፈስ፣ ወያኔዎችን መጥቀም እንጅ ለኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ምንም ማለት አይደለም።
የሕዝባችን ችግርና ስቃይ እኛን ካላነቃን፤ ምን ሁኔታ እኛ በጽናት ሊያቆመንና ሊያስተባብረን ይችላል?
ክወያኔ/ሕወሃት ደርዝ የሳቱ የሃሰት ፕሮፓጋንዳ ይልቅ ሀገራችን በብዙ አንገብጋቢና ያገጠጡ ችግሮች ተተብተባለች። ሕዝባችን በጎጠኝነት የአገዛዝ ቀንበር ስር ይማቅቃል። በየዓመቱ ባስር ሽዎች የሚቆጠሩ ወንድሞቻችንና እህቶቻችን በሕወሃት የተምታታ የኢኮኖሚ ፖሊሲ ምክንያት ተስፋ አጥተው በስደት ዓለም እየተንከራተቱ ይገኛሉ። በሕወሃት ውስጠ ተንኮል የተነሳም የሀገር ውስጥ ስደተኛው የትየለሌ ሆኗል። ወደድንም ጠላንም ዛሬ በዓለም ፊት ከውርደት በታች ተዋርደን የዓለም መሳቂያዎች ሆነናል። ሕወሃት ግን በኛ ኪሳራ የንግድ ኢምፓየሩን በአፍሪካና በዓለም ደረጃ እያስፋፋ ቀጥሏል። ይህ የሀገራችን ቀውጢ ወቅት እኛን ካላስነሳን፤ ይህ የሕዝባችን ችግር እኛን ካላነቃን፤ ምን በጽናት ሊያቆመንና ሊያስተባብረን ይችላል? ይጠቅማል ባልነው መንገድና ወቅት ሁሉ የሕወሃትን ጎጠኛ አገዛዝ የሚያዳክም የሀገራችንን ሰላምና ጸጥታ የሚያስጠብቅና የሕዝባችንን ጥንካሬና ስነ ልቦና የሚያጠናክሩ እርምጃዎችን እንውሰድ። የኢትዮጵያዊነታችን ክብርና ኩራቱ ሀገራችን ከሕዝቧ ጋር በሰላም ተጠብቃ አስከኖረች ድረስ ብቻ ነው።
የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ከቀን ወደቀን ለነጻነቱና ለማንነቱ ሲል የሚያደርገው ትግልና እንቅስቃሴ እንቅልፍ የነሳቸው እና የእግር ዉስጥ እሳት የሆነባቸው ወያኔ/ህወሃቶች፤ የሀገራችንን አንድነት ህልውና እና ማንነት ለማጥፋት፣ ዜጎች ስለመብታቸው እንዳይጠይቁ እየነጣጠሉ እና እየከፋፈሉ በደም የተጨማለቀ እጃቸውን እንደገና በደም እያለቀለቁ ስለሃይማኖታቸው ነጻነት፣ ስለፍትህ እጦት፣ ስለዲሞክራሲ እጦት  የጮኹ አንደበቶችን በጥይት ሲዘጉ ማየት የተለመደ ነው።
ተቻችለንና ተከባብረን የኖርን ኢትዮጵያውያን ለወያኔ ከፋፍለህ ግዛዉ ፖሊሲ መመቸት የለብንም። በደስታና በሀዘን ሳንለያይ የዘለቀውን አንድነታችን አሁን በዚህ አስከፊና ጨካኝ ወያኔያዊ ድርጊት አዝነን ከንፈራችንን ለሞቱት እና ለታሰሩት በመምጠጥ አይደለም ቁጭታችንና ሀዘናችን መግለጽ ያለብን። ለተጠቁ ወገኖቻችን መከታና ጋሻ በመሆን ቁስላቸው ቁስላችን፣ ደማቸው ደማችን፣ ሀዘናቸው ሀዘናችን፣ በመሆኑ ነገ በኔ በማለት ሁሉንም የትግል ስልቶች ተጠቅመን ጎሳ ቋንቋና ሃይማኖት ሳይለያየን ከወያኔ ግፍ አገዛዝ ለመላቀቅ ሁላችንም በአንድነት በወያኔ ላይ እንነሳ ነው የወቅቱ ጥሪ!!
