Once again, the Woyanne regime is trying to use the loyal opposition inside the country to deflect attention from its other problems. This week the Woyanne invading forces are withdrawing in defeat from Somalia. Woyanne death squads are engaged in wholesale massacre of Ogaden civilians to intimidate or prevent the ONLF fighters from attacking the retreating Woyanne troops. Arresting Birtukan and roughing up Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam, the weakest of all the so-called opposition figures inside Ethiopia, could be helping Woyanne’s goal of creating diversion, depending on how the media and the opposition parties react.
Today, as the withdrawal of troops is progressing in Somalia, every media is talking about Birtukan’s arrest. Woyanne cadres, who play the role of Birtukan’s ardent supporters, are working full time to fan the issue. But once again, Ethiopian Review is here to expose the game of shred Woyanne is playing with its willing accomplices like Birtukan.
Indeed, the whole apology controversy is a gimmick, and some are duped by it. What Birtukan has said in Sweden is so benign that it is laughable to arrest her over that. Other opposition leaders, particularly Hailu Shawel, has said much more stronger things about the apology on radio interviews. But Woyanne doesn’t want to make Hailu Shawel a hero by arresting him. Meles & gang prefer to deal with the weak and surrenderist Birtukan. So by attacking two of the weakest individuals in the UDJ party (Birtukan and Mesfin), Woyanne is also trying to build up their popularity.
Woyanne cannot continue to cheat and play with the opposition any more like a cat plays with a mouse that is under its control. That is what Birtukan is to Woyanne — a crippled mouse.
Only gullible individuals fall for Woyanne tactics any more. Ethiopians inside the country and around the world are looking up to leaders and political organizations that are determined to eliminate the Woyanne fascist tribal junta.
20 thoughts on “Woyanne arrests Birtukan to divert attention from Somalia”
Elias,
Is there such a thing called fake arrest of an opposition? I am not a politician and never want to be one, but such statements send chills down to my spine. You ought to be realistic in your comments.
Birtukan arrested, Professor Mesfin roughed up Addis Ababa.
Civilian clothed security picked up UDJF president Birtukan Midekasa around 2 PM today after roughing up 80 year old veteran human rights activist Professor Mesfin Weldemariam. Birtukan, who is entangled in a bitter controversy with the EPRDF led government over the content of her release after the infamous treason trial of 2005, refused to recant statements she made during a working visit to Sweden last
month. In an open letter released on Friday she maintained that her release from prison could not be reduced to a plain pardon as is being disingenuously alleged by the EPRDF led government, but is rather a complex outcome of a protracted negotiation between her party and the government mediated by elders. The pardon board convened an emergency meeting on Saturday to rubber stamp EPRDF’s pronouncement, and civilian clothed security agents picked her up from Prison Fellowship’s office today; where she and Professor Mesfin had gone at the behest of elders who are once again mediating between the EPRDF and the opposition.
Absolutely agree. Let’s use a common sense here. Bertukan has sold herself to serve TPLF once she threw the 8 points the people of Ethiopia demanded. Surely she is TPLF’s guinea pig (house/parliament pet).
Will i go to demonstration holding her photo pictures high up this time? the answer is hell no. She is a sell-out and i care less whether she is in jail or she is in a golden palace. she is useless
Elias is real challenger with valid reasons.
The question remains, who has clarity like Elias?
Cheers
የይቅርታ ቦርዱ ወ /ት ብርቱካን እንድትታሰር ወሰነ !
