ER Dec 30 – The 48-hour vigil that started yesterday has ended today after State Department officials left early for the New Year holiday. The participation was greater than anticipated by the organizers. There will be more vigils like this …
ER Dec 30 – The 48-hour vigil that started yesterday has ended today after State Department officials left early for the New Year holiday. The participation was greater than anticipated by the organizers. There will be more vigils like this …
Federal Police attacked students at Wzr. Zerfeshiwal elementary school in Addis Ababa today. The police were seen savagely beating 11 and 12 yrs old boys and girls. They loaded many of them on trucks and took them to unknown locations.…
Western donors are considering withholding millions of dollars of aid to Ethiopia, after a recent crackdown on the opposition and the press. The sum of $375m in direct funding for Ethiopian government programmes is reported to be under review.
More …
By Andrew England, Financial Times
Donors are to withhold direct budgetary support worth about $375m (€317m £218m) from Ethiopia following the government’s brutal crackdown on opposition supporters last month, western development officials said yesterday.
Until the situation improves, the donors …
Ethiopian Review, Dec 29, 11:30 AM
The popular uprising in Ethiopia against the fascist regime of Meles Zenawi continues today. Most high schools in Addis Ababa and other cities are closed. Students at Wondyrad and Abiyot Qirs high schools staged …
The jailed CUD leaders and journalists appeared in court again today and asked to return next Wednesday.
Many observers, including legal experts and foreign diplomats, are expressing the view that the trial is being used by the Meles regime to …
Ethiopian Review
Dec 28, 2005
On Thursday December 22nd, police entered Felege Edget and Fasiludus schools in the early morning hours and waited for students to arrive. The unsuspected students gathered in their respective school compounds as usual before classes …
Police and students clashed at Ambo’s Meskerem Hulet high school yesterday. Police opened fire on students and arrested many of them.
In the town of Gedo, 68 km from Ambo, a bomb exploded injuring several students. The students say that …
Hundreds of people from the towns of Mendi and Gimbi, western Ethiopia, are rounded up and taken to Senkele Police Training Center in Ambo. Special forces surrounded these towns after the residents started holding protests demanding the removal of Meles …
Students at Ayer Tena and other high schools staged peaceful protests today. Federal Police and Agazi troops, Meles Zenawi’s private army, surrounded Ayer Tena school, rounded up all the students they can find and took them to unknown locations. Many …
The Houston Chronicle — While the West celebrates the joys of Christmas, Africa’s oldest independent nation, Ethiopia, is submerged in apocalyptic violence sponsored by the regime.
The Daily Telegraph of London recently described repression of the opposition and the media …
Simon Says
By Scott Simon, National Public Radio (NPR)
Weekend Edition Saturday, December 24, 2005 · Ethiopia’s government files charges of treason and genocide against 131 people, all of whom raised questions about vote-rigging in recent elections. Does …
High school students in Addis Ababa continued their protests today demanding the release of CUD leaders and members. Schools in Merkato area were closed. Some shop owners in the Merkato area closed their shops. There was a heavy security presence …
The student protest that was started last week in Gonder is now spreading to Addis Ababa, western Shoa and other regions of Ethiopia.
Yesterday and today, high school students in Addis Ababa are staging protest rallies demanding the release of …
The jailed CUD leaders and journalists appeared in court today. They were cheered on by hundreds of supporters who waited for them outside the court. They responded with CUD’s V sign.
Today’s court hearing was to decided on bail, but …
Representatives of Ethiopian civic and political organizations held a meeting yesterday at the CUD office in Washington DC.
They discussed how to coordinate the effort in the Washington DC area to support the struggle for democracy and freedom at home. …
Boston, Massachusetts — In a jubilant and colorful night, on Saturday, December 17, 2005, in the presence of statesmen and Ethiopians from all walks of life, young and old, men and women in Boston, Artist Tamagn Beyene was received “Man …
Statement for the Record
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell
December 20, 2005
Mr. President, I rise to speak on the disturbing reports of political chaos in Ethiopia. With allegations of vote tampering and emerging pictures of large-scale human rights abuses taking …
Meles Zenawi’s forces are savagely beating and torturing students in the town of Ambo, western Ethiopia. Some have lost consciousness from the beatings and torture by the heavily armed police and troops who are under the direct command of Meles …
Hundreds of Ethiopians have staged a protest rally at the U.S. State Department and World Bank in Washington DC today.
