The Ethiopian Muslim Civil Rights Activists

Personal reflections on the traits of a new generation of Ethiopians By Tesfa Mekuria; March 23, 2013 Alemu Tafesse recently published a highly profound article - The Ethiopian Muslim Civil Rights Movement: Implications for Democracy in Ethiopia. In it, he argued that the 14-month old Muslim civil rights movement has had remarkable implications for the democratic transformation of that country. He specifically argued that by forcing the government to completely throw away its democratic garb; by introducing into modern Ethiopia an alternative path to democracy, and by actually becoming an alternative location of democracy, the Muslims' activism has so far left great impacts on the contours of the current and future democratic possibilities of Ethiopia. While I generally agree with the points he raised, I also believe that they need to be discussed and debated by all Ethiopians at large.

Open Letter to World Bank, Stop Financing Displacement and Killing

I am from Ethiopia and worked in Ethiopia from 1980 to 1985 in the lower Awash Valley irrigation project. In fact I did my masters on how to grow Maize in that part of Ethiopia where people can feed themselves. The cash crop cotton the communist regime cultivated never improved the life of the Afar people.
In the same token the dictatorship in Ethiopia is displacing indigenous people in Western part of Ethiopia in Gambella and Beni Shanguel and sold more than 3 million hectares of land for foreigners to produce food for their own people. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Nations claim securing land to feed their people for future. More than 70,000 Annuaks have already been forced from their land and another 150,000 will be displaced in the coming few years.
All this displacement is financed by World Bank. The Ethiopian tribal junta can not do this displacement without the support of USA/UK financing it at all levels including paying salary for those who are chasing the people from their traditional land. Annuaks are now an endangered species. Unfortunately, those who went to visit their homeland did not escape death.
The killing of Omot Ojulu Odol a 33 year old Ethiopian American from Gambella on March 2, 2013 with other five people including 11 year old child is to silence the Annuak people. The USA Ambassador in Ethiopia might try to buy the claim made by the tribal regime of Ethiopia that Omot Ojulu Odol is a “terrorist” and ignore his death as such. The USA forensic team will surely will do its job to tell us the circumstance of his death. It was Search to Kill to terrorize the people of Gambella and “guarantee security” and “safety” for foreign land buyers and tribal Land Lords from the Diaspora!
The regime propagandists are putting the driver license of Omot on their websites to celebrate his death. The Annuaks have been killed and terrorized for more than a decade now. Thousands were killed to clear their land to make money for the tribal regime in Ethiopia. For that mission it bought few Annuaks from the region. The good thing is many brave Annuaks abandon the regime to tell the true story of what has been happening in Gambella.
The Police Chief of Gambella is now in jail for condemning the killing of six Innocent people. If world bank has a courage it should send its representative and talk to the police chief jailed in Gambella. The young Annuaks are targeted for saying No to Taking Away of their land. If World bank denied loan for Cambodia in Summer of 2011 for displacing its people why should it be different for Ethiopia in 2013 ?
The Human Rights Watch is just asking that for the Bank to do its internal investigation. People are displaced and are dying, the World Bank is responsible for all that because it is paying for those who are doing this dirty job. The Annuaks have no choice but fight to defend their livelihood from homegrown and foreign vultures.

ጠ /ሚያችን ሃይለማርያም ራሳቸው እሰረኛ “እስረኛ የለም” ይላሉ

መቸም አገራችን ካለችበት ምስቅልቅል  የምትወጣ መስሎን  በትግሬ  ነጻ  አውጭ ግንባር  የሚመራው ኢህአዲግ  በጠመንጃ  ሃይል ስልጣን ከያዘበት ማግስት ጀምሮ “የዘመነ መሳፍንት” ጊዜ አስተሳሰቡን ትቶ አለም የደረሰበት ዲሞክራሲያዊና መልካም አስተዳደር  ደረጃ ላይ ባንደርስ እንኩዋ ጠጋ ብለን ለዘመናት ታፍኖና በችጋር ተቆራምዶ የኖረው ሕዝባችን የሚሰማውን አየተነፈሰ የለፋበት ሳይቀነስብት እየተቁኣደሰ ለመኖር የሚችልበት ስርእት እንዲዘረጋ ያልወተወትነው አልነበረም፡፡

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Two top OLF leaders abandon organization