እሑድ ታህሳስ 18 ቀን 2001 ዓ .ም
ኢሕአዴግ የሚቆጣጠረዉ የይቅርታ ቦርድ ትናንት ታህሳስ 17 ቀ 2001 ተሰብስቦ ወ /ት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ ለኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ የሰጡት ማብራርያ «በቂ አይደልም» ሲል ወይዘሪቷ ተመልሰዉ ወደ እሥር ቤት እንዲሄዱ መወሰኑን ምንጮቻን ከአዲስ አበባ ገለጹ።
ቦርዱ ለፕሬዘዳንቱ ዉሳኔዉን ያስተላለፈ ሲሆን ፕሬዘዳንቱ ዉሳኔዉን ካጸደቁት ወ /ት ብርቱካን በፖሊስ ቁጥጥር ስር ዉለዉ ወደ ቃሊቲ እሥር ቤት ሊላኩ እንደሚችሉ ለማወቅ ተችሏል።
ወ /ት ብርቱካ ትላንት አገር ዉስጥ ባሉ ጋዜጦች በሰፊዉ እንደተዘገበዉ ከቃሊቲ እሥር የወጡበትን ሁኔታ በሰፊና በዝርዝር የሚያብራራ መግለጫ መስጠታቸዉ ይታወሳል።
በቅርቡ ከአምስት ሺህ በላይ ሕዝብ የሰበሰበዉ የቅንጅት ራዕይና አላማ ወራሽ የሆነዉ የአንድነት ለዲሞክራሲና ለፍትህ ፓርቲ ሊቀመንበር የሆኑት ወ /ት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ በአሁኑ ወቅት በአራት መኪናዎች ከፍተኛ ክትትልና ወከባም እየተደረገባቸዉ ሲሆን እዉነቱን መላዉ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ እንዲሁም እራሳቸዉ የኢሕአዴግ ባለስልጣናት የሚያወቁት ጉዳይ ሆኖ ሳለ ለሰላምና ለአንድነት ለፍትህና ለኢትዮጵያዊነት የቆመ ሕዝባዊ ድርጅት መሪ በሆኑት በወ /ት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ ላይ ይህን ያህል የዛቻና የማስፈራራት ዘመቻ መከፈቱ እንዲሁም እርሳቸዉን ለማሰር የሚደረገዉ እኩይ ተግባር በሚሊዮን የሚቆጠሩ ኢትዮጵያዉያንን እያነጋገረና እያስቆጣ መሆኑንም ለማወቅ ችለናል።
ምንጮቻችን እንደገለጹት አንዳንድ የኢሕአዴግ አባላትም ሳይቀሩ «ለምን ወደ ኋላ ተመልሰን ቀዉስ እንደምንፈጠር አይገባንም» በማለት በፌደራል ፖሊስ እየተደረገ ያለዉን በጣም እየነቀፉ ነዉ።
በተያያዘ ዜና በአሜሪካን በካናዳና እንዲሁም በአዉሮፓ የሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያዉያንና የአንድነት ፓርቲ ደጋፊዎች በወ /ት ብርቱካን ላይ እየተፈጸመ ያለዉን ወከባ በማዉገዝ ትልቅ ንቅናቄ ሊጀምሩ እንደሆነም የአመራር አባላቱ ያሳወቁን ሲሆን የሰሜን አመሪካ የአንድነት ድጋፍ ማህበር ባወጣዉ መግለጫ የአገር ሽማግሌዎችና ቀድሞ ከወ /ት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ ጋር በቃሊቲ የታሰሩ የቀድሞ ቅንጅት አመራር አባላት ከዝምታ ወጥተዉ እዉነቱን በመናገር ከወ /ት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳና ከእዉነት ጎን በይፋ እንዲሰለፉ ጠይቋል።
የአቡጊዳ ምንጮች እንደገለጹት የሽምግሌዎች መሪ የሆኑት ፕሮፌሰር ኤፍሬም ይስዓቅ ትላንትና ከአዲስ አበባ ወደ አሜሪካ የተመለሱ ሲሆን እርሳቸዉና ጓዶቻቸዉ ለወራት ጊዜና ጉልበታቸዉን ጨርሰዉ ያስገኙትን ዉጤት ወያኔ -ኢሕአዴግ እንደዚህ ሲያረክሰዉ፣ ፕሮፌሰር ኤፍሬምን ጨምሮ ሽማግሌዎች ድምጻቸዉን በግልጽ በማሰማት ከእዉነትና ከኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ጎን መሰለፍ እንዳለባቸዉ፣ ካልተሰለፉና ዝምታን ከመረጡ ግን እዉነትን በመሸፈናቸዉ የታሪክ ተጠያቂ እንደሚሆኑ ብዙዎች ይናገራሉ።
በቃሊቲ የታሰሩ እስረኞች ያፈታታቸዉን ሁኔታ የበለጠ ማወቅ ይቻል ዘንድ ሽማግሌዎችን በተለያዩ የመገናኛ ብዙሃን የሰጡትን መግለጫዎችና ቃለ መጠይቆች ያቀፈ ዘጋባ በቅርብ የምናቀርብ ሲሆን ለጊዜዉ በሽምግልና ሂደት የተካፈሉትን 31 ኢትዮጵያውያን ስም ዝርዝር እንደሚከተለዉ እናቀርባለን።
1. ፕሮፌሰር ኤፍሬም ይሳዕቅ
2. መጋቢ ዳንኤል ገብረ ስላሴ
3. አምባሳደር በቀለ እንደሻዉ
4. አትሌት ኃይሌ ገብረ ስላሴ
5. ዳኛ ታምሩ ወንድማገኘሁ
6. አብነ መርሃ ክርስቶስ
7. አባ ኪዳነማሪያም ገብራይ
8. ደጃዝማች ዘዉዴ ገብረስላሴ
9. ሊቀ ትጉሃን አስታጥቄ አባተ
10. ወ /ሮ ጺዎን አንዶም
11. ዳኛ ታደሰ ጉርሙ
12. ጀነራል ሰለሞን በየነ
13. እንጂነር ወልደሉል ካሳ
