Ethiopian Action for Unity and Democracy

ከፕሮፌሰር ዓለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም ከነጻነት ለሃገሬ አንድ ህዝብ፤ አንድ ሃገር!  ላለፉት ሁለት አሰርት ዓማታት ኢትዮጵያ የሰብአዊ መበት ጥሰት፤ የወንጀል እና ጸረ ተፈጥሮ፤ ድርጊት መታያ ሃገር ሆና ከርማለች፡፡ አሁን ግን የሃይማኖት አባቶች  እስላም ክርሰቲያኑ በአንደነት በመቆም  ዓምለኮታቸውን ለማስከበር ትግል ጀምረዋል፡፡ የሙስ ሊሙና የክርስትና ሃይማኖት መሪዎቻቸውና ተከታዮቻቸው፤ አንድነት በመሆንና ሕብረት በመፍጠር የሃይማኖት ነጻነታቸውን ለማስከበር እጆቻቸው ላለመላቀቅና ሕብር [...]

[Source: Ethiopian Review]

Ethiopia ‘forcibly displacing’ for sugar plantations By BBC News 18 June 2012 .   The sugar plantations will be irrigated in part by the Gibe III hydropower project, HRW says The Ethiopian government is forcibly displacing tens of thousands from their land to make way for state-run sugar plantations, a campaign group has said. The displacements [...]

[Source: Ethiopian Review]

Alemayehu G Mariam One People, One Country! For the past two decades, Ethiopia has been the scene of crimes against humanity and crimes against nature. Now Ethiopian religious leaders say Ethiopia is the scene of crimes against divinity. Christian and Muslim leaders and followers today are standing together and locking arms to defend religious freedom [...]

[Source: Ethiopian Review]

US senator condemns Ethiopia’s persecution of the press By Mohamed Keita | Committee to Protect Journalists June 15, 2012. On Wednesday, the same day the White House announced a strategic plan committing the United States to elevating its efforts in “challenging leaders whose actions threaten the credibility of democratic processes” in sub-Saharan Africa, a senior [...]

[Source: Ethiopian Review]

Ethiopia criminalizes Skype By Craig Wilson | Techcentral The Ethiopian government has clamped down on Internet-based voice-calling services, making their use a criminal offence. Ethiopia’s state-owned Internet service provider, the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (Ethio-Telcom), has begun performing deep-packet inspection of all Internet traffic in the country. The country’s government recently ushered in new legislation that [...]

[Source: Ethiopian Review]

Protestors demand end of Ethiopian politican’s visit By Jason Warick | The Star Phoenix (Canada) The University of Saskatchewan should not be hosting an Ethiopian politician implicated in corruption scandals and the forcible removal of tens of thousands of peasant farmers from their homes, human rights groups say. A group of 30 protesters from Saskatchewan, [...]

[Source: Ethiopian Review]

Alemayehu G Mariam Over the past few months, I have been penning occasional commentaries in a series I called  “Ethiopia’s transition from dictatorship and democracy”. In my last such commentary, I argued that “on the bridge to democracy, there is often a collision between individuals and groups doggedly pursuing power, the common people tired of those who [...]

[Source: Ethiopian Review]

Ethiopian girls as young as thirteen are being trafficked to the Middle East.  The situation is so out of control that an otherwise pro-government publication has felt compelled to speak up.  According to various news reports, up to 45,000 Ethiopian women are trafficked each month to Saudi Arabia alone.  Ethiopia’s ruling group is only interested [...]

[Source: Ethiopian Review]

GOVERNMENT STEPS UP CONTROL OF NEWS AND INFORMATION By Reporters sans Frontieres May 7, 2012 Ethiopia’s only ISP, state-owned Ethio-Telecom, has just installed a system for blocking access to the Tor network, which lets users browse anonymously and access blocked websites. At the same time, the state-owned printing presses are demanding the right to censor [...]

[Source: Ethiopian Review]

ከፕሮፌሰር ዓለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም ከነጻነት ለሃገሬ  በቅርቡ በዋሽንግቶን ዲሲ በጂ8 አባላት በተካሄደው፤የምግብ ዋስትና ስብሰባ ላይ በዋሽንግቶን ነዋሪ የሆነው ቆፍጣና ወጣት ኢትዮጵያዊ ጋዜጠኛ አበበ ገላው በአዳራሹ መሃል ለመሃል ቆሞ ለፈላጭ ቆራጩ ጨካኝ ገዢ መለስ ዜናዊ “ነጣነትለተነፈገው ምግብ ትርጉም አልባ ነው” በማለት ሕዝባዊ ጩኸት አሰምቶ ነበር። እና የአበበ አስተያየት ልክ ነው?  ፕሬዜዳንት ኦባማ በዋሽብግቶን ዲሲ፤በሜይ 18 በተካሄደው የምግብ [...]

[Source: Ethiopian Review]