The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) demanding an investigation on the legality of the Nile dam bond sales that are being conducted in the US. The letter challenges the commission that the sales are in violation of the US trade laws and the Ethiopian Embassy in the US has no legal ground to do such business.
In line with the motto ‘justice does not have borders’, ENTC has remained engaged in the causes of the Las Vegas taxicab strikes which now has its 5th week and counting. ‘After our initial press release, we are still keeping the pressures on the public officials of Nevada so that the strikers, mostly Ethiopians, get what is only fair working conditions in this country’ cited a leadership council member from ENTC. Currently ENTC has expressed that it has facilitated meetings with the cab driver representatives and Sen. Harry Reid’s office in Nevada and has continued to appeal their case to Congresswoman Shelly Berkley’s and the Office of the Mayor of Las Vegas. Ethiopians anywhere and everywhere deserve to be treated fair and with dignity as we are striving to bring the same principles to our country Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has issued a press release denouncing the TPLF/EPRDF’s systemic ethnic cleansing of the Amhara people. The press release also highlighted that the elimination of the Amhara people has been written in the TPLF programs and the regime is just executing that. ENTC called on all Ethiopians to stand together to fight this vicious regime.
The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has officially announced the details of the all inclusive conference on removal and replacement of the TPLF/EPRDF regime. According to the statement released, the conference will be held in July 2013 in Washington DC. Concrete action plans on collaboration and unity in removing the regime and replacing it with a transitional government, are expected to come out of the international meeting.
The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) expressed its support for the Las Vegas Yellow Checker Star taxi drivers in their demand to get fair working agreements. In its press release titled ‘Justice has no borders’, ENTC has pledged solidarity with the 1000+ drivers mostly Ethiopians.
The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) sent a letter to the Saudi ambassador in the US on the reprehensible abuse of Ethiopian refugees by the Saudi border police and security forces. In its letter, ENTC expressed its disappointment in the Saudi law enforcement’s inhumane treatment of refugees, contradictory to the UNHCR guidelines. It stated the historical significance of Ethiopia to the religion of Islam and demanded the Saudi government to stop this situation immediately. Read the details below:
PRESS RELEASE
19 March 2013
The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) expressed its outrage over the brutal treatment of young Ethiopian refugees in Saudi Arabia by security forces.
In a letter to Saudi ambassador to the United State, Adel A. Al-Jubeir, ENTC demanded the government of Saudi Arabia to treat Ethiopian refugees humanely and with respect according to UNHCR guidelines.
ENTC stated: “Throughout history, Saudi Arabia nationals have been received with kind hospitality by the people of Ethiopia. Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest importers of Ethiopian food, particularly vegetable, fruits, and livestock. Saudi investors own large farms in Ethiopia. When it comes to religion and history, Ethiopia was a country where Prophet Mohammed’s followers sought refugee. The Christian king in Ethiopia did not abuse and savagely attack the Muslim refugees. Today, we are sad to witness that the police officers who are serving the Custodian of the two holiest mosques in Islam are brutally beating up young Ethiopian refugees who went to Saudi Arabia because the government in their own country is turned the country a hell on earth for them.”
ENTC wrote the letter to the Saudi ambassador after receiving a video that shows a horrific beating of young Ethiopian men by Saudi Arabia border police and local militia: http://youtu.be/vrPlqERFQOo
ENTC has also received reports that Saudi police is currently hunting down, arresting and beating undocumented Ethiopian refugees.
ENTC will continue to monitor the situation in Saudi Arabia and other countries where Ethiopians are reportedly abused.