COLONIALIZM Vs FREDDOM IN HISTORY OF ETHIOPIA

In my point of view the history of Ethiopia, colonialism and fighting 

for freedom and unity have long relation in the nation’s history .Literal definition of 

colonialism is exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one or the use of the weaker 

country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country. In addition to this, 

policy and practice of a power in extending control over weaker peoples or areas is also 

categorized as colonialism.

I just wanted to mention some of these leaders to elaborate the aspect.

Ethiopia was reunified in 1855 by Tewodros II, It was the beginning of Ethiopia's modern 

history. As great leader of Ethiopia he among with heroes of his times was able to defend 

the country from an Egyptian invasion in 1874.

A more rapid modernization took place under Menelik II. Under Menelik II Ethiopia 

defeated Italian invasion in 1896 and came to be recognized as a legitimate state by 

European powers.

HAILE SELASSIE

Haile Selassie, who is historical leader to lay foundation for African Union. The modern 

Italian army annexed Ethiopia in 1935 and combined it with its other colonies to create 

Italian East Africa, forcing Haile Selassie to flee out of the country. Haile Selassie 

addresses the matter for the whole world and UN at that time. A joined force of British 

and Ethiopian rebels managed to drive the Italians out of the country in 1941, and Haile 

Selassie was returned to the throne.

This and many other leaders of our own has played their role as a great leader .However, 

in contrary to these leaders, EPRDF or TPLF is implementing controlling mechanism of 

the country by means of internal colonialism. 

Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF)/ The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary 

Democratic Front The current government of Ethiopia (EPRDF) come to power in 1991 

G.C. Since, they came to power start destabilize the country by implementing internal 

colonialism and dividing the people by their ethnical group, making the people enemy to 

Internal colonialism is a notion of structural political and economic inequalities between 

regions within a nation state and clearly creates uneven effects of economic development 

on a regional basis known as "uneven development", and exploitation of minority groups 

within a wider society. The government is implementing this idea by controlling the 

following and other aspects to succeed on the matter.

The first one is by controlling the rule of low. As it is clearly stated in our constitution the 

low is the superior and everyone under the loe is equal. However, the exact opposite is what is 

implemented in our country. There is absolutely no rule of law since EPRDF came to power 

In addition to this, in our constitution and many international laws democratic 

government have three parts each with its own clear responsibility Executive Branch: 

acting as chief law enforcement, Legislative Branch: make the laws, Judicial Branch: 

Headed by the Supreme Court. Its powers include interpreting the Constitution, 

reviewing laws, and deciding cases involving states' rights.

These three groups are responsible for democratic situation of one country and provide check 

and balance in the system. Even though, this roles and responsible parts are clearly stated in the 

constitution, the actual scenario is far more different. The low maker the low enforcer and the 

low interpreter is one and the same which is EPRDF(TPLF).

The second one is by controlling freedom of Political Opposition parties. Major breaking event 

in peaceful political opposition took place in 2005 election. It was clear that people 

of Ethiopia were united and were ready for change. However, the action EPRDF took 

resulted to a total of 199 people (193 civilians and six policemen) and 763 were injured, 

and showed that EPRDF is not willing to negotiate in democratically. Since 2005 

election all political opposition are not free to exercise . Leaders and supporter of 

opposition political parties are facing arbitrary arrest torture and ill treatment from time 

In addition to this the government also controls Freedom of speech. To put it in simple 

words According to Human Rights Watch 2013 report Ethiopia is the second country in 

Africa in terms of the number of jailed journalist. According to amnesty international 

annual report in 2013 about Ethiopia it stated the state stifled freedom of expression, 

severely restricting the activities of the independent media, political opposition parties 

and human rights organizations. Journalist, activist and political leders who criticize the 

government are sent to jail with allegation of being terrorist like Ekender nega , Reyot 

Alemu,Yusuf Getachew Andualem Arrage and many more.

The government is also controlling freedom of each religion, religious places including their 

leader .In our constitution it clearly states that government and religion are separated and one 

could not interfere on the other. However, It reached to a point where peoples couldn’t practice 

there religion freely and a lot of religious leaders are dying and are in prison till this day, religious 

monasteries are being given to private investors while their leaders are forced to leave, we are 

seeing election of religious leaders taking place in woredas and kebele level .

In spite all the government is practicing Land Grabbing and Vigilization. TPLF has already 

gave Millions of acres of Ethiopia’s most fertile lands to foreign investors, often in long-

term leases. Peoples living for years are forcedly evicted to free up their land and resettle 

where they could not access adequate food, water and medical care. Peoples are being 

forced to become dependent on aid handouts having lost their land and their ability to 

produce their own food. The government has already moved 200,000 households into 388 

resettlement centers.

It seems like the government has already prepared a place for those who passes all the above 

limits which is called Maekelawi among the other prisons. On report of Land info in 2013 

about Ethiopia prison state that the exact number of prisons is unknown, but there are 

an estimated 120 federal and regional prisons. In addition to this, there are prisons 

and detention centers connected to police stations and on the woreda and kebele 

administrative levels. In 2010 it was estimated that 86,000 were imprisoned, but the 

figure is very uncertain prisoners facing serious abuse and intimidation. Being whipped 

with wires and electrical cords and threats of being injected with HIV-infected blood are 

some of the methods used.

These are some of the acts i mentioned here but there are more actions that proofs that Ethiopia 

was and still is under internal colonialism for the past 24 years by TPLF. As our previous 

father thought us we should be free of colony and for that we should unit ourselves. There are 

obviously two options to end this power once and for all. The first one is Peaceful opposition; 

however as history thought as in 2005 election and the act of TPLF today this is not the best 

The other option is to overthrow this regime by armed force. I believe we must use all possible 

means of struggles including armed forces this is the way the regime could be defeated and 

regain the previous name of Ethiopia. There for as responsible citizens we should all unite our 

selves to support every opposition parties and armed forces which believe in one Ethiopia and 

freedom of its people. Otherwise, only shame will be left for the next generation to refer as a 

MAY GOD BLESS ETHIOPIA!!!

መቀሌ በእሳት ቃጠሎ አደጋ ተናጠች

 

አብረሃ ደስታ ከመቀሌ እንደዘገበው፦ ዛሬ ሌሊት (ማክሰኞ አጥብያ) ህዳር 23/24, 2006 ዓም በመቐለ ከተማ ሰሜን ወረዳ 06 ቀበሌ የእሳት ቃጠሎ አደጋ ደርሶ 70 የFurniture and Metal works Workshops ሙሉ በሙሉ ወድመዋል። በዎርክሾፖቹ የሚተዳደሩት ከ250-300 የሚሆኑ ሰራተኞች የነበሩ ሲሆን በጠቅላላ ከ22 ሚልዮን ብር በላይ የሚገመት ንብረት ወድመዋል።

ማዘጋጃቤት መርዳት ባለመቻሉ ኗሪዎቹ ወደ አየርመንገድና ሲሚንቶ ፋብሪካ በመሄድ የእሳት አደጋ መከላከያ መኪኖች እንዲረዱ የጠየቁ ሲሆን የአየር መንገዱ በመጨረሻ አከባቢ ደርሷል፤ የሲሚንቶ ፋብሪካው ግን በቂ ዉኃ ሳይዝ በመምጣቱ ብዙ ንብረት ማዳን አልቻለም።የአደጋው መንስኤ ባከባቢው የሚገኘው የመንግስት የመብራት ትራንስፎርመር በመቃጠሉ ነው። ትራንስፎርመሩ ከሁለት ዓመት በፊት ጀምሮ የመቃጠል ምልክቶች እንደነበሩትና ያከባቢው ኗሪዎችም በተደጋጋሚ ለመንግስት አካላት ትራንስፎርመሩ እንዲጠግኑት ጥያቄ ቢያቀርቡም መልስ ባለመግኘታቸው ችግሩ መፈጠሩ ተጠቅሷል። ስለዚህ አደጋው ያጋጠመው በመንግስት አካላት ቸልተኝነት መሆኑ ነው።የእሳት አደጋው በቀላሉ መቆጣጠር ይቻል የነበረ ቢሆንም ሁለቱም የመቐለ ከተማ ማዛጋጃቤት የእሳት አደጋ ማጥፍያ ተሽከርካሪዎች ‘ተበላሸተው ጋራጅ ገብተዋል’ በሚል ምክንያት አደጋው የመቆጣጠሩ ጥረት አዳጋች አድርጎታል።

