The author of this article, Abigail Salisbury, is terribly misinformed.
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Linking Rights and Foreign Aid for Ethiopia: The Case of HR 2003
JURIST Guest Columnist Abigail Salisbury of the Mekelle University Law Faculty in Mekele, Ethiopia, says that although the vast majority of Ethiopians publicly denounce H.R. 2003, the so-called Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act now going through Congress that links nonessential US assistance to fulfillment of various human rights obligations, the spirit of the bill is correct… Continue reading >>
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I am not a lawyer to reply to this proffessor.
He really needs to be challenged.
May I ask Proffessor Al to comment on this article and try to convince this proffessor at least to keep himself aloof of the woyane conspericy to distruct our motherland.
I know that almost all teachers and proffessore in Mekele university are either member of EPRDF nor "Hodam server" of Woyane.
Who you thik organizes this kind of underground conspercy ?
peoplke like Endrias Eshete and Solomon Enqui are woyane's loyal servants.
Thank you Elias
January 16th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
What are you guys talking about. Read the article again. Abigal actually is saying that HR2003 is good and that Americans should actually do more to support it. she went through her experience in Mekele and weighed all the facts and feelings and concluded in support of the bill.
January 16th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
What a distinctive, entertaining and strongly convincing article! Professor Abigail has effectively and judiciously defended her stand which is in favor of HR-2003. Her first hand account is so enlightening of the present political landscape of Ethiopia.
All supporters of the bill in US have to find some means to give out copies of this article to US senators. It is preferable if every US senator gets a chance to read this article before dealing this bill or other similar bills. It triggers them off to stand for truth and for the oppressed.
January 18th, 2008 at 2:01 am
Ms. Salisbry concludes that HR 2003 is a good thing, in spite of the fact that it is apparently unpopular amongst political and intellectual elites in Ethiopia. That, as an American in a hostile environment, she finds it more important to stand for principle than it is to go with the prevailing "outward" view of a Mekele University fourm. HR2003 is an admirable piece of legislation that may or pass if it can get past the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Implementing its policy in the end may prove even more difficult that getting it through the US Congress, because PM Meles and his regime still rule the country.
If there was the courage to face democratic rule in Ethiopian this bill would be embraced as a gift to the development and enhancement of democratic institutions. Unfortunately, power and fear are primary motivators of the current regime, and the struggle over the passsage HR 2003 only serves to highlight the fact.
January 21st, 2008 at 2:38 pm