Two top OLF leaders abandon organization Ethiomedia; March 21, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC (Ethiomedia) - Amin Jundi, general secretary of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), and fellow OLF senior Taha Abdo Tuko said on Wednesday they bid farewell to the organization for their own reasons. The two top leaders of OLF under the chair of Eritrea-based former Ethiopian Army General Kamal Galchu said in a press statement that they were not only withdrawing from leadership positions but also rescinding their membership. Amin Jundi has been a familiar face in North America as he had often wowed audiences with his charismatic features and oratorical skills focused on unifying the Ethiopian people for democracy and justice and against tyranny (watch video clip). In 2008, some of the OLF members launched a renewal movement to what they called "remedying the maladies" that had severely restricted the growth of the organization and crippled the struggle. But with the passage of time, their expectations fell far short of the standards they set for themselves, and the struggle didn't help the struggle of the great Oromo people. "Under a circumstance in which our yearning to renew OLF is not materialized and in the absence of an enabling internal environment, finding that not only will our continuing with this faction not meet our own standards but also does not serve the interests of the Oromo struggle and unconvinced that our involvement with the faction would in anyway benefit the cause of the great Oromo people, we want to make public our decision to willingly withdraw from the leadership as well as membership of the faction of OLF led by General Kamal Galchu effective March 15, 2013," they said in a press statement. However, they warned that their withdrawal from OLF shouldn't be miscontrued as giving up on the struggle of the Oromo people for freedom and justice. "We will persevere... and join a platform that we believe would advance the Oromo people's legitimate struggle for freedom and justice," they said.

ከታሰሩት ሰልፈኞች አንደበት (ፎቶ እና የእስር ቤት ውሎ ዘጋባቸውን ይዘናል)

EMF – መጋቢት 8/2005 የባለራዕይ ወጣቶች ማኅበር እና የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ አባላት የኢትዮጵያውያን ጠላት የነበረው የፋሺስት ጣሊያን ጄኔራል ግራዚያኒን ኃውልት (በጣሊያን አገር፣ የትውልድ መንደሩ አካባቢ) መቆም በመቃወም የሰልፍ ጉዞ ከስድስት ኪሎ (የካቲት 12 ሰማዕታት መታሰቢያ ኀውልት) እስከ ጣሊያን ኤምባሲ ድረስ ለማድረግ እየተንቀሳቀሱ ነበር፡፡ የሰልፉ ተሳታፊዎች ከጀርባው ላይ ‹‹ለግራዚያኒ ኀውልት ማሠራት አባቶቻችን የከፈሉትን መስዋዕትነት ማራከስ ነው›› የሚል ጽሑፍ የታተመበት ቀይ ቲ-ሸርት ለብሰው ነበር፡፡ የኢሕአዴግ ካድሬዎች ደግሞ ‹‹ይቺ ባቄላ…›› በሚል ምክንያት ነው መሰለኝ ‹‹የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ…›› የሚባለውን ነገር ለማስቆም ራሱ ግብግብ ፈጠረ፣ ወጣቷ ዓለምን የቀን አጋጣሚ ስድስት ኪሎ አካባቢ፣ በዕለተ እሁድ (መጋቢት 8/2005) አንቀዥቅዦ አመጣት፡፡ የለበሰችው የአዘቦት ቀይ ቲ-ሸርት በፖሊስ ቁጥጥር ስር ለመዋል ምክንያት ይሆነኛል ብላ አልተገመተችም ነበር፡፡ ፌዴራል ፖሊስ ቀይ ለባሾቹን ማፈስ ሲጀምር ዓለምንም አብሮ አፍሶ አጋዛት፡፡ በተመሳሳይ ሰዓት ለሥራ ጉዳይ ጓዙን ጠቅልሎ ወደአፋር ለመጓዝ እየጠበቁት ያሉ ባልደረቦቹን ለማግኘት በታክሲ ውስጥ ይጓዝ የነበረ አንድ ሰው ከስድስት ኪሎ ተነስቶ አምስት ኪሎ እስኪደርስ የተመለከተውን ሁካታ ዓይቶ ላለማለፍ ከታክሲ ይወርዳል፡፡ ፖሊሶች ከሰልፈኞቹ ውስጥ አሳደው የያዙትን እያፈሱ መኪና ውስጥ ሲያጉሩ፣ ከፖሊሶች ዕይታ እየተሰወረ በሞባይሉ ፎቶ ለማንሳት ሲሞክር፣ አንድም የረባ ፎቶ ሳያነሳ በሦስተኛው ፎቶ ላይ ከፖሊሶች ጋር ዓይን ለዓይን ተጋጠመ፡፡ እሱም ተይዞ ተከተላቸው፡፡ ይህ ድንገተኛ እስረኛ የዚህ ጽሑፍ ጸሐፊ ሆነ፡፡

