Ato Seeye Abreha’s Speech in Minnesota – “Ethiopia After Meles” – Video I , II and III

Ethiopia: Siye Abreha Speech in Minnesota - "Ethiopia After Meles" - Part 1

 Ethiopia: Siye Abreha Speech in Minnesota - "Ethiopia After Meles" - Part 2

Siye Abreha Answers Your Question 

ዊኪሊክስ በኢትዮጵያ አውሮፕላን ላይ ተፈጽሟል የተባለውን ሴራ አጋለጠ

ኢትዮጵያውያን የሂዝቦላ መረጃ አቀባዮች የቤት ሠራተኛ ተመስለው አታለዋል

በአስራት ሥዩም

በዓለም እጅግ አነጋጋሪና ገናና ለመሆን የበቃው የዊኪሊክስ ድረ ገጽ ይፋ ባወጣው አዲስ መረጃ የበረራ ቁጥር “ET-409” የነበረው የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ ቦይንግ 737 አውሮፕላን፣ ከቤይሩት ራፊቅ ሐሪሪ አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ ጥር 17 ቀን 2002 ዓ.ም. ከመነሳቱ ወዲያው ሲከሰከስ፣ የእስራኤል የስለላ ድርጅት ሞሳድ በተሳተፈበት ምስጢራዊ የደኅንነት ሥራ ሳቢያ ሰለባ ሳይሆን እንዳልቀረ አመለከተ፡፡

በኢራን የደኅንነት መሥርያ ቤት የሚደገፈው ሂዝቦላም ተሳታፊ እንደነበር ይፋ አድርጓል፡፡
ስትራትፎር ግሎባል ኢንተለጀንስ ለተባለ ተቋም የሚሠሩ ተንታኞች የተለዋወጧቸውን የኢሜል መልዕክቶች ባለፈው ሐሙስ ይፋ ያወጣው ዊኪሊክስ፣ ከአደጋው ክስተት ጀምሮም ሆነ ቀድሞ የነበሩ የበረራ መረጃዎችን የመዘገበው የአውሮፕላኑ “ጥቁር ሳጥን” አደጋው የደረሰው በአብራሪዎች ስህተት ስለመሆኑ ምንም ዓይነት መረጃ እንዳልመዘገበ ተንታኞቹ መናገራቸውን አውጥቷል፡፡ ሆኖም የሊባኖስ የስለላ ተቋም በሞሳድ የተፈጸመ ቀድሞ የማጥቃት ዕርምጃና ሂዝቦላን የተካረረ ጠብ ውስጥ ለመክተት የተደረገ ሴራ ነው በማለት መረጃውን አጣጥሎታል፡፡

Jailed Journalist Eskinder Nega Speaks Out

Jailed Journalist Eskinder Nega (Photo Awramba Times)

From Warscapes: Ethiopia’s Eskinder Nega describes what it’s like to be arrested for his writing.

Introduction by Charlayne Hunter-Gault

(The Root) — President Barack Obama’s strong defense of freedom of speech at the United Nations last month was clearly directed at the sputtering young Arab and North African democracies, where violent anti-American protests were ostensibly sparked by a video (Why don’t people stop calling it a film?) that insulted the Prophet Muhammad. The president’s tough speech followed his late-night call to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, demanding that he get control of the demonstrations by alleged radical Islamists. The big stick that President Obama wielded was America’s huge aid to Egypt. And presto, the Egyptian president complied.

 The same tactic could be used in Ethiopia, where not only is the new leadership continuing the previous government’s ongoing repression of independent journalists — including those imprisoned on specious charges — but it is getting even more repressive. According to the U.S. State Department: “The total U.S. government assistance, including food aid, between 2000 and 2011 was $6.226 billion. In FY 2011 the U.S. government provided $847 million in assistance, including more than $323 million in food aid. Today, Ethiopia is an important regional security partner of the United States.”
It is hard to imagine that the U.S. government condones the widely condemned treatment of Ethiopia’s independent journalists, including Eskinder Nega, recently sentenced to 18 years in prison on spurious charges of
 
terrorism that were actually nonviolent criticisms of the increasingly repressive Ethiopian regime. Now, in the last few days, the Ethiopian government has frozen Nega’s meager assets, along with those of two others in prison with him: Andualem Arage and Abebe Gellaw.