The protestors appealed to the Bush Administration and the World Bank to stop financing the murderous dictatorship of Meles Zenawi …
Schools through out Gonder are being closed down after students staged protests demanding the release of all students and political prisoners.
The protest is spreading through out the region as other students picked up the same demands. Eyewitnesses told Ethiopian …
By Micha Odenheimer
The Washington Post
December 18, 2005; Page B04
The Addis Ababa airport I used to know was shabby and neglected, an overgrown shack of wood, concrete and tin. It smelled of incense mingled with the dank, sweet …
By Micha Odenheimer
The Washington Post
December 18, 2005; Page B04
The Addis Ababa airport I used to know was shabby and neglected, an overgrown shack of wood, concrete and tin. It smelled of incense mingled with the dank, sweet …
By David Blair in Addis Ababa
Telegraph
A leader handpicked by Tony Blair to champion Africa has smashed his opponents with the biggest crackdown in the continent’s recent history, jailing 40,000 people including boys of 15.
Meles Zenawi, the Ethiopian …
By David Blair in Addis Ababa
Telegraph
A leader handpicked by Tony Blair to champion Africa has smashed his opponents with the biggest crackdown in the continent’s recent history, jailing 40,000 people including boys of 15.
Meles Zenawi, the Ethiopian …
Members of the European Parliament voted in favour of three resolutions on the human rights situation in Tibet and Hong Kong, human rights issue in Russia and the new NGO legislation and the situation in Ethiopia and the new border …
U.S. SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY
CONTACT: Office of Senator Leahy, 202-224-4242
VERMONT
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy
Violence And Repression In Ethiopia
December 16, 2005
On May 15, 2005, Ethiopia held the first open, multi-party, democratic elections in its 3,000 year …
By Robert Redding Jr.
Redding News Review
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2005, 11:00 p.m. – Dozens of Ethiopians yesterday braved the cold to protest a forum on the democratization of their country being held at The Washington Times newspaper’s headquarters.
More …
(Distributed with the author’s permission.)
5 December 2005
H.E. Takeda Alemu,
State Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Addis Ababa
Dear Takeda,
Thank you for your open letter of 17 November, raising some points about my earlier ‘Comments on the Ethiopian Crisis’. …
ETA’s Urgent Appeal to the International Community
ETA Press Release
Monday, December 05, 2005
The Ethiopian Teachers’ Association (ETA) urges the international community to intervene to save the lives of Mr. Hailu Shawel, age 71 and Chairman of CUD, and …
All interested people in the Boston area are welcome to this event at Harvard University
Harvard Panel on Ethiopia
Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 6:00 PM
Askwith Lecture Hall – Harvard Graduate School of Education
Political Detentions, Elections, and “Democracy” in …
The Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) said Thursday it has provided service to more than 462,000 passengers during the first three months of the current budget year (July 8, 2005 — July 7, 2006).
EAL public relations manager Kagnew Fiseha told journalists …
By Johanna Lasonen, Raija Kemppainen and Kolawole Raheem
Institute for Educational Research
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria. Ethiopia is ethnically and linguistically very diverse. The transitional legislature formally recognised …
“I am writing this letter to express my deep concern regarding the human rights situation in Ethiopia, and to urge the Administration to address the human rights violations and political turmoil taking place…” – Congressman Major R. Owens, New York …
Six members of the Addis Ababa City Council have been arrested yesterday and released at night after being forced to sign a paper that says they are not going to operate under CUD from now on. A
to Misrak Adugna, …
The following is a media advisory regarding a Washington, DC, event for World AIDS Day featuring teens from Ethiopia who have been affected by
HIV/AIDS and who have catalogued their experience in photographs.
Ms. Universe Natalie Glebova also will inaugurate …
Jerusalem – Eight officers from the Ethiopian Army who were hosted by Israel for a three-month-long security course have vanished and become illegal aliens, the Ma’ariv daily reported Tuesday.
The eight were part of a delegation of 16 officers who …
Foreign relations advisor to the CUD leadership, Ato Isaac Kifle, was taken to the Central Investigation today and was told that he is under house arrest.
He was warned that if he makes any kind of communication with other CUD …
By Tolossa GK
One-family ruling party
1. Meles Zenawi – Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) chairman, TPLF Politburo chairman, Marxist-Leninist League of Tigray chairman, Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) chairman, and Prime Minister
2. Azeb Mesfin – (Meles Zenawi’s …
Ato Beriso Negussie, Ato Eshetu Teklehaimanot and several other Ethiopians have been murdered in the town of Kore, about 60 km from Shashemene.
