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At last, federal high court begins hearing of defense witness testimonials on Yonatan Tesfaye’s terrorism charges [addisstandard]
“If speaking for those killed on the streets constitutes a crime, I will take it as my badge of honor” Yonatan Tesfaye
“If Yonatan was my student I would have, at best, given some of his writings Fs and Cs; I wouldn’t call him a terrorist”,...
The TPLF Hired a Rubbish Writer to Defend it against Prof. Al Mariam [By LJDemissie]
With an open mind, I read an article titled “TEACHING ALMARIAIM HOW TO WRITE” on the Aiga Forum website, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front’s (TPLF’s) mouthpiece. The article was written by Yenieta A, who claimed that Ethiopian...
Dare to Dream With Me About the New Ethiopia in 2017 [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
“Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,… [and] see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.”
Author’s Note: I get to celebrate New Year twice every year. The first on September 11, the Ethiopian New Year. The second on January...
Free Merera Gudina and all political prisoners [Press Release]
For Immediate Release
Free Merera Gudina and all political prisoners
Amsterdam, Washington DC, Minnesota – December 29, 2016
Dr. Merera Gudina
Top opposition leader, Dr. Merera Gudina, was arrested on October 30, 2016 upon his return from...
Memoirs of my detention at Awash 7: tales of indoctrination, of laughter and the unknown [BefeQadu Z. Hailu]
Addisstandard
Wakoma Tafa was planning to get married on Sunday, Oct.10, 2016. But just three days before his wedding he was arbitrarily detained around Alem Gena, 25k west of Addis Abeba, a city within the special zone of the Oromia Regional...
Miruts Yifter, Ethiopian running legend, honoured at Toronto funeral
Olympic champion’s body will be sent back to Ethiopia this week
By John Rieti, CBC News
Miruts Yifter, an Ethiopian running legend dubbed “Yifter the Shifter” for his ability to power away from rivals, was laid to...
Ethiopia 2016 in Review: The Year of Perseverance! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: In July 2016, I completed my tenth year of uninterrupted Monday Commentaries (and sometimes up to 4 commentaries) a week. Some have amiably characterized my commentaries as “Monday Sermons”.
My first commentary (in the...