30 000 ኢትዮጵያውያንን ለጨፈጨፈው ለግራዚያኒ የተሠራውን ኃውልት መቃወም ያስከብራል!

በኢጣልያ፤ ከሮማ ወደ ምሥራቅ ደቡብ በምትገኝ፤ አፊሌ በምትሰኝ ትንሽ ከተማ፤ “የኢትዮጵያ ጨፍጫፊ” ለተሰኘው፤ ለሮዶልፎ ግራዚያኒ ነሐሴ 4 ቀን 2004 ዓ/ም የቫቲካን ተወካይ በተገኙበት የተመረቀለትን የክብር መታሰቢያና መናፈሻ በመቃወም፤ እስከ የኢጣልያ ኤምባሲ ድረስ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ለማከናወን መጋቢት 8 ቀን 2005 ዓ/ም ስድስት ኪሎ የተሰበሰቡትን 43 ሰዎች፤ ዶር. ያዕቆብ ኃይለማርያምን ጭምር፤ ፖሊስ አፍሶ ማሰሩና በማግስቱ፤ መጋቢት 9 ቀን 2005 ዓ/ም መልቀቁ ታውቋል።

ጥቃት በየተራ እስከመቼ?

ባለፉት 21 የወያኔ የግዛት አመታት አይነቱና መጠኑ ይለያይ እንደሆነ እንጅ ጥቃት፣ ግፍ፣ በደልና እብሪታዊ የመብት ገፈፋ ያልደረሰበት ኢትዮጵያዊና የኢትዮጵያ ክፍል የለም። ገበሬው፣ የመንግስት ሰራተኛው፣ የፋብሪካ ሰራተኛና በየዘርፉ የእለት ጉርሱን አሳዶ የሚኖረው ሁሉ የወያኔን የሰቆቃ ግፍ በትር በየተራ አይቶታል፣ እያየውም ይገኛል። የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ በድህነት አንጀቱ ለፍቶ ያቋቋማቸው ተቋሞቹ እየፈራረሱ ለወያኔ አገዛዝ እንዲመቹ ሆነው ሲጨፈላለቁም አይተናል።

Obama “Moonwalking” Human Rights in Africa?

Following the presidential election in late December 2007 and the Kenya Electoral Commission’s hurried declaration of incumbent President Mwai Kibaki as the winner, supporters of opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga in the Orange Democratic Movement alleged widespread electoral fraud and irregularities. For nearly two months following that election, ethnic violence and strife in Kenya raged resulting in more than 1200 deaths, 3,500 injuries, and the displacement of over 350,000 persons and destruction of over 100,000 properties.

The great American poet Walt Whitman said, “Either define the moment or the moment will define you.” Will the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as president of Kenya define President Barack Obama in Africa or will President Barack Obama use the election of President Kenyatta to define his human rights policy in Africa?

