Friday, May 10, 2013

አቶ መለስን የሚመጥን ጥቅስ ፍለጋ፤ “ኢህአዴግን ነፍስ ይማርልን!”

zአንዳንድ ወዳጆቻችን ልክ በህይወት ያሉ እስኪ “መስል ድረሰ መለስ ለልደትህ እንኳን አደረሰህ!… መልካም የልደት በዓል ይሁንልህ!” ሲሏቸው አይቼ ሳቅቼ ሳቅቼ ሞተውት! (ደግሞ እኮ …አንተ… ነው የሚሏቸው …ወይ ጫማ መለካካት!)


እንደ እውነቱ ስለ መለስ የልደት ቀን መታሰቢያ ለማድረግ ከኔ የሚቀድም አካል መኖር አልነበረበትም፡፡ ያ ሁሉ ወዳጅነታችን ከግባ መሬቱ ጋር አብሮ የተቀበረ አስመሰልኩት እኮ!

Sunday, May 5, 2013

! ….. በነ እስክንድር ነጋ ዙርያ ……!

https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-ash4/c44.45.551.551/s160x160/404269_246213892126226_1643997848_n.jpgበነ እስክንድር ነጋ … የእስር ፍርድ ምክንያት በማድረግ ስለ ጉዳዩ አስተያየት እንድሰጥ የተለያዩ የፌስቡክ ጓደኞቼ ሲወተውቱኝ ከርመዋል (የቅርብ ጓደኞቼ ግን ዝምታን መምረጥ እንዳለብኝ መክረውኛል)። አስተያየቴን እንድገልፅ የገፋፉኝ ጓዶች በቁጥር ብዙ ቢሆኑም ምክንያታቸው ወይ ዓላማቸው ግን የተለያየ ነው።

ብዙ ግዜ አስተያየቴን እንድሰጥ ከወተወቱኝ ሰዎች አብዛኞቹ የኢህአዴግ ደጋፊዎች (በፌስቡክ በሚፅፉት መሰረት) ናቸው። ለምን በነ እስክንድር ነጋ ዙርያ አስተያየት እንድሰጥ ገፋፉኝ? እኔን “ማኖ ለማስነካት” ታስቦ ነው። እኔን “ማኖ ማስነካት” እንዴት ይቻላል? ከሰዎች ጋር በማጣላት ነው። እንዴት ማጣላት ይቻላል?

Saturday, May 4, 2013

ጎዳና ተዳዳሪው የወታደራዊ መረጃ ኮሎኔል

የታላቁ ሰማእት የአቡነ ጴጥሮስ ሀውልት ተነሳ

ኢሳት ዜና:-ከአዲስአበባ የቀላል ባቡር ዝርጋታ ጋር በተያያዘ ይነሳል በመባሉ ከፍተኛ ተቃውሞ አስነስቶ የነበረው የአቡነ
ጴጥሮስ ሐውልት ዛሬ ለዓመታት ከቆመበት የክብር ቦታ ተነሳ፡፡

በእውቀቱ ” አዲስ አበባ ከጊዜ በሁዋላ ያለጥርጥር ባቡር ይኖራታል። ቀለበት መንገዶች ይኖሯታል። አሪፍ ህንጻዎች ይኖሯታል። ነገር ግን ትናንት የሚባል ነገር አይኖራትም።ታሪክ የሌላት ከተማ የሚለው ለአዲስ አበባ የተገባ ቅጽል ነው ሲል አክሎአል።Image

መንግስት ሐውልቱ በድንገት ለማንሳት በሞከረበት ሰዓት የአዲስአበባ ሕዝብ ያለምንም ጥሪ በመሰባሰብ ሒደቱን
የተከታተለ ሲሆን ሐውልቱ ከተነሳ በኋላ በእንጨት ሳጥን ውስጥ ታሽጎ በሎቤይድ ተሸከርካሪ ተጭኖ ወደ ቅርስ ጥናትና ጥበቃ ባለስልጣን ቅጥር ግቢ ተጓጎዞአል፡፡


Friday, May 3, 2013

Home » News » Open letter to Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations Open letter to Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations


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by Ephrem Shaul
I am writing this letter with believe that your office will coordinate and act for demanding the release of political prisoners in Ethiopia.
We Ethiopians also expected from your recent trip that you would raise the need for genuine democratic change and respect of freedom of speech in Ethiopia. We believed that your Excellency would publicly request for the release of all political prisoners in Ethiopia. Unfortunately in the statement with Tedros you have publically raised nothing in this regard. Ethiopians have been requesting from your office for a principled support to secure the release of all political prisoners and towards genuine democratic transition.

የወያኔ ልማት ሰዋዊ ሽታ የለውም

ሀገራችንን አንቆ የሚገዛው ወያኔ ራሱን የልማት መንግስት ነኝ በሚል ራሱን በሚጠፋ ስእል ላይ አስቀምጦል። በየአመቱ የተጋነነ እና የሌለ ነጠላ የስታቲስቲክ ዜማ እየለቀቀ ያቀርባል። በዴሞክራሲያዊ መንገድ ህጋዊ መሰረት ማግኘት ስለተሳነው በልማታዊ መዝገብ ስም ለመገኘት አይን የአወጣ ሙከራ ያደርጋል።


Ethiopia confirms jail terms for blogger, opposition figure


Ethiopia confirms jail terms for blogger, opposition figure
AFP
May 3, 2013



Andualem Aragie
Eskinder Nega (left) and Andualem Aragie - Two prominent Ethiopians condemned to life and 18 years of imprisonment over politically motivated and fabricated charges of "terrorism"
An Ethiopian court on Thursday dismissed the appeal of blogger Eskinder Nega and opposition leader Andualem Arage who were jailed last year for terror-related offences.
"The sentencing is still correct so there is no reduction," said Supreme Court judge Dagne Melaku, confirming Eskinder's jail term of 18 years and Andualem's life sentence. One of the charges -- serving as a leader of a terrorist organisation -- was dropped, but had no affect on sentencing.
After the ruling, Eskinder made an emotional appeal to the court which was crowded with family, friends and diplomats.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Watching American Diplocrisy in Ethiopia

Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam

Watching American Diplocrisy in Ethiopia
By Alemayehu G Mariam
April 29, 2013



Prof. Al Mariam

Diplomacy by hypocrisy is “diplocrisy”

Edmund Burke, the British statesman and philosopher, said “Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” We’ve heard many promises on human rights in Africa from President Obama and his Administration over the past four years.  “We will work diligently with Ethiopia to ensure that strengthened democratic institutions and open political dialogue become a reality for the Ethiopian people… We will work for the release of jailed scholars, activists, and opposition party leaders… We align ourselves with men and women around the world who struggle for the right to speak their minds, to choose their leaders, and to be treated with dignity and respect…. Africa’s future belongs to its young people… We’re going to keep helping empower African youth… Africa doesn’t need strongmen, it needs strong institutions. We support strong and sustainable democratic governments…. America will be more responsible in extending our hand. Aid is not an end in itself… [Dictatorship] is not democracy, [it] is tyranny, and now is the time for it to end… America is watching…” All empty promises and cheap talk. 



…[These] reports show  brave citizens around the world and those who would abuse them that America is watching
So anywhere that human rights are under threat, the United States will proudly stand up, unabashedly, and continue to promote greater freedom, greater openness, and greater opportunity for all people. And that means speaking up when those rights are imperiled. It means providing support and training to those who are risking their lives every day so that their children can enjoy more freedom. It means engaging governments at the highest levels and pushing them to live up to their obligations to do right by their people...