Posted by Uncategorized Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Join March 4 Freedom in Toronto in June 2010 to Protest against Meles Zenawi The Group of 8 Leaders and the Group of 20 Leaders are meeting in Ontario, from the 25th to the 27th of June, 2010. Following the collapse of the Copenhagen Climate Summit, they will be discussing the global economy, development and [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Saturday, May 29th, 2010 By Tesfaye Tolla (Sidist Kilo) Even though the result of this election was a forgone conclusion I personally didn’t expect that it will turnout to be such a big sham: I mean a 99.63% landslide, not even heard in the most recent corrupt election of the lawless Afghanistan. Ever since the biggest upset of the [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Friday, May 28th, 2010 By Muse Abebe, Germany The fourth national selection(not election) has been concluded with 99% win to TPLF. The result simply indicates how the country is going deep into totalitarian one party state. Since the end of 2005 election, TPLF has been working hard to make sure that serious opposition will not rise up and challenge [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Thursday, May 27th, 2010 By Robella Mash First of all, I beg Ethiopian friends, brothers and sisters to give credit for all real political opponents who stood against the Meles Zenawi repression and who went to try this past election despite the fact that the outcome was known. By this time, the opposition leaders must know the options they [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 By Barry Malone Source: Reuters An Ethiopian opposition party said Wednesday that two of its members had been shot dead by security forces in the sensitive Oromia region in a crackdown on dissent after the ruling party’s crushing election win. “One was shot on Sunday and one was shot yesterday,” Merera Gudina, leader of the [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 By Lemlem Tsegaw “A fundamental aspect of institutional design is how much society chooses to delegate unchecked power to its leaders. If, once elected, a leader cannot be restrained, society runs the risk of a tyranny of the majority, if not the tyranny of a dictator. …Classical political theorists were well aware of the importance [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 Source: The Washington Post Ethiopia — Tens of thousands of ruling party supporters rallied Tuesday in Ethiopia’s capital to celebrate victory in the national election, while the chief EU observer said the poll had been marred by an uneven playing field. A top opposition leader denounced the provisional results released by the Ethiopian elections board, [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Monday, May 24th, 2010 Tedla Asfaw By now you all must have heard that the so called Election in Ethiopia this past Sunday was peaceful. What you have not heard is why this one is in fact is breaking the record not only on voters turnout but also in rigging election. We heard about ethnic cleansing in the 1990s [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 May 22, 2010 (Tokyo Japan) Ethiopians are living all over the world and Japan is no exception. Going back to the summer of 2008, I have been speaking with Ato Tewodros Alemu and a number of Ethiopians living in Japan. Some of the key people were interested in the principles of the Solidarity Movement for [...]
Posted by Uncategorized Thursday, May 20th, 2010 By kalkidan The coming election of Ethiopia 2010 will not be fair under the current political situation of the EPRDF. Harassing, questioning, and arresting people are in progress due to unwillingness to leave power in a democratic way. Some in the international community naively view the 2010 election as an opportunity. But, Ethiopians know better [...]