14. አምባሳደር ዘወዴ ኦቶሮ
15. ዶር ሃይሌ ወልደሚካዕል
16. ዶር ያዕቆብ በቀለ
17. ዶ .ር ዳዊት ዘዉዴ
18. ወ /ሮ ራሄል መኩሪያ
19. ፊታዉራሪ አመዴ ለማ
20. ሊቀ ስዩማን ዲሚስትሮስ ወልዱ
21. ዶር ሙሴ ኃያሉ
22. አቶ ፍስሃ አስረስ
23. አቶ አማሃ ወልዴ
24. ደጃችዝማች ወልደሰማያት ገብረወልድ
25. አቶ ዘወገ ገድሉ
26. ሼክ አራጌ ሞሃመድ
27. ፕሮፌሰር ጀማል አብዱልከድር
28. አቶ ማሞ ዉድነህ
29. ዶር ኃይለስላሴ በላይ
30. ዶር ጥላሁን በየነ
31. ዶር አህመድ ሞን
Birtukan is nothing but a drama queen serving Woyanne. This is all bullshit.
Bertukan is worker for TPLF
This is all game!
They let Tamerate Layne go and put Berutkan back in jail.
This smell fishy to me…. It is documented and enough proof that Bertukan apologized and even signed the paper.
Why is she lieing? I SAY SHE IS JUST PLAYING GAME
We all know she apologized like the rest of them
Lady liberty my foot!!!!!!!!!!
Lily, please in the name of God!!! Lets stand together. Why we put ourselves in the woyane trap? woayne always wants to divide us. So please lets be strong and united to deal with woyane.
OMG!
I can not believe you all said such a thing! What does satisfy you all?! Bertukan is arrestd and Prof Mesfin is roughed, but according to your analogy from far away “it is all game”
OMG!
Birtukan has been sent to jail not because she denied the pardon,or not as a result of a Woyane drama,let’s not discredit her work.She is an Ethiopian citizen happen to be right minded free of hate rhetoric,and meaningless criticism.She only argues logically and on legal bases.Calling her a politician is also a distortion to what she really is,she just can’t stand injustice,and have a vision of accomplishing something that help Ethiopia to reunite,regard less of political views.She is and always was prepered to pay the sacrific physically and emotionaly.She has nothing ,no wealth no research deal, or wish to live in diaspora. Ethiopia needs more of a Birtukan
This was anticipated. How on earth can some one be a genuine opposition under the watchful eyes of these criminal gangs calling themselves government? Either she should have joined the corrupt and bankrupt e.p.r.d.f. and live peacefully or get the hell out of that country and work with the rest of the oppositions. She really has become a disgrace not just for herself, but for Kinijit as well. With the defeat in Somalia and the strengthning of the oppositions, the tplf is having sleepless nights. It is becoming more and more intolerant and ruthless as the days go by.
