Comments on: Teddy Afro’s lawyer arrested

By: Abel Kebede

Abel Kebede — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:55:04 +0000

U know guys why Weyane is scared of Teddy Afro i don’t think u need to be told b/s the reason is obvious, No 1 reason is they don’t want to c a united and civilized Ethiopia besides he is Amhara. No 2 reason is they know how much he would challenge their government through his music.
What im being worried about is for their mission is to wipe out all ethiopians who call for unity and peace. they will probablly inffect him using contaminated staff 1 day deliberately during his time in prison. Hey guys don’t forget why Prof Asrat Woldeyes died in prison.

By: Ras

Ras — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:05:59 +0000

So called peaceful struggle movements where are you? I guess they are pacified by weyane’s fake p.code constitution.

By: DH

DH — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:03:31 +0000

I am a bit confused! If Million is supposed to be close friend of Woyanay, then how come Teddy chose him as his lawyer? I am assuming that Teddy chose his own lawyer, it is not like Teddy could not afford a lawyer and got a public defender.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:26:20 +0000

All you angry people
Million is a genuine person who is very vocal for what he believes in. Maybe he may have been involved in previous elections that has a lot of controverisal issues for all of us, but he is a person who fights for what is right!! You all shouldn’t sit down and Criticize a person who atleast is a man enough to fight upfront for what he believes in. Shame how we are so quick to judge.

By: Yaregal Adamu

Yaregal Adamu — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:31:31 +0000

part of the conspiracy against true Ethiopians like Teddy Afro. We should no be surprised as there is no rule of law in the heart of Woyane. the tyrant could whatever he want!!
Death to the evil Woyane“`

By: Meles

Meles — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:16:34 +0000

Million Assefa, the attorney of Tewodros Kassahune, is a personal friend of Bereket Simon. He is the person that used to give “legal” opinions about election matters, especially opinions and ultimatums agains KINIJIT, in the “Ethiopian” television. History shows that a junior “Woyane” cannot jail a senior “Woyane” or his friends/relatives, unless that junior “Woyane” happens to be Meles himself. So I think Million will be released soon.

By: Lasta

Lasta — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:15:39 +0000

It could happen anything under the Woyanne thugs except law and order.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:07:53 +0000

kkkkkkkk that is not true Million Asefa is woyane
yichawotubinal

By: hayelom

hayelom — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:17:28 +0000

this is part of the drama

By: Shaft2008

Shaft2008 — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:44:35 +0000

I like Hagos Araya’s saying. meles seytanawi what a name. It takes a genius person to come up with the name like this…It is a matter of time till everyone gets their turn judgement from the Kangroo court. God bless ethiopia

By: GINBOT 7 LOVER

GINBOT 7 LOVER — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:24:52 +0000

This is first time i agree with Ethiopian Kangaroo court!!!!!

Million is more Weyane then even Aboye Sebhat himself!!!

Why did Tedy Afro decide to pick him as lawyer? Million Assefa wanted CUD leaders in jail and he support the massacare of innocent blood 97 election!!!!

By: Tullu

Tullu — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:24:07 +0000

An angry Ethiopian friend told me:
This is how Woyannie’s treat us — far below Tigraian donkies! Woyannies can send any Ethiopian to jail, charge, convict and sentence, just in one place and by one person.
They see us as cowards and opportunit lots. If we chose not to fight back, then we have accepted our new status as secondary citizens in a country we call “ours”.
Either we are slaves or masters of our destiny, there is no line in between. Either you are a hero like Ras Emru, Abdis Aga or Zerai Dires, or nobody …
Mind you, these all is coming from the people who arrived barefeet from a land called Dedebit just yesterday.
Have you seen lately how the Somalis are fighting back? Where is the real gut of Ethiopians? How can we leave the entire fight on the backs of the likes of Andargachew Tsigie, Dr Berhanu, Bertukuan Medeqsa, Elias Kifle … only?

By: Girmish

Girmish — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:14:16 +0000

It is a sham arrest. It is an attempt to try to portray the lawyer as genuine. Do not forget that the EPRDF is in the process of forming a puppet Ethiopian Lawyers Association, and Million Assefa is expected to be instrumental in its formation. They know the association is going to be accused of being fake because of Million’s heavy involvement (a man who was appearing on Radio in Ethiopia arguing in favor of death penalty for Kinijit leaders). And they know people usually take being arrested as equivalent to being at odds with the ruling party. For all you know, Million himself (a man known for his shrewdness) could have written the script for the whole show…including the drama that people have been witnessing in the court room. And Teddy was not meant to be the leading actor, people!