የመቐለ ማዛጋጃቤት የእሳት አደጋ ማጥፍያ ተሽከርካሪዎች ተበላሽተዋል ሲባል ገረመኝ። BTW, የተቃጠሉ ድርጅቶች ፎቶ ለማስነሳት ያደረግነው ጥረት በፖሊስ ሃይል ተከልክለናል። የመቐለው 06 ቀበሌ ‘የኢንዱስትሪ ዞን’ ነው።

በመንግስት ቸልተኝነት ምክንያት ንብረት ሲወድም ያሳዝናል።

የወያኔ አገዛዝ በመልዕክተኞቹ በኩል ላቀረበው የ“እንደራደር” ጥያቄ ከግንቦት 7 የፍትህ፣ የነፃነትና የዲሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ የተሰጠ ምላሽ

ሰበር ዜና፣ ግንቦት 7 ወያኔ ላቀረበው “እንደራደር” ጥያቄ መልስ ሰጠ

 

ወያኔ ኢትዮጵያ ዉስጥ የገነባዉ ሥርዓት በከፍተኛ ችግሮች የተወጠረ ነው። ከቅርብ ጊዜ ወዲህ ደግሞ የመሪው ሞት በወያኔ መሀል ያስከተለው ቀውስ፤ የሕዝብ ሁለገብ ትግል ከጊዜ ወደ ጊዜ እየጎለበት መሄድ የፈጠረበት ስጋት እና ምርጫ በደረሰ ቁጥር የሚደርስበት ጭንቀት መጨመር ተደማምረው ውጥረቱን ወደ ከፍተኛ ደረጃ እያደረሱት መሆኑን የሚያሳዩ በቂ ምልክቶች አሉ። የእስካሁኑ ተሞክሮዓችን እንደሚያሳየው ወያኔ ውጥረት ሲበዛበትና መዉጪያና መግቢያዉ ሲጠፋዉ ፣ ተቃዋሚ ድርጅቶችን “እንወያይ፣ እንደራደር” በማለት ለውጥረት ማስተንፈሻ ጊዜ የሚገዛ መሆኑን ነው። ሰሞኑን በወያኔ አገዛዝ መልዕክተኞች በኩል የደረሰንን “የእንደራደር” ጥያቄ ንቅናቄያችን በዋናነት ያየው ወያኔ እንደለመደው ድርድርን ለውጥረት ማስተንፈሻነት ለመጠቀም እየሞከረ መሆኑን ነው።

የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ የሚመኘው ዲሞክራሲያዊ ለውጥ በሰላማዊ መንገድ በሚደረግ ትግልና በጠረጴዛ ዙሪያ በሚደረጉ ዉይይቶች ቢመጣ የግንቦት 7 ምርጫ መሆኑን ንቅናቄያችን በተደጋጋሚ ግልጽ አድርጓል። ግንቦት 7ን ሁለገብ ትግል ውስጥ እንዲገባ ያስገደደው የወያኔ እምቢተኝነትና እብሪት ብቻ ነው።

የግንቦት 7 ሥራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴ የሰሞኑ የወያኔ የእንደራደር መልዕክት እንደደረሰው በጉዳዩ ዙሪያ በሰፊው ከተወያየ በኋላ ይህ ጉዳይ የኢትዮጵያን ሕዝብ ባጠቃላይ እንጂ ግንቦት 7ን ብቻ የሚመለከት ጉዳይ እንዳልሆነ ከድምዳሜ ላይ ደርሷል። ይህ ጉዳይ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ለዴሞክራሲያዊ ሥርዓት ግንባታ ከሚያደርገው ትግልና እየከፈለ ካለው መስዕዋትነት ጋር በቀጥታ ግንኙነት አለው። በመሆኑም፤ ለቀረበልን ጥያቄ ግልጽ መልስና፤ ድርድር ስለሚባለው ጉዳይም ያለንን አቋም ጉዳዩ በቀጥታ ለሚመለከተው የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብና የተለያዩ የፖለቲካ ድርጅቶች ሁሉ ለማቅረብ የሚያስችል ተጨማሪ አጋጣሚ አድርገን ወስደነዋል። በዚህም መሠረት ለቀረበልን ጥያቄ የሰጠነዉን መልስና አቋማችንን በድርጅታችን ድረ ገጽ ላይና በሌሎች መገናኛ ብዙሀን በኩል በይፋ ለመግለጽ ወስነናል።

በድርድር ስለሚመጣ ለውጥ ያለን የመርህ አመለካከት:

ከዚህ በፊት በተደጋጋሚ ለኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ግልጽ እንዳደረግነው ድርጅታችን ከምሥረታው ጀምሮ የትግል ስልቱን ሲወስን እምነቱ አድርጎ የተነሳው ዴሞክራሲያዊ ለውጥ በሀገራችን በሰላማዊ መንገድና በድርድር ቢመጣ በእጅጉ የሚፈልገውና የሚመኘው መሆኑን ነው:: ድርጅታችንን ወደ ሁለንተናዊ ትግል የገፋው በመግቢያው ላይ እንደገለጽነው የወያኔ እብሪት ብቻ ነው:: የቀረበልን ምርጫ በባርነትና በውርደት መኖር ወይም ለነፃነት እየታገልን መሞት ቢሆን ኖሮ ንቅናቄያችን የሚመረጠው ምን ግዜም ለነፃነትና ለአገር አንድነት ታግሎ በክብር መሞት መሆኑን በተደጋጋሚ ለሕዝብ ግልጽ አድርገናል። ይህ የማይናወጥ አቋማችን ደግሞ ለይምሰል የተቀመጠ አቋም ሳይሆን ከልባችን የምናምንበትና ኢትዮጵያን ጨምሮ በዓለም ዙሪያ የሚገኙ አባላቶቻችንን ያሰባሰብንበት አቋም ነው። ዛሬ በትግሉ ግንባር የምንንቀሳቀሰውና ወደ ግባችን የሚወስደንን ተጨባጭ እርምጃዎች እየወሰድን ያለነውም በዚሁ አቋማችን ዙሪያ ነዉ።

ይህ አቋማችንና እምነታችን በአንድ ላይ ጎን ለጎን የሚሄዱ ሁለት መርሆችን አጣምሮ የያዘ ነዉ። አንደኛው፣ ሂደትን በሚመለከት ሁሌም ለድርድር ክፍት መሆኑን የሚያመለክት ሲሆን፣ ሁለተኛው ደግሞ፣ ይህ የድርድር ሂደት እንዲያው ለለበጣ የሚደረግ ሳይሆን ወደሚፈለገው ነጻነት በአነስተኛ መስዕዋትነት ሊያደርስ ይችል ከሆነ በሩን ላለመዝጋት እንጂ፣ በምንም አይነት ዋና ውጤቱን፤ ማለትም ኢትዮጵያን እውነተኛ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሀገር ማድረግን፤ የሚቀይር ወይንም ከዚያ ያነሰ ውጤትን ለመቀበል መፍቀድን ፈጽሞ የማያመለክት መሆኑን ነው::

በእኛ በኩል ድርድሩን አስፈላጊና ጠቃሚ የሚያደርጉት መነሻ የፖለቲካ እሳቤዎችም ከእነኝሁ ሁለት መንታ ገጽታዎች የሚመነጩ ናቸው:: በድርድር ለሚገኝ ፍትሀዊና እውነተኛ ውጤት ክፍት መሆናችንን ሁሌም እናሳያለን፤ ነገር ግን ይህን የምናደርገው የሕዝብ የሥልጣን ባለቤትነት የተረጋገጠባትን ኢትዮጵያን እውን ማድረግ የሚጠይቀውን ማንኛውንም መስዋዕትነት መከፈል አለበት የሚለውን መሠረታዊ የአካሄድ መርህ በመመርኮዝ እንጂ መርሀችንን ለድርድር ለማቅረብ እንዳልሆነ በግልጽ መታወቅ ይኖርበታል::

ስለዚህም:

