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Ethiopian Security Re-Arrest Rights Activist, Zone9 Blogger Befeqadu Hailu
Security member of the command post established to oversee Ethiopia’s six-month State of Emergency have this morning re-arrested human rights activist and blogger Befeqadu Hailu, Addis Standard confirmed.
According to information, two...
#FreeThem: Unjustly jailed Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia [HRW]
Eskinder Nega has been imprisoned eight times for his writings over the years. His experience encapsulates the situation facing many of Ethiopia’s independent journalists, who must choose between self-censorship, arrest or living in exile....
Open Letter to the Government of Ethiopia [HRW]
Dr Workneh Gebeyehu
Minister of Foreign Affairs
P.O. Box 393
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Re: Human Rights Watch Reporting on Ethiopia
Dear Minister,
Human Rights Watch notes the October 22, 2016 blog post of Dr. Tedros Adhanom, then minister of foreign...
Ethiopian rebel commander criticizes U.S. support for regime [globaljournalist]
“We’re not going to sit down and die.”
Bryce Arthur
Ethiopian rebel leader Berhanu Nega has tried democratic politics before. Now the former Bucknell University professor and one-time mayor-elect of Ethiopia’s largest city is trying...
Ethiopia: Reshuffling the T-TPLF Deck of (Gu)Cards
Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam
Another T-TPLF disinformation campaign
Hailemariam Desalegn, the Puppet Prime Minister (PPM) of the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) yesterday announced a “significant reshuffle”...
Ethiopia: State of Emergency Risks New Abuses [HRW]
(Nairobi) – An Ethiopian government directive under a state of emergency contains overly broad and vague provisions that risk triggering a human rights crisis, Human Rights Watch said today in a legal analysis. The government should promptly...
What Do WE Want and Do NOW (that we are thinking about what we want and do?) (Part III) [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: This is the third successive installment in a series I have called “What Do WE Want and Do NOW?”. The serialized commentaries have three aims: 1) take stock of the impact of the recent uprisings in Ethiopia against the...
Open Letter to the Ethiopian People The TPLF Carried Out the Goal of Dividing and Finally Internally Colonizing Ethiopia Where the Italians Failed: What Can Each of Us Do to Reclaim Our Independence and Avoid Destruction and the Disintegration of Ethiopia?
Dear Fellow Ethiopian Brothers and Sisters,
I am writing this letter to each and every one of you about the current issues of great concern facing us in Ethiopia. In this case, it is NOT about the state of emergency, nor is it about the TPLF;...