BREAKING NEWS: Ethiopia’s minority junta to hijack the 2013 Nations Cup

by Getahune Bekele-Pretoria, South Africa

Preparation under way to immortalize the late Ethiopian evil fuehrer at 2013 AFCON tournament

Ethiopian embassy sources in Pretoria have told the Horn Times that over 10,000 t-shirts bearing the late poisonous

tyrant Meles Zenawi’s image have been printed and thousands of refugees are recruited by well known TPLF cadres to don them. The refugees will be bused to Mbombela stadium for free where the black lions would face the defending champions, the copper bullets of Zambia.

Already thousands of tickets for the opening ceremony have been handed out by embassy officials to ethnic Kenbatas smuggled into South Africa over the years by state sponsored human traffickers with false hope of getting rich quickly. They will be waving TPLF flags wearing jerseys bearing Zenawi’s face.

The ruling minority junta in Ethiopia wants to hijack the 2013 soccer spectacle to immortalize the late cold blooded murderer, Zenawi, who should have been captured, flogged and hanged; but instead received a hero’s sending off with more than 21 African heads of state attending his funeral against the wishes of 90 million severely tyrannized Ethiopians.

Master of blood sport, Zenawi never played or watched sport in his entire life.

However, if the sheer counter attacking of the Ethiopian community association in South Africa, known for its firm anti-TPLF stance and Bête Ethiopia, another group famous for organizing massive anti-TPLF rallies in South Africa is anything to go by, the divisive plan of hijacking major sporting events to sow the bitter seeds of ethnicism by the junta is bound to fail.

Civic organizations and religious groups are also warning those who are ready to be used as cheap dummies to think about their future as asylum seekers in the Republic of South Africa.

“TPLF supporters and an estimated 3,000 cadres are all living in South Africa as refugees. They obtained asylum by falsely claiming torture and persecution by the minority junta. But they go to rallies and embassy meetings with refugee identity documents in their pockets. It is time for South African government to take serious action on these fake refugees. That is a clear abuse of the privilege extended to us by the ANC government.” A spokesperson told the Horn Times.

Assiduous leaders of both the Ethiopian community association and Bête-Ethiopia are currently very busy, extensively moving around to explain to refugees about their rights and obligations; Pleading with them not to embarrass themselves and their host nation South Africa by openly associating with the regime which uprooted them from Ethiopia.

Both FIFA and CAF are notified about the evil plans of the junta.

Furthermore, despite the outdated minority junta’s attempt to divide Ethiopians, the stark fact is, soccer mad black lions supporters are ready to rally behind their team.

A supporter who cannot be named for fear of attacks on his family back home told the Horn Times that the divisive TPLF national anthem will be jeered and heckled and the crowd will sing the patriotic communist era anthem “Ethiopia first!” and the popular “Ethiopia our fortress” song alongside the ANC liberation era song made famous by pres Jacob Zuma, awlethu umisiniwami, which means “give me my machine gun”.

According to Ethiopians, their national team will be the best supported visiting teams at the 29^th edition of the prestigious tournament.

ESFNA Vindicated: Keeps Exclusive Rights to Name and History January 20, 2013

As we prepare to celebrate our 30th Ethiopian Sport Federation in North America (ESFNA) Tournament and Cultural

Event in the Washington, DC metro area, we are very pleased to announce that the ESFNA vs. ESFNAONE case has been settled. The victory we celebrated when the U.S. Federal court issued a Temporary Restraining Order last year is now PERMANENT. ESFNA, the one and only historical Federation of its kind will exclusively keep its name and history. The innovative Federation that began with a vision of Bringing Ethiopians Together™ will now go back to solely focusing on serving its people. As we have throughout our rich history, even when we had growing pains we have always stood with the Ethiopian people and continue to do so. Our compass has always and by virtue of our bylaws and governance continues to guide us in the direction of improving our community in our own way.