In Kore and the surrounding villages, over one hundred homes have been burned and many more have …
“While the United States and British Ambassador each called upon both political parties to desist from further violence, it is quite clear from VOA dispatch that the unlawful and violent acts, including use of lethal force, random searches, indiscriminate beating …
World Organization Against Torture (Geneva)
PRESS RELEASE – November 17, 2005
The International Secretariat of OMCT requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in Ethiopia.
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by the Ethiopian Human Rights Council …
Reuters, Nov 27, 2005 – Detained Ethiopian Opposition leaders facing possible treason charges said yesterday they would go on hunger strike this week to pressure the government to release them.
Members of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) arrested …
Oct 26, 2005
Ethiopian Review
The Coalition for Unity & Democracy (CUD) is preparing for major peaceful actions to pressure the Meles regime to accept its demands. The Meles regime is expected to react with brute force, as it did …
8-point Proposal for Peace presented by the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) to Meles Zenawi’s dictatorship in Ethiopian (Oct. 2005)
1. The Restructuring of the Election Board into an Independent body;
2. Freedom of and access to All …
The Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party
October 9, 2005
Eight-Point Preconditions to Join Parliament
The 60-member Kinijit Council has unanimously agreed on the following eight-point precondition the Meles regime must fulfill in order for Kinijit to enter Parliament:
1. …
The Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party
October 9, 2005
Eight-Point Preconditions to Join Parliament and for Free and Fair Elections in Ethiopia
The 60-member Kinijit Council has unanimously agreed on the following eight-point precondition the Meles regime must fulfill …
Oct 8, 2005, 1:00 PM
Ethiopian Review
The CUD Council meeting ended today without deciding the question of whether to join parliament. The meeting will continue tomorrow.
Today’s discussion focused on the advantages and disadvantages of entering parliament. The council …
Oct 8, 2005, 8:20 AM
Ethiopian Review
Debate continues in the 60-member CUD Council on the question of whether or not to enter parliament. For the past 6 hours the debate was on how to make the decision. It is …
Oct 7, 2005
Ethiopian Review
The UEDF executive committee decided yesterday in a 10 to 3 vote not to enter parliament, but the chairman, Dr Beyene Petros, said he will not abide by the decision and will enter parliament on …
Oct 7, 2005, 9:00 AM
Ethiopian Review
The 60-member CUD Council postpones discussion on parliament until tomorrow. This was decided after the chairman, Ato Hailu Shawel, requested delay until he arrives in Ethiopia from his trip abroad. According to inside …
Oct 7, 2005, 9:00 AM
Ethiopian Review
The 60-member CUD Council postpones discussion on parliament until tomorrow. This was decided after the chairman, Ato Hailu Shawel, requested delay until he arrives in Ethiopia from his trip abroad. According to inside …
Oct 6, 2005
Ethiopian Review
Bereket Simon told the CUD and UEDF leaders yesterday that EPRDF is not willing to negotiate the demand by the CUD that reelection be held in the 299 contested electoral districts. The CUD leaders were …
October 6, 2005
Ethiopian Review
The 60-member CUD central council will revisit the question of entering or not entering parliament tomorrow. After repeatedly telling the public that the issue of entering parliament is not important, Dr Berhanu Nega and his …
October 6, 2005
Ethiopian Review
The 60-member CUD central council will revisit the question of entering or not entering parliament tomorrow. After repeatedly telling the public that the issue of entering parliament is not important, Dr Berhanu Nega and his …
Oct 4, 2005, 12:10 PM EST
Ethiopian Review
The EPRDF meeting with opposition parties went on the whole day and still continuing. No information is currently available on how the meeting is going… 12:10 PM EST
It’s also reported that …
By the Network of Ethiopian Scholars (NES) – Scandinavian Chapter
October 2, 2005
“The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by …
For Immediate Release
Contact: Gabe Hamda, (Phone: 904.645.6954. Email: [email protected])
Jacksonville, Fla. (October, 2, 2005) – While many of the local Jacksonville Jaguars fans were watching and agonizing over the loss of their favorite team to the Denver Broncos Football …
Oct 2, 2005
Ethiopian Review
Yesterday, a number of foreign ambassadors called CUD and UEDF to relay a message that the Meles regime is ready to negotiate. Armed with that message, the UEDF Chairman, Dr. Beyene Petros, rushed to announce …
UPDATE
Oct 2, Ottawa – Ethiopians and Ethio-Canadians hold a demonstration in front of the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, Canada. Over 200 Ethiopians braved the smouldering heat and chanted respect the vote of the people, stop killing and arresting opposition …
UPDATE
Oct 2, Ottawa – Ethiopians and Ethio-Canadians hold a demonstration in front of the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, Canada. Over 200 Ethiopians braved the smouldering heat and chanted respect the vote of the people, stop killing and arresting opposition …
September 29, 2005
Source: CUD-Addis Ababa office
Extrajudicial acts of the EPRDF against CUD members and supporters
North Gonder
Kebele militia men: Ato Kidane Gebrehawariat, Ato Awisew Worku and Ato Zinnaw Worku Beat Ato Daniet Ayenew until be fell unconscious …
September 29, 2005
Source: CUD-Addis Ababa office
Extrajudicial acts of the EPRDF against CUD members and supporters
North Gonder
Kebele militia men: Ato Kidane Gebrehawariat, Ato Awisew Worku and Ato Zinnaw Worku Beat Ato Daniet Ayenew until be fell unconscious …
By Shakespear N. Feyissa, Esq.