Good job she is a sale out
Elias,
I am proud of you as always for your insightfulness. Keep us the good work and words are inaduquate to express my heart felt respect for you. I usally don’t agree with you on some of your stands but in recent days I see you as an Ethiopian maverick. You tell it like it is! Surely, Bertkwan Mediksa is a genuine Woyane and I have no doubt about it. Ethiopia will be free from the evil Woyane by her true sons and daughters! Long Live Ethiopia & Ethiopian Unity!
God Protect The Ethiopian People!
Elias, Keep Up The Good Work! Ethiopia and Ethiopians are proud of you!
She signed when she was released, that means she is accountable for her signature. If she cannot be smart on this how can see lead Ethiopians in a smart way. Don’t forget that Politics is smart game. When she was release the game was win win. Now she is the loser and weyane is the winner she stays in. Let her try other fish play.
Elias,
you hit the nail on the head.
Good Job!
Elias, you have the responsibility to check the veracity of this: http://www.debteraw.com/aleneger-bene-Birtukan-mender.pdf
In responce to zenashe’s comment on the re-arrset of bertukan midekssa.
Honey, I know you prefer people like yourself to criticise , from a safe distance in a far away land, people like bertukan who wre trying to bring about a positive change in our country despite all the ill-treatment they suffer at the hands of the woyane regime.
A courageous woman like bertukan does not need support from the likes of you.she will get all the support she needs from the real people who are suffering with her in the country.
She could have stayed out of the country and live a life of a refugee like yourself but instead opted to stay in the country,look the enemy in the eye and walked the walk.she will pay all the sacrifies for a better ethiopia and all freedom loving ethiopians have recognised that.IT IS ONLY PEOPLE LIKE BERTUKAN , WITH COMITMENT AND COURAGE,THAT CAN
CREAT THE KIND OF ETHIOPIA WE ALWAYS DREAM OF.
As far you and your political look-alikes are concerned, ethiopia is only worth talking over a cup of coffee in
Starbucks. you don’t matter at all.
Have a good day.
Don’t you guys have a little sense of decency? Unlike Ginbot7 her party was organized inside the country with only Ethiopians and Ethiopian lovers. Some one above said that the government is about to fall and the opposition is getting stronger, I don’t know where this guy lives, perhaps in cookoo land. The opposite is the truth. And if you want to learn a lot from Birtukan you have to start avoiding curses (which has become the whole mark of the opposition), be curtious and gentile and moreover, avoid a poletics of rumour mongering. Otherwise all the so called “opposition” will abondone you on your own party in DC.
In Response to Batu’s comment
You shouldn’t compare me or anyone in diaspora with Birtukan. As a leader, you have a responsibility. She is glorified as a leader and that glorification is not for nothing. The ethiopian people expect something from a leader. That is to listen to them. The people spoke saying this is the 8 points we demand and with out those being fullfilled, there shall no peace with the TPLF. Then she discarded the people’s demand and begged to join election and parliament without any pre-condition. she said TPLF is not enemy. She stopped condemning the rulling party etc…etc. in doing so, she failed to deliver what is expected from a leader. That showes she is not qualified and all the glory she recieved she didn’t deserve it at all.
Now, the regime knows how weak her constituents and her supporters are and arrested her. There is no uproar and business as usual. Only die hard and slow thinkers like you get entrapped by this and your cry won’t last more than a day. for me, i won’t lament for her jail life. she is useless after all. she was in a mission to teach ethiopian people to be lazy and get humiliated to the level of slavery in a modern day mantra called “peaceful struggle”. One advocate of modern slavery is taken away and i am happy for it.
In response to zenashe’s comment.
In short, what i was trying to tell you was that you don’t have the moral high ground to criticise this young , intelligent, competent and courageous daughter of ethiopia from the comfort of your living room.
As for her leadership skill, everybody knows she was appointed previously by the former Kinijit officials and now elected by members of her party officials bacause they belived in her leadership.
Moreover her leadership qualities should not be questioned by people who are not even good enough to run a corner shop.
have a good day.