Ethiopia uses anti-terror laws to silence critical journalists
The Ethiopian government is using sweeping anti-terror laws to crack down on journalists critical of the regime. In the last three months, six journalists have been
The Ethiopian government is using sweeping anti-terror laws to crack down on journalists critical of the regime. In the last three months, six journalists have been
(Bizjournal) — Some timely lobbying seems to be sparing a Washington DC gasoline mogul from a drive to dismantle his empire.
Aggressive lobbying efforts on behalf of the Ethiopian-born Joe Mamo — whose company Capitol Petroleum Group owns, …
By Aklog Birara, PhD
It will be an understatement to state that, regardless of ethnic, religious, gender, age or ideological affinity, Ethiopians and people of Ethiopian origin discuss their country of origin with passion and genuine interest. Broadly, they share …
Alemayehu G. Mariam
“It is time to stop hating Ethiopia.”
In November 2006, in her farewell cable to her replacement Donald Yamamoto and the Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Fraser, former Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Vicky Huddleston warned: “…
Distinguished professor and a great friend of Ethiopia Prof. Theodore M. Vestal will discuss his new book, The Lion of Judah in the New Word: Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and the Shaping of Americans’ Attitudes Toward Africa, at a …
We are shocked and deeply saddened to learn the news about the sudden passing away of Washington DC area prominent Ethiopian physician Dr Fisseha Tekle-Wold this week.
Dr Fisseha went to Ethiopia a few days ago to visit her family …
BBC follows up on its investigative report that exposes torture, including the burning of women, the use of food aid as a weapon of oppression and other crimes against humanity by the U.S.-financed apartheid brutal dictatorship in Ethiopia. In the …
By Paul Fauvet
(IOL) – The 15 Ethiopian athletes who disappeared from the Games Village last week at the All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, have been found in South Africa, according to the Mozambican police.
The spokesman for …
Some people prefer to hand control of their lives over to the regime. They may feel inadequate to make their own decisions. After decades of authoritarian rule or other forms of oppression, people may lack self-confidence in their ability to …
Alemayehu G. Mariam
The old saying is that there is no honor among thieves. Is it also true that there is no honor among dictators? Perhaps that is a distinction without a difference. But Meles …
PRESS STATEMENT
September 18, 2011
CONCERNED by the recent wave of arrests of political leaders, men and women of the Arts, journalists and human rights activists; We concerned Ethiopians and members of various support groups of Ethiopian civic and political …
Patriotic Ethiopians in Los Angeles confronted and chased away the Woyanne ambassador and cadres during the Fairfax Little Ethiopia Street Festival on September 4. Read the report in Amharic below from the anti-Woyanne action organizers. Woyanne junta members and supporters …
STATEMENT from the Alliance for Liberty, Equality, and Justice in Ethiopia (ALEJE)
The latest round of repression by a desperate dictatorial regime cannot deter our resolve to struggle our freedom
The political behavior of Ethiopia’s ethnic minority regime and the …
By Aklog Birara, Ph.D.
It will be an understatement to state that, regardless of ethnic, religious, gender, age or ideological affinity, Ethiopians and people of Ethiopian origin discuss their country of origin with passion and genuine interest. Broadly, they share …
The Woyanne junta in Ethiopia continues to commit gross injustice against Ethiopians with impunity. Meles and gang are not paying any price for their crimes. That must stop, and it can be stopped only when a large number of Ethiopians …
By Yilma Bekele
East Europe suffered under Soviet domination for over fifty years. While West Europe was marching forward, East Europe was engulfed in darkness and hopelessness. The Arabs with all their vast population and abundant natural resources stumbled around …
The Woyanne apartheid junta in Ethiopia has detained UDJ official Andualem Aragie, journalist Eskinder Nega and three other individuals, Zemenu Molla, Nathnael Mekonnen, and Asaminaw Berhanu. All five of them have been charged with terrorism, according to the Woyanne-controlled ETV. …
Things are falling apart by the day for the khat-addicted delusional dictator in Ethiopia who is trying to stave off popular uprising by rounding up every one who is critical of his regime. The latest to be arrested are a …
The desperate apartheid junta in Ethiopia today has arrested Ato Andualem Aragie, a senior official of Union for Democracy and Justice (UDJ), and Ato Eskinder Nega, a prominent journalist… more details later…
Showcasing Ethiopia’s ancient, vibrant culture (Video produced by Whole Foods Market at the Ethiopian Heritage Annual Ethiopian Festival in Washington DC – 2011)
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By Alemayehu G. Mariam
When the going gets tough…
When the going gets tough, the tough go looking for distractions and diversions.
