Ethiopia: The Unfair Trial of Muslim Leaders

Why It Undermines Counter-terrorism in Ethiopia

by Abadir M. Ibrahim | Addis Standard (Addis Ababa)

Something was awry at a hearing of the High Court of Ethiopia on July 6, 2015. As the much anticipated conviction of Muslim civil society leaders (Abubaker Ahmed and 17 others) was underway, it was clear that this was no ordinary trial.

Security was beefed up, the public gallery was crowded and the atmosphere was tense. A significant amount of time was spent with the court presenting a detailed defense of the government’s policies on counterterrorism and Muslim-state relations.

የቃሊቲ ማረሚያ ቤት ለ3ኛ ጊዜ አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌን አላቀረበም

August 5, 2015

“ቤተሰቦቼ አሸባሪ ተብለው ቤት የሚያከራያቸው አጥተዋል፤ ልጆቼ በረንዳ ላይ ወድቀዋል፤ ቤተሰባችን ተበትኗል” ም/ኢንስፔክተር ሙልዬ ማናዬ ረታ (7ኛ ተከሳሽ)

በነገረ ኢትዮጵያ ሪፖርተር

በዘመነ ካሴ የክስ መዝገብ ከ2ኛ እስከ 5ኛ ለተከሰሱት አቶ አሸናፊ አካሉ (2ኛ ተከሳሽ)፣ አቶ ደናሁን ቤዛ (3ኛ ተከሳሽ)፣ አቶ ምንዳዬ ጥላሁን (4ኛ ተከሳሽ) እና አቶ አንሙት የኔዋስ (5ኛ ተከሳሽ) ዋስ እንዲሆኑ ለዛሬ ሀምሌ 29/2007 ዓ.ም ፍርድ ቤት እንዲያቀርብ የፍርድ ቤት ትዕዛዝ የደረሰው የቃሊቲ ማረሚያ ቤት አቶ አንዳርጋቸውን ሳያቀርብ ቀርቷል፡፡

ተከሳሾቹ አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌን በመከላከያ ምስክርነት እንዲቀርቡላቸው የጠየቁት የፌደራል አቃቤ ህግ ‹‹ከአንዳርጋቸው ፅጌና ፋሲል የኔዓለም እንዲሁም ከሌሎቹ የአሸባሪው ድርጅት አመራሮች ጋር በአካልና በሌሎች የመገናኛ ዘዴዎች በመገናኘት ስለ ሽብር ተግባሩ አፈፃፀም በመግባባት፣ ኤርትራ ወደሚገኘው የግንቦት ሰባት ካምፕ ሄደው ስልጠና በመውሰድ፣ ተልዕኮ ተቀብሎ ወደ ሀገር ውስት በመመለስ፣ ….›› የሚል ክስ ስለመሰረተባቸው ነው፡፡

Ethiopia: Andargachew Tsige’s Painting Sold $35,000

August 15, 2015

This amazing painting of Andargachew Tsige by Alexis Franklin was auctioned today for $35,000 (US Dollars) in Dallas, TX. Serial bidder Abebe Negatu took it home with a big smile. Thank you Dallas for your enthusiastic support to just cause for freedom. (Abebe Gellaw)

Washington DC Patriotic Ginbot 7 Fundraise, August 16, 2015

Washington DC Patriotic Ginbot 7 Fundraise, August 16, 2015.

More than 40 members of Ethiopian Air Force fled the country

(TesfaNews) Sources closer to the Washington based Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) today reported that a number of staff members from the Debre Zeyit Air force headquarters along with 14 aircraft technicians and unspecified number of pilots didn’t show for work in the past one month.

The technicians were from the transport and tactical helicopter squadron unit, SU27 fighter jets units and Antonov 12 transporter units.

The search by the security organs to hunt down these fugitives was not successful. The sources believe they are already out of the country and more likely joined the opposition forces.

Humanity comes before “ethnicity”, “no one is free until we all are free”

August 7, 2015

Mr. Obang Metho

Obang Metho

We, the people of Ethiopia have been essentially fighting against the ethnic apartheid policy of the TPLF/EPRDF and injustices of the regime by separating into disjointed, divided, alienated and non-cohesive “self-interest groups.”

In Ethiopia of the TPLF/EPRDF we have become people separated by ethnicity, region, village and clan. If this is not enough, we are also sub-divided by political view, language, religion and skin color.

ከዋሽንግተን ዲሲ የጋራ ግብረሃይል የተሰጠ መግለጫ – ያለነጻነት ፍትሕ የለም

August 8, 2015

በኢትዮጵያ አገራችን ፍትሕ ትንሽ ትልቁ ሙስሊም ክርስቲያን ሳይል ጥማቱን ከንግግር አልፎ በየአብያተ ክርስቲያናት ጸሎታቸውን ፣በየመስጊዶች ሶላታቸውንና ጸሎታቸውን የሚያሳርጉት ስለ ፍትሕ በመጮህ ነው።የጥንቱን ታሪክ እንዳለ ብናቆየው እንኳ ባሳለፍነው ከሬት የመረረ ወያኔያዊ ስርዓት ፍትሕ በእውን ተከስታ ልትታይ ቀርቶ በዳሰሳና በሽታ እንኳ ደብዛዋ ጥፍቶ የ፺ ሚሊዮን ህዝብ የምኞት መዝሙር ሆና ፳፭ አመታትን አስቆጠረች። ዛሬም የፍትሕ ያለህ የሚለው የህዝባችን ጥያቄ ከዳር እስከ ዳር ቀጥሏል።

