Archive: Page 179
The “Law” as State Terrorism in Apartheid Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: This is the third installment [1] in a series of ongoing commentaries that I expect to post regularly under the rubric, “Apartheid in Ethiopia”.
The twin aims of the series “Apartheid in Ethiopia” are:
1) to demonstrate...
Ethiopia must release opposition politician held for Facebook posts [AMNESTY]
PRESS RELEASE
MAY 6, 2016
The Ethiopian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a prominent opposition politician facing a possible death sentence on trumped-up terrorism charges over comments he posted on Facebook, said...
Ethiopia: Bekele Gerba’s Trial in T-TPLF Monkey Kourt [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
In American legal lore, there is the Scopes Monkey Trial.
In 1925, a high school teacher named John Scopes was prosecuted in Tennessee for teaching human evolution in a public school [violating the Butler Act]. Throughout the U.S., the Scopes...
Ethiopia hands dissident 9-year jail term [THE FINANCIAL TIMES]
©Charlie Bibby/FT
The large Saudi Star farm in Gambella. Its owners want to grow 140,000 tonnes of rice by 2018
Tom Burgis in New York
An Ethiopian court has handed down a nine-year jail sentence to a leading dissident from the restive...
How Ethiopia’s New Internet Crime Bill Could Stop Online Dissent [Okayafrica]
An Ethiopian internet cafe. Creative commons image via UNICEF
When things get a little too hot for the powers that be, a sure fire way to cool them down is a good old-fashioned social media blackout. Just ask Congo-Brazzaville, where back...
Bekele Gerba: Ethiopia’s Mahtama?[Awol Kassim Allo]
He speaks of equality, freedom, and justice. He wants democracy to realize these ideals. He not only preaches peace but practices it by scrupulously sticking to the principles of non-violent struggles. He has the integrity, courage, and...