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Who Polices the Police in America?[Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Our government… teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis
The...
Seventy Ethiopian migrants drown off Red Sea coast of Yemen [REUTERS]
REUTERS
SANAA, Dec 7 – At least 70 Ethiopians drowned when a boat used by smugglers to transport illegal migrants to Yemen sank in the Red Sea in rough weather, security authorities in the western part of the country said on Sunday.
Human...
Ethiopia Extends Court Proceedings against ‘Zone Nine’ Bloggers, Journalists [Freedom House]
Washington
December 4, 2014
Following another court hearing in Addis Abba, Ethiopia, on charges against the Zone Nine bloggers and journalists, and recess of the case until December 16, Freedom House issued the following...
The Zone9 Defense: Limits of International Law [By Ivan Sigal]
The international human rights system is broken – or perhaps it never worked at all.
In case after case, citizens’ human rights are violated under the national laws of their respective countries, despite the existence of international human...
Ethiopia: Remember the 24th of November 1974 [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Last week, many Ethiopian families in the United States gathered in houses of worship with their relatives and friends to hold memorial services in remembrance of the victims of the massacre of the 24th of November 1974, a date that shall live...
BOOK SIGNING CEREMONY OSLO - NORWAY
The book entitled ”The Uniting identity as citizens of one country: The fate of Ethiopia`’ was launched and signed in a colorful event held in Oslo on the 22nd of November, 2014.
The author of the book is ato Yussuf Yassin, the...
Ethiopians transcend ethnicity for humanity [SMNE]
WASHINGTON, DC – At the recent Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) Forum in Washington D.C. on November 15, it was quite evident that Ethiopia does not lack for gifted people who possess the essential capabilities, virtue, and...