Ethiopia: Government continues to target peaceful Muslim protest movement

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
November 03, 2012

The Ethiopian authorities are committing human rights violations in response to the ongoing Muslim protest movement in the country. Large numbers of protestors have been arrested, many of whom remain in detention. There are also numerous reports of police using excessive force against peaceful demonstrators. Key figures within the movement have been charged with terrorism offences. Most of those arrested and charged appear to have been targeted solely because of their participation in a peaceful protest movement.

Tens of thousands of Muslims have participated in regular peaceful protests throughout 2012, opposing alleged government interference in Islamic affairs. Protestors accuse the government of attempting to impose the teachings of the Al Ahbash sect of Islam on the Muslim community and of interference in elections for the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs.

Ethiopia’s Constitution prohibits state involvement in religious affairs. The Constitution also contains an expansive provision on the right to peacefully protest, which is routinely flouted by the authorities.

Allegations of excessive use of force by police

An incident that occurred in Gerba town, in the South Wollo zone of the Amhara region, on Sunday 21 October -during which police officers fired on civilians, killing at least three people and injuring others – raises serious questions about the use of deadly force against protestors. In speaking about the incident to the media, the government confirmed the three deaths but claimed that protestors had attacked a police station armed with machetes and hand guns to try to secure the release of another protestor who had been arrested earlier in the day. The government also stated that a police officer was killed in the alleged attack. However, the protestors report that they had peacefully demanded and secured the release of the arrested person during the morning of 21 October and the protest had subsequently dispersed. Later in the day federal police, called in as reinforcements, arrived at the mosque in Gerba town and opened fire, targeting people coming out of the mosque as well as others in the vicinity. One man told Amnesty International that he had seen a police officer killed in the ensuing violence. Other witnesses said they could not confirm any police deaths. An unknown number of arrests are reported to have taken place during the incident on 21 October and more arrests reportedly occurred in the aftermath of the incident, including the arrests of people who spoke to the media about events.

Amnesty International has previously reported on similar, incidents of police allegedly using excessive force. In July Amnesty International called for an investigation into two incidents – at Awalia and Anwar mosques in Addis Ababa – in relation to which numerous allegations were made about excessive use of force by police, including firing live ammunition and beating protestors in the street and in detention, resulting in many injuries among protestors. However, no investigation has taken place to Amnesty International’s knowledge.

Amnesty International is also calling for an independent investigation into an incident that took place in Asasa town, Arsi district, Oromia region in April in which the police reportedly shot dead at least four people. Reports about the incident from the government and from those involved differ widely. The violence is reported to have occurred when the police attempted to arrest an Imam from the mosque. In statements to the press after the event, the government stated that supporters of the Imam attacked the police station to try to secure his release. However, local sources told the media that the police had opened fire in the town when supporters tried to prevent the man’s arrest. The government claimed the Imam had been preaching extremist ideology. However the protestors claim that the attempted arrest was because the Imam had refused to undergo ‘training’ in Al Ahbash ideology, which the government had made obligatory for Muslim preachers.

Use of Anti-Terrorism legislation against leaders of peaceful protest movement

On 29 October, 28 men and one woman were formally charged with ‘terrorist acts’ and ‘planning…, incitement and attempt of terrorist acts’ under the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation (2009) in relation to their involvement in the protest movement. Two Muslim organisations were also charged under the same law with ‘rendering support to terrorism.’ Those charged include nine members of the committee selected by the Muslim community to represent their grievances to the government, and one journalist, Yusuf Getachew, who works for the publication Ye’Muslimoch Guday (Muslim Affairs).

በውጭ አገር የሚገኘው ሲኖዶስ አዲስ ፓትሪያርክ ለመሾም የሚደረገው እንቅስቃሴ ተቀባይነት አይኖረውም አለ

ኢሳት ዜና:- ሲኖዶሱ ” በብጹእ ወቅዱስ አቡነ መርቆርዮስ ፓትርያርክ ርእሰ ሊቃነ ጳጳሳት ዘኢትዮጵያ  የሚመራው ህጋዊው የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተክርስቲያን ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ 34ኛው መደበኛ ጉባኤ መግለጫ” በሚል ርእስ ባወጣው መግለጫ ፣ የቤተክርስቲያንን ሰላምና አንድነት፣ በተለይም ቅዱስ ፓትርያርኩ ወደ መንበራቸው ስለሚመለሱበት ሁኔታ ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ በሰፊው መነጋገራቸውን ጠቅሷል።

በመግለጫው” በአዲስ አበባ ያሉት አባቶች ቅዱስ ፓትርያርኩን ወደ መንበራቸው እንደሚለሱ ከተስማሙ ቅዱስ ሲኖዶሱም አንድ፣ እረኛውም አንድ፣ ቤተክርስቲያኒቱም አንዲት ትሆናለች ብሎ ስለሚያምን ቅዱስ ፓትርያርኩ ወደ መንበራቸው ተመልሰው ቤተክርስቲያን የሰጠቻቸውን ሀላፊነት እስከ ህይወታቸው ፍጻሜ ድረስ ለመወጣት ዝግጁ መሆናቸውን ያረጋግጣል ” ብሎአል።

በቀኖና ቤተክርስቲያን ምክንያት የተፈጠረው ልዩነት ለ21 አመታት ምእመናንን ከምእመናን ፣ ካህናትን ከካህናት ፣ አባቶችን ከአባቶች መለያየቱ፣ ብዙዎች የቤተ ክርስቲያኒቱን እውነተኛ ልጆች ማሳዘኑን የገለጠው፣ የሲኖዶሱ መግለጫ ፣ በአዲስ አበባ ከሚገኙት ሊቃነ ጳጳሳት መካከልም የተወሰኑት አባቶች በዚህ የልዩነት ታሪክ ላይ እንዳለን በሞት ማለፋቸው አሳዛኝ ሆኖ ሳለ፣ እኛ በህይወት ያለነው ማስተካከል የሚገባንን ሳናስተካክል ፣ ህገቤተክርስቲያንን ሳናስጠብቅ፣ ቤተክርስቲያንን አንድ ሳናደርግ ብናልፍ በህይወት በህዝባችን ፊት ፣ በሞትም በእግዚአብሄር ፊት ተወቃሾች ያደርገናል። “ብሎአል።

