Please call the Saudi Arabian Embassy in your country and ask them to release the 35 Ethiopian Christians who are jailed for praying in their homes.

United States: (+1) 202 342 3800
Canada: (+1) 613 237 4100
United Kingdom: (+44) …

By Geletaw Zeleke

Ethiopia is one of the richest counties in the world, potentially, but in practice it is one of the poorest countries on Earth. The irony is that natural resources and man power are bountiful but due to …

By Fekade Shewakena

The debate on whether Emperor Hailesilassie’s statue deserves to stand along with that of Kwame Nkrumah in front of the newly inaugurated AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, built by the government of China as a “gift” to …

Ethiopia currently is exposed to extreme danger as a result of 20 years of misrule by the Woyanne/EPRDF regime. Woyanne’s ethnic policy in particular is an existential threat to our country. However, there is a way we can protect and …

By Elias Kifle

Hundreds of Ethiopians and Ethiopian-Americans today gathered at the Saudi Arabia embassy in Washington DC to ask the Saudi king to release the 35 Ethiopian Christians who are languishing in jail for praying in their homes. Others …

10:30 AM TUESDAY 21 FEB. 2012 — Concerned Ethiopians and others are currently holding a demonstration at the Saudi Arabia embassy in Washington DC to demand the release of 35 Ethiopian Christians who are jailed for praying in their private …

ICC, Ethiopian Community to Hold Demonstration Demanding Saudis Release Ethiopian Christian Prisoners

WASHINGTON DC (ICC) – International Christian Concern (ICC) and the Ethiopian community in Washington DC will be holding a public protest demanding Saudi Arabia release 35 Ethiopian Christians …

When we think of discussions as a contest, conflict occurs because we are more concerned with getting what we want than with attempting to understand each other’s needs, harms and emotions. We become defensive about our respective positions… [read …

Shocking documentary of life for Ethiopians in Libya.
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By Tecola Hagos
(Former legal adviser to Ethiopia’s tyrant Meles Zenawi)

The right to defend ones own rights individually or as part of an organized group is a legitimate cause irrespective of the identity of the adversary. However, such militancy …

TPLF Inc. institutionalization of ethnicity, party and state and the undoing of shared power and resources – Commentary 7

By Aklog Birara, PhD

The pursuit of justice and political pluralism in Ethiopia has been severely compromised deliberately and systematically by …

UDJ Party official Andualem Aragie has been beaten up in jail and his captors refused him medical tratement, according to Dr Negasso Giddada. The following is a letter that is sent out today by Dr Negasso:

Yesterday, around noon time, …

By Geletaw Zeleke

In Ethiopia, in order to build trust between government and the people two kinds of trust must be supported for building a successful reliable system, namely, conscious and systemic trust. The confidence flowing between the people and …

Germany Radio (Deutsche Welle) Amharic Service reports that 35 Ethiopians continue to languish in Saudi Arabia jail for no reason other than praying in their homes. Listen below:

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PRESS RELEASE

We demand Saudi Arabia to immediately release the illegally detained Ethiopians citizens!

Ethiopian-Americans and friends of Ethiopia are organizing a protest outside the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Washington DC on Feb. 21, 2012. The purpose of the Protest …

By Alastair Endersby

Assassination can be defined as the targeted killing of an individual for political reasons in peacetime. It can be undertaken by individual citizens, or by the agents of another state, but in either case it takes place …

Reconciliation through collaboration, building trust and cooperation restores the capacity to live with or alongside the others… [read more]…

UPDATE: THE TELECONFERENCE HAS BEEN POSTPONED. THE NEW SCHEDULE WILL BE ANNOUNCED.

Ethiopian Review will hold a special worldwide teleconference on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, to raise funds for its 2012 budget. The meeting will include a question-and- answer session …

By Aklog Birara, PhD

“The promises of ethnic-federalism were short-lived, and soon betrayed TPLF/EPRDF’s “divide and rule” strategy aiming at securing Tigreans’ political supremacy resulting notably in a pro-Tigrean public good allocation due to an excessive financial dependence of the …

By Mike LaBossiere

The revolutions in the Middle East have served to draw attention to the fact that many people live under the power of dictators and tyrants. This is, of course, not true merely of the Middle East. Many …

A delegation sent by the Woyanne junta patriarch Aba Gebremedhin has arrived in Arizona today to start negotiations with the exiled Ethiopian Orthodox Church synod. ESAT has details. Listen below:

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Ethiopia’s khat-addicted dictator is gripped with fear that disgruntled members of his own ruling party, the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), are plotting to assassinate him.

