Armoured Vehicles Surround Ethiopian Embassy In Cairo

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Posted by admin on June 5, 2013

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The Ethiopian embassy in Cairo is surrounded by heavily armed personnel and armoured vehicles. Ethiopian citizens, both refugees and Ethiopian-passport holders, are savagely harassed and beaten by ordinary Egyptians and the police everywhere they move.

According to our sources, it is very difficult for Ethiopians to move around and many people are starving as they fear for their life to go out and buy foodstuff and drinking water. Egyptians are preparing a massive demonstration against Ethiopia to be held next Friday.

On the other hand, Ethiopian Ambassador to Egypt Mohamed Dirrir met with Egyptian opposition leader and former Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa in Cairo today. Ambassador Mohamed Drirr has a two hours meeting with Amr Moussa on the recent developments on the Nile and has made clear that Ethiopia has no any intention of harming egypt or affecting its access to the Nile waters.

New Video: Semaywi Party Demonstration on june 02.06.2013 -- Addis Ababa

On Ginbot 25, 2005 (Ethiopian calendar; (02.06.2013), over one hundred thousand young men and women marched in the streets of Addis Ababa demanding the release of political prisoners, religious freedom, respect for human rights and the Constitution and public accountability. They demanded action on youth unemployment, inflation and corruption. They marched armed with cell phones, placards and banners. They cried out for justice. They sang songs of unity: "Ethiopia! Our Country!" They marched for their rights and the rights of their brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers. What a sight to behold! Tens of thousands of young people demanding their rights in a peaceful demonstration.

የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ እና አስተያየት

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ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ትናንት በአዲስ አበባ ግዙፍ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ አካሂዶዋል። ስለዚሁ ከ 1997 ዓም ወዲህ ትናንት ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ ስለተካሄደው ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ የአዲስ አበባ ወኪላችን ዮሐንስ ገብረ እግዚአብሔር የሕዝብ፣ የአዘጋጂዎቹን እና የመንግሥት ተጠሪን አስተያየት አሰባስቦዋል።

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ኢሕአዴግ የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ አመራሮችን ሊያስር መሆኑን ፍንጭ ሰጠ

June 3, 2013 by SAMUEL ALI

(ዘ-ሐበሻ) ዛሬ ማለዳ በአዲስ አበባ በብዙ ሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ ኢትዮጵያውያን በመወጣት ድምጻቸውን ካሰሙ በኋላ የኢሕአዴግ ጽ/ቤት ሃላፊ አቶ ሬድዋን ሁሴን ለመንግስት መገናኛ ብዙሃን በሰጡት መግለጫ “ፓርቲው ህገ መንግስቱን በመጣስ በሃይማኖት እጁን መክተቱና በህግ የበላይነት አምናለሁ እያለ በፍርድ ቤት ጉዳያቸው የተያዘባቸው ሰዎች በሁካታ ይፈቱልን ማሰኘቱ ተጠያቂ ያደርገዋል” አሉ።

አቶ ሬድዋን በፍርድ ቤት ሽብርተኛ የተባሉ ሰዎችን ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ እንዲፈቱለት መጠየቁ አግባብ አይደለም ካሉ በኋላ “የሃይማኖት አክራሪነትን አጀንዳው አድርጎ ሲንቀሳቀስ የነበረው ሰማያዊ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ ጸረ ህገ መንግስታዊ እንቅስቃሴው ዛሬ በጠራው ሰልፍ ተጋልጧል ብሎ ኢህአዴግ ያምናል።” በማለት የፓርቲው ሰዎችን ለማሰር ያለውን እቅድ ፍንጭ ሰጥቷል።

የኢሕአዴግ መንግስት በተለያዩ ጊዜያት በልምድ እንደታየው ግለሰቦችን ማሰር ሲፈልግ “ሕገመንግስቱን” እንደሚጠቅስ የሚያስታውሱት የፖለቲካ ተንታኞች ኢሕአዴግ ይህን “ሰማያዊ ያዘጋጀውን ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ላልተፈለገ አላማ አውሎታል” ሲል መግለጹ እንደተለመደው ሰበብ ፈልጎ ለማሰር ያለውን እቅድ ያሳየ ነው ብለውታል።

አቶ ሬድዋን በመግለጫቸው “በሰልፉ በአብዛኛው የተንጸባረቀው የሙስሊም መፍትሄ አፈላላጊ ኮሚቴዎች ይፈቱ እየተባለ መስተጋባቱ፤ ፓርቲው ህገ መንግስቱን በመጣስ በሃይማኖት እጁን መክተቱና በህግ የበላይነት አምናለሁ እያለ በፍርድ ቤት ጉዳያቸው የተያዘባቸው ሰዎች በሁካታ ይፈቱልን ማሰኘቱ ተጠያቂ ያደርገዋል” ሲሉ በግልጽ መናገራቸውን የተመለከቱ የፖለቲካ ተንታኞች ስርዓቱ ይህን አይነት መግለጫ የሚሰጠው ከፍራቻ እንደሆነ ተናግረዋል።

የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ሊቀ መንበር ኢንጂነር ይልቃል ጌትነት በበኩላቸው ለመንግስታዊ ሚዲያዎች ሰጡት በተባለው አስተያየት በሃይማኖት ውስጥ ችግር አለ እስከተባለ ድረስ እና የታሰሩ ሰዎች እስኪፈቱ ድረስ ፓርቲው ትግሉን ይቀጥላል ብለዋል። በዛሬው በሰልፉ በቅርቡ በቤንሻንጉል ክልል እንግልት የደረሰባቸው የአማራ ክልል አርሶ አደሮች አደሮች ጉዳይ ፣ በአሸባሪነት ተጠርጥረው የታሰሩ የፖለቲካ መሪዎችና የህዝበ ሙስሊሙ የመፍትሄ አፈላላጊ ኮሚቴ አባላት እንዲሁም የጋዜጠኝነት ሙያቸውን በአግባቡ በመወጣታቸው የተወነጀሉ ጋዜጠኞች ከእስር ይፈቱ የሚሉ ጥያቄዎች ተነስተዋል፡፡

