LIVE UPDATE OF WOYANNE NORTH AMERICA DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN MEETINGS
UPDATE: 4:50 PM EST
Ethiopians in Washington DC celebrated their hard-won victory over the Woyanne thugs this afternoon. When Howard University officials and the DC Police announced that the meeting has been canceled, the protesters outside erupted in cheers.
UPDATE: 4:45 PM EST
The violence by Woyanne thugs was too much for the Howard University administration to tolerate. Around 4:30, the university told Woyanne donkey Girma Birru, who was hosting the meeting, to end it. This is a major victory for Ethiopians in the Washington DC area. Congratulations DC for a job well done!
Girma Biru told the Woyanne thugs that the meeting will resume at the Woyanne-occupied Ethiopian embassy in DC.
UPDATE: 4:05 PM EST
Dallas Police arrested a prominent Ethiopian businessman in Dallas, Ato Betru GebreEgziabiher, and 2 other Ethiopians who confronted Woyanne thugs at their meeting. All 3 have now been released. They were arrested because after the Woyanne thugs told the police to take them out of the meeting hall and they refused.
UPDATE: 3:50 PM EST
The Washington DC Police officers are ignoring the death threats that are being made by Woyanne thugs against the peaceful protesters. They were also nearby when Woyanne thugs savagely beaten up Tewodros Kabtyimer, who is now receiving treatment at the Howard University Hospital. The DC Police is a highly professional law enforcement agency, but today their action is shameful to say the least. Please call the DC Police to make complaints. It is against the law in the U.S. to make death threats. They need to enforce the law. DC Police: Tel (202) 715-7300
Because of all the chaos, the police is about to disperse meeting in DC.
UPDATE: 3:12 PM EST
WASHINGTON DC: Woyanne thugs beat up one Ethiopian protester who asked silent prayer for those who were killed by the Meles regime. He is taken to hospital by ambulance.
UPDATE: 2:50 PM EST
Washington DC Police arrested 3 Ethiopian protesters. The protesters are growing agitated. Woyannes are bringing their supporters by buses from as far as Canada.
UPDATE: 1:57 PM EST
Woyanne cadres in Dallas are bringing their supporters from other cities to fill the meeting hall at the Marriott Hotel. Several Ethiopians are confronting them with BEKA slogan. The Woyanne thugs prevented every one they suspected to be an opponent from entering the meeting hall. Over 200 Ethiopians have been turned away.
UPDATE: 1:20 PM EST
BOSTON: Nervous Woyannes asked Cambridge City authorities to bring in riot police. The police is now outnumbering the 30 Woyannes and hodams who have arrived for the meeting. One of the Woyanne thugs, a woman, tried attacked a photographer. The police took her away.
UPDATE: 1:15 PM EST
WASHINGTON DC: There are over 1,000 protesters outside the meeting hall. Inside, there are less then 80. The protesters are carrying placards with Beka (Enough) slogan. More Ethiopians from as far as Baltimore are arriving at Howard University where the Woyanne delegation is holding a meeting.
UPDATE: 12:50 PM EST
The Woyanne meeting in Boston was scheduled for 12 Noon. Now it’s almost 1 PM and there are more security guards and police officers than attendees at the venue. Ethiopians are carrying Beka! slogan outside the meeting hall.
In Washington, hundreds of pro-democracy Ethiopian have started to gather at Howard University to confront the Woyanne delegates. [more details shortly]