ሀ)    የድርድሩ ውጤት የኢትዮጵያን ሕዝብ የሥልጣን ባለቤትነት ያረጋገጠ የዴሞክራሲያዊ ሥርዓትን በአስቸኳይ እውን ማድረግ መሆን ይኖርበታል:: ይህ ዋናው ግብ ሆኖ ከዚህ በመለስ የሚኖሩ በሂደት የሚገኙ አነስተኛ ግቦች ሊኖሩ ይችላሉ (ለምሳሌ የፖለቲካ እስረኞች ማስፈታት…ወዘተ):: ሆኖም በምንም አይነት ለእነኝህ መለስተኛ ግቦች ተብሎ ዋናውን ግብ የሚያሳጣ ወይንም ጊዜውን ያላግባብ የሚያስረዝም ድርድር፣ ድርድር ነው ብሎ ድርጅታችን አይቀበልም። ስለዚህም ዋናው የድርጅታችን ዓላማና ግብ የሆነው የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ የሥልጣን ባለቤትነት ፣ በፍጹም ለድርድር የሚቀርብ ጉዳይ አይደለም:: በሥልጣን ላይ ባለው ኃይል በኩል ወደዚህ ግብ ለመድረስ ቁርጠኝነቱ በሌለበት ሁኔታ በሚደረግ ማንኛውም አይነት ድርድር ውስጥ ግንቦት 7 አይሳተፍም::

ለ)  በግንቦት 7 እምነት ማንኛውም ድርድር ወያኔ ከግንቦት 7 ጋር በተናጠል የሚያደረገው ሳይሆን ጉዳዩ የሚመለከታቸውን ሁሉንም የፖለቲካ ኃይሎች ያካተተ መሆን ይኖርበታል:: ድርጅቶችን በተናጠል እየለያዩ “እንደራደር” ማለት በራሱ ጊዜያዊ የፖለቲካ ጥቅም ስሌትን የያዘ እሳቤ እንጂ፣ በዘላቂነት አገሪቱን እውነተኛ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አገር ለማድረግ መፈለግን አያመለክትም:: ለአንድ ድርጅት ለብቻው የሚመጣ ወይም የሚጠቅም ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሥርዓት የለም:: ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሥርዓት የመፍጠር ፍላጎት ያለው ድርድር በአገሪቱ ያሉትን የተለያዩ የፖለቲካም ሆነ የሲቪክ ኃይሎችን ያካተተና ያመኑበት መሆን ይኖርበታል:: የሚደረገው ድርድርም ማን በስልጣን ላይ ይውጣ ወይንም የፖለቲካ ስልጣንን ባሉት ኃይሎች መሀከል እንዴት እናከፋፍለው የሚል የስልጣን ቅርምት ድርድር ሳይሆን፤ ሕጋዊና የሕዝቡን የሥልጣን ሉዓላዊነት ባረጋገጠ ሁኔታ የፖለቲካ ስልጣን እንዴት እንደሚያዝ ፍትሀዊ የሆነ ሂደትን ለማስጀመር የሚደረግ ድርድር መሆን አለበት::

ሐ) ቀደም ብለን እንደጠቀስነው ይህ ጉዳይ የሚመለከተው አንድን ድርጅት ወይንም የፖለቲካ ድርጅቶችን ብቻ ሳይሆን መላውን የኢትዮጵያን ሕዝብ ነው:: ይህ እስከሆነ ድረስ እንዲህ አይነት ድርድር ከሕዝቡ በተደበቀ ሁኔታ በሚስጥር የሚካሄድበት ምንም ምክንያት የለም::

2)   ከዚህ በፊት ከወያኔ ጋር ከተደረጉ ድርድሮች ያገኘናቸው ተመክሮዎችና ከዚህ በመነሳት ወደፊት በሚደረጉ ምንም አይነት ድርድሮች እንዳይደገሙ ለመጠበቂያ የሚሆኑ ከአሁኑ መወሰድ ያለባቸው እርምጃዎች

ከማንኛውም ወገን ጋር የሚደረግ ድርድር የተደራዳሪዎቹ ምንነት፤ ውስጣዊ ባህርያቸውን፤ ከተለምዶ ተግባራቸው ያላቸውን ተአማኒነትና ወደዚህኛው ድርድር ያመጣቸውን ምክንያቶች በበቂ ከመገንዘብ ጋር ተያይዞ የሚታይ ጉዳይ ነው:: ቃሉን አክባሪና ተዓማኒ ከሆነ ሰው ጋር የሚደረግ ድርድርና ያለፈው ታሪኩ ምንም አይነት የተዓማኒነት ባህርይ ከማያሳይ ቡድን ጋር የሚደረግ ድርድርም ሆነ ለድርድሩ የሚደረግ ዝግጅት ለየቅል ናቸው:: ይህ ማለት ግን ተዓማኒነት ካለው ኃይል ጋር ብቻ ነው ድርድር የሚካሄደው ማለት አይደለም:: በፍጹም ተዓማኒ ካልሆነ ኃይል ጋር የሚደረግ ማንኛውም ድርድር ግን ድርድሩ በእርግጥም ተግባራዊ ሊሆን የሚችል መሆኑን የሚያሳዩ ጠንካራ መጠበቂያዎች (System of Verification) እንዲሁም ግልጽ የመተግበሪያ ሥርዓቶች (Implementation Mechanism) ሲደረጉለት ብቻ ነው ከምር ሊወሰድ የሚችለው:: ከዚህም ባሻገር ግን መጀመሪያውኑ ወደ ድርድር የሚመጣው ለጊዜያዊ የፖለቲካ ጥቅም ሳይሆን በእዉነተኛ መንፈስ ከድርድር የሚመጣውን ውጤት በመፈለግ መሆኑን የሚያሳዩ “የመተማመኛ” ምልክቶች ሲያሳይ ነው በእርግጥም ወደ ድርድር የመጣው ከልቡ ድርድሩንና ከድርድሩ የሚመጣዉን ዉጤት ፈልጎ መሆኑን ለማመን የሚያስችለው::

ወያኔ ከተቀናቃኝ ወገኖች ጋር “ድርድር” ሲያደርግ የመጀመሪያ ጊዜዉ አይደለም:: እኛ እስከምናውቀው ድረስ ምናልባት በኃይል ይበልጡኛል ብሎ ከሚያምናቸው ወገኖች ጋር ካልሆነ በስተቀር፣ በረሃ ከነበረበት ጊዜ ጀምሮ በማንኛውም ጊዜ ለቃሉ ታማኝ፤ ለመርሁ እውነተኛ፤ ለደረሰበት ስምምነት ተገዢ ሆኖ አያውቅም:: ይልቁንም ሶስተኛ አደራዳሪ ወገኖችን በሚያሸማቅቅና በሚያሳፍር መልኩ ውሸትን እንደ አዋቂነት፤ ማጭበርበርን እንደ ብልጠት፤ የተስማማበትን በገሀድ ማፍረስን እንደ የአመራር ብልሀት አድርጎ የሚያይ፤ ምንም እፍረትና ጨዋነት የሚባል ነገር ያልፈጠረበት እኩይ ኃይል ነው:: ከራሱ የድርጅት ጥቅምና በስልጣን ከሚገኝ የዝርፊያ ሀብት ማካበት ባሻገር፤ ለአገር ዘላቂ ጥቅም ብሎ የራሱን ጥቅም አሳልፎ የሚወስደው ምንም እርምጃ እንደሌለ በተግባር በተደጋጋሚ ያረጋገጠልን ኃይል ነው:: በግንቦት 7 ውስጥ ያለን ወገኖች ይህንን የወያኔ ባህርይ በንድፈ ሀሳብ ደረጃ ሌሎች ጽፈውት ያነበብነው ሳይሆን፣ እራሳችን በተግባር በተሳትፈንበት ሂደት ያገኘነው ጥልቅ ግንዛቤ ነው:: ይህንን ደግሞ በአንድ አጋጣሚ ብቻ ሳይሆን ከድርጅቱ ታሪክ ጋር የተጣበቀ፤ በአመራር አባላቱ ላይ እንደ ግል ባህርይ የሰረጸ መሆኑን እስክንገነዘብ ድረስ በተደጋጋሚ የተመለከትነው ነው:: ስለዚህም ከዚህ ኃይል በኩል የሚመጣን የ “እንደራደር” ጥያቄ ከዚህ በፊት እንዳደረገው ለገባበት የፖለቲካ ውጥረት ማስተንፈሻ፣ ለውሸት ፕሮፓጋንዳው መጠቀሚያ፤ ለጊዜያዊ የፖለቲካ ትርፍ መሰብሰቢያ፤ የዴሞክራሲ ታጋዮችን ትጥቅ ማስፈቺያና ወኔ መስለቢያ አድርጎ እንዲጠቀምበት በፍጹም አንፈቅድለትም:: ስለዚህም ከላይ በመርህ ደረጃ ከጠቀስናቸው ሶስት ጉዳዮች በተጨማሪ ምንም ዓይነት ድርድር ከመደረጉ በፊት ወያኔ ጉዳዩን ከምር የወሰደው መሆኑን የሚያሳዩ “የመተማመኛ” እርምጃዎች መውሰድ አለበት ብለን እናምናለን::