የጉልቻ መለዋወጥ…

አገራችን ኢትዮጵያ ዉስጥ በዜጎች ላይ የሚደርሰዉ ጭቆናና ግፍ ከዕለት ወደ ዕለት እየከፋ መጥቶ ዛሬ  “ባለራዕዩ” መሪ ህዝብ ላይ የጫነዉ መከራና መአት ወደ ራስ አልባው መሪ በፍጥነት እየተሸጋገረ የግፈኞች ስርዐት አገርንና ትዉልድን እያጠፋ ነዉ። ሻል ያለ ግዜ ይመጣል እያለ የወደፊቱን ብሩህ ዘመን የሚጠባበዉ የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብም ተስፋዉም ትዕግስቱም ተሟጥጠዉ የወያኔን አማራጭ ብቻ ሳይሆን ወያኔን የሚያስወግድበትን አማራጮች ጭምር እየፈለገ ነዉ።
የዘረኛው ወያኔ ስርአት ቁንጮ መለስ ዜናዊን ለይስሙላ የተካዉሃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ በአንድ በኩል የህዝብ መነሳሳት ለመገደብ በሌላ በኩል ደግሞ የራሱን ፍርሃት ለመሸፈን ሀገራችንን ድቅድቅ ጨለማ ዉስጥ በማስገባትና በወገናችን ላይ የሚያደርሰውን በደል አጠናክሮ በመቀጠል ኢትዮጵያውያን ስለ ብርሃን መውጣት እንዳያወሩ፣ እንዳያልሙ፤ ስለ ነገዉ የነጻነት ተስፋ እንዳይተነፍሱ፣ ስለ ነጻነት  እንዳያዘምሩ ለማድረግ ልሳን ዘጊ የሆኑ የስርአቱ ጀሌዎችን በመምረጥ ሰቆቃው በከፋና በተጠናከረ መልኩ ህዝብና ሀገርን አውዳሚ የሆነ ሃይላቸውን በመጠቀም በንጹሃን ዜጎች ላይ ኢ-ሰበአዊ የሆነ አስነዋሪ ድርጊት እያስፈጸመ ነው።
የመለስ ዜናዊን ሥልጣን ሳይሆን ወንበር ብቻ የወረሰዉ  ሃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ   የራሱ ህሊና የሚያዝዘዉን ስራ መስራት ሲገባው የህወሃት አለቆቹን በመፍራትና  የነሱን ቡራኬ  ለማግኘት ሲል የኢትዮጵያን ህዝብ ለሰዉ በላ የህወሃት ባለስልጣኖች አሳልፎ እየሰጠ ነዉ። ይህ ነዉ እንግዲህ ከመለስ ዜናዊ ወደ ሃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ የተደረገው ሽግግር።
መላው የሀገራችን ህዝብ አዛውንቱ፣ ወጣቱ፣ ምሁሩ፣ ሰርቶ አደሩ ገበሬውና፣ ህጸናት ሳይቀሩ ዛሬ የወያኔ የስቃይ ሰለባ እና ገፈት ቀማሽ ያልሆነ ትውልድ ከቶ የለም።በከፍተኛ ተቋማት ተማሪዎችና አስተማሪዎች ላይ የሚደርሰው በደል፣ በእምነት ቦታዎች የሚሰማው እሮሮ፣ የማህበረሰባዊ ተቋማትን የማፍርስ አደጋ እና ሌሎችም እኩይ ተግባራት ተጨምረው የስርአቱን የግፍ በትር ያልቀመሰ ዜጋ የለምም።