By: Hagos Araya

Hagos Araya — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:40:43 +0000

I think the so called teddy lawyer deserves to be arrested. They said “ BESEFERUT KUNA MESEFER AYKERM” I remember this guy was one of the idiot HODAM judges that had read the meles seytanawi decision on the former kinijit leaders sentence to life in prison. Million, should’ve stayed away from being meles seytanawi loyal judge. Anyway, I don’t care about million, however, other weyane caders and loyal to weyane servers should take this lesson that meles seytanawi would not give any excuse for the sake of power. Those who didn’t take a lesson from Seye, Haylom, Kinfe and this idiot lawyer are only dummies that are chasing things for their bellies. I urge all hodam cadres of weyane to stop and take the necessary cautions before carrying out the next meles seytanawi duties.
By the way the Ethiopian people are very welcome for those Weyane members and servers who will be deciding to leave the weyane mafia group……THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A BETTER TIME FOR WEYANE CADRES TO GET OUT OF WEYANE THAN NOW…..otherwise if you guys wait until weyane is forcefully removed you guys will be taken all the punishment along with the major orchestrators of weyane criminal officials.

By: demeke

demeke — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:17:03 +0000

Elias, here it is in Amharic:

Ethiopia Zare (ሰኞ ሐምሌ 28 ቀን 2000 ዓ.ም. August 04, 2008)፦ የቴዲ አፍሮ ጠበቃ አቶ ሚሊዮን አሰፋ የቴዲን ጉዳይ የሚያዩትን ዳኛ ልዑል ገብረማርያምን እና የምንሊክ ሆስፒታል አስተርጓሚን እንደሚከስ ለአዲስ ነገር ጋዜጣ በመግለጹና ጋዜጣው ዜናውን በመዘገቡ ምክንያት የጋዜጣው ዋና አዘጋጆችንና ጠበቃውን ፖሊስ ይዞ እንዲያቀርባቸው ዳኛው በሰጡት ትዕዛዝ መሰረት የጋዜጣው አዘጋጆች ዛሬ ፍርድ ቤት ቀርበው እንደነበር ከአዲስ አበባ የኢትዮጵያ ዛሬ ዘጋቢ ገለጸ።

የአዲስ ዜና ዋና አዘጋጅ ካለ አዘጋጁ፣ ከሌለ ደግሞ ምክትል አዘጋጁ ይቅረቡ ተብሎ ለአዲስ አበባ ፖሊስ ኮሚሽን የፍርድ ቤት ትዕዛዝ ሲደርሰው፣ ዛሬ ጠዋት ፖሊሶች ዋና አዘጋጁን አቶ መስፍን ነጋሽንና ም/ዋና አዘጋጁን ግርማ ተስፋውን አስሮ ፖሊስ ጣቢያ ወሰዷቸዋል። ከዚያም ፖሊሶቹ ቃላቸውን ተቀብለው ከሰዓት በኋላ ፍርድ ቤት አቀርቧቸዋል።

አዘጋጆቹ የቀረቡት ስምንተኛ ወንጀል ችሎት ሲሆን፣ ዳኛው የቴዲ አፍሮን ጉዳይ የሚያዩት ዳኛ ልዑል ገ/ማርያም ነበሩ። ዳኛው ጥያቄዎችን አቅርበው ከአዘጋጆቹ ምላሽ ካገኙ በኋላ ምክትል ዋና አዘጋጁን ወዲያውኑ እንዲለቀቅና ዋና አዘጋጁ ለነገ ጠዋት 5 ሰዓት በድጋሚ ፍርድ ቤት እንዲቀርብና ለዛሬ አዲስ አበባ ፖሊስ ኮሚሽን እንዲያድር የሚል ትዕዛዝ አስተላልፈዋል። በዚህም መሰረት ምክትል ዋና አዘጋጁ ሲለቀቅ ዋና አዘጋጁ ግን ታስሯል።

ዳኛ ልዑል የቴዲ አፍሮ ጠበቃ አቶ ሚሊዮን አሰፋ ዛሬ ማምሻውን ተፈልጎ ይቅረብ በተባለው መሰረት በፖሊስ ቁጥጥር ስር የዋለ ሲሆን፣ ፍርድ ቤት ግን ሳይቀርብ ቀርቷል። እንደ ኢትዮጵያ ዛሬ ምንጮች ገለጻ ከሆነ ነገ ጠበቃው ፍርድ ቤት እንደሚቀርብ ታውቋል።

ጠበቃው ”የቴዲ አፍሮን ጉዳይ የሚከታተለው ዳኛ የመከራከር መብቴን ተጋፍቷአል፣ …” በማለቱ የዳኝነት ነፃነትን ተጋፍቷል በሚል፣ ጋዜጣው ደግሞ የዳኝነት ነፃነት የሚጋፋ ዘገባ ሰርቷል በሚል ነው ፍርድ ቤት እንዲቀርቡ የተደረገው። እስካሁን ከሳሻቸው ማን እንደሆነ የታወቀ ነገር የለም።