እነኝህም፣

ሀ)  ሁሉንም የፖለቲካ እስረኞች፤ ጋዜጠኞች፤ የሰብአዊ መብት ተሟጋቾች ያለምንም ቅድመ ሁኔታ መፍታት:: ይህ ደግሞ በግልጽ     የሚታወቁ እስረኞችን ብቻ ሳይሆን በድብቅ የተቋቋሙ ማጎሪያና ማሰቃያ ቤቶች ያሉትን ሁሉ ማጠቃለል አለበት።

ለ)  በሕዝብ በተለይ በተቃዎሚ ኃይሎች ላይ ወያኔ በየቀኑ እያካሄደ ያለውን ወከባና እንግልት ባስቸኳይ ማቆም፣ ሰብዓዊና የዜግነት መብታቸውን ማክበር አለበት።

ሐ)   በፖለቲካ ምክንያት ከዚህ በፊት የተወሰዱ ሁሉም ዓይነት ፍርድ ተብዮ ውሳኔዎች እንዲሻሩ ማድረግ፤ በሂደት ላይ ያሉ ከፖለቲካ ጋር የተያያዙ ምንም አይነት ክሶችን ማቋረጥ አለበት።

መ)   ሕዝብን በፍርሃትና በስጋት ለማቆየት ሆነ ተብለው የወጡ አፋኝ ህጎችን በአስቸኳይ ማንሳት አለበት።

ሠ)   ማንኛውም ድርድር ገለልተኛ የሆኑ ሶስተኛ ወገኖች ባሉበት፤ የድርድሩ ሂደት በምስልና በድምጽ ተቀርጾ በገለልተኛ ወገኖች እጅ ብቻ የሚቀመጥ፣ የድርድሩ ቦታም የተደራዳሪ ወገኖች በጋራ በሚስማሙበት ቦታ መሆኑን መቀበልና ይህንንም በግልጽ ለኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ማሳወቅ አለበት።

እነኝህ ከላይ ያስቀመጥናቸው በወያኔ በኩል የሚወሰዱ “የመተማመኛ” እርምጃዎች ለተቃዋሚዎች ተብሎ የሚወሰዱ እርምጃዎች አይደሉም:: ወያኔ እነዚህን እርምጃዎች ለመውሰድ ቁርጠኝነት ሳይኖረው ለእውነተኛ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሥርዓት መመስረት የሚደረግ ድርድር ላይ ከምር ይሳተፋል ብለን ማመን በፍጹም ስለማንችል ነው ::

እስከዚያው ድረስ ግን ግንቦት 7ም ሆነ ሌሎች ለዴሞክራሲያዊ ሥርዓት መመስረት በቁርጠኝነት የምንታገል ኃይሎች፣ ወያኔ እነኝህን የመተማመኛ እርምጃዎች እስኪወስድና ቀደም ብለው በተቀመጡት መርሆች መሠረት በሚደረግ ድርድር በተግባር ሊመነዘር የሚችል ስምምነት፣ አልፎም ለምንም አይነት ማጭበርበርና መንሸራተት እድል የማይሰጥ ጠንካራ መጠበቂያዎች መኖራቸው እስኪረጋገጥ ድረስ፣ የጀመርነውን ትግል ይበልጥ አጠናክረን የምንገፋበት እንጂ በምንም አይነት ለአንድ አፍታም ቢሆን በድርድር ስም የማንዘናጋ መሆኑን አበክረን እናስታውቃለን::

የግንቦት 7: የፍትህ፣ የነፃነትና የዲሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ ሥራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴ፣

ኅዳር 23፣ 2006 ዓ:ም

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ከኢትዮጵያ ዜጎች ጋር በተያያዘ በሳውድ አረቢያ ከፍተኛ የሆነ አደጋ ማንዣበቡን ኢትዮጵያውያን ተናገሩ

ኢሳት ዜና :-በሳውድ አረቢያ የሚታየው ሁኔታ እጅግ አስፈሪ ነው ይላሉ ያነጋገርናቸው ዜጎች። ከ40 ሺ በላይ ኢትዮጵያን በእስር ቤቶች ውስጥ ይገኛሉ። ወደ አገራቸው ለመመለስ የሚፈልጉ በአስር ሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ ዜጎች ቀናቸውን ይጠባባቃሉ። የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት በመቶ ሺ የሚቆጠረውን ስደተኛ ለማስተናገድ የመደበው የሰው ሀይል 40 ብቻ ነው። የሳውድ አረቢያ መንግስት ደግሞ በተዘዋዋሪ መንገድ ኢትዮጵያውያን ከአገሪቱ ምድር ተጠራርገው እንዲወጡ እየቀሰቀሰ ነው። ሁኔታው በዚህ ከቀጠለ፣ በኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ ታይቶ የማይታወቅ አደጋ ሊፈጠር ይችላል ብሏል  አንድ ስሙ እንዳይገለጽ የፈለገ ጋዜጠኛ።
በዛሬው እለት በተለያዩ የሳውዲ ከተሞች የተበተነው የኤስ ኤም ኤስ መልዕክት  ህጋዊ ለተባሉትም ሆነ ህገወጥ ለሚባሉት ኢትዮጵያውያን የማስጠንቀቂያ ደወል ነው ይላሉ እኝህ ጋዜጠኛ።

በሞባይል ስልኮች የተበተነው ኤስ ኤም ኤስ ኢትዮጵያውያንን ቀጥራችሁ የምታሰሩ እንዲሁም መኖሪያ ቤት ያከራያችሁ ሁሉ በአስቸኳይ እንድታስወጡ፣ ይህን ባታደርጉ ግን 100 ሺ ረያል ትከፍላለችሁ የሚል እንደሆነ ያነጋገርናቸው ኢትዮጵያውያን ገልጸዋል። ይህን መልእክት ተከትሎ በርካታ ኢትዮጵያውያን ከተከራዩበት ቤት ተባረዋል። 9 ኢትዮጵያውያንን ወደ አስጠጋው ኢትዮጵያዊ በመደወል መታሰቢያ ቀጸላ አነጋግራቸዋለች። እርሱ እንደሚለው መልክቱ መተላለፉን ተከትሎ ጓደኞቹ ከቤታቸው እንዲወጡ ተደርጎ በእርሱ ቤት ተጠልለዋል::

ከቤታቸው ከተባረሩት መካከል አንዱ ከ8 ወራት በፊት አባቱ ቤታቸውን ሸጠው ፣ በኪራይ ቤት እየኖሩ በህጋዊ መንገድ እንደላኩት ይናገራል። አሁን ቤትክን ለቀህ ውጣ ተብሎ ህይወቱ አደጋ ላይ ወድቋል:: 

የሳውዲ መንግስት በኦፊሴል እንዲህ አይነት መልክት ያስተላልፍ እንደሆነ የጠየቅነው ጋዜጠኛ፣ መንግስት በቀጥታ እንዲህ አያደርግም ነገር ግን እርሱ ባሰማራቸው ሰዎች አማካኝነት መልክቶችን እንደሚሰድ ይታወቃል ብሎአል።

የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ጠንካራ የዲፕሎማሲ ዘመቻ በማድረግ በመቶሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ ኢትዮጵያውያንን ህይወት መታደግ ሲችል በቀን ይህን ያክል ሰው አስመጣሁ በማለት ፕሮፓጋንዳ ይነዛል የሚለው ጋዜጠኛው፣ በሳውዲ የቀረው ኢትዮጵያዊ ወደ አገር ቤት የተመለሰውን በብዙ እጥፍ ይበልጣል ሲል በአገሪቱ ያለውን እውነታ አስረድቷል።

በሌላ በኩል ከሳውድ አረቢያ ወደ የመን የገቡ 3 ሺ ያክል ኢትዮጵያውያን በምግብ እጥረት ተጎሳቁለው እንደሚገኙ እስር ቤት ድረስ በመሄድ ጋዜጠኛ ግሩም ተክለሀይማኖት ጎብኝቷቸዋል።

EU Member of Parliament Ana Gomes in Addis Ababa November

Serious talk! EU Member of Parliament Ana Gomes, known for publicly criticising Ethiopia following the 2005 government crackdown, which claimed over 200 lives, in a seemingly serious discussion during lunch break with Ethiopian MP and Speaker of the House Abadulla Gemeda in Addis Ababa, November 25, 2013. ANDUALEM SISAY | NATION MEDIA GROUP

The 26th European Union (EU) and African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday morning.