በአዲስ አበባ ያሉት ጳጳሳት ” የተጀመረው የሰላም ድርድር መልክ ሳይዝ፣ ወደ ሌላ ፓትርያርክ ምርጫ እንሄዳለን የሚለው ሀሳብ የቤተክርስቲያንን አንድነት በር እንደሚዘጋ፣ በአለም ዙሪያ የሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያውያን ኦርቶዶክሳዊያን በሙሉ ላለፉት 21 አመታት የነበረው የቤተክርስቲያን ልዩነት ተወግዶ ለማየት በታላቅ ተስፋ በሚጠባበቁበት ወቅት የምእመናንን ልብ ያሳዝናል፣ የቤተክርስቲያንንም ክብር ያዋርዳል። ” በማለት ሲኖዶሱ ገልጿል።

በአንድ በኩል ለድርድር እንቀርባለን እየተባለ ፣ በአንድ ዘመን በአንድ መንበር በአንዲት ቤተክርስቲያን ላይ ሁለት አባት ለማስቀመጥና ከቀኖና ቤተክርስቲያን ውጪ የሆነ ተግባር ለመፈጸም መዘጋጀት፣ አራተኛውና ህጋዊው ፓትርያርክ በህይወት እያሉ ሌላ ፓትርያርክ ለመሾም ማሰብ ፍጹም ተቀባይነት የሌለው ተግባር ነው በማለት አትቷል።

ሲኖዶሱ ” በኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተክርስቲያን የሰላምና አንድነት ጉበኤ የቀረበለትን ጥሪ ምክንያት በማድረግ ህጋዊው ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ የመነጋገሪያ አጀንዳዎችን ቀርጾና ተደራዳሪ የሰላም ልኡካንን ሰይሞ በተወሰነው ቀንና ቦታ ለመላክ መወሰኑንም” ጠቅሷል።

የአቡነ መርቆርዮስ ወደ መንበራቸው መመለስ አማራጭ የሌለው ብቸኛ መፍትሄ ነው በማለት  የገለጠው ሲኖዶሱ፣ በኢትዮጵያ በስልጣን ላይ ያለው መንግስትም ለዚህች ቅድስት ቤተክርስቲያን መለያየት ምክንያት ከመሆን እንዲቆጠብ፣ የቤተክርስቲያኒቱን የአንድነት አቅጣጫ መወሰን የቤተክርስቲያኒቱ ልጆች ማለትም ሊቃነ ጳጳሳት፣ ካህናቱና ምእመናኑ ብቻ ስለሆኑ መንግስት በቀጥታም ሆነ በተዘዋዋሪ በቤተክርስቲያኒቱ ውሳኔ ላይ ተጽእኖ እንዳያደርግ ቅዱስ ሲኖዶሱ አሳስቦአል።

ሲኖዶሱ መግለጫውን ያወጣው ከጥቅምት 21 -23/ 2005 ዓም በኮሎምበስ ኦሀዮ ደብረ መድህኔአለም ካቴደራል ጉባኤውን ካካሄደ በሁዋላ ነው።

የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ቤተክርስቲያን ላለፉት 21 አመታት ከሁለት ተከፍላ ቆይታለች። ለክፍፍሉ ምክንያት ናቸው የተባሉት የቀድሞው ፓትርያርክ፣ አቡነ ጳውሎስና ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር መለስ ዜናዊ ሁለቱም በተካካይ ሳምንታት ውስጥ ከዚህ አለም በሞት በመለየታቸው ፣ ቤተክርስቲያኑዋን ወደ አንድነት ለማምጣት የሽምግልና ጥረት መጀመሩ ይታወቃል።

የብጹወ ቅዱስ አቡነ ጳውሎስና የአቶ መለስ ዜናዊ ተከታትሎ ማረፍ ብዙዎችን ያስገረመ ክስተት እንደነበር ይታወሳል።

Tigray republic in turmoil as EUFF rebels hit a notorious prison in Adigrat

The Horn Times Newsletter-November 2, 2012
The ruling minority junta in Ethiopia has suffered the first real taste of what is to come, on Wednesday 31 October 2012

 when a powerful explosion flattened a heavily guarded maximum security prison in the heart of the iron curtain province of Tigraye, the late genocidal tyrant, Meles Zenawi’s home province.

According to a report published on ethiomedia website, more than 40 political prisoners have escaped and the death toll currently stands at 14.

The town’s emergency service used bulldozers to pull out bodies from the debris. The number of the injured is still unknown.

Furthermore additional reports coming out of the devastated town revealed that all 18 wardens on duty have died in the explosion.

The Ethiopian Unity and Freedom Force (EUFF), a crack guerilla group which attacked the town of Metema last April 2012 have claimed responsibility.

The notorious Adigrat prison has been home to more than 1300 key political prisoners captured during the 2005 nationwide anti Zenawi uprising.

The dramatic EUFF attack also exposed the ruling junta’s tactic of holding political prisoners 900 kilometers away, where it reign supreme.

A university lecturer from the nearby town of Adwa told reporters by phone that the well coordinated and well timed hit has left the still grieving republic in state of ennui.

The office of PM Hailemariam Desalegn hasn’t issue any statement.

Espionage against Ethiopians in Norway by the TPLF-regime in Ethiopia

Arrest of a Sudanese Refugee Spy: a defining historic moment

The Police Security Service (PSS) locally known as PST has arrested a Sudanese man accusing him of refugee espionage in

A number of Ethiopians in Trondheim, Norway have also claimed to have been approached and spied by the accused spy according to adressavisen.no.Norway. PST said the man, on several occasions, secretly collected information about Sudanese in Norway, and sent the information to the authorities in Sudan. Among his own countrymen, he has been considered to be a refugee, but PST believes he has always spied on them.

According to PST this is the first arrest for refugee espionage in Norway since the 1970s. and the man is charged under Norwegian Penal Code 91a.

PST’s definition of refugee espionage in Norway

PST’s definition of refugee espionage is a foreign intelligence activities directed against foreigners in Norway. The aim of this type of activity is to undermine, neutralize or eliminate political opposition through monitoring, controlling, and threatening dissidents in exile in different ways. Several countries are spying on their own citizens who traveled to Norway, and among others Eritrea and Ethiopia are in the police spotlight.

The Ethiopian Refugee Espionage in Norway: Both systematic and comprehensive

Rune Berglund Steen is a communications officer at the Anti-Racist Center in Norway and author of the book ‘’ The Black Book of Norwegian Asylum Policy’’. Rune Berglund Steen has also worked on the Ethiopian spying in Norway issue for many years.

According to Rune Steen, representatives of the Ethiopian dictatorship run a systematic monitoring of Ethiopian refugees in Norway. At least 50 Ethiopians in Norway have experienced direct threats from the so-called refugee spies since 2005, according to Steen.

