Gunmen from the ruling Tigray People’s Liberation Front (Woyanne) murdered three former Addis Ababa University students in Nairobi, Kenya, and wounded two on Friday. The wounded are currently receiving treatment at the Kenyatta Hospital. Reportedly, the gunmen dragged the five students outside of their room and shot them execution style. The 3 died at the scene.
Saturday, the squad of Woyanne gunmen went to the temporary residence of 4 exiled Ethiopian journalists at dawn (around 5 AM local time), dragged them out of their rooms and were about to take them away when neighbors saw what was happening and started to yell for help. The loud scream by the neighbors attracted the attention of other nearby residents who also joined in the scream. As people gathered, the four journalists continued to resist being taken away while being savagely kicked and beaten by the gunmen. Finally, the six gunmen (3 Woyannes and 3 Kenyans wearing military uniform) left the journalists who were lying on the ground and took off.
Ethiopian Review spoke on the phone with one of the journalists who was beaten by the gunmen. He is a member of the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists Association. He and his fellow exiled journalists are currently in hiding. Shocked by the murders and kidnappings, Ethiopians in Nairobi are organizing a protest rally in front of the UNHCR on Monday to appeal for international intervention.
The exiled journalists and students are appealing to Ethiopians in the U.S. to contact the Kenyan embassy in Washington DC and New York and demand that the government of Kenya provide security and stop Woyanne agents from terrorizing and murdering the refugees.
In a recent edition of the Woyanne newspaper, Abiyotawi Democracy, there was an editorial that calls for measures against journalists who are harming the Woyanne regime’s image. After shutting down all the media inside the country, the attack on the exiled Ethiopian journalists and students in Kenya looks like the type of measure the newspaper advocated.
Intimidating journalists by Woyanne agents is not limited to inside Ethiopia and neighboring countries. Ethiopian Review has been receiving death threats more frequently that ever from Woyanne agents in the U.S. The following are some of the many death threates ER has received recently:
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bayissa | IP: 192.132.208.21
Now that I see your face. That’s good. I’ll save it and pass it over to all I know. It’s a matter of time. You will never get away with murder. I swear by the name of my people, if I happen to come across you, I will kill you and die.
IP address resolves to:
OrgName: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
OrgID: UNECA
Address: Liaison Office, Room S-3127D
Address: 42nd Street and First Avenue
City: New York
NetRange: 192.132.208.0 – 192.132.208.255
NetName: UNECA
NetHandle: NET-192-132-208-0-1
Parent: NET-192-0-0-0-0
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from Ali Bilal steps444 @hotmail.com
to [email protected]
date Oct 15, 2007 8:13 AM
subject Stop your dirty propoganda
mailed-by hotmail.com
We are send a warning to you and your hidden agents to stop publishing lies. Elias Kifle we know you and all your family., in Ethiopia and abroad. beaware for their lives
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from adal isaw [email protected]
to [email protected]
date Sep 27, 2007 12:49 AM
subject hey
signed-by yahoo.com
Eli, your days are numbered, and I want you to mark them as HADE, KILITE, and so on…for you are to see the darkness of your own making at the end of …. have your seat belt on the ride is to hurt you
your nightmare from LA
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Wodi Mekelle | IP: 198.22.236.230
Elis, now we know what you look like…we’ll come get you!
IP address resolves to:
OrgName: New York State Division for Youth
OrgID: NYSDY
Address: New York State Division for Youth
Address: Capital View Office Park
Address: 52 Washington Street
City: Rensselaer
StateProv: NY
PostalCode: 12144
Country: US
NetRange: 198.22.236.0 – 198.22.236.255
CIDR: 198.22.236.0/24
NetName: NYSDFY-2
NetHandle: NET-198-22-236-0-1
Parent: NET-198-0-0-0-0