The assembly is expected to debate several issues, ranging from use of natural resources to fiscal reform and redistribution of wealth and decentralised cooperation.

The gathering is also expected to discuss respect for the rule of law and the role of an impartial and independent judiciary and South-South and triangular cooperation.

The assembly that will be concluded on Wednesday, has no decision-making powers.

However, it allows elected representatives of ACP countries to address their concerns directly to the EU Commission and be updated on the negotiations on trade deal, such as the Cotonou Agreement.

“There is an ample room for more enhanced partnership in many areas of interest to both sides,” said Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, while opening the assembly.

“But in a large sense, this relationship should not in any way be based on the rather obsolete assumption that one side is the ultimate provider and the other perennial receiver of resources whatever the object of the relationship might be – economic or political.”

JPA comprises 78 members of parliament and 12 vice-presidents from both sides (EU and ACP).

The assembly is expected to be concluded after discussing social and environmental impacts of pastoralism on ACP countries on the last day.

JPA meets twice a year, once in the EU, traditionally in the country holding the presidency of the Council of the EU and once in an ACP country, determined by the group of ACP countries.

Source: AFRICA REVIEW

ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ አፄ ምኒልክ የሞቱበትን አንድ መቶኛ ዓመት በዓል ያከብራል

 

 

 

 

 

 ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ አፄ ምኒልክ የሞቱበትን አንድ መቶኛ ዓመት በዓል እንደሚያከብር የፓርቲው የሕዝብ ግንኙነት አስታውቋል። አፄ ምኒልክ የሞቱበት ዕለት ታህሳስ 3 ቀን በመሆኑ ዕለቱን የፓናል ውይይት፣ ጉብኝትና ኤግዚቪሽኖች በማዘጋጀት በአሉን በልዩ ልዩ ፕሮግራሞች ለማክበር እየተዘጋጁ መሆኑን አስታውቋል።

በዕለቱ በተመሳሳይ ቀን ያለፉት ፊታውራሪ ኃብተጊዮርጊስ ዲነግዴ አብረው የሚታሰቡ መሆኑን የፓርቲው የህዝብ ግንኙነት ኃላፊ ወጣት ብርሃኑ ተ/ያሬድ አስታውቋል። ፓርቲው ወደፊትም “የታላቋ ኢትዮጵያ ቀን” በሚል በየሶስት ወሩ ቋሚ ፕሮግራም እንደሚያዘጋጅ ጨምሮ አስታውቋል። አፄ ምኒልክ እና ፊታውራሪ ኃብተጊዮርጊስ ዲነግዴ የሚዘከሩበት ቀን የዚሁ የታላቋ ኢትዮጵያ ቋሚ ፕሮግራም አካል መሆኑንም አመልክቷል።

አፄ ምኒልክንም ሆኑ ፊታውራሪ ኃብተጊዮርጊስ ዲነግዴን መዘከር ያስፈለገው የሀገሪቱን አንድነት ጠብቀው ከማቆየት ባሻገር በሀገሪቱ ዘመናዊነት፣ ቴክኖሎጂ መስፋፋትና እድገት ፈርቀዳጅ በመሆናቸው እንዲሁም በታሪክ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ ጥቁሮች በነጮች ላይ ድል እንዲጎናፀፍ ያደረጉ ገናና መሪዎች በመሆናቸው ነው ብሏል።

ግድ የለሹ መንግስት ተብዬው! ከሀና ሰመረ (ኖርዌይ)

የምንሰማውና የምናየው የኛው ከልክ ያለፈ አሳዛኝ ዜና አላስችል ቢለኝ እንደው ትንሽ የውስጤን ሀዘን እና ብሶቴን ቢገልፅልኝ ብዬ ብዕሬን አነሳው::

እኔ የምላቹ እንደው የሰው ልጅ እንዲህ እንዴት ከፋ? አምላክ በራሱ አምሳል የፈጠረውን ሰውን የሚያህል ክቡር ፍጡር ለማጥፋት እንዲህ መሯሯጥ ምን የሚሉት ነው? እኛ ኢትዮጵያኖች ለምን ይሆን እንዲህ በየቦታው ስቃያችን የበዛው? እውነት ግን የምላችሁ ወገኖቼ አያት ቅድመ አያቶቻችን አገራችንን ከወራሪ ጠላት ጠብቀው ያስከበሩ እና እንዳስከበሩ ሲነገር የቆየው የጀብዱነት ታሪክ በደመ ነፍስ በሚወዛወዘው በወያኔ ድርጅት ከስር መሰረቱ ለማፍረስ የታለመ ነው:: ይህንን እኩይ ተግባር በቸልተኝነት መመልከት ከታሪክ አጥፊው ጎራ አብሮ ከመሰለፍ ተለይቶ አይታይም:: ግን እስከመቼ ብለን የጊዜ ቀጠሮ ይዘን ነው አያቶቻችን ደምና አጥንት ከፍለው ባስረከቡን ሀገር ላይ ነፃነታችንን ተነፍገን ተራ እየጠበቅን የስደትን መራራ ፅዋ የምንጎነጨው ግን እስከመቼ? ይህንን ጥያቄዬን ልብ ያለው ለራሱ ይመልስ::

ኢህአዴጋውያንን ሳይሆን በመላው አለም ያሉ ኢትዮጵያውያንን በሙሉ ያሳዘነና ያስቆጣው በሳውዲ አረቢያ የሚኖሩ ወንድሞቻችን እና እህቶቻችን ላይ የሚደርሰውን በርካቶችን እስከ ሞት ፤ ሴት እህቶቻችንን እስከ መደፈር ፡ እንዲሁም ወንድሞቻችንን ለከፍተኛ ድብደባ ከዳረገውም በላይ የህወሀት አባላት በሳውዲ አረቢያ ልጅም ዘመድም ስለሌላቸው ወገኖቻችንን ካሉበት ችግር ለማውጣት የተከፈለ አመርቂ እንቅስቃሴ የለም:: እንዲያውም በተገላቢጦሽ አረቦቹ በመለስ ዜናዊ ለ60 ዓመት ሊዝ የሰጣቸውን መቶ ሺህ ሄክታር የኢትዮጵያውያኑ መሬት ላይ ህይወታቸውን ላጠፉ ፤ ሰብዓዊ መብታቸውን ለገፈፉ ፡ እንዲሁም ደማቸውን ላፈሰሱት ለሳውዲ አረቢያ ህዝብ ቀለብ ሩዝ እያመረቱ ነው::

ይህም አልበቃ ብሎ ኢትዮጵያኖች ፍትህን ፍለጋ በተሰደዱበት ዓለም ሁሉ በሙሉ ነፃነት የወገኖቻቸውን በደል እልህ በተሞላበት ተቃውሞ ሲያሰሙ ፤ ህዳር 6 ቀን 2006 ዓ.ም ከጠዋቱ 5:00 ሰዓት በተለምዶ ወሎ ሰፈር ተብሎ በሚታወቀው አካባቢ ከአይቤክስ ሆቴል ፊት ለፊት በሚገኘው የሳውዲ አረቢያ ኤምባሲ ደጃፍ ላይ የተቃውሞ ድምፃቸውን ሊያሰሙ የተሰበሰቡትን በተወለዱበት እና በገዛ ሃገራቸው የወገኖቻቸውን ስቃይ እንዳይቃወሙ በፖሊስ የመባረርና ከፊሉም ለእስር ተዳርጓል::

ግን ማን ይሆን ስደትን ሐሴት አድርጎ ቀዬውን ጥሎ በባዕድ ሀገር የሚንከራተት? ፍትህ ቢጓደልበት፤የብልሹ አስተዳደር ግፍና የጭቆና ቀንበር ከአቅሙ በላይ ቢሆንበት እንጂ፤ ለዚህ ሁሉ ችግሮች ተጠያቂው ለዜጎቹ ህልውናና ክብር ግድ የለሽ የሆነው መንግስት ተብዬው ነው:: ለነገሩ ወያኔ ብዙ ትንንሽ አድርጎ ከፋፍሎ የወሰነውን እኛ ካላፈራረስነው ችግራችንም ማብቂያ አይኖረውም የወያኔም አላማ ግብ ይመታለታል ስለዚህ ወገኖቼ “ህዝብ መንግስትን ሳይሆን መንግስት ህዝብን” አገልጋይ የሚሆንበትን ስርዓት ለመገንባት እንዲሁም ለዚህ ያበቃንን ስርዓት ለማስወገድ ድክመታችንን በጋራ መፍታት የትግሉ ቅድመ ሁኔታ መሆን አለበት::

ኧረ ማንን ይሆን እንክርዳዱን ከስንዴው አንጓሎ እንዲያስወግድልን የምንጠብቀው?