Based on the information he has collected since 2004/2005, it appears that the Ethiopian refugee espionage is both systematic and comprehensive. It is simply shameless and extensive, says Berglund Steen to Nrk.no (Norwegian National Media). He says the spies must be punished, this has been going fairly overtly long and that regime loyal Ethiopians allow themselves this because it has not been linked with consequences for them here in Norway. This must change, says Steen. Activities such as this must simply get consequences. It must be shown that one can’t with impunity behave like a dictator’s thugs on Norwegian soil. It should be a basis for several criminal cases against them here in Norway, says Berglund Steen.

It is also understood that some who have been granted stay permit based on false information, are regime loyal who have cheated to be opposition, and that when they get stay permit continue their works for the regime. If this is the case, it is an obvious ground for withdrawing their stay permits, he adds.

To what threats are Ethiopian refugees and dissidents in Norway exposed to?

Threats can be about what will happen when they return to Ethiopia, or it may be directed toward family members in Ethiopia, including death threats, says Steen. The spies, according to Steen, are active with taking pictures of peoples taking part in demonstrations and threatening of oppositions on the street, via e-mail and anonymous phones. There are also attempts at infiltration of opposition groups and parties. Dissidents have told Rune Steen that they suspect hacking. In several cases, it has also lead to street fighting, for example, when the opposition was trying to stop taking of photographs of demonstrations.

Ethiopia Muslims rally on Fridays as tension rises

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — As midday prayers came to an end at the Grand Anwar mosque in Ethiopia’s capital, worshippers continued on to what has become a regular second act on Fridays — shouting anti-government slogans.

The demonstrations this Friday did not turn violent. But tensions are rising between the government in this mostly Christian country and Muslim worshippers. On Monday, federal prosecutors charged a group of 29 Muslims with terrorism and working to establish an Islamic republic.

Not all encounters between police and the protesters have been peaceful. In July, hundreds were arrested after a scuffle in the mosque that injured many and damaged property, including city buses.

Religious violence outside the capital has killed eight and wounded about a dozen this year in two incidents, including one last month when protesters tried to free jailed Muslim leaders in the Amhara region. Protests first erupted in December after the state, wary of Islamist extremists, wanted to change the leadership of a religious school in the capital.

The government also expelled two Arabs in May after the pair flew in from Middle East and disseminated pamphlets at the Anwar mosque. Two-thirds of Ethiopians are Christians; the rest are Muslims.

Ethiopia’s former leader, Meles Zenawi, before he died in August expressed concern over rising fundamentalism he said was evident by the first discovery of an al-Qaida cell in the country. A federal court is scheduled to rule Monday in the case of 11 people charged with being members of al-Qaida. One Kenyan national has already pleaded guilty.

Protesters also accuse the government of unconstitutionally encouraging a moderate teaching of Islam called Al-Ahbash and dictating the election of community leaders to support it at an Addis Ababa religious conference.

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, speaking to parliament on Oct. 16, said the government fully respects freedom of religion and “would not interfere in the affairs of religion just as religion would not interfere in matters of politics.” He blamed “extremist elements” for the protests. He said some protesters “tried to activate a hidden political agenda under the pretext of religion.”

On Monday, federal prosecutors charged a group of 29 people, including the jailed activists, with terrorism.

The group, including a wife of a senior Cabinet minister, now faces charges including leading a covert movement to undermine the country’s secular constitution and establish an Islamic republic. Prosecutors say the group incited violence and called for jihad against the federal government.

The minister’s wife, Habiba Mohammed, is charged with coordinating finances for the group. Police say she was caught leaving the Saudi Arabian embassy in Addis Ababa with nearly $3,000. Other suspects are also charged with receiving pay from the embassy “to preach extremism.”

Before the charges were filed, the minister defended his wife, saying he had asked the Saudi ambassador for the money to help construct a mosque their family is building.

Rights groups are concerned about the trial and the use of an anti-terrorism law which they say has been used in past trials to silence dissent, not prosecute terrorists.

“Many of these trials have been politically motivated and marred by serious due process violations. The Ethiopian authorities should allow systematic independent trial monitoring, including by human rights organizations, throughout the trial,” said Laetitia Bader of Human Rights Watch.

One protester on Friday said his group is changing the color used in past protests, yellow, to white to underscore that the jailed leaders are peaceful activists, not terrorists.

የሃይለማርያም ቃለመጠይቅ በሻዕቢያ የተዘጋጀ?

ሰሞኑን ሃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ አንድ አስገራሚ ቃለመጠይቅ ሰጥቶ ነበር። አገር ውስጥ ለሚታተም መፅሄት በሰጠው በዚሁ ቃለመጠይቅ ላይ፣ “ዘላለማዊ ክብር ለመለስ ዜናዊ” በማለቱ ከቤተሰቡ የደረሰበትን ተቃውሞ ገልፆአል። በርግጥም ሃይለማርያም ልጆቹንና ባለቤቱን ሰብስቦ፣ “ተሳስቼያለሁ።” ብሎ ይቅርታ ጠይቆአል። ይህን እንግዲህ ከመፅሄቱ ላይ ያነበብነው ነው። የሃይለማርያም ሴት ልጅም አባቷን በዚህ መልኩ በማረሟ ታዋቂ ሆና ሰንብታለች። በርግጥም ዘላለማዊ ክብር ለአምላክ እንጂ ለሰው የሚሰጥ አልነበረም።

በዚሁ ቃለመጠይቅ ሃይለማርያም አንዳንድ አፈንጋጭ የሚመስሉ ቃላት አምልጠውታል። ያነበበው ወረቀት ከእሱ እውቅና ውጭ ተዘጋጅቶ መቅረቡን መግለፁ አነጋጋሪ ነበር። ከጀርባ ያሉትን ዘዋሪ ሾፌሮች የሚጠቁም ነበር። መለስን የሚቃወም ከሚመስሉ የሃይሌ የምላስ ወለምታዎች መካከል፣

“እኛ የአይን ቀለም አንመረምርም” ማለቱ የሚጠቀስ ነው።

መለስ የሚታወቀው የአይናችንን ቀለም በመመርመር ነበር። ሃይለማርያም ይህን የአይን ቀለም ምርመራ ካልተከተለ፣ አንድ ትልቅ ለውጥ ነው። የምላስ ወለምታም ከሆነ እናዋለን።” ብዬ በተስፋ በመጠበቅ ላይ ነበርኩ።

ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ Ethiopia first እና Aiga forum የተባሉት የወያኔ ድረገፆች ባስነበቡት ዘገባ ዝነኛ ሆኖ የሰነበተው የሃይለማርያም ቃለመጠይቅ፣ “በጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ ስም ተቀነባብሮ የተዘጋጀ እንጂ ሃይለማርያም የሰጡት ቃለመጠይቅ አይደለም” ሲሉ አውጀዋል። “ትልቁ ጀበና ተሰነጠቀ” ማለት ይሄኔ ነው። ወያኔ በጉዳዩ ላይ ያወጣው ዘገባ የሚከተለውን ይመስላል።

“…ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ኃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ ሰጥተውታል የተባለው ቃለ ምልልስ ሙሉ በሙሉ ሀሰትና የፈጠራ ቃለመጠይቅ ተሰርቶ መሆኑ መታወቅ አለበት። ይሄንንም ሆን ብለው ያዘጋጁት ወገኖች ጠንቅቀው ያውቁታል። ይህ ዜና የተፈበረከው ኢትዮጵያን ከድቶና ዘርፎ በሄደ ለሻዕቢያ ተላላኪነት ባደረ ባሕርማዶ በሚገኝ ቅጥረኛ ነው። ይሄን ከማዶ (ከአስመራ ለማለት ነው) ተቀብሎ ወገን መስሎ አገር ውስጥ ላሉ ጋዜጦችና መጽሔቶች ያሰራጨው ደግሞ ሁሌም ከሴራና ተንኰል እጃቸው ጠርቶ የማያውቀው ወቅትና ሁኔታ በተቀየረ መጠን እንደ እስስት እየተለዋወጡ፣ እንደመርዘኛ እባብ አድብተው ለመናደፍ የሚከለፈለፉ አንዳንድ የግል ትልቅ ጋዜጣ ነን ብለው ራሳቸውን የከመሩ የግል ፕሬስ እንደሆኑ እናውቃለን። እነ ሰንደቅ እና ሌሎችም ይኼንን የጠላት ፕሮፖጋንዳ አራጋቢና አናፋሽ በመሆን በመሳሪያነት ያገለገሉትና የተሰለፉትም ከሀገር ውስጥ ሆነ ከውጭ በምስጢር የገንዘብ ክፍያ ተፈፅሞላቸው ሊሆን ይችላል። ስለዚህ በበሉበት ቢጮኹ ምን ይገርማል?”

ስድቡን አራግፈን ይዘቱን ብቻ መዘን ስናወጣ በጣም አሳሳቢው ጉዳይ፣ “የሃይለማርያም ተብሎ ሲነበብ የሰነበተው ቃለመጠይቅ፣ በርግጥ የራሱ ነው ወይስ በሻእቢያ ተዘጋጅቶ የተበተነ?” የሚለው ጥያቄ ነው። ሃይለማርያም የእምነት ሰው በመሆኑ ይዋሻል ብዬ አልገምትም። “ቃለመጠይቁን አልሰጠሁም በል” ብለው ማስገደድም አይቻላቸውም።

ሃይለማርያም በርግጥ ቃለመጠይቁን አልሰጠም? ማነው ታዲያ ይህን ተንኮል የፈፀመው? ይሄ በግልፅ መታወቅ አለበት። ሃይለማርያም በርግጥ ቃለመጠይቁን ካልሰጠ ዘገባውን የሰሩ ሜዲያዎች ሁሉ ይቅርታ መጠየቅ አለባቸው። ይቅርታ ለመጠየቅ ግን ሃይለማርያም፣ “ቃለመጠይቁ የኔ አይደለም። እኔ አላልኩም” ብሎ በአንደበቱ እንዲገልፅ እንጠብቃለን።   አነጋገሪዎቹ አባባሎች የሚከተሉት ናቸው።

ጥያቄ :- ቃለ መሐላ በሚፈጽሙበት ጊዜ <ዘላለማዊ ክብር ለጠ /ሚኒስትራችን > ያሏት ቃል ብዙ ክርስቲያኖችን ያጠያየቀ ጉዳይ ሆናለች ይህችን ቃል ሆን በርግጥም አምነውባት ነው ያሏት ወይስ የተጻፈልዎትን ነው ያነበቧት ?

ጠ /ሚ ኃ /ማሪያም ደሳለኝ :- (ትንሽ ካሰቡ በኋላ ) ያንን ንግግር ያዘጋጁት ንግግር አዘጋጆች ናቸው :: ግን የንግግሩን ጽንሰ ሀሳብ መጀመሪያ እኔ ነኝ የሰጠኋቸው እነሱ ቋንቋውን አሳምረው ቀናንሰውና ጨማምረውበት አሰካክተው ኤዲት አርገው ከጨረሱ በኋላ እኔ ጋ ይደርሳል እኔ ሀሳቤን በትክክል ይገልጻል የሚለውን አንኳሩን ክፍል ብቻ አይቼ ያቺን ቃል ሳላስተውል አመለጠችኝና እናም ምንም አማራጭ የለኝም አልኳት :: ማታ ቤት ስመለስ ባለቤቴና ልጆቼ ሁሉ ገና ከበሩ ጀምሮ አተካራ ገጠሙኝ :: ልጆቼ በተለይ የ 16 ዐመቷ ልጄ ያለችው አባ በምድር አላፊ የሆነ ሥጋ ለባሽ ከኢየሱስ እኩል በላይ ክብር መውሰድ አይገባውም ብለህ ራስህ አስተምረሄን የለም ብላ ስትለኝ በእውነት መልስ አጣሁ :: ትንሽ ፈተና ገጥሞኝ ነበር እልሀለሁ ::

ጥያቄ :- እና ተጸጽተዋል ?

Ethiopia: The price of tagging along with Woyane ethnic Apartheid regime

There is no way out of the stalemate but, for Woyane to surrender peacefully for the people’s government. The Woyane Apartheid regime is as dead as the man that created it. Only fools and the corrupt think it is still alive…on vacation.

by Teshome Debalke

If anything, Ethiopians are known to humiliate those that define us without our consent. Contrary to what the sellouts want us and the world to believe, we don’t go out of our way to take what isn’t ours nor appreciate when others take what is ours.

Therefore, when the Woyane Apartheid regime committed the ultimate crime by eating the forbidden fruit it signed its death wish not to see eye-to-eye with Ethiopians. Ever since, Woyane is living on borrowed time; rigged elections, stolen money, manufactured propaganda, and its death squad aiming at us. What we observe now is an Apartheid regime attempting to survive by all means necessary.

The truth hurts but, it must be told over and over again until everybody gets it.

