Monthly Archives: February 2014

Saudi government hires lawyers in the U.S. to remove immigrant abuse videos from Youtube

DLA Piper and other law firms in the U.S. are going after videos that expose the abuse of immigrants in Saudi Arabia. Videos such as the one shown below are removed from all Youtube channels after lawyers contacted the video …

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Hacking Team and the Targeting of Ethiopian Journalists

Tigre Liberation Front’s no-holds-barred electronic espionage in the United States

February  2014

Authors: Bill Marczak, Claudio Guarnieri, Morgan Marquis-Boire, and John Scott-Railton.

This post is the first in a series of posts that focus on the global proliferation and use

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ዓለም ባንክ ኢህአዴግን በረበረው – ከዚያስ?

ኢህአዴግ የተጭበረበረ ሪፖርት አቅርቦ ነበር

ከ ጎልጉል ድረገጽ

February 19, 2014

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ኢህአዴግ “አልመረመርም፣ አልበረበርም” በማለት ሲያንገራግር ከቆየ በኋላ በዓለም ባንክ ቀጭን ትዕዛዝ ለመበርበር መስማማቱን ገልጾ በተለያዩ አካላት ምርመራ ተካሂዶበታል። በተከታታይ ሲካሄድ የነበረው ምርመራ አካል የሆነው የመጨረሻ ምርመራ ባለፈው ሳምንት አጋማሽ

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በኢትዮጵያ የማዕድን ሙስናን ለመሸፋፈን የሚደረገው ዘበት

ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ

በኢትዮጵያ ያለው ገዥው አካል በማዕድኑ ዘርፍ የሚያካሂደውን ሙስና በማደብዘዝ እና በመሸፋፈን ንጹህ መስሎ ለመታየት እና ዓለም አቀፋዊ ተቀባይነትን ለማግኘት በማሰብ በአምራች ኢንዱስትሪዎች የግልጽነት ተነሳሽነት(Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)) ለተባለው ድርጅት ዕጩ አባል ለመሆን እንደገና …

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ENTC weekly radio program – week 21

Listen to ENTC weekly radio program – week 21 – February 24

–  weekly news
– ENTC adressing public questions (part 2)

Listen here (mp3)

To listen by phone – 213-992-4363

 …

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Ethiopian teenage rape victim is convicted of ‘Indecent Acts’ by a Sudanese court

Ethiopian rape victim in SudanAn 18-year-old Ethiopian migrant woman in Sudan was gang-raped – and now faces prison and a hefty fine for coming forward (Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images).

By Alice Dahle | Amnesty USA’s Women’s Human Rights Coordination Group

An …

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Ethiopians hold a demonstration on behalf of Pilot Hailemedhin Tegegn at the Swiss embassy in Washington DC – photo

Ethiopians hold demonstration at Swiss embassy in DC

Several Ethiopians in the Washington DC area held a demonstration in front of the Embassy of Switzerland this morning on behalf of Ethiopian co-pilot Hailemedhin Tegegn who is charged with hijacking an Ethiopian Airlines plane. The demonstrators asked the Swiss …

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ENTC sent draft transitional period charter to NGOs and more government officials in Ethiopia

Continuing its distribution campaign of the draft charter, ENTC has sent out the draft to different NGOs and more government officials in Ethiopia. Many comments and inputs are being collected and compiled. A charter convention will be called at a …

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Dignifying Mining Corruption in Ethiopia Through EITI?

 

eitiCloaking corruption in international respectability and credibility

The regime in Ethiopia is making a desperate second run to bring international respectability to its corrupt mining sector by re-applying for admission as an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) candidate.  According …

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Semayawi Party calls public meeting in Dire Dawa next Sunday

Semayawi Party will hold a public meeting in the eastern Ethiopian town of Dire Dawa next Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, to discuss current issues and problems facing Ethiopia.

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ESAT Q&A session with ENTC leadership – Part 2

Listen to ENTC leadership answering questions from the public – Part 2

Listen here (mp3)

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UDJ to hold a protest demonstration in Bahr Dar, Ethiopia, against anti-Amhara ethnic slur (photo)

UDJ prepares for protest in Bahr Dar, EthiopiaEthiopian opposition party, Union for Democracy and Justice (UDJ), is preparing to hold a demonstration in Bahr Dar, northern Ethiopia, to protest against the recent ethnic slur by the vice president of “Amhara Kilil” against the Amhara people. Alemnew Mekonnen …

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Electronic espionage by the ruling junta in Ethiopia put American citizen at risk

FinSpy(EFF) Washington, DC – An American citizen living in Maryland sued the Ethiopian government today for infecting his computer with secret spyware, wiretapping his private Skype calls, and monitoring his entire family’s every use of the computer for a period …

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የኢትዮጵያ የይስሙላ ፍርድ ቤቶች መደፈር?

ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ

በኢትዮጵያ ያለው ገዥው አካል የይስሙላ የፍትህ ስርዓት (ባሜርካኖች አባባል የካንጋሩ ወይም ባማርኛ  የዝንጀሮ የፍርድ ስርዓት)  መስርቷል እያልኩ ሁልጊዜ ስጮህ የቆየሁበትን ሀሳብ ሙሉ በሙሉ ማስረጃ የሚሆን ድርጊት በመፈጸሙ እያዘንኩም ቢሆን በመጠኑ ፈገግታ ሰጥቶኛል፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ “ፍርድ …

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Ethiopia: Land, Water Grabs Devastate Communities

Human Rights Watch

Satellite Images Show Devastating Toll on 500,000 Pastoralists

HRW-report

(Nairobi, February 19, 2014) – New satellite imagery shows extensive clearance of land used by indigenous groups to make way for state-run sugar plantations in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo …

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SMNE Calls for Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Board to Reject Ethiopia’s Re-application for Membership

Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia

February 18, 2014. Washington, DC–. Ethiopia is once again applying for membership in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), “a coalition of global countries, companies, investors and civil society working together to improve …

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ENTC seeks proper legal representation for the Ethiopian co-pilot requesting political asylum in Geneva

ENTC has issued a statement urging the Swiss government to provide proper legal representation for the Ethiopian co-pilot requesting political asylum in Switzerland.

Read the statement here (pdf)

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Ethiopian (Woyane) Airlines hijacked

Ethiopian (Woyane) Airlines hijacked. By Yilma Bekele

The Name is Ethiopian but that particular property belongs to our Woyane masters. It is there for the TPLF to do what it wants. It started with such promise and grew up to …

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ENTC weekly radio program – week 20

Listen to ENTC weekly radio program – Week 20 – February 17

– weekly news
– Yekatit 12 remembrance
– ENTC adressing public questions

Listen here (mp3)

To listen by phone – 213-992-4363…

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In Kontempt of Ethiopia’s Kangaroo Kourt?

 A court of injustice or a court of cruel joke?

Asrat Tassie I must confess that I take a bit of perverse pleasure in getting full vindication for my long held view that the regime in Ethiopia runs a kangaroo court system. …

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Ethiopia’s church forests

Ethiopia's church forestsNorthern Ethiopia is hardly known for its forests. Less than 5 percent of what once stood here remains, and what’s left is under constant threat. As in so many developing countries, much of Ethiopia’s natural landscape has been cleared for …

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ESAT Q&A session with ENTC leadership

Listen to ENTC leaders answering public questions on ESAT radio

Listen to the Audio (mp3)

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Democracy and its Trade-off: Ethiopia’s Path to National Reconciliation

In many of my previous articles, even as Meles Zenawi was in absolute control of the country, I have defined the creation of a government of national reconciliation as the best roadmap both for the easing of some of Ethiopia’s …

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እየተንፏቀቀ የመጣው ረሃብ በኢትዮጵያ

ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ 

ፈረሰኛው ረሃብ  ኢትዮጵያ ላይ አያነጣጠረ ነው!

ባለፈው ሳምንት ኤንቢሲ/NBC የተባለው የዜና ወኪል በኢትዮጵያ እየተንፏቀቀ በመጣው ረኃብ ላይ ያደረገውን ጥናታዊ ዘገባ ዋቢ በማድረግ በማርቲን ጌይስለር አማካይነት ከዚህ በታች የተመለከተውን ሀተታ ለአየር አብቅቷል፡፡

ኢትዮጵያ በአሁኑ ጊዜ …

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USAID’s cover-up of Ethiopia abuses overruled by Congress

The United States Congress has acted to prevent its aid to Ethiopia being used to fund forced evictions of tribal peoples in the south west of the country.

The provisions in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill for 2014 represent a slap …

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ENTC weekly radio program – Week 19

Listen to ENTC weekly radio program – Week 19 – February 10

Weekly news, ENTC conference media coverage

Listen here (mp3)

To listen by phone – 213-992-4363…

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A Glimpse of the Creeping Famine in Ethiopia

Behold the rider of the Black Horse (famine) eyeing Ethiopia once again

Eth famine victim Last week, NBC News aired an investigative report by Martin Geissler on the creeping famine in Ethiopia :

[Ethiopia] is the face of the world food crises. In

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ENTC denounced the TPLF handout of Ethiopian land to Sudan

ENTC denounces the recent border agreement between the TPLF/EPRDF and the government of Sudan.

Read the Statement here (pdf)

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ENTC denounces deragatory statement against the Amhara people by Woyanne official

ENTC has issued a statement denouncing the derogatory statement that was made by a senior Woyanne regime official against the Amhara people in Ethiopia. Read the full statement here [PDF]  … Listen to the insults here .

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ኢትዮጵያን ከቅርጫ ለማትረፍ

ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ

Ethiopia chop shop rezየአሁኑ አስገራሚ ጊዜ ሸክስፒር፣ ጁሊየስ ቄሳር በሚለው ፅሁፉ ላይ ለተናገረው  አነጋገር ልዩ ትርጉም ይሰጠዋል፣ “ሰዎች የሰሩት ተንኮል ከመቃበራቸው በላይ ሀያው ሆኖ ይኖራል” ብሎ ነበር ሸክስፒር፡፡ በአሁኑ ጊዜ አቶ መለስ ዜናዊ በህይወት በነበሩበት ጊዜ ከሰሩት …

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ENTC Weekly program – week 18

Listen to ENTC weekly radio program – Week 18 – February 3

Weekly news, ENTC conference in Washington DC

Listen here (mp3)

To listen by phone – 213-992-4363…

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Saving Ethiopia From the Chopping Block

Ethiopia in chop shop WE live in a time that gives new meaning to Shakespeare’s line in Julius Caesar: “The evil that men do lives after them…” Today we come face to face with the evil Meles Zenawi has done when he lived. A …

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