ድል ለኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ!

http://ethiopiatikidem.blogspot.no/2013/11/blog-post_7927.html?spref=fb

Such inhuman and shameful treatment of Ethiopian migrants living in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States should be stopped immediately. by Garbis Korajian

 

I am a fourth generation Ethiopian-Armenian and, like many Armenians who lived in Ethiopia, my grandparents took refuge in Ethiopia after the Armenian Genocide. Those Armenians who were fortunate enough to have escaped the Turkish atrocities and mass murders of the early 20th century repatriated to different countries around the world. Ethiopia was a country that provided unconditional support and welcomed Armenians with open arms. We lived and prospered in Ethiopia where we maintained our institutions such as our churches, schools and community centers without any interference from the Government of Ethiopia and its citizens. We were treated as brothers and sisters and lived a good life. Although I now live in Canada, I still have a lot of love for Ethiopia and the people.

Therefore, I find it necessary to say a few words about the current mistreatment of Ethiopians in the Gulf States including Saudi Arabia which has been the focus of despicable mistreatment of Ethiopians. For various reasons, mostly economic, today’s young Ethiopians are traveling abroad looking for better opportunities of life through employment. For women, this is mostly domestic help and for men, it would be construction or any other job they can find. Needless to say, life for Ethiopians looking for work and to survive in these countries is not easy. On top of these hardships, the Ethiopians who are law abiding and hard working members of society are facing persecution beyond anyone’s imagination. There is no justification for such cruel behavior.

It is important to remember that one day, the citizens and its descendants from the countries that are committing such atrocities on helpless Ethiopians may very well seek refuge in Ethiopia as was done 1500 years ago. As always, what goes around always comes around. Do not forget your history vis-a-vis Ethiopia and stop mistreating our Ethiopian brothers and sisters living in your country. Start treating them with decency and respect.

 

SOURCE, ABUGIDA

Overrakte brev til ordføreren

 

INTERNASJONAL SOLIDARITET. Lomita Baheru overrekker ordfører John Opdal et brev som skal sendes til den norske regjeringen. Foto: Ernst Olsen

 

Flyktninger og asylsøkere fra Etiopia og Eritrea overrakte ordfører John Opdal et brev som forteller om den vanskelige situasjonen til landsmenn bosatt i Saudi-Arabia.

Ernst Olsen

 

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Lørdag 16. november var flyktninger og asylsøkere fra Etiopia og Eritrea samlet i Odda sentrum.

De minnet ofrene etter alle de grufulle overgrepene mot deres landsmenn i Saudi-Arabia den siste tiden.

 

Dette er en hendelse som i norske medier har havnet litt i skyggen av den tragiske naturkatastrofen på Filipinene.

 

Onsdag fikk gruppen fra Etiopia og Eritrea presentere sitt budskap for Odda kommunestyre.

Ordfører John Opdal fikk overrakt et brev der det settes fokus på overgrepene mot deres landsmenn i Saudi-Arabia, de skriver også om gjentatte brudd på menneskerettighetene i sitt eget hjemland.

Gruppen av flyktninger, som satt på galleriet, ba ordføreren videresende brevet til den norske regjeringen.

 

- Vi takker lokalpolitikerne i Odda for at vi fikk slippe til, og håper de vil støtte oss i det videre arbeidet, sa Lomjta Baheru som overrakte brevet.

 

SOURCE,

Saudi Arabia ellected as U.N. Human Rights Council last tusday for year 2014 - 2016

Delegates and representatives listen during the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review session at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva October 29, 2013.

CREDIT: REUTERS/DENIS BALIBOUSE

(Reuters) - China, Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday won three-year seats on the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, the United Nations' top rights body, despite concerns about abuses and restrictions on freedoms in all four nations.

Also winning seats on the 47-nation council were Algeria, Britain, France, Mexico, the Maldives, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa, Vietnam, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

The annual election for one-third of the council's membership was held in the 193-nation U.N. General Assembly.

South Sudan and Uruguay failed to win election to the council in competitive slates for their respective regional groups. The other regions had uncontested ballots.

The newly elected countries will be on the council from 2014 through 2016.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said the newly elected members of the council include "some that commit significant violations of the rights the council is designed to advance and protect" and that the election itself was a reminder that the council's work remains unfinished.

Power did not specify which countries she was referring to. Peggy Hicks of Human RightsWatch was more specific.

"With the return of China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Cuba, human rights defenders will have their work cut out for them at the Human Rights Council next year," said Hicks, an expert at the New York-based advocacy group.

"Fortunately, no states have a veto in Geneva so a hard-working majority can still achieve concrete results."

Hicks said members of council that are committed to human rights will need to redouble their efforts on a number of problems. These include the civil war in Syria, accountability for crimes committed during the final months of Sri Lanka's civil war and the conflict in the Central African Republic.

According to U.N. Watch, a Geneva-based advocacy group that monitors the United Nations, only four of the 16 candidates for the 14 open seats were qualified to be members of the council on the basis of their human rights records. They were Britain, France, Macedonia and Mexico.

Iran and Syria had been planning to run for the Human Rights Council but pulled out amid criticism of their rights records.

QUESTIONABLE RIGHTS RECORDS

There was a small protest against China's policy on Tibet across the street from the United Nations as the vote took place.

Western countries accused China last month of arresting activists, curbing Internet use and suppressing ethnic minorities, as the United Nations formally reviewed its rights record for the first time since Xi Jinping became president in March.

Saudi Arabia's human rights record has also came under fire at the United Nations with critics accusing the kingdom last month of jailing activists without due process and abusing the basic rights of Saudi women and foreign workers.

Jordan withdrew from the election after Saudi Arabia abandoned its seat on the U.N. Security Council to protest against the 15-nation body's inaction on Syria, the Middle East peace process and Iran. Western diplomats said Jordan stepped aside to allow the Saudis an almost certain victory on the uncontested Human Rights Council voting slate. Despite its withdrawal from the election, Jordan received 16 votes.

Jordan is set to take Saudi Arabia's Security Council seat, diplomats say, although that would require the General Assembly to hold a special election.

In response to criticism of its human rights record, Cuba said in May that it would consider letting in U.N. investigators to examine allegations of torture and repression and allowing Red Cross officials access to its prisons for the first time in nearly 25 years.

The European Union, Human Rights Watch and others have criticized Russia's human rights record as well. They have voiced concerns about restrictive legislation, prosecutions against activists and limits on press freedom.

(Reporting by Louis Charbonneau; editing by Christopher Wilson)

SOURCE, REUTERS

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በሳዑዲ ዓረቢያ በሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያውያን ላይ እየደረሰ ያለው የግድያ፣ የድብደባና የማንገላታት ድርጊት ያበሳጫቸው የአዲስ አበባ ከተማ ነዋሪዎች፣ ኅዳር 6 ቀን 2006 ዓ.ም.