Two months ago, Meles replaced many of his bodyguards from Tigray with those from …

Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church His Eminence Abune MelkeTsedek explains the problems facing the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church in an interview ESAT. Watch below.
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Aba Gebremedhin (formerly Aba Paulos), the Woyanne-installed fake patriarch in Ethiopia, continues to try to infiltrate Ethiopian churches in the Diaspora, and its latest messenger is “Aba” Melaku. For Ethiopians in the Washington DC area Melaku is a familiar figure. …

WASHINGTON (Baptist Press) — A U.S. Congress-sanctioned religious freedom group has called on Saudi Arabia to release 35 Ethiopian Christians arrested during a prayer meeting and imprisoned for nearly two months.

Saudi police raided a private home in …

The Ethiopian Women Conference Coordinator Committee (EWCCC)* Invites You to attend International Ethiopian Women Conference, March 9-11, 2012 at Howard University in Washington DC.

Ethiopian American women from diverse background are planning to hold a conference focusing on current …

ALEJE and OLF invite you to join the International Public Meetings to discuss on the current struggle for freedom and democracy in Ethiopia. More info.
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Daily Maverick’s The AU Summit: A rare ring of truth by Kevin Bloom [see below] lauds Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi as being unique in speaking “trenchant truth” at an AU gathering in the 49 years since its establishment (initially …

This is Ethiopian Review Policy Research Center’s series on From Dictatorship to Democracy extracted/quoted from books and articles published by Albert Einstein Institution and similar sources.

Without UNITY there is no coordinated and synergized Mass Disobedience/Civil Resistance

The Guiding Questions …

Understanding and Reconciliation restores the capacity to unite, to live with or alongside the others. It allows us, while remembering, to bring closure to a chapter in our past. It enables us to live in the present, making our life …

Aklog Birara, PhD

“…the present regime’s ethnic based federal setup, which is designed along a liberal democracy trajectory, appears to be failing to produce the desired result” of “equitable share of power and resources.” In effect, it is a policy …

At least 5 bodyguards of Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi have been arrested after being suspected of secretly communicating with members of the ARENA Tigray Party, according to Ethiopian Review Intelligence Unit sources… details later…

GENEVA (UN) – A number of UN human rights experts on Thursday expressed their dismay at the continuing abuse of anti-terrorism legislation to curb freedom of expression in Ethiopia.

A week ago, three journalists and two opposition politicians* …

By Daniel DeFraia | Global Post

There are 3,372 … now 3,374 signatures and counting that ask for the release of Swedish journalist Martin Schibbye and photographer Johan Persson, both serving 11-year prison sentences in Ethiopia.

The signature campaign is …

In another sign of Ethiopian Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi’s worsening repression, a U.S.-based journalist was sentenced to life in prison on anti-terrorism charges, while two other journalists were given heavy prison sentences, report the Ethiopian Free press Journalists’ Association …

By Peter Valk | The Epoch Times

Last week, the Ethiopian High Court delivered harsh sentences to five dissident journalists, including an exiled editor living in the United States, on vague charges of terrorism. Critics call the charges trumped up …

This is Ethiopian Review Policy Research Center’s series on From Dictatorship to Democracy extracted/quoted from books and articles published by Albert Einstein Institution and similar sources.

In the typical dialogue to resolve differences, both parties behave as though the other …

Representatives of concerned Ethiopians in the Washington DC Metro Area have hand-delivered a letter to the Saudi Arabia ambassador in Washington DC, Adel A. Al-Jubeir, today requesting his government’s urgent attention to the plight of 35 Ethiopian Christians in Saudi …

Often meetings between two conflicting groups results in them hating each other more. How can we prepare people for such encounters so that does not happen? … [read more]…

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Woyanne is exporting 25,000 Ethiopian women to Saudi Arabia where they will be subjected toem to similar treatment.