ይህ የወያኔ ስርአት የጉልቻ መለዋወጥ  ከትግላችን ለአንዲት ደቂቃም ቢሆን ሊያዘናጋን አይገባም፡፡ ችግሩን ከማግባባትና መፍትሄ ከመፈለግ ይልቅ ማፋፋምን፣ መጨቆንን የመረጠው የህወሃት/ኢህአዴግ ቡድን፤ በፍጹም ሊታመን የማይችል፤ ህዝባዊ ድጋፍ የሌለው፣ ብሄራዊ አንድነትን የማያውቅ፣ ሰበአዊነት የማይሰማው አካል በመሆኑ ዛሬ ልናስወግደው  የሚገባ ዘረኛ ድርጅት ስለመሆኑ በአንድ ቋንቋ በቃህ ልንለው ያስፈልጋል፡፡
ኢትዮጵያችን የሚያስፈልጋት የሰው ለውጥ ሳይሆን ስር ነቀል የሆነ የስርአት ለውጥ ነው፤ ይህ ማለት ደግሞ ከአገራችን ዉስጥ ተነቅሎ መወገድ ያለበት ወያኔ/ኢህአዴግ እራሱ ነው። ሌላው ለውጥ ኢትዮጵያዊው ወጣት ከአበው የተማረውን፣ የወረሰውን አመኔታን በመገንባት የውርደት ዝምታን በእምቢተኝነት በመለወጥ የማያዳግም የስርአት ለውጥ እንዲመጣ አበክሮ በመታገል፤ ኢትዮጵያን ወደ ዘላቂ ሰላምና አንድነት ማምጣት ነው።
ከመለስ ዜናዊ ወደ ሃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ የተደረገው ሽግግር የአንድን ፓርቲ ቡድናዊና ግለሰባዊ ፍላጎትና ጥቅም ማእከል ያደረገ መሆኑ ዛሬ ለምናየዉና  ተባብሶ ለቀጠለው አፈና፣ ግድያ፤ ቤተሰብ መፍረስ፤ የኑሮ መገሳቆልና በአጠቃላይ በ የነገ ተስፋው መጨለም ምክንያትሆኗል።
የወያኔ አገዛዝ “በመተካካት” ስም ህወሃት የበላይነቱን እንደያዘ የመቀጠል ህልም ያለው መሆኑን አረጋግጦልናል። ስለዚህ የፍትህ እጦት፤ የውሸት ምርጫዎች መብዛት፤ የሰብዓዊ መብቶች መረገጥ፤ የሥራ አጥነት መበራከት፣ የአግአዚ ጦር ሠራዊትና እና “የጆሮ ጠቢዎች” በወገናችን የሚያደርሱት እልቂትና ስቃይ ሰለባ የሆናችሁና ነጻነትና የአገራችሁ አንድነት የሚያንገበግባችሁ ዜጎች ሁሉ አሁን ወቅቱ የሚሻው የትግል ጊዜ ላይ በመሆናችን፤ የድል አጥቢያ አብሳሪ የሆኑ ወጣት የነጻነት ታጋዮችን በመቀላቀል  ራሳችሁን፤ ወገናችሁንና አገራቸሁን ታደጉ።
ግንቦት 7 የፍትህ፤ የነፃነትና የዲሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ ይህ የወያኔ የመተካካትና ወንጀለኛን በወንጀለኛ የመለዋወጥ ስልት ህዝብን ለማታለል፤ የስልጣን ዘመንን ለማራዘምና  የትግልን አቅጣጫን ለማሳት ሆን ተብሎ የሚደረግ ሴራ መሆኑን የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ተረድቶ ከወዲሁ ትግሉን እንዲያፋፍም በአደራ ጭምር ያስጠነቅቃል። ስለሆነም ንቅናቄያችን አሁንም በንቃት በመከታተል የስርአት ለውጥ በሃገራችን ለማምጣት አስፈላጊ ናቸው ብሎ ያመነባቸውን ማናቸውም የትግል ስልቶች በመጠቀም ህወሃት/ኢህአዴግን ለማስገደድ ወይም ለማስወገድ አስፈላጊውን ሁሉ ለማድረግ ቆርጠን ተነስተናል።

