Monthly Archives: November 2014

Ethiopia: Remember the 24th of November 1974

Black SaturdayLast week, many Ethiopian families in the United States gathered in houses of worship with their relatives and friends to hold memorial services in remembrance of the victims of the massacre of the 24th of November 1974, a date …

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H & M under attack for its link to human rights abuses in Ethiopia

Sweden’s TV-4 Investigates the H & M and Al-Amoudi Link

November 28, 2014

A newly-released investigative reporting exposes the link between human rights abuses and H & M investments in Ethiopia.

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SMNE Conference Brings New Energy to Ethiopian Unity

November 18, 2014

 

 

November 18, 2014. Washington, DC–. At the recent Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) Forum in Washington D.C. on November 15, it was quite evident that Ethiopia does not lack for gifted people who …

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ENTC Weekly Radio – November 27

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The de-Ethiopianization of Ethiopia

For over four decades, the self-styled Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which clings to power by force in Ethiopia today, has been planning and waging a sustained and relentless political, social and cultural war to “de-Ethiopianize” Ethiopia. The TPLF’s de-Ethiopianization …

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Software tool may help detect surveillance by Ethiopian government

DetektDetekt is a free tool that scans your Windows computer for traces of FinFisher and Hacking Team RCS, commercial surveillance spyware that has been identified to be also used to target and monitor human rights defenders and journalists around the
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Obang’s Letter to President of H & M

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Open Letter to Mr. Karl Johan Persson, Winner of 2014 Fairness Award Faces Significant Challenges in Partnering with Autocratic and Corrupt Ethiopian Government-Controlled Businesses

 

Head Office
Hennes & Mauritz (H & M) AB
Mäster Samuelsgatan 46A
SE-106 38 Stockholm…

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ENTC Weekly Radio – Nov 19

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The Twilight of Non-Violent Change in Ethiopia and the Slippery Ground of TPLF’s Power Strategy Messay Kebede

The rationale for the TPLF’s current stepping up of repression, obviously triggered by the coming elections, is hard to comprehend. Ranging from constant harassments and severe beatings to torture and long-term imprisonments, the repression particularly targets journalists and young leaders …

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“Hagere, Hizbe, Kibre” (My Country, My People, My Honor)


Meron Getnet The poet-artist with an “unconquerable soul”?

Last week, Meron Getnet, the extraordinary young Ethiopian actress, put out on Youtube a powerful Amharic poem entitled,  “Hagere, Hizbe, Kibre” (My Country, My People, My Honor).

The last time I “saw” …

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Susan Rice an Abysmal Failure at Her Job: The Atlantic

A Withering Critique of Obama’s National Security Council

By Jeffrey Goldberg

The Atlantic

November 14, 2014

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If George W. Bush’s foreign policy was a testament to the perils of overreaction, Barack Obama’s foreign policy is becoming, to many experts, …

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ENTC Weekly Radio – Nov 13

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Ethiopia 2014: I Always Remember in November and in…

Meles Massacre 2005

Oh, Cruel November 2005! 

In 2005, Ethiopians faced unspeakable horrors. Following the parliamentary elections in May of that year, hundreds of Ethiopian citizens who protested the daylight theft of that election were massacred or seriously shot and wounded by police …

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ENTC Weekly Radio – Nov 5

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November 15 DC onference to promote dialog among Ethiopians

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1984 Great Ethiopian Famine: TPLF Still Licensed to Steal

eth famineGebremedhin Araya (L), Max Perbedy (C), Tekleweyne Assefa (R)

Remembering the Great Ethiopia Famine of 1984 (Part II)

In my commentary last week, (Remembering the Great Ethiopia Famine of 1984, Part I), I reviewed various commentaries I had written …

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