ሰላማዊ ሠልፍ በማድረግ ወደ ሳዑዲ ዓረቢያ ኤምባሲ በማምራት ላይ እያሉ ከፌዴራል ፖሊስ ጋር ተጋጩ፡፡ ፈቃድ ያልተጠየቀበት ሕገወጥ ሠልፍ በመሆኑ በፖሊስ ለመበተን እንደተገደደ መንግሥት አስታውቋል፡፡

ሠልፈኞቹ በወሎ ሠፈር አድርገው የሳዑዲ ዓረቢያ ኤምባሲ ከሚገኝበት ከአይቤክስ ሆቴል ወረድ ብሎ በስተግራ በኩል ሲደርሱ፣ ፖሊስ ሠልፉ ሕገወጥ እንደሆነ በመግለጽ እንዲበተኑ ሲጠይቃቸው በተፈጠረ አለመግባባት ድብደባና መንገላታት እንደደረሰባቸው ሠልፈኞቹ ተናግረዋል፡፡

‹‹የአገራችን ዜጐች በሳዑዲ ዓረቢያ እየተገደሉና እየተሰቃዩ ስላሉ ያንን ለመቃወም ወጣን፡፡ የአገራችን ፖሊስ ለምን ይደበድበናል? ምን አደረግን?›› በማለት የሚጠይቁት ሠልፈኞቹ፣ መንግሥት የሳዑዲ ዓረቢያን መንግሥት ድርጊት ለመሸፈን ካልፈለገ በስተቀር፣ በዜጐቹ ላይ እንደዚህ ያለ ድብደባና ወከባ መፈጸም አልነበረበትም ብለዋል፡፡ 

ቁጥራቸው በውል የማይታወቁ ሰዎች በተሳተፉበት የተቃውሞ ሠልፍ ውስጥ የተገኘው አንድ የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ አባል እንደተናገረው፣ መንግሥት እንኳን ያረጋገጠው ሦስት ዜጐቻችን ተገድለዋል፡፡ 23 ሺሕ ዜጐች ደግሞ ባዶ እጃቸውን ወደ አገራቸው እንዲመለሱ እየተደረገ ነው፡፡ ይህና ሌሎች ስቃዮች እየደረሱባቸው ለሚገኙ ዜጐች በሰላማዊ ሠልፍ ተቃውሞ ማቅረብ ሊያስመታና ሊያሳስር እንደማይገባ ተናግሯል፡፡

የመንግሥት ኮሙዩኒኬሽን ጽሕፈት ቤት ሚኒስትር ዴኤታ አቶ ሽመልስ ከማል ሠልፈኞቹ ፈቃድ ሳይጠይቁ መሠለፋቸው አግባብ አይደለም፡፡ ክልክልም ነው ብለዋል፡፡

ለሰላማዊ ሠልፍ ፈቃድ ከሚሰጠው አካል ፈቃድ ሳያገኙ ሠልፍ መውጣት ሕገወጥነት ነው፡፡ ከሠልፈኞቹ ጋር ተደባልቀው የወጡ ፀረ ዓረብ ቅስቀሳ የሚያካሂዱ ተሠላፊዎችም እንደነበሩ አብራርተዋል፡፡ ‹‹ፖሊስ በቁጥጥር ሥር ያዋላቸው አሉ፡፡ ፖሊስ የያዛቸውም ሠልፉ ሕገወጥ በመሆኑ ነው፡፡ የሠልፉ አቀናባሪዎች በሕግ ሊጠየቁ ይችላሉ፤›› ብለዋል፡፡ ፖሊስ በቁጥጥር ሥር ያዋላቸው ምን ያህል እንደሆኑ አልታወቀም፡፡

SOURCE, REPORTER

Wounded in Addis, finished off in Riyadh – Ephrem Madebo

From China to Ethiopia and from Belarus to Saudi Arabia, there is no shortage of repressive regimes in the world. In general, repressive societies are defined as exerting pervasive state control over daily life, banning free speech and political opposition, and practicing severe human rights violations. All of these attributes describe the Ethiopian regime from head to toe, but the TPLF regime in Ethiopia has many more attributes that makes it the worst of the worst. Oppressive regimes don not hate their country, yet the Ethiopian regime does. Even though oppressive regimes kill their citizens for a variety of reasons, they don’t kill out of hatred. The TPLF regime in Ethiopia hunts and kills people that it really hates. Almost all countries of the world, authoritarian or egalitarian, show the utmost concern and respect for their citizens who immigrate to other countries. Ethiopia is visibly different; it is really different, so much so, that the Ethiopian embassies throughout the world (including Saudi) are happily opened for certain kind of people and are inhospitable and closed for everybody else.

In recent years, the oil rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia with its growing economy has been a magnet for migrant workers from Ethiopia and other poor countries of Africa and Asia. Although Ethiopian migrant workers have constantly been harassed, abused and treated like a plug horse by their Saudi employers and the police, many young Ethiopians who have been denied opportunities in their native country, have considered Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf Arab states as much better and attractive destinations for hope and better life.

The Ethiopian regime which has a fiduciary responsibility of creating domestic employment has in fact facilitated the migration of young Ethiopians to Saudi and other Gulf States, and its corrupted officials have benefited from this immoral act of “legal human trafficking”. This total neglect of Ethiopians by their own government on one side, and the abundant supply of cheap Ethiopian labor on the other, has encouraged some savage Saudis into believing that they either own or have full control over the migrant workers who work and live with them. As a result, domestic employers, local gangs and the youth mob have assaulted, abused, gang raped, mutilated and even killed helpless Ethiopian migrant workers.

When the Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him) saw the persecution to which his followers were subjected to in Mecca, he told them to find safe haven in Ethiopia (aka Abyssinia at the time). His followers trusted their trustworthy leader, and they fled to Ethiopia where they enjoyed the unmatched hospitality of the Ethiopian people. The year was 615 AD, It was the First Hijra (migration); and Ethiopia was its destination. As he would never forget the hospitality and generosity of the Ethiopians, the Prophet Mohammed said: “Abyssinia is a land of justice in which no one is oppressed”

Well, today, 1398 years after the First Hijra, two things have changed dramatically. Ethiopia, hailed as the land of justice by the Prophet, is now the symbol of brutality in Africa. And on the other side, Saudi Arabia, the very land of the Prophet and the Holy Land of Islam, has become the land of acute brutality. Ironically, the victims of this brutality are none than the very people that extended their warm hands to the very first migrants of Islam. In the year 615 AD and thereafter, the people and government of Ethiopia showed their utmost hospitality and love towards the first immigrants of Islam. Today, one of the most repressive and brute regimes in the world, the Saudi regime, is returning the favor with absurdity, brutality, and outright inanity.

I hope the Saudi government understands that there is a fine line between tightening its immigration policy and ill-treating and killing immigrants – I only hope because as brute and as injudicious as the Saudi government is, it is never right and it has never been right on anything related to justice, freedom, and human right. Did I say human rights? Oh! Yes, and it does not get more tangled or meshed than this. The Saudi government is known for its sever human rights violations, and Ethiopia is no better if it is not worse. Many young Ethiopians leave their home land and head to Saudi for two main reasons: employment discrimination and lack of opportunity, and lack of freedom and sever human rights violations at home. In Saudi, well; yes Ethiopians are employed in Saudi, but the assault, the abuse and the torture follows them.

The other very strange and undesirable similarity between Ethiopia and Saudi is that, in a very ironic move, these two repressive regimes and three other countries (Russia, China, and Cuba) with questionable human rights records recently secured seats on none other than the UN Human Rights Council. It’s sad, rather absurd that the Saudi and the Ethiopian governments that torture and kill their own citizens are elected to oversee human rights violations elsewhere in the world.

Obviously, from what has been said, the two oppressive regimes, Ethiopia & Saudi, seem to be complementing each other in abusing Ethiopians. Yes, indeed, these two oppressive regimes are as close as ‘lips and teeth’ where one causes the pain and the other finishes off the patient. I personally applaud the current international effort in support of our people in Saudi, but until we tackle the root cause of the problem, the teamwork of Addis and Riyadh continue, and so does the suffering of our people. Therefore, It is crucially important that we start slashing the lip and sending the teeth into the cold.

Saudi Arabia sees Ethiopia as its bread basket for the future, and the ever gluttonous and cash thirty TPLF regime wants to exploit this need by granting the Saudis a massive amount of cheap & fertile land. Hence the leadership in Riyadh harbors no illusion that it is truly interested in the survival of the TPLF regime so long as Addis can keep its promise of supplying cheap labor and land.