በአሁኑ ሰአት ግንቦት 7 ህዝባዊ ሃይል ለአገራችንና ህዝቧ ትልቅ ደወል ደውሏል። ይህም የነጻነት ደውል ነዉ:: በዚህም የነፃነት ጉዞ በመሳተፍና በመርዳት ለተደወለው ደውል መልስ መስጠት ያስፈልጋል። ግዜውም አሁን ነው!! የዘረኛው አገዛዝ ክዚህ በላይ ጊዜ ከተሰጠው የሚያደርሰውን ጉዳት ለመመለስ የማይቻል ነዉና።
ኢትዮጵያ አገራችንና ሁሉንም የሃገሪቱን ዜጋ ከዘረኛውና ከአምባገነን አገዛዝ ነፃ የማውጣትና ፍትህ፣ ነፃነት፣ ዲሞክራሲና እኩልነት የሰፈኑባት ሃገር የመገንባት ከፍተኛ ኃላፊነት በእኛ ትውልድ ላይ የወደቀ መሆኑን “የግንቦት 7 ሕዝባዊ ኃይል”ተረድቷል፤ ይህ በመሆኑም ህይወታችንን፣ ንብረታችንና ጊዜዓችን ለትግሉ ለማዋል ቆርጠን መነሳት እንደሚኖርብን ጥሪዉን አስተላልፏል፤ በዲሞክራሲያዊ ሥርዓትና በኢትዮጵያ አንድነት ከሚያምኑ የፓለቲካ ድርጅቶችና ሲቪክ ማኅበራት ጋር በጋራ ለመሥራት እየተደረገ ያለውን ጥረት ማጠናከር ያለብን መሆኑን ተረድቷል፤ ድርጅቱን በማጠናከር የወያኔን ግብዓተ-መሬት ለማፋጠን በቁርጠኝነት ተነስቷል።
ኢትዮጵያ አገራችን በታሪኳ አጋጥሟት በማያውቅ የጠላት እጅ ውስጥ ወድቃለች። አገሪቷ ተከፋፍላ፤ ህዝቧ እርስ በርሱ ተቆራቁሶ፤ ለም መሬቷ የባዕዳን ቱጃሮች መፈንጫ ሆኖ ኢትዮጵያዊያን በገዛ አገራችን ባርነትን እንኳን የምናገኝበት እድል የሌለ በመሆኑ ይህ ዘረኛና ዘራፊ አገዛዝ ጊዜ ሳይሰጠው እንዲወገድ ሁላችንም በጋራ መነሳት እንዳለብን መገንዘብ ይኖርብናል።
ኢትዮጵያ ለዘለአለም በአንድነቷ ጸንታ ትኑር!!
ዛሬ ነገ ሳትሉ የግንቦት 7 ሕዝባዊ ኃይላችንን ተቀላቀሉ።
“የግንቦት 7 ሕዝባዊ ኃይል” ለኢትዮጵያና ሕዝቦቿ መልካም ራዕይ አንግቦ የተነሳ ሠራዊት በተቻለ ሁሉ መደገፍና ደጀንነታችንን ማረጋገጥ የውዴታ ግዴታችን መሆኑን መገንዘብ ይኖርብናል!
ለነፃነት ታግሎ ነፃነት ማግኘት ከተጠያቂነት መዳን ነው።
“የግንቦት 7 ሕዝባዊ ኃይል” ሀገራዊ ጥሪ በመርዳት የታሪክ ተዋናኝ በመሆን ታሪክ የማይሽረው አሻራ እናስቀምጥ!!!
ግፍ ይብቃን ካልን፣ውርደት ይብቃ ካልን፣ስደት ይብቃ ካልን፣እስራት ይብቃ ካልን  ለግንቦት 7 ሕዝባዊ ኃይል ሀገራዊ ጥሪ አስቸኳይ መልስ በመስጠት ለወገን አለኝታነታችንን እናረጋግጥ!!!
በኖርዌይ የግንቦት 7 ህዝባዊ ሃይል ድጋፍ አሰባሳቢ ጊዜያዊ ኮሚቴ