The past few weeks have been tough going for dictator Meles Zenawi in Ethiopia. Secret cables released by …
Most Ethiopians mark our New Year with sadness, while hoping that the the coming year, 2004, will bring an end to the long national misery that has been inflicted on the country by a ravenous ethnic apartheid junta.
Enjoy this …
Woyanne-controlled ETV reported that prominent Ethiopian artiste Debebe Eshetu has been arrested today and charged with terrorism. Watch the report below:
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Ethiopia’s khat-addicted dictator continues to throw wild accusations of terrorism against journalists and critics even as Wikileaks is exposing (read here) that the regime has been orchestrating bombings and blaming them on others.
Yesterday, Meles Zenawi’s injustice minister …
Due to Tropical Rain Lee, DC Cookout has been rescheduled. The new date will be announced shortly.
ETHIOPIAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA will have an outdoor festival (a cookout) to celebrate Ethiopian New Year and show its appreciation to …
Ethiopian Review and other media have been blaming Ethiopia’s khat-addicted dictator and his Woyanne junta for the so-called “terrorist bombings” in Addis Ababa (read here). From its jungle days, Woyanne is known for exploding bombs in civilians areas …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Meles and his propaganda chief Bereket fabricate any thing, come up with all kinds of wild charges to silence independent information sources. It’s a regime that compares the Voice of America (VOA) to Rwanda’s Radio Télévision Libre Mille-Collines…
Ethiopian Heritage Society of North America (EHSNA) Announces Second Executive Committee Election Results, Releases Community Agenda
EHSNA Election Results
The Ethiopian Heritage Society of North America (EHSNA) recently held an election for members of its executive committee for …
Majority Doing It or group mentality implies a fear-based reaction to peer pressure which makes individuals act in order to avoid feeling “left behind” from the group… [read more]…
At a recent party at Sheraton Hotel in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, Azeb Mesfin, the wife of Ethiopia’s tyrant Meles Zenawi, slapped Saudi billionaire Al Amoudi in front of hundreds of guests, according to Ethiopian Review Intelligence Unit sources.
Azeb, …
Alliance for Liberty, Equality, and Justice in Ethiopia (ALEJE) has organized a public meeting in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday, September 10, 2011. The Dallas meeting is part of a series of public meetings that was launched in Washington DC in …
Pastor Daniel Gebraselassie, head of Prison Fellowship Ministry in Ethiopia informs U.S. Embassy officials in Addis Ababa that the Meles dictatorship has been perpetrating severe tortures against detainees. The information comes from the recently leaked secret U.S. diplomatic cables that …
By Elias Kifle
The burning of Ethiopian woman, Shweyga Mullah, by the family of Libyan madman Gaddafi has shocked the world. The bestiality of the Gaddafis in subjecting a fellow human being to such unspeakable cruelty is horrifying to any …
The U.S.-financed tyrant in Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, has been committing horrific crimes in Ethiopia during the past 20 years. Many of these crimes have been documented by every major international human rights organization, including Amnesty Int’l and Human Rights Watch. …
(VOA) — Ethiopian government Woyanne and rebels in the restive Ogaden region have confirmed a deadly clash this week in an area where a Chinese firm is exploring for oil. Each of the two side’s respective versions of …
Interview with Shaleqa (Major) Dawit Woldegiorgis, former high-level official under Mengistu Hailemariam’s regime.
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By Yilma Bekele
It looks like we are all upset. All our independent Web sites are headlining the news. It is the main conversation among our people outside of the country. Mere language is not enough to describe our profound …
The town hall meeting has been rescheduled for Sunday, October 30, due to Hurricane Irene. The place and time remains the same. Only the date has been changed.
Regime change in Ethiopia – A town hall meeting
Ethiopian Review …
New York (CPJ) — The Committee to Protect Journalists holds Ethiopia responsible for the well-being of two journalists detained without charge or legal access since June under the country’s far-reaching anti-terrorism law.
Police arrested Woubshet Taye, deputy editor …
Ethiopia’s khat-addicted tyrant has expelled Amnesty International delegates, VOA reports.
(VOA) — Rights group Amnesty International says a group of its delegates was expelled from Ethiopia this week after meeting with two opposition leaders who have since been …