With this case completely behind us, we are more than ever focused on making the 30th year celebration spectacular. As we announced in an earlier press release, the week-long event will take place from June 30 to July 6, 2013, in Washington DC. We are currently evaluating hotel contracts to get the best value for our-of-town guests. As soon as the final selections are made, we will post information on our website (www.ESFNA.net). We invite and encourage Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia to join us during the week of our events so that we can all celebrate our heritage and our 30th year together.

በውጪ ያለው ሲኖዶስ በአገር ውስጥ የሚደረግን የፓትርያርክ ምርጫ አወገዘ

እርቀ-ሰላሙ ያልተሳካውም ሆነ የፓትርያርክ አቡነ መርቆርዮስ ወደ መንበራቸው የመመለስ ጉዳይ ተቀባይነት ያላገኘው ቤተ-ክርስቲያንን ለማጥፋት ቆርጦ በተነሳው ኢህአዴግ የተባለ ሀይል ምክንያት ነው ሲል በስደት የሚገኘው ሲኖዶስ አስታውቋል።

“ ለ እግዚአብሔር ተገዙ፤ዲያብሎስን ግን ተቃወሙ”በሚል ርዕስ በስደት ያለው ሲኖዶስ ባወጣው ባለ 7 ገጽ መግለጫ ላይ፤ አራተኛው ፓትርያርክ አቡነ መርቆርዮስ በከፍተኛ ባለስልጣናትና ትዕዛዝ በወታደሮች ተገደው እንዴት ከቦታቸው እንዲነሱ እንደተደረጉ በስፋትና በጥልቀት አብራርቷል።

ሀቁ ይህ በሆነበት ሁኔታ የ አገር ቤቱ ሲኖዶስ ሰሞኑን ባወጣው መግለጫ አራተኛው ፓትርያርክ፦”ስላመመኝ ስልጣኔን ተረከቡኝ ብለዋል>> ማለቱ ፈጽሞ ውሸት መሆኑን ያመለከተው በስደት ያለው ሲኖዶስ፤አንዲትም የድምጽ ፣ የወረቀትም ሆነ የምስል ማስረጃ ማቅረብ በማይቻልበት ሁኔታ ህዝብን በሀሰት ማደናገሩ አግባብ እንዳልሆነ መክሯል።

የ አዲስ አበባዎቹ አባቶች፦<< ቅዱስ ሲኖዶሱ የሚመራው በመንፈስ ቅዱስ እንደመሆኑ መጠን አራተኛው ፓትርያርክ በራሳቸው አንደበት ሥልጣናቸውን እንዲያስረክቡ ያደረገበት ምክንያት የራሱ የሆነ ምስጢር ይኖረዋል>>ማለታቸውን ያወሳው በስደት ያለው ሲኖዶስ፤ ምስጢሩ ምንም እንኳን ለ እውነተኛዋ የቤተክርስቲያን ልጆች ግልጥ ቢሆንም እንደገና እንገልጠዋለን>> በማለት  ፓትርያርኩ በ ቀድሞው ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር በ አቶ ታምራት ላይኔ ትዕዛዝ እንዴት በግፍ ከመንበራቸው ተገፍተው እንደወረዱ፣ ወደ ቦታቸው እንዲመለሱ ደብዳቤ ጽፈው ተቀባይነት እንዳላገኙ፣ ከዚያ በማስከተል ቀናኖ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ተጥሶ  አቡነ ጳውሎስ እንዴት እንደተመረጡ እና  እርሳቸው በእንጦጦ ቤተክርስቲያን እንዴት በናይሮቢ በኩል እንደተሰደዱ በስፋት አብራርቷል።

