በአዲስ አበባ ሃና ማሪያም አካባቢ መንግስት የሚያደርገውን የመኖርያ ቤት የማፍረስ ዘመቻ አስፈጻሚ የሆኑ የፌደራል ፖሊሱች በናቷ ጀርባላይ እያለች በዱላ ተመታ መገደሏ ተገለጸ

 እባካቹ አዳምጡት 

      በአዲስ አበባ ሃና ማሪያም አካባቢ መንግስት የሚያደርገው የቤት የማፍረስ ዘመቻ  አስፈጻሚ  የሆኑ የፌደራል ፖሊሱች

      በናቷ ጀርባላይ እያለች  በዱላ ተመታ መገደሏ ተገለጸ  ወገን በሐገሩ እንደ ሶስተኛ  ዜጋ መቆጠሩ እስከ መቼ ነው ?

      በገዛ ሐገሩ መጠለያ እንደሊለው ስደተኛ ሆኖ ሲንከራተት እረ እረ ወገን እንቃ አንድ እንሁን ይሄን ዘረኛና ጎጠኛ ሰው በላ
     ሞንስተር ሽፍታ በቃ እንበለው በቃ በቃ እንበለው ወገን  ለወገን ደራሽ ወገን ነው   ለማንኛውም የህዝባችንን እሮሮ
     ስሙት ።
    

German NGO pulls out of Ethiopia

Named after the German Nobel Prize winner for Literature, the Heinrich Böll Foundation is an NGO promoting democracy and human rights. It is leaving Ethiopia in protest against restrictions on its activities. 

"The closure of the office in Ethiopia is a sign of protest by the foundation against the ongoing restrictions on civil rights and freedom of speech" said a statement released by the Heinrich Böll Foundation explaining why they had closed their office in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.

 The organization's chairwoman Barbara Unmüßig and the country director Patrick Berg said it had become impossible for the organization to work for democracy, gender equality and sustainable development under existing circumstances. They were referring to the law on NGOs passed in 2009 which is known as the "Charities and Societies Proclamation" and restricts freedom of press, expression and assembly.

The law that worsens human rights 

This "NGO law" severely curtails the activities of non governmental organizations and human rights groups. It is targets not just foreign groups, but also Ethiopia's two largest human rights organizations.

According to the rights group Amnesty international, the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (HRCO), which has been active since 1991, had its bank account frozen under this law. Nine of its twelve offices have been closed and 85 percent of its staff laid off.

The women's rights organization Ethiopian Women Lawyers Organization (EWLA) was forced to lay off 75 percent of its staff and assets worth $595,000 (468,000 euros) were frozen. Previously, the organization was able to give free legal assistance to some 20,000 women, nowadays it is barely able to function, says Amnesty international.

Germany's Heinrich Böll Foundation, which is affiliated to the Greens Party, had been trying for three years to get a bilateral agreement signed with the Ethiopian government which have would granted it more room for manoeuvre than it would have been accorded under the NGO law. But such efforts were in vain.

Appeal at ministerial level in vain

They even tried to raise the issue with the Ethiopian government through the offices of German Development minister Dirk Niebel while he was on a visit to Addis Ababa, but that also yielded no results.

"We realized that we cannot pursue our mission and we can no longer support our local partners of several years," Patrick Berg told DW.

Berg said "NGO law" was part of a system of repression and symbolic of a deterioration in human rights that had spread through the country since the elections in 2005. 200 people were killed in demonstrations against ballot-rigging in that poll.

Official Ethiopian government spokesman Bereket Simon was quoted by German's news agency DPA as saying the government would be "delighted if the Heinrich Böll Foundation would continue its work in Ethiopia."

The departure of the Heinrich Böll Foundation leaves the Friedrich Ebert Foundation as the only remaining German think tank in Ethiopia.

ኢሳት ቅኝት ዳርጌ መሸሻ ህዳር ፮ 2005

                                                   

Spying on the Ethiopian Diaspora

Dear Editor
 After reading the news on Ethiomedia on the arrest of a Sudanese Refugee Spy in Norway, I am sharing with you my personal experience: 


I know the TPLF regime uses all available means to follow the activities of the Ethiopian Diasporas, especially those who are considered thorny for the political establishment in Addis Ababa. The very reason why the Ethiopian security chiefs have used a Sudanese immigrant in Norway as their spy is because they have closed their Scandinavian embassy in Stockholm two or three years ago.Otherwise, where they have Ethiopian embassies or consular representation, the main job description of TPLF diplomats is to spy on what they call "unruly opposition in Diasporas".