 በየትኛውም አካባቢ ተዘዋውረን የመኖር መብታችን ይከበርልን ፣ ህገ መንግስቱን የሚቃወሙ አፋኝ አዋጆች ይሰረዙልን ብለዋል ሰልፈኞቹ ሲሉ የመንግስት መገናኛ ብዙሃንም ዛሬ ጠዋትም ዘ-ሐበሻ መዘገቧ ይታወሳል።

ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ባለፉት ሳምንታት ጠርቶ ሲገፋ የቆየው ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ዛሬ በአዲስ አበባ ተካሂዷል።

ሰማያዊው ፓርቲ ባነሳቸው ጥያቄዎች ላይም መንግስት በሶስት ወራት ውስጥ መልስ ካልሰጠ ከዛሬው የበለጠ ሰላማዊ ትግል እንደሚቀጥል የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ዛሬ በጠራው ሰልፍ ላይ አሳውቋል። ሰልፉን የተከታተለው የአዲስ አበባ ዘጋቢያችን ዮሃንስ ገብረ እግዚያብሄርን አነጋግረንዋል።



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ዮሃንስ ገብረ እግዚያብሄር
ልደት አበበ
መስፍን መኮንን                     

Semayawi Party Demonstration Addis Ababa (video) June 2, 2013

ለስምንት አመታት ታፍኖ የነበረው ኢትዮጵያዊ ማለትም ከምርጫ 97 በኋላ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ እራሱን መስዋት አድርጎ በሰጠው ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ የወያኔን መንግስት በህዝብ ድምጽ ላይ መቀለድ ይቅርብህ ብሎ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ወጣ ። መብትን በሰላማዊ ሰልፍ መጠየቅ  እንደ ወንጀል አድርጎ የደነገገው ጠቅላይ የሞስና ባላባት የሆነው  መለሰ ዘናዊ  ነበር ።

Ethiopia arrests reporter for covering land evictions

Committee to Protect Journalists
June 1, 2013

Ethiopian journalist Muluken Tesfahun of the privately owned weekly newspaper Ethio-Mehedar was arrested while reporting on the return of thousands of farmers who had been forced from their land near the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The government has admitted the March evictions were illegal, but so far no charges have been brought against the reporter. DW spoke to Mohammed Keita, Advocacy coordinator for sub-Saharan Africa at the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York.

DW: What is known about journalist Muluken Tesfahun and the circumstances that led to his arrest?

Mohammed Keita: Muluken Tesfahun had been sent by his newspaper to interview residents who had been forcefully evicted from their homes in mid-April. They were some allegations of violence and even unconfirmed reports of deaths. For months, the Ethiopian government maintained silence over the evictions until the Prime Minister in parliament finally condemned the evictions and invited the victims to return. Muluken had been sent to speak to people and collect their testimonies and also investigate their conditions, whether their return had been peaceful or not. In the midst of talking and interviewing people, he was arrested by police. He has been under police custody without charges and has not been taken to court which is a violation of his constitutional right. The Ethiopian constitution has set a limit of 48 hours for detention before being taken to a court.

Do you know where he has been detained?

He is currently being detained in Asosa, capital of the Benishangul-Gumuz region. He has been moved a couple of times, because he was actually arrested in a rural village while he was still speaking to farmers. These farmers had been forcefully displaced. To this day, local authorities have not given an explanation as to why these evictions were taking place.

He is not the first journalist to be detained while working on this story is he?

He is the first one that we have documented, there might have been others. Sometimes journalists do not report such things for fear of government reprisal.

Why are the Ethiopian authorities so anxious to keep this story under wraps?

This falls into a long standing pattern of the Ethiopian government suppressing any news that counters the official narrative and propaganda that is projected to the world. The Ethiopian government does not tolerate any criticism of any kind. It has been vindictive against journalists who have raised questions about its policies and sensitive topics like dam construction or human rights issues, political dissent or the conflict in the Ogaden. Many of these issues unfortunately are suppressed and we do not have enough information about these issues because reporters can not even carry out basic reporting on the ground. They are under surveillance, they are arrested as soon as they speak to people. Most people as well are afraid of speaking to reporters because they are harassed and persecuted for speaking truthfully to media. It's a very closed environment where independent voices are stifled and civil society has been guided by laws similar to those in Russia. The government dominates the media and the political space at such a level that it has a free range to project its narrative unchallenged. This newspaper (Muluken Tesfahun's) is one of the rare newspapers left. Over the last two decades, under the Ethiopian ruling party, at least 72 newspapers have been forced to shut under political pressure from the government.

Is there any chance that things might improve anytime soon?

Things are looking rather gloomy for press freedom in Ethiopia. The government has been on a repressive bent, especially since the contested elections in 2005. It has become increasingly authoritarian, it has been deepening ties with China's communist party CCP, it has been leading Africa in censoring the internet, and prisons are filled with journalists and dissidents. Ethiopia only trails Eritrea among leading jailers of journalists. But still the government is a donor darling and western partner in counter-terrorism. Western powers have basically continued to look the other way.

Mohammed Keita is the Advocacy coordinator for sub-Saharan Africa at the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York