(Human Rights Watch) — Thirty five Ethiopian Christians are awaiting deportation from Saudi Arabia for “illicit mingling,” …

The 18th ordinary session of of the so-called African Union is being held in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa and in the attendance are heads of state and government from 53 African countries.

Out of the 53 African leaders — with …

(APO) — A group of Ethiopian journalists and opposition politicians were sentenced to prison terms of between 14 years and life. In this connection Federal Government Human Rights Commissioner Markus Löning issued the following statement:

“I am appalled by the …

By Lyndsey Smith | The Foreigner

Norway has signed an agreement with Ethiopia[‘s dictatorial regime] enabling nationals to return home, officials say.

The new deal means will enable around 400 paperless Ethiopians living in Norway illegally from authorities’ point of …

Aklog Birara, PhD

“Rather than fixing African lack of infrastructure, Chinese entrepreneurs and Africa’s governing elites look as if they are conspiring to use the development model as a pretext for plunder.”

The Economist, August 13, 2011

“Ethiopia’s long-awaited democratization …

By William Davison

Human Rights Watch released its latest highly critical report on Ethiopia last week, claiming abuse and coercion in a resettlement program. While Ethiopia’s government Woyanne detests the interventions of foreign rights groups, a restrictive law means there …

By William Davison

(Bloomberg) — An Ethiopian A Woyanne kangaroo court judge in Ethiopia sentenced three journalists, an opposition politician and another person to prison terms ranging from 14 years to life in jail for terrorism-related crimes.

Elias Kifle, who …

Ethiopians in New York are hosting a public meeting with Artiste Tamagn Beyene and Dr Aklog Birara on January 28.

Date/Time: January 28, 2012, 2:00 PM
Address: 550 West 120th Road, Room 501, New York, NY 10027

More info below:…

The Ethiopians were celebrating Christmas in their private home in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Twenty-nine of them are women. They have been beaten and many of them are sick now. Ethiopian Review calls for a protest rally in front of the …

By Hiawkal Gizachew

We all react to traumatic events differently, as well as coping with the event. Most people who experience a traumatic event may feel sad, anxious, angry, fearful and frightened for short period of time after the event. …

This is Ethiopian Review Policy Research Center’s series on From Dictatorship to Democracy extracted/quoted from books and articles published by Albert Einstein Institution and similar sources.

When we think of dialogue as a contest, conflict occurs because we are more …

“NEVER AGAIN” is a central rallying cry of Understanding Others, Reconciliation, Reconstruction and Restorative Transformation programs. It is a justice system intended to be both preventive and restorative… [read more]…

Aklog Birara, PhD

“They gave the land and we took it. This is green gold.”
Karuturi on land grab in Gambella

“The government is killing our people through starvation and hunger…We are dying here with our children. Government workers get …

By Fikre Tolossa

I am writing this note as a matter of principle. I have seen the anti-Tsehai Publishers campaign and Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam’s unbound book that is circulating around in the internet. The origin of this campaign indicates that …

By Elias Kifle

The Iyasu Alemayehu faction of EPRP has a new enemy — an independent Ethiopian publishing company named Tsehai Publishers. Why? Because it has published former president Mengistu Hailemariam’s book.

Iyasu wants to punish Mengistu by copying …

By Elias Kifle

On Sunday, January 15, I took part in a town hall meeting that was called by Ethiopian Review in Dallas, Texas. The face-to-face discussion with all the patriotic Ethiopians who came to the meeting has boosted my …

Human rights advocate Amnesty International issued the following statement regarding the convictions by a kangaroo court in Ethiopia today.

(Amnesty International) — The Ethiopian authorities must immediately release four government critics and a former opposition supporter who have …

This is Ethiopian Review Policy Research Center’s series on From Dictatorship to Democracy extracted/quoted from books and articles published by Albert Einstein Institution and similar sources.

In preparation for a united front, Ethiopians need to answer what their common goals …

Genocidal dictator Meles Zenawi is sending a delegation to Houston, Texas, to sell bond to finance the construction of the so-called Nile dam near the Sudan border.