In this dominant-submissive relationship, the Saudis take their own self-interest more seriously and do what they want without worrying about Ethiopia. Swallowing its own feelings and avoiding standing-up for the interest of the Ethiopian people, the bigoted and subservient TPLF regime regards Saudi’s needs as paramount. Hence, Ethiopians go to Saudi as domestic workers where they are assaulted, abused and killed; and the Saudis come to Ethiopia as entrepreneurs and get all the respect they may not be getting in their own country.

What we saw in Riyadh and Addis in the last week or two is the reflection of this dominant-submissive relationship. In Riyadh and many other Saudi cities, Ethiopians who protested against the abusive actions of the Saudi regime were arrested, beaten and killed. In Addis, Ethiopians who tried to protest in front of the Saudi embassy were rounded up by the Ethiopian police and beaten like dogs. As long as this dominant-submissive relationship exists, when we talk about Ethiopia and Saudi, as the political satirist Abe Tokichaw would say; it may be very important to make a distinction between Saudi Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia.

In the last two weeks, I watched hours of gruesome and excruciating video clips from Saudi that made me sick to my bones. The street crackdown, the house to house arrest and beating, the rape, the mutilation and the killings have made me ask . . . is Saudi the Holy Land or the land of brutality?

Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have become the world of mean streets, where bloody killers are operating with the “immortal certainty” that they will never have to pay for the snuffling out of human life. We must make them pay, and we must stop the team work of this brute and savage duo. There are the Ethiopian people, there is the opposition and there are the damn TPLF gangs. We must get rid of the damn gangs!

SOURCE, ABUGIDA

OPEN LETTER TO Saudi Arabia King, His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz

OPEN LETTER TO: His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Bin Abdurhman bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Mohammad Ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Riyadh.

FROM: Kidane Alemayehu

Re: Saudi Arabia’s Abuse of Human Rights: Is This How Your Country Pays for Its Gratitude to Ethiopia?

Your Majesty,

Please permit me, Your Majesty, to express my humble compliments and to bring the following serious predicament to your kind attention.

Your Majesty should, I feel sure, be aware of the desperate situation being encountered by thousands of migrant Ethiopians in your kingdom these days due to the atrocities and abuse of human rights inflicted on them by members of your Kingdom’s police force and associated civilian youth. It is common knowledge reported over credible international media that innocent Ethiopian migrants are imprisoned unjustly and without basic facilities; women are raped; many are beaten severely; and, worse still, a number of migrants have been killed. It is well known that the action by the Saudi authorities is not consistent with international law.

Your Majesty is aware of how Ethiopians welcomed refugees from Mecca with the highest respect and dignity when the followers of Prophet Mohammed were persecuted by the Arab authorities during the 7^th century AD. Your Majesty knows full well that Prophet Mohammed had advised his followers, including his daughter Rockeya and her husband, to take refuge in Ethiopia where their rights would be respected. Over 100 such refugees lived peacefully in Ethiopia for 15 years until peace prevailed in Mecca and Medina and they returned with gifts and good wishes from the Ethiopian emperor.

In these modern times also, it is well known that Saudi Arabia is blessed with opportunities of investment in Ethiopia as well as ownership of a huge land area which Saudi Arabia utilizes at minimal cost for agricultural purposes. Opportunities also exist for an expanded collaboration between Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia in an atmosphere of mutual respect and interest.

Taking the above consistently positive response by Ethiopia, I wonder, Your Majesty, how your government would permit such atrocious crimes against innocent migrants including pregnant women. Therefore, I herewith appeal to Your Majesty and to your government as well as to the international community:

1. To immediately cease the abuse of human rights against Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia;
2. To treat the migrants with the respect that is due to them in accordance with international law;
3. To ensure that the Saudi police force and others responsible for the abuse of human rights committed against Ethiopian migrants are brought to justice without any delay; and
4. To ensure that those Ethiopians who suffered injustices in Saudi Arabia are duly compensated.

I do trust, Your Majesty, you will accord the attention that this urgent situation demands and hope that a prompt and effective action will be taken.

With the utmost respect,

Kidane Alemayehu.

CC: Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn, Ethiopia; and Chairman of the African Union

CC: President Barack Obama, USA

CC: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, United Nations

CC: Commissioner Nils Muiznieks, Human Rights, Council of Europe

Source, ECADF

TPLF planted a seed of hate on me

Yes……as a proud Ethiopian young man, I never thought for a second that I am crying a story over heard from the news outlets. In our culture, we, men, are usually hiding our heartfelt emotions inside on our heart, however, the despicable and indefensible crime committed against our people by the very small click of TPLF angered me more than ever before in my entire lifetime. Cultural implications and impacts are a pinpoint of societal behavioral reflections. We, Ethiopians, are well known for our cultural values; nevertheless, what’s happening in Ethiopia right now is far from our cultural norms. The devilish TPLF security agents compromise the decency of our cultural values.

Recently, when I noticed what’s happening in a TPLF torture camp against one of the central committee members of UDJ (Andenet), my anger reached on a climax. Beyond my extreme anger, my tears fall on my face like a rain.

Here the shocking story…..as always I do, I logged in on my face-book page to check the daily newsfeed. As soon as I scrolled down on my page, one of the news links surprisingly caught my attention. Eagerly, I clicked on the link and listening the interview conducted by Ethiopian Satellite Television a.k.a ESAT with the victim and highest-ranking member of UDJ (Andent), Ato Abebe Akalue. As Ato Abebe narrating the untold and shameful act of TPLF agents against him, I couldn’t believe what I have just heard from him. Since torture and heinous crime against our people is a normal routine in a TPLF torture camp, it doesn’t surprise me at all. However; what shocked me the most is the sexual harassment against Ato Abebe by the TPLF security agents. Forget about as a very conservative nation such as Ethiopians, I never saw anywhere in the world that security agents sexually harassed someone because he has different political views than the government.

Right after listen this horrific interview, I turned the audio off and sighed deeply. And then, I was numbed for a while, and confused, sad, mad and finally I felt those TPLF agents and their masters are planted a seed of hate on me. Yes a seed of hate that can cultivate revenge in my heart. Whether you are a supporter or against the TPLF lead government, in this specific case, the RED line was passed. They broke the core value of our cultural identity. We all know that sexually harassing a father and married man is an absolute taboo and insane.

I was one of the people who strongly believed that the only avenue to rid off any dictatorial regime is only through peaceful struggle, however, after this inhuman and monstrous act of TPLF, I convinced myself that peaceful struggle against these evils are a nightmare. As a result, now on, I am onboard for using anything to take back our country from TPLF and replanting the seed of peace, respect and unity among our great people.

Not a political, a moral question for Ethio-Tigrians in Diaspora.

To all Diaspora Tigria origin brothers and sisters….for how long and what cost, you will say “enough is enough” to this small group of merciless TPLF?

My and your forefathers were fought and died together as one nation to protect our country from domestic and foreign enemies. Their ultimate precondition to defend the country and its people from domestic and foreign enemy was simply “right or wrong” not demographical or geographical resemblance. I am not trying to challenge your right to affiliate with any political groups but I am challenging your reasoning to support the TPLF.

Today, for the sake of argument, I will set aside the political argument against you (Diaspora Ethio-Tigrians) but I will present to you a moral argument. I bet you all have heard what the TPLF security agents did against the ranking member of UDJ, an opposition political party. Recently, the TPLF Security agents abducted the victim from the street and took him some unknown place. Right after they got him in this unknown torture camp, they forced the kind of alcohol down into his throat and water boarding him consistently. Because this was not enough for the TPLF ruthless agents, they are sexually “molested” him. How this happened in Ethiopia?

My brother and sisters; what is the moral equivalency for this unusual and immoral satanic behavior of TPLF? This is beyond anybody’s imagination. I don’t know which world the Diaspora Tigrians lives in, but most of Ethiopians are outraged and angered by the sodomization of our God fearing people. Whether or not you are a TPLF sympathizer, this act of evil violates the universal code of conduct and our moral values.

Finally, I am very disappointed that I didn’t see any statement and hear any condemnation from the Diaspora Tigrians against this TPLF shameful act. It’s best for the good of the country to come together as one nation and people and say enough for these TPLF parasites spew hate and division among our people. Otherwise, I can assure you that our country will be the land of vengeance, retaliations and avenging.

Source, Ecadf