As a refugee in Nairobi (Kenya) and elsewhere in East Africa, I was systematically spied on, harassed on a daily basis and received death threats on a number of occasions by the Ethiopian diplomats based in Nairobi. My stay in Nairobi was painful, grim and precarious. I had nowhere to go either for work or for social events.

When I moved to Uganda, survival became difficult and a serious matter. Worst of all, my parents and relatives back home were imprisoned, tortured and systematically discriminated. My educated siblings were nowhere to find government jobs. In their own country, they were treated as third-class citizens. I brought such dreadful acts of the regime in Addis Ababa and their foreign based spies to the attention of many human rights organizations and the UN regional representation offices such as the UNHCR.

Weyane Supporters Sent Out of an Ethiopian Public Meeting in Israel

               Weyanes Kicked Out from an Ethiopian Meeting in Israel

የመንግሥታቱ ድርጅት የሰብዓዊ መብቶች ምክር ቤት አዲስ አባላት

በሰብዓዊ መብቶች አያያዛቸው ላይ ጥያቄ ያለባቸው ሃገሮች በተባበሩት መንግሥታት ድርጅት ጠቅላላ ጉባዔ የድርጅቱ የሰብዓዊ መብቶች ምክር ቤት አባል ተደርገዋል ሲሉ የመብቶች ተሟጋች ቡድኖች ቅሬታቸውን አሰምተዋል፡፡

የሰብዓዊ መብቶች ምክር ቤት /የሎጎ ሥዕል ከፋይል የተገኘ/

 

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German NGO pulls out of Ethiopia in protest of repression

Named after the German Nobel Prize winner for Literature, the Heinrich Böll Foundation is an NGO promoting democracy and human rights. It is leaving Ethiopia in protest against restrictions on its activities.

200 people were killed in Ethiopia while protesting against ballot-rigging in 2005

The closure of the office in Ethiopia is a sign of protest by the foundation against the ongoing restrictions on

 civil rights and freedom of speech” said a statement released by the Heinrich Böll Foundation explaining why they had closed their office in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.

The organization’s chairwoman Barbara Unmüßig and the country director Patrick Berg said it had become impossible for the organization to work for democracy, gender equality and sustainable development under existing circumstances. 

They were referring to the law on NGOs passed in 2009 which is known as the “Charities and Societies Proclamation” and restricts freedom of press, expression and assembly.

The law that worsens human rights 

This “NGO law” severely curtails the activities of non governmental organizations and human rights groups. It is targets not just foreign groups, but also Ethiopia’s two largest human rights organizations.

According to the rights group Amnesty international, the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (HRCO), which has been active since 1991, had its bank account frozen under this law. Nine of its twelve offices have been closed and 85 percent of its staff laid off.

The women’s rights organization Ethiopian Women Lawyers Organization (EWLA) was forced to lay off 75 percent of its staff and assets worth $595,000 (468,000 euros) were frozen. Previously, the organization was able to give free legal assistance to some 20,000 women, nowadays it is barely able to function, says Amnesty international.

Germany’s Heinrich Böll Foundation, which is affiliated to the Greens Party, had been trying for three years to get a bilateral agreement signed with the Ethiopian government which have would granted it more room for manoeuvre than it would have been accorded under the NGO law. But such efforts were in vain.

Appeal at ministerial level in vain

They even tried to raise the issue with the Ethiopian government through the offices of German Development minister Dirk Niebel while he was on a visit to Addis Ababa, but that also yielded no results.

Heinrich Böll, the Nobel Prize winner after whom the foundation takes its name

“We realized that we cannot pursue our mission and we can no longer support our local partners of several years,” Patrick Berg told DW.

Berg said “NGO law” was part of a system of repression and symbolic of a deterioration in human rights that had spread through the country since the elections in 2005. 200 people were killed in demonstrations against ballot-rigging in that poll.

Official Ethiopian government spokesman Bereket Simon was quoted by German’s news agency DPA as saying the government would be “delighted if the Heinrich Böll Foundation would continue its work in Ethiopia.”

The departure of the Heinrich Böll Foundation leaves the Friedrich Ebert Foundation as the only remaining German think tank in Ethiopia.