FBI foils murder plot on journalist Abebe Gellaw Ethiomedia Updated January 9, 2013 BOSTON, Massachusetts (Ethiomedia) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has foiled a murder plot on award-winning journalist Abebe Gellaw. The Ethiopian Satellite TV (ESAT) said on Tuesday the suspects were under FBI investigation. Goosh Abera (ጉዕሽ አበራ), who is staying in the US after seeking a political asylum and yet is an alleged spy for the TPLF ruling party in Ethiopia, was cited in the ESAT report as ring leader of a group of four in the assassination attempt on the life of one of Ethiopia's most prominent journalists based in the US. The assassination was to be carried out when Abebe Gellaw would have travelled to Boston, MA, last December for an ESAT fund-raising event. Boston FBI spokesman Greg Comcowich said he wouldn't go into details but noted that the FBI takes such type of crimes seriously, and called on Ethiopians in the US to report to local FBI Bureaus whenever they spot spies who work for foreign governments. Dr Gregory Stanton, president of Genocide Watch and a staunch human rights defender well acquainted with the conditions in Ethiopia, said TPLF's attempt to commit a crime in the United States was a matter of serious concern that should lead to recognizing the organization as terrorist. The FBI has secured messages that the alleged assassins were exchanging to carry out the murder. The Historic Act: May 18, 2012 Abebe Gellaw, an award-winning journalist on May 18 struck Prime Minister Meles Zenawi like a lightning by raining down deafening chants that condemned the long time dictator. Once struck, Meles drooped his head over his slumped body at a high-level Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security opened by none other than US President Barack Obama. Obama had left but senior US officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, were there when Abebe committed the act at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. The heroic act triggered an immediate celebration within the Ethiopian Diaspora on the one hand, and anger and resentment in the Meles Camp whose security agents made death threats against Abebe Gellaw. Meles was ironically lecturing about food security when Abebe, the independent satellite TV (ESAT) program host and producer, brought the sky crushing down on Meles, telling the startled audience "Freedom before food!" Abebe chanted many times with a defeaning voice: "Meles Zenawi is a dictator! Free Eskinder Nega! Free Political Prisoners! Food is nothing without freedom! Meles has committed crimes against humanity! We Need freedom! Freedom! Freedom!" His voice was so powerful everyone followed the brief scene with utter surprise and silence. Meles has never been humiliated from such proximity as he lives surrounded by an army of gun-totting security guards that keep civilians at bay. "By humiliating Meles with such patriotic act," one analyst said, " I think Abebe has broken the ice, and more acts of patriotism would haunt the dictator till his final days in power." Abebe was escorted away by police officers he described as very respectful and understanding. But a nearby Meles security guard threatened Abebe, "We will kill you!" Abebe told police that one of the security guards of Meles had threatened him with death. An act reserved only for the hero, Abebe's action speaks volumes about the political repression and frustration that has engulfed Ethiopia for over two decades. Abebe first challenged Meles Zenawi at a World Economic Forum in May 2010 in Tanzania, when he grabbed the mike and asked a lecturi FBI foils murder plot on journalist Abebe Gellaw ng Meles why was then Ethiopi