በርካቶች ህግ በማይከበርበት ፍርድ ቤት በወያኔ ተከሰው በወያኔ ተመስክሮባቸው በወያኔ ዳኛች፣ በወያኔ አቃቤ ህጎች፣ በወያኔ የግፍ ሰንሰለት አሳራቸውን የበሉ በዚያውም ያሸለቡ ደብዛቸው የጠፋ ቤቱ ይቁጠራቸው ለማለት ተገደናል። ለአሁኑ ግን በኢትዮጵያ ሙስሊሞች ላይ ሰሞኑን የተጠበቀ ምክንያቱም ወያኔ ከሚዘውረው ፍርድ ቤት ፍትህ ስለማይጠበቅ ነገር ግን የኮሚቴውን ንጹህነት የሚያውቅና ኮሚቴውን ነጻ ከማሰናበት ሌላ ላልጠበቀ ህዝብ በጣም አስደንጋጭ ነው።

US, EU, UK demand Ethiopia release Andy Tsege

August 10, 2015

Lawmakers from US, EU and UK demand release of death-row Brit in Ethiopia

(Reprieve) – A group of legislators from the US, UK and Europe have demanded the release of a British activist who has been held in a secret Ethiopian prison for over a year.

Andargachew ‘Andy’ Tsege, a prominent figure in the Ethiopian opposition, was abducted at a Yemeni airport in June 2014 and forcibly taken to Ethiopia. He has been held since in a secret location, and has been denied access to a lawyer, his family, proper consular visits and independent medical treatment. Andy was sentenced to death in absentia in 2009 on charges relating to his political activities. Torture of political prisoners in Ethiopia is common, and the UN and human rights organization Reprieve – which is assisting Mr Tsege’s family – have raised concerns that he is being mistreated.

Susan Rise lough at Woyane 100% win

July 29, 2015

Susan Rise lough at Woyane 100% win summed up, her puppies are funny but, they are ‘our puppies’

If Ethiopians want to be free from tyranny; as the legendary Ethiopian Human Right advocate Obang Metho of the Solidarity Movement for New Ethiopia (SMNE) said ‘, we are on our own – no one is going to free us but ourselves’ Thus, we have been our own worst enemy to recognize — the problem of coming together for our freedom is within; so the solution. But, we first have to sort out the good, the bad and the ugly of those that disfranchise us posed as Ethiopian institutions from fighting back for our freedom.

Barack Obama! Tell the Truth About Ethiopia!

August 3, 2015

by Alemayehu G. Mariam

Warning!  

Stop!

Do not read further if you can’t handle the truth about Barack Obama. “Truth sounds like hate to those who hate the truth.”

“I speak my mind because it hurts to bite my tongue.”

Bite your tongue, Barack Obama!

When President Barack Obama visited Ethiopia last week, he shocked a lot of people by making the following  statement:

I don’t bite my tongue too much when it comes to these issues. We are opposed to any group that is promoting the violent overthrow of a government, including the government of Ethiopia, that has been democratically elected. We are very mindful of Ethiopia’s history – the hardships that this country has gone through. It has been relatively recently in which the constitution that was formed and the elections put forward ademocratically elected government.”

An Ethiopian court jailed Muslim leaders, activists to lengthy terms

August 3, 2015

by Mahlet Fasil | ADDIS STANDARD

Ethiopian Muslim protestors in solidarity with the accused carrying a placard that reads: “Justice”.

The Ethiopian federal high court fourth criminal bench today sentenced including four members of Ethiopian Muslim arbitration committee members, one journalist and thirteen others to a lengthy jail term between seven and 22 years. The eighteen Muslims were charged on counts that include attempted terrorism, conspiracy to establish an Islamic state, and public incitement.

በመጨረሻም ወያኔ በሙስሊሞች የመፍትሔ አፈላላጊ ኮሚቴ አባላት ላይ ፈረደ

August 3, 2015

ኢትዮጵያውያን ሙስሊሞች ለመሪዎቻቸው ያላቸውን አጋርነት ለማሳየት በብዛት በፍርድ ቤት ተገኝተው ነበር።

የኢትዮጵያ ሙስሊሞች የመፍትሔ አፈላላጊ ኮሚቴ አባላት ላይ ህወሀት/ወያኔ ዛሬ እንደፈረደባቸው ታውቋል፣ ከወደ አዲስ አበባ እንደተሰማው በአስራ ስምንቱ የሙስሊሞች መፍትሔ አፈላላጊ ኮሚቴ አባላት ላይ ከሰባት ዓመት እስከ 22 ዓመት የሚደርስ ብይን ተወስኖባቸዋል።

ኢትዮጵያውያን ሙስሊሞች “ከወያኔ የካንጋሮ ፍርድ ቤት ከዚህ የተለየ ነገር አልጠበቅንም ነበር” ብለዋል።