SHARJAH, UAE (Khaleej Times) — An Ethiopian housemaid fell to death from the balcony of the 21st floor apartment of an Arab family in Al Majaz area of Sharjah on Friday evening.
The police were informed that a 23-year-old housemaid working for an Arab family had fallen to death, said Major Mohammed Saeed Al Shehhi, Director of the Media and Moral Guidance Department at Sharjah Police.
“A team from the Criminal Investigation Department and police rescue arrived the scene and found the woman already died. The corpse was first taken to the Kuwait Hospital but later it was transferred to the police forensic laboratory to help the investigations,” he said.
Col. Abebe Geresu, founding and executive committee member of Tinsae Ethiopia Patriotic Union (Tinsae Ethiopia), has been arrested in Eritrea, according to Ethiopian Review sources.
Tinsae Ethiopia’s executive committee has confirmed the information, but added that the case is being handled diplomatically.
The Tinsae Ethiopia leadership also expressed its concern for Col. Abebe’s health since he has diabetes and that his doctors instructed him to seek medial attention abroad shortly before he was arrested.
Col. Abebe was picked up from Nyala Hotel in Asmara a few weeks ago and his current whereabouts are unknown, sources said.
He is the second high level official of Tinsae Ethiopia to have disappeared in Eritrea since 2010.
It’s to be remembered that Col. Tadesse Muluneh, who is also a founding and executive committee member of Tinsae Ethiopia, disappeared in Eritrea in October 2010 and that the Government of Eritrea has not been willing to inform any one about his status.
Tinsae Ethiopia is trying to exhaust its diplomatic efforts to have both of its executive committee members freed before releasing any official statement, its leadership said.
Prior to his arrest, Col. Abebe gave an interview to the Las Vegas-based Helina Radio on the unity of Ethiopia and other issues (click here to listen).
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The Woyanne fascist junta is engaged in another ethnic cleansing campaign, this time in southern Ethiopia against Amharas. German Radio has reported today that so far 22,000 Amharas have been evicted from Benji Maji Zone after their properties were confiscated, and the number could reach 78,000. Listen below:
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Washington, DC – International Christian Concern (ICC) and the Ethiopian community in Washington DC will be holding another public protest demanding Saudi Arabia release 35 Ethiopian Christians arrested for praying at a private home on December 15. The protest will be held March 26, at 11 a.m. in front of the Saudi Arabian Embassy located at 601 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20037.
“The Saudis put us in the same cells with convicted murders. The convicted murders could hurt us and we are concerned about our safety. Please continue pressuring the Saudis to release us,” said one of the prisoners, speaking to ICC from Briman jail in Jeddah.
The prisoners have not yet been formally charged with any crime. The Saudi officials have referred to the Christians as ‘non-believers’ and ‘animals’ during interrogations.
“The Saudi Embassy and the Saudi government are not taking our demands seriously. Instead of releasing the innocent Ethiopians, the government of Saudi Arabia is providing us with different excuses to continue to keep them in jail,” said Kebadu Belachew, an Ethiopian-American human rights activist and one of the organizers of the rally.
ICC’s Jonathan Racho said, “The prisoners are telling us that their situation is getting worse due to lack of proper medical attention and healthy food. It is outrageous that the government of Saudi Arabia holds the Christians indefinitely. We urge our supporters to join us in the protest. We must put pressure on the Saudis to release the prisoners.”
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“The Saudis put us in the same cells with convicted murders. The convicted murders could hurt us and we are concerned about our safety. Please continue pressuring the Saudis to release us,” said one of the prisoners, speaking to ICC from Briman jail in Jeddah.