ከሁሉም በላይ የኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ የቁርጥ ቀን ልጆችን ከዳር በተስፋ ያነሳሳው የ እርቀ-ሰላም ሂደት ለመጨናገፉ ዋነኛ ተጠያቂዎቹ የአዲስ አበባዎቹ አባቶች መሆናቸውን የገለጠው በስደት ያለው ሲኖዶስ፤ የ እርቁ ሂደት ከተጀመረበት ጊዜ አንስቶ በስደት ያለው ሲኖዶስ እና ከአዲስ አበባ ተወክለው የመጡት ልዑካን  ድርድሩ እንዲሳካ በሙሉ ፍላጎትና ትጋት ጥረት ሲያደርጉ ቢቆዩም የ አዲስ አበባዎቹ አባቶች ሰሞኑን ያወጡት መግለጫ አሳዛኝ ሆኗል ብሏል።

ከአዲስ አበባ የተወከለው  ተደራዳሪ ልዑክ እንደ መደራደሪያ ካቀረባቸው ነጥቦች መካከል ፦”በታሪክ አጋጣሚ የተከሰተውን የቀኖና ችግር ለማስተካከል የሁለቱም ፓትርያርኮች መዋዕለ ዘመን እንደተጠበቀ ሆኖ አሁን በህይወት ያሉት ፓትርያርክ ወደ መንበራቸው በክብር ተመልሰው መዋዕለ ዘመናቸውን ይፈጽሙ>>የሚል እንደሚገኝበት ያወሳው የህጋዊው ሲኖዶስ መግለጫ፤<<አሁን ግን ከ አዲስ አበባ በወጣው  መግለጫ ላይ “ አምስት ብለን አራት አንልም የሚል”የቁጥር ጨዋታ ውስጥ መገባቱን አመልክቷል።

መግለጫው በማያያዝም፤የአገር ቤቶቹ አባቶች እየተከተሉት ያለው ሰፊውን ምዕመን ያሳዘነ አሠራር፤ ከቀኖና እና ከህገ ቤተክርስቲያን አኳያም ከመጀመሪያው አንስቶ እስካሁን ድረስ ስህተት እንደሆነ የነ ቅዱስ አትናቴዎስን፣የነ  ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ አፈወርቅን እና የነ ቅዱስ ዲዮስቆርዮስን ህይወት ዋቢ በማድረግ በስፋት አስረድቷል።

<<ይህ ሁሉ የሆነው ለምንድነው ብለን ስንጠይቅ የወያነ-ኢህአዴግን አመራር ለማስፈጸም በገሀድ የፓርቲው አባላት የሆኑና ፦<እኛ ብንሾምስ >ብለው ደፋ ቀና የሚሉ ከ አምስት ያልበለጡ ጳጳሳት ከመጀመሪያው አንስቶ እርቀ-ሰላሙን በመቃወማቸው ነው ብሏል-ህጋዊው ሲኖዶስ።

እነዚህ ነጥቦች የሚያረጋግጡት አቢይ ጉዳይ ደግሞ ቀደም ሲል ለቀኖና ቤተ ክርስቲያን መፋለስ ምክንያት የሆነውና ቅዱስ ፓትርያርኩን በግፍ ከመንበራቸው ያሳደዳቸው ሀይል፤አሁንም ቤተ ክርስቲያንን ለማጥፋትና ትውልዱንም ከመንፈሳዊ ህይወቱ ለማዳከም ቆርጦ በመነሳቱ ነው ሲልም ሲኖዶሱ በቤተ-ክርስቲያኒቱ ላይ እየሆነ ላለው ነገር ገዥውን ፓርቲ ዋነኛ ተጠያቂ አድርጓል።

ብፁዕ ወቅዱስ አቡነ መርቆርዮስ የ ኢትዮጵያ ፓትርያርክ እስከሆኑ ድረስ ይህን እውነት በመሰረዝ እና ቀኖና ቤተ ክርስቲያንን በመጣስ የሚደረግን ማንኛውንም የሐዋርያዊ ወንበር ሽሚያ እንደማይቀበለውና እውቅና እንደማይሰጠው ያስታወቀው ሲኖዶሱ፤<<ከዚህም በላይ በ አባቶቻችን ቀኖና መሰረት ድርጊቱን አጥብቆ ያወግዛል” ብሏል።