Stratfor’s investigation into Ethiopian airlines flight 409 crash

On 25 January, 2010, 5 minutes after taking off from Beirut, Ethiopian Airlines flight 409 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. On board were 82 passengers and 8 crew members en route to the capitol city of Ethiopia Addis Ababa; no survivors were found. Shortly afterwards, Lebanese Civil Aviations opened an investigation in to the crash. While the investigation was taking place, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said, “sabotage is ruled out as of now.” 

 Other Lebanese officials blamed bad weather and the pilot. In Beirut, witnesses claimed seeing the plane on fire while still in the air. It wasn’t until two years later that the final report from the Lebanese investigation came out concluding that the cause of the crash was pilot error and suggesting that Ethiopian airlines change its pairing policy to not allow two inexperienced pilots to fly together. The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority rejected the report’s conclusion, saying the probable cause of the crash was either a shoot down, sabotage, or a lightening strike.

MacArthur 'genius' grants go to Junot Díaz and Dinaw Mengestu

Junot Diaz and Dinaw Mengestu among 23 fellows selected to receive no-strings-attached grant of $500,000 over the next five years 
 
On Monday, news of who would be named the 2012 MacArthur Fellows leaked out early in reports by the Associated Press and elsewhere. Two writers are among the 23 artists, scientists and thinkers on the list: Junot Diaz and Dinaw Mengestu.

Diaz is the author of, most recently, the short story collection "This Is How You Lose Her," published in September. Mengestu's most recent work is the 2010 novel "How to Read the Air." Both are published by Riverhead. 

Each author will receive a no-strings-attached "genius grant" of $500,000. All MacArthur Fellows are awarded $100,000 a year for five years.

Although the two writers will receive the same awards, they are at different places in their careers. After publishing the well-regarded short story collection "Drown," Diaz worked for about a decade on his first novel. "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" made a splash and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize.

Mengestu has not yet achieved the same level of name recognition. That's despite the fact that his work has been recognized for its excellence; his debut, "The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears," won the L.A. Times Book Prize for first fiction in 2007, and he was named one of the New Yorker's 20 under 40 in 2010.

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ESAT Ethiopian News Oct. 02, 2012

Publisert 2. okt. 2012 av ESATelevision

http://www.ethsat.com - Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT)
ESAT is the first independent Ethiopian Satellite Television service and Radio Station who broadcast to Ethiopia and the rest of the world

Ethiopia’s opposition at the dawn of democracy?

Prof. Al Mariam

For several years now, I have been “speaking truth to power”. In fact, the tag line for my blog page is “Defend Human Rights. Speak Truth to Power.” It is a special phrase which asserts a defiant moral and ethical position against those who abuse, misuse and overuse their powers. By speaking truth to power, the speaker bears witness against those whose power lies in lies. But speaking truth to the powerless is sometimes also necessary. The powerless have no power to abuse, but their fault lies in not knowing their true power. While the abusers of power have might, the powerless who are abused have the power of right. It is the power of right that the powerless must use in their struggle against the abusers of power in achieving their ultimate victory because, as Dr. Martin Luther King said, “Right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” 

 In June 2010, I wrote a weekly commentary entitled “Speaking Truth to the Powerless”. I expressed deep concern over what I perceived to be manifest political paralysis and inaction in the Ethiopian opposition following the daylight theft of the May 2010 election in which the ruling party claimed to have won 99.6 percent of the seats in parliament. I urged the Ethiopian “opposition” to take a hard look at itself and take corrective action. I explained that “my aim is not to lecture or to bash” but merely to help “clean out the closet so that we could begin afresh on the long walk to democracy. It is said that the 'truth hurts', but I disagree. I believe the truth heals, empowers and liberates its defenders.”