What is the difference between Meles and Lukashenka?
An international NGO calls Ethiopia under the Meles regime a “failed state”
… The Fund for Peace
“I speak for all who yearn for freedom and democracy in Ethiopia”
… Hassan Hussein, OLF Head of Foreign Relations, May 15
Obang Metho interview with Ethiopian Politics Blog … audio
Meles called Tony Blair “colonial master” … The Times, May 15
Ethiopians in Europe gather in front of the European Parliament on May 15 … pdf
Kinijit-UK statement… May 15
Ethiopians held a rally in New York city to observe May 15 … UEDF
May 15 observed as an Ethiopian Democracy Day in Washington DC and around the World … ER May 15
Herman Cohen said today: “The int’l community should understand that economic development in Ethiopia will be impossible as long as you have this political stalemate and repressive form of governance. There is no reason to continue economic development assistance until this is corrected” … VOA May 16
Today’s Amnesty International presentation to the European Parliament on Human Rights in Ethiopia … AI May 15, 2006
Cash exodus from Ethiopia to Europe increased by 103% … The Indepedent, May 15
Most of this could be aid money siphoned off by Meles and his ruling family.
Ambassador Vicki shoots M4 machine gun and more … SSI
Ethiopian-American journalist Luladey B. Tadesse was chosen as one of the finalists for UCLA’s Loeb Awards in Business Journalism … E&P May 15
One year after the election that could have brought so much hope to Ethiopia, the shootings remain uninvestigated and political party leaders are still held without trial on spurious charges … Congressman Smith, May 15, 2006
Message from CUDP leaders in Kaliti Prison … text, May 15
NES statement on the eve of the European Parliament hearing on Human Rights in Ethiopia … NES May 15
UEDF statement on May 15
Kinijit leaders in Kaliti prison selected a new Kinijit world-wide leadership… ER May 14
OLF denies planting bombs in Addis Ababa … SA May 13
Meles diplomats made fools of themselves in South Africa … ER May 13
Explosions in Addis Ababa … U.S. Embassy-Addis Ababa Warden Message, May 12
An Ethiopian man in Washington DC paralyzed in beating … WUSATV9, May 11
May the force be with you… GANDHI – Part II … Al Mariam, May 10
Ethiopia one year after the elections … meeting in Strasbourg
The Meles regime yesterday imposed its own mayor on Addis Ababa while the elected mayor languishes in jail … video
Meles and ballot box… cartoon
UN Human Rights chief spotlights troubling developments in Ethiopia
… U.N. News Center, May 12
Heavily armed troops have been observed entering Addis Ababa later in the afternoon today. ER sources are reporting sporadic shootings in some parts of the city
… May 12, 12:50 PM EST
More bombs have exploded in Addis Ababa, at least 8, according to ER sources. The target of all the bombings are civilians, indicating that it is the work of the Meles regime. More later…
Important weekend for Kinijit North America … ER May 12
Bombs explode in Addis Ababa … Reuters, May 12
Addis Ababans point finger at the Meles regime’s secret police since the targets are civilians.
Which way for Kinijit North America … ER reader May 12
The changing face of Kinijit … Maru Gubena, May 11
Civil disobedience in Dessie and western Harergie … ER May 11
Unity of purpose and sustaining democratization in Ethiopia… E.K. Yalew, May 11
Explosion rocks Addis Ababa today … SA May 9
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… click here or here
World Press Freedom day resolution on Ethiopia … pdf
Meles invites ambassadors for dinner and debate on Europe Day … ER reader
Tegbar League to launch voter registration drive in the United States
… ER May 9
”Kinijit is the Way” seminar was held successfuly in Vancouver … ER May 9
Berhane Mewa ordered Tensae Radio not to report about the call for civil disobedience in Ethiopia … ER May 8
Fear of Torture in Sidama … Amnesty International, May 8
UEDF-UK statement … May 6, 2006
Ethiopian civic and political organizations canceled the May 15 rally in Washington DC … ER May 6
Senseless war … Teshome Mitiku, music
UNUPF’s statement on bombings in Addis Ababa
CPJ demands justice for journalists as treason trial resumes in Ethiopia … CPJ, May 5
Anna Gomes is going to London to join Ethiopians in celebrating May 15, Ethiopian Day of Democracy. The event is being organized by Kinijit and Hibret in collaboration with other Ethiopian civic and political groups in Europe.
Kinijit North America Support Committee’s leadership must stop dividing Ethiopians
… ER May 4
Patriotic Front leader Col. Asrat calls for united action on May 15 … ER May 4
Intimidation to impede democratic progress in Ethiopia is unacceptable
… US Dept of State, May 3
The Meles regime is losing control of Oromia and the south … ER May 3
Prisoners of conscience on trial for treason
… Amnesty International, 28-page report, May 2006
Detailed account of today’s kangaroo court … Betsy Pisik, May 2
Why the Kinijit office in DC looks so shabby and messy? …Adera Kinijit, May 2
Opposition politicians, civil rights activists and journalists will begin their formal treason trial in Ethiopia today … The Guardian, May 2
CUD-N. America said May 15 is a day of victory for the Meles regime… ER May 1
Ethiopians in USA will gather in front of the White House on May 15 … pdf
MAY 2006-Ethiopia’s Special Democracy Month … NES, May 1, 2006
Message from Nashville Kinijit Support Group
MAY 2006 – page 2