እርቀ ሰላሙ እንዲሳካ ላለፉት ሶስት ዓመታት በራሳቸው ተነሳሽነት ከፍተኛ ጥረት ሲያደርጉ ለቆዩት የቤተ ክርስቲያኗ ልጆች ጥልቅ ምስጋናውን ያቀረበው ሲኖዶሱ፤አሁንም የ ቤተ ክርስቲያናችን ጉዳይ ከ አገር ጉዳይ ተለይቶ የማይታይ በመሆኑ ሀገርን የምትወዱ ኢትዮጵያውያን ሁሉ ከሲኖዶሱ ጎን እንድትቆሙ ጥሪ እናቀርባለን ብሏል።

የብዙሀንን ድምጽ በማፈን ሊካሄድ የታሰበው ህገ-ወጥ የፓትርያርክ ምርጫ ተገትቶ ለሰላሙ ለሚደረገው ጥረት ሁሉ ህጋዊው ሲኖዶስ በሩን ከፍቶ እጁን ዘርግቶ በማለት አጠቃሏል።

በአዲስ አበባ የሚገኘው ሲኖዶስ የያዘውን አቋም በተመለከተ የተለያዩ የህዝብ አስተያየቶችን ማቅረባችን ይታወሳል።

Teddy Afro’s South Africa Controversial Concert

The Horn Times Newsletter, 18 January 2013

by Getahune Bekele, Pretoria- South Africa
A fox in sheep’s clothing? Teddy Afro frowned up on.
The controversial Ethiopian singer-cum-poet Tewodros kassahun aka Teddy Afro is in big trouble here in South Africa as

 raging refugees already boycotted his concert scheduled for Sunday 20 Jan 2012 in Johannesburg after news emerged that Ethiopian embassy officials and TPLF cadres will use the occasion to market the so called renaissance dam bond sale.

Many are arguing that if the young singer who becomes overlord, stern and haughty is still worth listening to.

“This foxy and skinflint Teddy cannot always claim that he has been led astray by his manager or someone he trusted. His concert is written TPLF all over it and the timing is scandalous to say the least.” The singer’s best friend who grew up with him at Addis Ketema district of Addis Ababa told the Horn Times.

The friend who requested anonymity for fear of attacks on his family back home further said Teddy’s new approach is that he wants to be seen by the ruling minority junta as a useful unifying force and a champion of peace and reconciliation while at the same time wishes to remain in the heart of Ethiopians as fearless patriot and the true voice of freedom and  change.

“But I do not know how he is going to manage to keep both balls in the air, the frightful storm is coming.” The angry friend who distanced himself from the concert added.

The Horn Times then tracked down the divisive individual who brought Teddy Afro for Sunday’s concert, a feared TPLF stalwart here in South Africa and former human smuggler known as Ato Alem. However, he nervously refused to say a word and threatened to sue the Horn Times editor if “anything bad” is reported about Teddy or Sunday’s concert.

Furthermore, Teddy Afro, the man who makes millions by capitalizing on the insatiable hunger of Ethiopians for patriotic voices, didn’t make any attempt to meet members of the Ethiopian community association in South Africa or leaders of Bête- Ethiopia.

infohorntimes@gmail.com

ኢሳት እና ግንቦት 7

እታሇማሁ ማንዯፍሮ

በአጭር ጊዜ ተጠንስሰው፣ በአጭር ጊዜ ተወሌዯው፣ በአጭር ጊዜ ያዯጉ ዴርጅቶች እንዯ ኢሳትና እንዯ ግንቦት7 አሊየሁም ፣

ከቅንጅት በስተቀር። ኢሳትና ግንቦት 7 ስማቸው በፌስቡክ፣ በኢቲቪ፣ በዌብሳይትና በየሰዎች ቤት ይነሳሌ። የዴርጅቶቹ

ጠሊቶችም ወዲጆችም ስሇሁሇቱ ዴርጅቶች ሳይናገሩ መሽቶ አይነጋሊቸውም። እውን ዴርጅቶቹ እንዯስማቸው የገዘፉ ናቸው?