Yes, we Ethiopians are unfortunate people on earth. After we went thought one of the most brutal Leninist-Maoist authoritarian junta and hoped to get something better. Instead of getting a democratic government to breath freedom we were deprived and deserve for too long we got a defunct ethnic Apartheid regime that consumed our human sprit in to divisiveness and conflicts to force us retreat behind Woyane’s handpicked ethnic peddling warlords.

The last Apartheid regime in Africa the world buried for good resurfaced again; from all places in Ethiopia and from all groups by Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) without much attention of the world. The world power brokers’ tolerance to the new Apartheid in Africa can only be described as the manifestation of the ugliest of Western Colonialists’ mindset revisited; Africans are one and the same-expandable to the pleasure of the racist institutions that still linger in the minds of the children of Colonialist as well as their subjects that choose to serve them.  After all, who would in their right mind entertain Apartheid on any people other than the mind of racists and willing subjects to it?

Ethiopians that defied the Colonialist’s definition of Africans for centuries fail victim again for a second rated mercenary called Woyane; replicating what Colonialist of Africa attempted and failed.  Sadly, Woyane and its stooges are proud of their accomplishment. Year in and year out they are romanticize the same thing Fascist was defeated for; eating the forbidden fruit of defining Ethiopians.

Mr. Hailemariam has already made several mistakes

Is it because of multiple personality?

ByMeKonnen H. Birru, PhD*

Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. Colossians 3:9

Mr. Hailemarim Desalegn, 48, has been prime minister of Ethiopia not more than three months now but has already made several serious mistakes. I was among the first who wished him good luck within his first few office days but his unchristian and copycat drama make me question his integrity. I pray God will help him.

Mr. Hailemariam is a highly educated man. He has a graduate degree in sanitation engineering. He was President of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNPR) for five years; then served as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia for almost two years. More than that, many claim and witness, including Mr. Hailemariam, that the man is a devout Christian with uncorrupt and respectful solid Christian background. So, how such a strong, educated, dedicated, uncorrupt, and ethical personality becomes full of lies or mistakes?

Some say he is a strong Christian with weakness in telling the truth. Is there such personality? If so, can we categorize him as a person with multiple personality? One who accepts tricky political games, lies, purposeful mistakes, and partisans and another personality that regrets, confesses, cries, talks smooth, and believes?

Or, is he a strong Christian who is waiting his time to make a difference? A strong Christian that talks even with devil, as Jesus did, until the time comes (Matthew 4:1); or is he just an opportunist?

If not all what we think, then what? What is the reason behind such personality conflict? How come the same lips that claim to be a strong Christian praise both the creator and the created with the same standard unless one has multiple personality? Not only that, I believe so many of us heard how and what Mr. Hailemariam stated in his very first appearance in parliament as prime minster. I do not believe for a second he will not say in front of his church members what he said in parliament about the prisoners because his Bible on Matthew 25 :36 is read, “I was naked , and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.”……I don’t think the Bible states… I was in prison and you mocked at me…. Regardless of their case, they are prisoners and they deserve what Christ stated: Visitation. Have you visited them Mr. Hailemariam? (Please don’t trade your Bible!)

Multiple personality disorder is also known as the Dissociative identity disorder(DID). In this condition, there are more than two personalities that control a person’s behavior. These multiple personalities or identities are called the alter egos or alters. Each of the alters have their own pattern of interacting and perceiving the environment.

God help us.

MeKonnen H. Birru is Mental Health Professor at Fortis and Houston Community Colleges; author of the national best seller DEEP IN TRUE SELF

የሃሪኬን ዐውሎ ነፋሳት መነሻቸው ከኢትዮጵያ መሆኑን የናሳ ሳይንቲስት አረጋግጠዋል

የአሜሪካን በተለያዩ ጊዜያት የመቱ አውሎ ንፋሳትና ወጀቦች መነሻቸው ከኢትዮጵያ ከፍተኛ ተራራማ ቦታዎች መሆናቸውን የናሳ ሳይንቲስቶች ጥናቶች በተለያዩ ጊዜያት ሲያመለክቱ ነበር፡፡ ኦውን ኬሊ የተባሉ የናሳ ተመራማሪ በ2006 ዓ.ም ጥናታቸው፡- A lot of hurricanes start out over the Ethiopian Mountains. Air steadily flowing over those mountains and they cause waves in the air.በማለት የሄሪኬን አውሎዎችና ወጀቦች መነሻ ኢትዮጵያ መሆኗን በጥናታቸው አመልክተዋል፡፡

ሌላኛው የናሳ ሳይንቲስትና ተመራማሪ የሆኑት ስኮት ብራውን እስከ ቅርብ ጊዜ ድረስ የሄሪኬን መነሻዎች ከባሕሮችና ከውቅያኖሶች ዳርቻዎች ነው ከሚለው በተጨማሪ ለሄሪኬን መከሰት ከምዕራብና ምስራቅ አፍሪካ የሚነሱ ንፋሳትና አውሎዎችም የብዙዎች ሳይንቲስቶችና አጥኚዎች ትኩረትን እየሳቡ መምጣታቸውን በጥናታቸው በአጽንኦት ገልጸዋል፡፡

የWall Street Journal የናሳ ሳይንቲስቶችን ጥናት ዋቢ በማድረግ እንዳስነበበው ደግሞ አሜሪካንን የመታው ‹‹ሄሪኬን አርል›› የተባለው አውሎና ወጀብ መነሻው ከኢትዮጵያ እንደነበር በወቅቱ አስነብቦ ነበር፡፡ እንዲሁም እ.ኤ.አ በ2003 ዓ.ም የተከሰተው ‹‹ሄሪኬን ኢሳቤላ›› የሚል መጠሪያን ያገኘችው አውሎና ወጀብም መነሻዋ ከኢትዮጵያ እንደነበር ተገልጾ ነበር፡፡

በ2008, ABC News, “The Real Home of Hurricanes: Ethiopia?” በሚል የሀሪኬን አውሎና ወጀብ ከኢትዮጵያ ከየትኛው ቦታ እንደሚነሳ በአኒሜሽን በተደገፈ ምስል ጭምር ዘግቦ ነበር፡፡ የዘንድሮው አሜሪካን ምስራቃዊ ግዛት በመምታት ወደ ሰሜናዊ አሜሪካ ግዛትና ካናዳ እየገሰገሰ ያለው ሄሪኬን ሳንዲ መነሻው በትክክል ከየት እንደሆነ ባይገለጽም ከምስራቃዊ አፍሪካ ግዛት ሊሆን እንደሚችል ግን ያለፉትን የሄሪኬን መነሻዎች ጥናቶች ዋቢ በማድረግ አንዳንድ ሳይንቲስቶች እየተናገሩ ነው፡፡

