All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP), a former member organization of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (Kinijit), is reporting that police in the town of Sodo entered it’s vice-chairman Dr Tadiwos Tantu’s hotel room and confiscated his documents on Oct. 28. According to AEUP’s press release, Dr Tadiwos Tantu was on a working visit in Sodo at the time.
Another official of AEUP, Ato Ali Mirah Yayu, was arrested in Assayita Zone by the local police on Oct. 27, 2008, and released the following day. Ato Ali was arrested on the order of the Assayita police commander Shambel Mohammed Abdela, according to AEUP. Ato Ali Hareb, the property owner who rented his building to the AEUP for office, was beaten up and tortured by the Assayita police.
Ato Getye Desta in Northern Shoa and Ato Bekele Girma in Gedio Zone — both AEUP officials — are currently languishing in jail.
Two days ago, UDJ vice-chairman Ato Gizachew Shiferraw and two other party officials were arrested in Gojjam, northern Ethiopia.
On the same day, secretary general of the Oromo Federal Democratic Movement (OFDM), Ato Beqele Jirata, was arrested by the Federal Police while on his way to his office. His home was searched and documents were confiscated.
On Friday, Ato Shiferraw Jarso, a Woyanne regime official, was on Voice of America claiming that opposition parties are free to operate in the country. Click below to listen:
[podcast]http://www.ethiopianreview.info/audio/voa_crossfire_temesgen_vs_teshome.mp3[/podcast]
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