የውስጣቸውን ጥንካሬ ራሳቸው ናቸው የሚያውቁት። እኔ ግን የታዘብኩትን ሌናገር፣ ዴርጅቶቹ በእያንዲንደ ኢትዮጵያዊ

ቤት ውስጥ ገብተዋሌ። በውጭ አይዯሇም ፣ በኢትዮጵያ።

ባሇፈው ታህሳስ አዱስ አበባ ነበርኩ። ከአዱስ አበባም አሌፎ ወዯ ሶስት ክሌልች ተጉዣሇሁ። አንዲንድችን እንዳት ነው

ነገሩ እያሌኩ እጠይቃቸው ነበር። ሰዎች በመጀመሪያ የሚናገሩት ስሇኢሳት ነው። "ኢሳት አይናችን ገሇጠሌን" ይሊለ።

ታማኝ፣ አበበ፣ ሲሳይ ፣ አፈወርቅ፣ ፋሲሌ፣ ዯረጀ፣ ገሉሊ፣ መሳይ በየሰዎች አፍ ውስጥ አለ። "ታማኝን ሰማኸው? አበበን

አየኸው " ወዘተ። ገጠር ግቡ ከተማ ፣ ወሬው ኢሳት ነው። ኢሳት ኢሳት ኢሳት.. አንዴ የሇውጥ ወሊፈን ሲነፍስ ይሰማኝ

ነበር። እነዚህ ሰዎች ባሇሰብኩት ጊዜ ነገሩን ሇኩሰው ፕሮጀክቴን አዯጋ ውስጥ ይጥለብኝ ይሆን እያሌኩ ስጋት ገብቶኝም

ነበር። አሌሸሽጋችሁም፣ ቶል መመሇስ ፈሌጌ ነበር። "ፈሪ ነሽ" ሌትለኝ ትችሊሊችሁ፣ ሌክናችሁ ፈሪ ነኝ፣ ፖሇቲካ ብወዴም፣

የፖሇቲካ ትግሌን እፈራሇሁ። በግብጽ፣ በሉቢያ ፣ በቱኒዚያ አይቸዋሇሁ። ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ኢንቨስት አዴርጌአሇሁ። ገና