ስለ ሄሪኬን ሳይንሳዊ ጥናቱና መረጃው እንዳለ ሆኖ ነፋሳትን፣ አውሎዎችንና ወጀቦችን በተመለከተ በኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን አስተምህሮ መሠረት አስራ ሁለት የንፋስ መስኮቶች እንዳሉና ከእነዚህ የነፋሳት መስኮቶች መካከል አራቱ ብቻ የምሕረት ሲሆኑ የተቀሩት ስምንቱ የመዓት ወይም የቁጣ የነፋሳት መስኮቶች/መዛግብቶች መሆናቸውን የቤተ ክርስቲያኒቱ ሊቃውንቶች ይናገራሉ፡፡

የክርስትና ሃይማኖት መመሪያ የሆነው ቅዱስ መጽሐፍም በዮሐንስ ራእይ፡- ‹‹በምድር ላይ ምንም ዓይነት ንፋስ በባሕርም ሆነ በምድር ላይ እንዳይነፍስ መላእክት አራቱን የምድር ንፋሳት ያዙ፡፡›› (ራእይ ፯፣፩) በማለት አራት የነፋሳት መስኮቶች እንዳሉ ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ በራእይ ፍንጭ መስጠቱን የራእይ መጽሐፍ ይናገራል፡፡

እንደ መጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ገለጻ ከሆነ በምስራቅ ወይም በአዜብ በኩል የሚነሱ ንፋሳትና አውሎዎች የመዓትና የቁጣ መገለጫዎች እንደሆኑ በተለያዩ የመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ክፍሎች ይናገራሉ፡፡ በዚህ እውነት መሠረትም በተደጋጋሚ አሜሪካን ግዛቶችና በዙሪያዋ ያሉትን ሀገራት የመቱ አውሎዎችና ነፋሳት መነሻቸው ከምስራቅ/ከአዜብ ነው የሚለው ጥናት ትክክለኛነትን የሚያረጋግጥ ይመስላል፡፡

Legacy of Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia (1991-2012)

Deservedly or not, Meles has received accolades from various sources, especially from western intellectuals and

 politicians. On the other hand, many Ethiopian observers see nothing redeeming, but malaise, destruction of Ethiopian nationalism, high inflation, ethnic tension, disfranchised people, and a nation lagging the world in all development benchmark.

The accusations by Ethiopians are numerous. He left a country more destitute and desperate than ever, primarily due to his control of every aspect of the economy, nepotism, and denial of access to technology.

He carved a false image abroad, but remained highly detested at home. He created a unique power based on one party dictatorship or Tigrean monopoly of power primarily by pitting one ethnic group against another.  Meles era was a lost and miserable two decades for Ethiopia in all aspects not forgetting absence of economic development, absence of national unity that Meles deliberately promoted.

He might appear brilliant for his supporters and some in the West, but he was perceived as an evil dictator and deeply resentful of the Ethiopian state. Meles used brute force at home and a massive PR machine abroad to crowd out the opposition and to hide his evil designs.

Was the constitution an issue? The case of ONLF

After walking out of the recent peace conference with the ONLF, the Ethiopian delegation released a statement spelling out

the reason they left the conference via their embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. “The peace talks failed after the ONLF group refused to accept and respect the constitution of Ethiopia and work within the constitutional framework,” the statement said.

On its part, the ONLF didn’t reject this claim but explained why they objected to accepting the Ethiopian constitution as precondition and offered their take on this ‘contentious issue’ which had derailed the talks. “The ONLF position on the constitution is that it must reflect the will of the people and that the Somali people never exercised a referendum on the constitution. ONLF believes that the solution of the conflict in the Ogaden can only be achieved by accepting the principles of the right to exercise their self-determination without any preconditions or restrictions,” the ONLF statement read.

The irrelevance of the constitutional argument

For a start, the Ethiopian constitution does not concern the Somalis in Ogaden. Leaving aside the fact that the Ogaden has never been part of Ethiopia proper historically speaking and that Ethiopia occupies the Ogaden through illegitimate treaties it signed with Britain, France and Italy in the 19th century and the transfer of Ogaden to Ethiopia during the 2nd World War by Britain unwillingly after coercion by USA, the people of Ogaden have not voted for the current constitution when it was promulgated in 1994 nor have they had any input in its draft. (For more on this, please read: why the Haud was ceded).

Even if we were, hypothetically speaking, to accept the constitution in order to find a lasting solution, we must ask: why is the constitution not implemented in Ogaden? Where is this constitution when the people of Ogaden are arbitrarily arrested daily en masse and hoarded into military camps to be tortured, raped, and killed? Where is this document when our people are massacred, their villages burned, their meager belongings confiscated, and the rest forced to flee out of their country?

What happened to those beautiful statues enunciated in the constitution which guarantee the sanctity of the citizen’s life, property, and the many other rights such as the right to freedom of speech and association, where are these rights when it comes to Ogaden? If the constitution is truly the supreme law of the land which all must uphold, ‘respect and accept’, why is it not implemented in Ogaden?

Ethiopia loses 25 billion dollars in capital flight

oct. 30 (ESAT News)–A new research conducted by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has indicated that the amount of Ethiopia’s illicit capital flight in the last four decades amounted to nearly 25 billion USD.

The research, which covers the period between 1970 and 2010, shows that 33 Sub-Saharan African countries including Ethiopia have lost over 810 billion USD that exceeds the amount they received in official development aid from donors. In the same period, the amount lost in illicit capital flight also dwarfed the region’s inflow of foreign direct investment, which amounted only to 305 billion USD.

The researchers underlined that there is an urgent need to stem illicit capital flight and make concerted efforts to repatriate of stolen assets “as a part of the broader goals of scaling up development financing, combating corruption, and improving transparency in the global financial system.”

The report, Capital Flight from Sub-Saharan African Countries: Updated Estimates, 1970 – 2010, was conducted by economists at the Political Economy Research Institute, which is based at University of Massachusetts.

Oil exporter Nigeria tops the list with 311.4 billion wasted in capital flight. Among the non-oil export countries, Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with huge amount of capital flight leaving the country unaccounted for.

A separate report released last year by the International Financial Integrity has put the amount of illicit capital outflow to well over 11 billion in the last decade.

