By Abebe Gellaw As it has been widely publicized, Ethiopian heroine Birtukan Mideksa is one of the nine nominees being considered for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European parliament. Thanks to the great friend of Ethiopia, MEP Ana Gomes, Birtukan has a chance to be this year’s winner of this coveted [...]
By NICK WADHAMS/NAIROBI TIME in partnership with CNN Over the past several years, Ethiopia’s government, which cherishes its role as a U.S. ally in the volatile Horn of Africa, has steadily chipped away at political freedoms, arresting the opposition and quashing the free press. So it was hard not to be skeptical about its move [...]
Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE): Birtukan is Still Not Free! She Has Only Gone from One Small Cell to a Larger Prison—If all Ethiopians are to be Freed, the Responsibility Now is Ours! Advocacy for Ethiopia: Birtukan’s release from imposed lifelong imprisonment a win for human rights defenders! Freebirtukan.org: Free Birtukan and all [...]
CPJ to honor brave international journalists Writers and editors from Ethiopia, Russia, Venezuela, and Iran to receive International Press Freedom Awards. Aryeh Neier to be honored with Burton Benjamin Award. New York, October 5, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists will honor four courageous journalists with its 2010 International Press Freedom Awards at a ceremony in [...]
KÖLN: About western support for the Ethiopian regime german-foreign-policy.com spoke to Dr. Berhanu Nega. Dr. Berhanu was elected as mayor of Addis Ababa in 2005. He was prevented from taking office, put in jail and released after 21 months. Dr. Berhanu who works today as Associate Professor of Economics at Bucknell University (Pennsylvania) was sentenced [...]
“Let Ethiopians Debate Ethiopia” Following Meles Zenawi’s speech at Columbia University on September 22, Prof. William Easterly of New York University expressed his delight in seeing Ethiopians “participating in a debate about Ethiopia.” In his AID WATCH blog under the title “Lessons after the Meles Speech at Columbia: Let Ethiopians Debate Ethiopia”, Prof. Easterly noted[1]: [...]
Oromo Liberation Front Resolves Internal conflicts and rededicates itself for the historic struggle for Freedom, Democracy, and Equality Alliance for Liberty, Equality, and Justice in Ethiopia (ALEJE) – Press Release October 3 2010 The internal conflict that has ravaged the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) over the past two years and, at least, modestly diminished its [...]
The people of Ethiopia have a question for you and the government of Ethiopia you represent, “Why are you giving away our land to foreigners?†Recently, during an interview on Indian TV:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsFyIeVD108&feature=related you made an outrageous offer to lease some of the most fertile land in Ethiopia to Indian investors; promising them long-term leases, government [...]
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