Columbia University’s daily paper, Columbia & Spectator, has written about the invitation to Meles Zenawi and the controversy that it has caused.
World Leaders site raises eyebrows
By Alix Pianin
The World Leaders Forum is no stranger to controversy—its famous invitation of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2007 set off a firestorm of media and protest—but it was the series’ website that proved inflammatory on Wednesday.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who is scheduled to speak at Low Library on Sept. 22, has allegedly intimidated voters at polls, detained political opponents, and been labeled by the New York Times as an example of “autocratic repression.” So why did Columbia’s World Leaders Forum website refer to such a divisive figure as having demonstrated “seasoned leadership”?
His short biography has since been removed from the website and replaced with a note that he will be speaking on “the current global economy and its impact.” [… read full text]
4 thoughts on “Columbia campus paper reports on invitation to Meles”
Elias (real Ethiopian man), I do really admire your struggle this much to show the world about this dictator bio removed form the CU Site
Aye Elias. Mechem enateh lij woldewal! Kudos for you. I am going to drink milk on your behalf. That is the way we express happiness or on a job well done.
Elias may God bless you and what you are doing for the majority of Ethiopians
Say what??? world economy and its bla bla. Meles is illiterate, thief, beggar. Meles carries all the ills of the third world.