ኢትዮጵያ ለግብጽ አንድ ሚሊዮን ስኩዌር ሜትር መሬት ልትሰጥ ነው

ኢሳት ዜና:-እየተገነባ ባለው የህዳሴው ግድብ ሳቢያ ግብጽ ችግር ልትፈጥርብን ትችላለች የሚል ስጋት በተደጋጋሚ በኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ደጋፊ ሚዲያዎች ሲስተጋቡ  ቢሰሙም፤ የግብጽ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር  ግን በተቃራኒው  በኢትዮጵያና በግብጽ መካከል ያለው የልማት ግንኙነት እየተሻሻለ መምጣቱን ነው ይፋ ያደረጉት።

የግብጹ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ሀሺም ካንዲ በቅርቡ በአልጀሪያ ባደረጉት የሁለት ቀናት ጉብኝት ላይ ፤አገራቸው ፤ በአልጀሪያና በኢትዮጵያ ሁለት የኢንዱስትሪ  ዞኖችን ለመገንባት ማቀዷን አስታውቀዋል።

የግብጽ የማስታወቂያ ሚኒስቴር እንዳለው ፤ግብጽ እንደ ፈረንጆቹ አቆጣጠር  2014 ዓም ከመድረሱ በፊት በ አልጀሪያ 2 ጥብ 5 ሚሊዮን የመኖሪያ ቤቶችን ለመገንባት ማቀዷን ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ በጉብኝታቸው ይፋ አድርገዋል።

<<አህራም ኦንላይን>>የተሰኘው የግብጽ ተነባቢ ድረ-ገጽ በፎቶ አስደግፎ ያወጣው ዘገባ  እንደሚያመለክተው ከዚህም ባሻገር ኢትዮጵያ ለግብጽ 1 ሚሊዮን ስኩዌር ሜትር መሬት እንደምትሰጥ አስታውቃለች።

የኢትዮጵያ  መንግስት መሬቱን የሚሰጠው ግብጽ በኢትዮጵያ ለምትገነባው የኢንዱስትሪ ዞን እንዲውል ሲሆን፤ይህም በግብጽና  በኢትዮጵያ መካከል ያለውን የንግድና ኢንቨስትመንት ትብብር ወደተሻለ ደረጃ ያደርሰዋል ተብሏል።

የግብጽ የኢንዱስትሪና የውጪ ንግድ  ሚኒስትር ሀቲም ሳላህ ባለፈው ረቡዕ፦ ግብጽ በኢትዮጵያ የምታካሂዳቸው  የኢንቨስትመንት ፕሮጀክቶች ከ 50 እስከ 70 በመቶ የሚሆነው ሥራቸው በኢትዮጵያ የባንክ ዘርፎች ድጋፍ የሚካሄድ ነው ብለዋል።

የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ለግብጽ  ያዘጋጀው 1 ሚሊዮን ስኩዌር ሜትር መሬት በምን መልክ እና በምን ያህል ዋጋ እንዲሰጥ በዘገባው አልተገለጸም።

በተለያዩ የአገሪቱ ክልሎች በብዙ ሺህ የሚቆጠሩ ዜጎች ለዘመናት ከኖሩበት ቀያቸውና ግማሽ ሄክታር ከማይሞላ ማሳቸው  <በልማት ስም>ያለ ካሳ  እየተፈናቀሉ እንደሚገኙ በተደጋጋሚ መዘገቡ ይታወሳል።

የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት በተለይ ከቅርብ ጊዜ ወዲህ  ከህዳሴው ግድብ ጋር በተያያዘ ከሱዳንና ከግብጽ በኩል ከፍ ያለ የደህንነት ስጋት እንደተጋረጠበት በደጋፊ ድረ-ገጾቹና ጋዜጦቹ አማካይነት ሲወተውት ይሰማል።

ከዚህ ባሻገር የኢትዮጵያ ሳተላይት ቴሌቪዥን-ኢሳት ከግብፅ  ድጋፍ እንደሚደረግለትና ከአገር ጠላት ጋር እንደሚሰራ  በመወትወት የቴሌቪዥን ጣቢያው በአጭር ጊዜ  በሚሊዮን አገር ወዳድ ኢትዮጵያውያን ዘንድ የገነባውን መልካም ገጽታና ምስል  በሀሰት ለማጠልሸት ተደጋጋሚ ክሶችን ሲያሰማ ይደመጣል;

የኢህአዴግ መንግስት ከጎረቤት አገሮች በተለይም ከግብጽና ሱዳን ጋር ስጋት እንደተጋረጠበት በሚያስነግርበት ወቅት፤ በተጨባጭ መሬት ላይ ያለው ሀቅ 1 ሚሊዮን ስኩዌር ሜትር መሬት  ለግብጽ ለመስጠት እየተዘጋጀ እንደሆነ መገለጹ፤ዜናውን የሰሙ ወገኖችን ሁሉ ያስገረመ ሆኗል።

<<በጎረቤት አገሮች ስጋት ተጋርጦብኛል>> የሚለው ውትወታ፤ ከመጋረጃው ጀርባ  በልማትና ኢንቨስትመንት ስም በአገር ላይ እየተፈጸመ ካለው ደባ የህዝብን ትኩረት ለማሳት እንዲሁም ሊመለሱ ያልቻሉ አስተዳደራዊ ጥያቄዎችን እና የተፈጠረውን ፖለቲካ ውጥረት ለማዳፈን ነው>>ብለዋል-አንድ በዜናው የተገረሙ የመድረክ አመራር።

ኢህአዴግ ቀደም ሲል የአማራ እና የቤንሻንጉል ጉሙዝ ክልል የሆነ ሰፊ መሬትን ለሱዳን መስጠቱ ይታወሳል።

ከኑሮ ውድነት ጋር ተያይዞ  ህዝቡ የከፋ ምሬት ማሰማት በጀመረበትና  መንግስት  በህዝብ አስተዳደራዊ ጥያቄዎች አጣብቂኝ ውስጥ በገባበት ወቅት  በድንገት የታወጀው የዓባይ ግድብ ግንባታ፤ከጅማሬው ዋዜማ አንስቶ እስካሁን ድረስ ከልማታዊ ትርጉምነቱ ይልቅ ፖለቲካዊ ፍጆታው እንደጎላ፤ ብዙዎች ይስማማሉ።

በማረቃ ወረዳ የየኔሰው ገብሬ ጓደኛ የሆነው ወጣት ራሱን በአደባባይ ሰቀለ

ኢሳት ዜና:-በአርባምንጭ ዩኒቨርስቲ በኢኮኖሚክስ የትምህርት ክፍል የሜዳሊያ ተሸላሚ  የነበረው ወጣት ግርማ ወ/ማርያም ራሱን በአደባባይ ለመስቀል የተገደደው በአካባቢው ያለውን የመልካም አስተዳዳርና የፍትህ እጦት በመቃወም መሆኑን ጓደኞቹና ቤተሰቦቹ ለኢሳት ገልጠዋል።