ያሌበሊሁበት ፤ ሇስንቱ የህወሀት ባሇስሌጣን ዯጅ የጠናሁበት ፤ ሴትነቴን ሳይቀር የተጠየቀኩበት ፕሮጀክት ነው። ከግሌገሌ

ባሇስሌጣን እስከ መምሪያ ሀሊፊ " አስቢሌን እንጅ" ከማሇት አሌፈው " ዲላሽ" ያምራሌ እያለ በዲላየ ሉዯራዯሩ

የሞከሩበትን ፕሮጀክት በአንዴ ላሉት ባጣው ዋስትናየ ምንዴነው? እኔና መሰልቼ ብንፈራ ሇምን ይፈረዴብናሌ? ወዯ

ተነሳሁበት ሌመሇስ።

የገረመኝ ህዝቡ ኢሳት ኢሳት ቢሌም የኢሳትን ጋዜጠኞች ከጋዜጠኛነት ባሇፈ አሇመመሌከቱ ነው። ታማኝ በየነ መሪያችን

ቢሆን ብሇው የሚናገሩ ሰዎች አጋጥመውኛሌ፣ አፈወርቅ ወይም ሲሳይ መሪያችን ቢሆኑ ብሇው ሲናገሩ አሌሰማሁም፤

ከእነርሱ ይሌቅ ስሙ ተዯጋግሞ የሚነሳው ድ/ር ብርሀኑ ነጋ ነው። "ብርሀኑ መጥቶ ነጻ ባወጣን" የማይሌ የሇም። ሇውጥ

አምጥቶ ተተኪው መንግስት ይሆናሌ ተብል ከ90 በመቶ በሊይ የሚታመነው ግንቦት7 ወይም ድ/ር ብርሀኑ ነው። ግንቦት7 

ሲነሳ በሰዎች ዘንዴ የማየው የሇውጥ ተስፋ ይገርመኝ ነበር።

ህዝቡ በአገር ቤት መሪ የፖሇቲካ ዴርጅት አሇ ብል አያምንም። ስሇ አቶ ሀይለ ሻውሌ መኢአዴማ ሇመስማትም

አይፈሌግም። ዘመናዊ የስፖርት ቤት ከፍተው፣ ባሇስሌጣናቱ እንዱዝናኑበት እያዯረጉ ነው። "እነ እስክንዴር ነጋና ብርሀኑ ነጋ

ጥሪታቸውን አስወርሰው እርሳቸው ሇ ኢህአዳግ ባሇስሌጣናት ጤና መጠበቂያ " የስፖርት ቤት ሰሩ እያለ ሰዎች

ያብጠሇጥለዋቸዋሌ። በርግጥም የመንግስት ባሇስሌጣናት ስፖርት የሚሰሩበትና የሚታጠቡበት ሌዩ ክፍሌ ሰርተውሊቸዋሌ።

ሌብ በለ እኔ አይዯሇሁም የሰራሁት፣ ነጻ አውጭው አቶ ሀይለ ናቸው! አቶ ሀይለ ከመሇስ ጋር የተጨባበጡት ወዯው

አሌነበረም ሇካ! እኔና እሳቸው አንዴ ሆነናሌ፣ ቅዴሚያ ሇገንዘብ! አሁንም ዴንበር ዘሇሌኩ ተመሇሽ በለኝ!

የወያኔን ጎራዳ የሚያስጥሇው ግንቦት 7 ነው ብል ህዝቡ በጽኑ ያምናሌ። በጣም የገረመኝ ከአንዴ የአንዴነት ፓርቲ የከተማ

ተወካይ ሰው ጋር ስንነጋገር የነገረኝ ነው " ይህ ህዝብ በ21ኛው ክፍሇ ዘመን ቢኖርም፣ አስተሳሰቡ የቴዎዴሮስ ነው፣ ስሊጣን

በነፍጥ እንጅ በወረቀት ይገኛሌ ብል አያስብም፤ ምንም ብትነግሪው ከእኛ ስብከት ይሌቅ፣ የግንቦት 7ትን ሽሇሊ መስማት

ይናፍቃሌ። አንዴ የእኛ መሪ በኢሳት ሲቀርብ ጥቂት የሚሰማው ሰው ካገኘ እዴሇኛ ነው፣ አንዴ የግንቦት7 መሪ ወይም

ታማኝ በየነ በኢሳት ከቀረቡ ግን ከተማው ጭር ይሊሌ። ኢህአዳጎች እንኳ ከመንገዴ ሊይ የት ጠፉ ትያሇሽ።"

ግንቦት 7ቶች ይህን ሲያነቡ ምን እንዯሚሰማቸው አሊውቅም ነገር ግን እሊሇሁ ህዝቡ ሇእነሱ ያሇው ግምት፣ እነሱ

ከሚያስቡት በሊይ እጅግ ግዙፍ ነው። ይህንን የህዝብ ፍሊጎት ቶል ሇማርካት በምን ፍጥነት፣ በምን ታዕምር መስራት

እንዲሇባቸው አሊውቅም። እግዚአብሄር በ ቻርሇስ ዱክንስ The Great Expectation ከተጻፈው ታሪክ እንዱሰውራቸው ፣

ያንን ላት ተቀን የሚጠብቃቸውን ህዝብ ከመከራ ይታዯጉት ዘንዴ ከመጸሇይ በስተቀር ብዙም የማዯርገው ነገር የሇኝም።

ምናሌባት ፕሮጀክቴ ትርፋማ ከሆነ ትንሽ ሌቦጭቅ እችሌ ይሆናሌ፣ እሱም ገና የሚታይ ነው።

The original Ethiopian flag arrived in Johannesburg: Excitement and jubilation…

The Horn Times News, 17 January 2013

by Getahune Bekele, Pretoria-South Africa

“Sendekalamachin!”