The Nile dam is a scam that is intended to distract patriotic Ethiopians …

Transformative Reconciliation is an attitude and a way of looking at reconciliation that emphasizes repairing the harm caused by human rights violations. When this is done using cooperative processes that include all stake holders, transformation is possible… [read more…

Ethiopian Review held a successful town hall meeting with patriotic Ethiopians in Dallas, Texas, on Sunday, January 15. Details later……

Ethiopia’s khat-addicted dictator has replaced many of his bodyguards from the Tigray ethnic group with Eritreans, according to Ethiopian Review Intelligence Unit sources in Addis Ababa.

Deputy security chief Esayas Woldegiorgis, Meles Zenawi’s Beria, who is Eritrean, has also …

This is Ethiopian Review Policy Research Center’s series on From Dictatorship to Democracy extracted/quoted from books and articles published by Albert Einstein Institution and similar sources.

The principle of Transformative Reconciliation states that:

1. Human rights violation (crime) causes harm …

This is Ethiopian Review Policy Research Center’s series on From Dictatorship to Democracy extracted/quoted from books and articles published by Albert Einstein Institution and similar sources.

In the last decade there has been heightened awareness of the relationship between violence, …

Dallas Ethiopian Community Radio’s interview with Elias Kifle on next Sunday town hall meeting and other topics. (Click here for more information on the Dallas Ethiopian Review meeting)
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The outcome of the various reconciliation programs is the promotion of national unity and transformation, and the healing of a traumatized, divided, wounded and polarized people by searching the truth, accountability, justice, forgiveness and healing. However. the implementation strategy, tactic …

MOMBASA, Kenya, (Xinhua) — Twenty-six suspected Ethiopian refugees were arrested in Kenya’s coastal town of Mariakani on last Thursday, police said.

The refugees, who had hidden in a container on a truck, were arrested by police in Mariakani after they …

Alemayehu G. Mariam

Ethiopians Unite!

The great Bob Marley always sang songs of African unity and liberation:

How good and how pleasant it would be before God and man,                                                                   To see the unification of all Africans.                                                                                               Africans unite for the

Ethiopian Review will launch a North America tour in January 2012 and its first stop will be Dallas, Texas. Editor-in-Chief Elias Kifle and Board member Meseret Agonafer and I will hold discussion with patriotic Ethiopians in Dallas on Sunday, January …

Aklog Birara, PhD

In Part Six (d) of this last of thirteen commentaries and viewpoints, I suggested that the cry of the young woman at a large meeting of Ethiopian domestic workers in the Middle with a TPLF/EPRDF delegation is …

Ethiopian Review has launched a web browser toolbar to make it easier for visitors to navigate and search the web site, make it more convenient to access the site, and get the latest TOP STORIES while performing other tasks. I …

By Messay Kebede

Meles Zenawi’s blatant hatred of Ethiopia is a puzzle that Ethiopian intellectual circles have in vain tried to decipher. While some propose the suggestion that the hatred betrays his commitment to his Eritrean side, others consider it …

By Abebe Gellaw

Washington DC (ESAT) — America’s top diplomat for Africa under George H.W. Bush has said that the hegemonic minority rule of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is difficult to sustain as Ethiopians are demanding freedom and …

The Ethiopian Youth National Movement is launching a fund raising campaign this week for its world wide activities against the Woyanne junta in Ethiopia. In 2012 let’s to intensify the struggle to liberate Ethiopia from the vampire regime by supporting …

A movement that is consistently nonviolent has a far greater chance of appealing to a broad range of potential allies—including even an adversary’s supporters—through the course of its struggle… [read more]…

By Abebe Gellaw

Washington DC (ESAT) – The Oromo Liberation Front has announced its historic decision to drop its long-held secessionist agenda and to embrace the unity of Ethiopia under a genuine federal arrangement that must guarantee the rights, equality …

It’s Ethiopian Review’s annual tradition to choose Person of the Year at the last day of the year. Person of the Year is some one who made significant contributions to improve conditions in Ethiopia during the past 12 months. The …

Several students have been thrown in jail after a riot broke out yesterday at Adama University, 100 km south of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, according to Ethiopian Review sources.

Today Woyanne police is still rounding up students who are suspected …