በደቡብ ብሄር ብሄረሰቦች ክልል ፣ በዳውሮ ዞን ፣በማረቃ ወረዳ ፣ በዋካ ቀበሌ ነዋሪ የሆነው ወጣት ግርማ ወ/ማርያም፣ በ1980 ዓም ነበር የተወለደው ። የ10ኛ ክፍል ትምህርቱን 3 ነጥብ 8 በማምጣት  በአንደኝነት አጠናቆ ወደ አርባ ምንጭ ዩኒቨርስቲ መግባቱንና የኢኮኖሚክስ ትምህርቱን በከፍተኛ ውጤት ማጠናቀቁን ለማወቅ ተችሏል።

ትምህርቱን እንዳጠናቀቀም በማረቃ ወረዳ በታክስና አስተዳዳር ተቀጥሮ መስራቱን፣  ይሁን እንጅ በስራ ላይ እያለ ከፍተኛ የሆነ የአስተደዳር በደል እንደደረሰበት በተለይም ወጣት የኔሰው ገብሬ ራሱን በማቃጠል ከገደለ በሁዋላ ወጣቱ የየኔሰውን ጥያቄዎች ያቀነቅናል በሚል ከፍተኛ ጫና ሲደርስበት እንደነበር የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች ይገልጻሉ። የወረዳው ባለስልጣናትም ወጣት ግርማ ከስራው እንዲታገድ በማድረግ ለ4 ወራት ያክል ምንም ክፍያ ሳያገኝ ያለስራ እንዲቀመጥ አድርገዋል። ወጣት ግርማ ወደ ባለስልጣናት በተደጋጋሚ በመመላለስ መፍትሄ ለማግኘት ጥረት ቢያደርግም ሊሳካለት ባለመቻሉ ባለፈው አርብ ራሱን በአደባባይ በገመድ በመስቀል አጥፍቷል።

ኢሳት ከወጣት ግርማ ወ/ ማርያም ቤተሰቦች ጋር ቃለምልልስ አድርጓል።

በሌላ በኩል የማረቃ ወረዳ  አስተዳዳሪ የሆኑት አቶ መላኩ ወጣት ግርማ ወ/ ማርያም በመልካም አስተዳዳር እጦት ራሱን አጥፍቷል የሚለውን እንደማይቀበሉት ለኢሳት ገልጠዋል።

በማረቃ ወረዳ ነዋሪ የነበረው የኔሰው ገብሬ ፍትህና መልካም አስተዳዳር በሌለበት ሁኔታ መኖር አልፈልግም በማለት ራሱን በቤንዚን አቃጥሎ መግደሉ ይታወሳል።

ወጣት የኔሰው ራሱን ካጠፋ በሁዋላ ከ6 ያላነሱ የአካባቢው ሰዎች ራሳቸውን በተለያዩ መንገዶች ማጥፋታቸውን የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች ይናገራሉ።

ስማቸው እንዳይጠቀስ የፈለጉ አንድ ሰው ወጣት ግርማ ከመሞቱ በፊት ወረቀት ጽፎ እንደነበር፣ ፖሊሶች በፍጥነት ደርሰው ወረቀቱን እንደወሰዱበት ተናግሯል።  ከዚህ ቀደም በአሜሪካ ድምጽ ራዲዮ በሰጠሁት መግለጫ ችግር ደርሶብኛል ያለው ወጣት እንደገለጠው ፣ የወታት ግርማ ወ/ ማርያም ቤተሰቦች በተቃዋሚነት በርካታ ችግሮች ደርሶባቸዋል።

በማረቃ ወረዳ ከወረዳና ከመልካም አስተዳዳር እጦት ጋር በተያያዘ ተደጋጋሚ ችግሮች መኖራቸውን ኢሳት መዘገቡ ይታወሳል።

About ESAT

 What is ESAT?

The Ethiopian Satellite Television Service (ESAT) is a nonpartisan, independent media outlet established primarily to promote free press, democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law in Ethiopia. ESAT’s main studio is in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It has branch studios in Washington D.C. and London.

Why was ESAT established?

ESAT was established on April 24, 2010 to present accurate and balanced news, analysis and information, as well as entertainment, talk shows, documentaries, sports and cultural programming pertaining to Ethiopia and the rest of the world.

What are its aims and objectives?

ESAT’s main objective is to provide free access to information to the people of Ethiopia.

ESAT firmly believes that suppression of press freedom, persecution of journalists, and interference in the free flow of information by the Ethiopian regime is harmful and counterproductive to peace, stability and the building of a democratic society.

ESAT believes that a well-functioning independent press is an essential element of a democratic system by exposing corruption, abuse of power, mismanagement and embezzlement of public resources.

ESAT also believes that without free access to information and ideas, citizens are unable to participate meaningfully in the political system by exercising their right to vote or by taking part in the efforts to shape the process of public policy and decision making.

Who owns ESAT?

The Foundation Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT), a non-governmental organization registered under the Dutch Chamber of Commerce is the owner of ESAT. ESAT’s operation in North America is also run by Advocacy for Media and Democracy in Ethiopia, a non-profit organisation incorporated in the United States. ESAT is powered by broad-based collective of exiled journalists, human rights advocates, civic society leaders and members in the Diaspora deeply committed to the principles of democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

ESAT has a 13-member independent advisory board that is comprised of individuals that have proven track-records of being advocates of democracy and rule of law in Ethiopia. The main function of the board is to advise and oversee ESAT’s professionalism and impartiality and its commitment to journalistic principles of accuracy, balance and fairness

What types of programming does ESAT produce?

ESAT produces daily news, in-depth News Analysis, Feature Stories, Panel Discussions, Interviews, Entertainment, Sports, Historical and Cultural Programs. In addition, there are programs on health and the environment. Every effort is made in the programming to reflect the diversity of opinions as well as embrace the plurality of Ethiopian society; while ensuring that the content conforms to the strict guidelines of ESAT’s editorial policy.

Where does ESAT get its funding?

Currently, ESAT relies on the support it receives from individual donors and contributions from the Ethiopian Diaspora. Efforts are being made to get institutional support from organizations that promote democratization and press freedom.

Why support ESAT?

Ethiopia is one of the countries in the world with the worst record of press freedom. After the 2005 disputed elections, scores of popular independent newspapers have been closed down. In the last few years alone, a number of journalists have been harassed, persecuted, tortured and jailed for doing their jobs. Over 150 journalists have been forced into exile within the last five years.