Excitement and jubilation as Ethiopian refugees received delivery of the original national flag.

Shock, anxiety and bewilderment griped TPLF officials at the Ethiopian embassy in Pretoria as refugees totally rejected the satanic flag of the minority junta; a symbol of the brutal internal colonization of Ethiopia.

On Thursday morning the original Ethiopian flag arrived in Johannesburg directly from China, ahead of the black lions opening match against the copper bullets of Zambia in Nelspruit, much to the delight of thousands of patriotic fans. It was immediately distributed, all thanks to the sterling work of the Ethiopian community association in South Africa and the anti TPLF organization known as Bête-Ethiopia.

It will be proudly displayed on Monday at Mbonbela stadium.

“We have a big surprise for the enemy of our flag, our history and our tradition- the ruling junta. We are going to shame the dead tyrant Meles Zenawi who once called our flag ‘a piece of garment.’ In bringing this flag here, great gallantry has been displayed by great individuals here in South Africa. Long live the Ethiopian community association! Long live Bête- Ethiopia!” an elated refugee told the Horn Times.

With some of the flag stretching for up to 10m, it is now all systems go.

The Horn Times also watched some Ethiopians publicly dumping the TPLF flag they received earlier from embassy officials.

Meanwhile, despite the minority junta’s attempt to sabotage the national team’s arrival, we are all at Oliver Tambo international airport in Johannesburg to welcome the black lions of Ethiopia.

ESAT Toronto’s Support Group and Committee

ESAT’s supporters in Toronto, Canada denounce the plot that was orchestrated by TPLF spies to assassinate Ethiopian journalist Abebe Gellaw.

Press Release.We consider the attempt to terrorize and assassinate Abebe, is also an attempt of terrorizing all freedom, democracy

 and, justice loving Ethiopians; therefore, we not only condemn it, but we will also struggle it with full dedication. Abebe Gelaw is our hero, because he willingly gave his and his family’s freedom away to demand freedom for his colleagues in prison and for all Ethiopians imprisoned by the TPLF regime. Despite the comfort he can enjoy in North America and use his education and talent alone, Abebe dedicated his time and expertise to serve us with his coworkers in ESAT, and build an institution that becomes a voice for voiceless Ethiopians at home and in Diaspora.

Abebe’s cry for freedom was the sum of all cries of Ethiopians, who had cried for the past 21 years under TPLF’s rule, and a cry that shook Meles and TPLF from its core. In other words, Abebe’s demand for freedom in May 2012 rung the bell for the beginning of the end from the 21 year long TPLF rule, and also became an anthem for Ethiopians who are demanding freedom, justice, and equality. TPLF’s dictatorial regime that is known for its ethnic rule as well as labeling Ethiopians who demand justice, as terrorists, a regime that is known for its killings, imprisoning, and torturing Ethiopians in their mother land, has now expanded its terrorist activity to an international level and overseas in sovereign nations, to terrorize Ethiopians in the land of law and democracy. Such TPLF’s terrorizing attempts are part and parcel of similar activities that it was performing in Kenya, Sudan, Djibouti, and Uganda, where it has hunted and silenced Ethiopians who flee their country to save their lives and to avoid persecution.

We support Abebe’s bravery, and respect the demand he made for freedom. Once again we denounce the death plot against Abebe Gellaw, and support the struggle for peace, justice, and democracy. We call Ethiopians in Diaspora and in our homeland to stand together and fight the TPLF mafia regime, and occupying force that uses state resources to terrorize and intimidate Ethiopians at home and abroad who oppose it.

Down, TPLF’S Dictatorial Regime!

Long live Ethiopia and her people!

ESAT’s committee and support group in Toronto