FBI foils murder plot on journalist Abebe Gellaw Ethiomedia FBI foils murder plot on journalist Abebe Gellaw Ethiomedia Updated January 9, 2013 BOSTON, Massachusetts (Ethiomedia) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has foiled a murder plot on award-winning journalist Abebe Gellaw. The Ethiopian Satellite TV (ESAT) said on Tuesday the suspects were under FBI investigation. Goosh Abera (ጉዕሽ አበራ), who is staying in the US after seeking a political asylum and yet is an alleged spy for the TPLF ruling party in Ethiopia, was cited in the ESAT report as ring leader of a group of four in the assassination attempt on the life of one of Ethiopia's most prominent journalists based in the US. The assassination was to be carried out when Abebe Gellaw would have travelled to Boston, MA, last December for an ESAT fund-raising event. Boston FBI spokesman Greg Comcowich said he wouldn't go into details but noted that the FBI takes such type of crimes seriously, and called on Ethiopians in the US to report to local FBI Bureaus whenever they spot spies who work for foreign governments. Dr Gregory Stanton, president of Genocide Watch and a staunch human rights defender well acquainted with the conditions in Ethiopia, said TPLF's attempt to commit a crime in the United States was a matter of serious concern that should lead to recognizing the organization as terrorist. The FBI has secured messages that the alleged assassins were exchanging to carry out the murder. The Historic Act: May 18, 2012 Abebe Gellaw, an award-winning journalist on May 18 struck Prime Minister Meles Zenawi like a lightning by raining down deafening chants that condemned the long time dictator. Once struck, Meles drooped his head over his slumped body at a high-level Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security opened by none other than US President Barack Obama. Obama had left but senior US officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, were there when Abebe committed the act at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. The heroic act triggered an immediate celebration within the Ethiopian Diaspora on the one hand, and anger and resentment in the Meles Camp whose security agents made death threats against Abebe Gellaw. Meles was ironically lecturing about food security when Abebe, the independent satellite TV (ESAT) program host and producer, brought the sky crushing down on Meles, telling the startled audience "Freedom before food!" Abebe chanted many times with a defeaning voice: "Meles Zenawi is a dictator! Free Eskinder Nega! Free Political Prisoners! Food is nothing without freedom! Meles has committed crimes against humanity! We Need freedom! Freedom! Freedom!" His voice was so powerful everyone followed the brief scene with utter surprise and silence. Meles has never been humiliated from such proximity as he lives surrounded by an army of gun-totting security guards that keep civilians at bay. "By humiliating Meles with such patriotic act," one analyst said, " I think Abebe has broken the ice, and more acts of patriotism would haunt the dictator till his final days in power." Abebe was escorted away by police officers he described as very respectful and understanding. But a nearby Meles security guard threatened Abebe, "We will kill you!" Abebe told police that one of the security guards of Meles had threatened him with death. An act reserved only for the hero, Abebe's action speaks volumes about the political repression and frustration that has engulfed Ethiopia for over two decades. Abebe first challenged Meles Zenawi at a World Economic Forum in May 2010 in Tanzania, when he grabbed the mike and asked a lecturing Meles why was then Ethiopia starving under his rule? Ethiomedia.com - An African-American news and views website. Copyright 2012 Ethiomedia.com. Email: editor@ethiomedia.com HOME Updated January 9, 2013 BOSTON, Massachusetts (Ethiomedia) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has foiled a murder plot on award-winning journalist Abebe Gellaw. The Ethiopian Satellite TV (ESAT) said on Tuesday the suspects were under FBI investigation. Goosh Abera (ጉዕሽ አበራ), who is staying in the US after seeking a political asylum and yet is an alleged spy for the TPLF ruling party in Ethiopia, was cited in the ESAT report as ring leader of a group of four in the assassination attempt on the life of one of Ethiopia's most prominent journalists based in the US. The assassination was to be carried out when Abebe Gellaw would have travelled to Boston, MA, last December for an ESAT fund-raising event. Boston FBI spokesman Greg Comcowich said he wouldn't go into details but noted that the FBI takes such type of crimes seriously, and called on Ethiopians in the US to report to local FBI Bureaus whenever they spot spies who work for foreign governments. Dr Gregory Stanton, president of Genocide Watch and a staunch human rights defender well acquainted with the conditions in Ethiopia, said TPLF's attempt to commit a crime in the United States was a matter of serious concern that should lead to recognizing the organization as terrorist. The FBI has secured messages that the alleged assassins were exchanging to carry out the murder. The Historic Act: May 18, 2012 Abebe Gellaw, an award-winning journalist on May 18 struck Prime Minister Meles Zenawi like a lightning by raining down deafening chants that condemned the long time dictator. Once struck, Meles drooped his head over his slumped body at a high-level Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security opened by none other than US President Barack Obama. Obama had left but senior US officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, were there when Abebe committed the act at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. The heroic act triggered an immediate celebration within the Ethiopian Diaspora on the one hand, and anger and resentment in the Meles Camp whose security agents made death threats against Abebe Gellaw. Meles was ironically lecturing about food security when Abebe, the independent satellite TV (ESAT) program host and producer, brought the sky crushing down on Meles, telling the startled audience "Freedom before food!" Abebe chanted many times with a defeaning voice: "Meles Zenawi is a dictator! Free Eskinder Nega! Free Political Prisoners! Food is nothing without freedom! Meles has committed crimes against humanity! We Need freedom! Freedom! Freedom!" His voice was so powerful everyone followed the brief scene with utter surprise and silence. Meles has never been humiliated from such proximity as he lives surrounded by an army of gun-totting security guards that keep civilians at bay. "By humiliating Meles with such patriotic act," one analyst said, " I think Abebe has broken the ice, and more acts of patriotism would haunt the dictator till his final days in power." Abebe was escorted away by police officers he described as very respectful and understanding. But a nearby Meles security guard threatened Abebe, "We will kill you!" Abebe told police that one of the security guards of Meles had threatened him with death. An act reserved only for the hero, Abebe's action speaks volumes about the political repression and frustration that has engulfed Ethiopia for over two decades. Abebe first challenged Meles Zenawi at a World Economic Forum in May 2010 in Tanzania, when he grabbed the mike and asked a lecturing Meles why was then Ethiopia starving under his rule? Ethiomedia.com - An African-American news and views website. Copyright 2012 Ethiomedia.com. Email: editor@ethiomedia.com

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 ከሶሪያ በሱዳን በኩል አድርጋ ወደ ኢትዮጵያ በገባች በአምስተኛ ቀኗ ከጋዜጠኛ አበባየሁ ገበያው ጋር ያደረገችውን ቃለምልልስ ከዚህ በታች አቅርበነዋል፡፡ በሶርያ በምን ሥራ ላይ ነበር የተሰማራሽው? በ2009 ዓ.ም ወደ ሶርያ የሄድኩት በአውሮፕላን ነበር፡፡ እንደሌሎች ሴት እህቶቼ የቤት ውስጥ ሥራ ሳይሆን እርሻ ላይ ነበር ሥራ ያገኘሁት፡፡ ሥራዬ የወይራ ፍሬ መልቀም እንዲሁም ሙዝ፣ ትፋህ፣ አትክልትና ፍራፍሬ መኮትኮት፣ ማጨድ፣ ወዘተ ነበር፡፡