Kinijit leader Gizachew Shiferraw addressing
a rally in front of the United States Congress
in support of H.R. 2003 – Sept 12, 2007

Kinijit delegates along with the head of Coalition
for H.R. 2003 Prof. Alemayehu Gebre-Mariam
lobby Congressman Donald Payne

Ato Gizachew Shiferraw, a senior member of the Kinijit leadership currently on a working visit in the U.S., told Ethiopian Review today that he and his colleague have been misquoted by a Washington DC-based newspaper, The Hill, about their stand on H.R. 2003.

Ato Gizachew said that the Kinijit leadership is fully behind the bill that is currently pending in the United States Congress. “H.R. 2003 is in line with Kinijit’s manifesto,” Ato Gizachew said. Ato Brook and he told The Hill newspaper that diplomatic efforts are necessary in addition to legislative actions.

Last week Ato Gizachew was personally present at a rally in front of the U.S. Congress that was held in support of H.R. 2003.