On August 1, 2005, Ethiopia’s eleven current top governmental officials, including the Prime Minister, Mr. Meles Zenawi, and his spouse Mrs. Azeb Mesfin, in two separate lawsuits, filed a defamation and conspiracy action in Virginia …
Sep 29, 2005 – Addis Ababa
EPRDF at present has either stopped believing in or does not wish to think about peace or to talk about peace or good governance, or the right of citizens to freely deliberate and decide …
The newly transformed Coalition for Unity & Democracy (CUD) elected it top leaders today. The chairman and vice chairman positions, as expected, were filled by Ato Hailu Shawel and Ato Lidetu Ayalew, respectively. The two other positions, however, were big …
Sep 22, 2005
Ethiopian Review
The UEDP-Medhin General Assembly, which was concluded yesterday (Sep 21), elected the following 18 individuals who will be members of the CUD central committee that will be formed on Sep 24.
Ato Lidetu Ayalew
Dr …
Ethiopian Review Editorial
September 21, 2005
On May 15, 2005, the overwhelming majority of registered voters in Ethiopia voted for CUD. It was a vote of confidence for the coalition, particularly for AEUP and UEDP-Medhin, since the two received the …
Ethiopian Review Editorial
Sep 21, 2005
A statement has been posted in the name of CUD on Kestedemena Party’s web site that contradicts Ato Hailu Shawel’s announcement that CUD will not enter parliament. The statement does not bear CUD’s official …
Sep 20, 2005
Ethiopian Review
Meles Zenawi left New York in a hurry and arrived in Addis Ababa last Saturday after attending the United Nations General Assembly on Sep 15. Meles used to go to Washington DC after attending UN …
Sep 18, 2005
Ethiopian Review
Chairman of the Coalition for Unity & Democracy (CUD), Ato Hailu Shawel, declared today that his party will not enter the parliament. Ato Hailu made the announcement after explaining why his party was forced to …
By Abebe Gelaw
Sep 16, 2005
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has been dealt another blow as the Carter Centre has resonated many of the findings of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM) on the May National Elections in Ethiopia. …
New York protest rally – Thursday, Sep 15
Purpose: To confront Meles Zenawi who will give a speech at the UN General Assembly’s World Summit on September 15
Place: The rally will be held at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in front …
September 2, 2005
Ethiopian Review
The Ethiopian Democratic Unity Party (EDUP-Medhin) central committee met all day and night yesterday to come to an agreement on whether to hold the party’s general assembly that is scheduled for Sep 17, ahead of …
(Article written by Anders Sundnes Loevlie , translated by Anti Yara Award Committee).
Source Dagsavisen, Norway)
August 28, 2005
Mari Boine og Sissel Kyrkjeboe may decide to cancel their performances in the Oslo Concert Hall when Hydro (Yara) intends to …
Aftenposten, Aug 27 2005
The government, headed by Prime Minister Bondevik, says ”no thanks” to the invitation, now that the giant fertilizer Yara (previously Hydro) celebrates itself by awarding a prize to the dictator of Ethiopia. The artists Sissel Kyrkjeboe …
ADDIS ABABA (ENA) – The Ethiopian government says the head of the EU Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM) has contributed its share to the 8 June violence due to two cardinal mistakes it committed before and after the 15 May elections.…
ADDIS ABABA, 8/25/2005 (IRIN) – Ethiopia’s national elections failed to meet international standards for democracy in key areas, the European Union’s (EU) chief observer said on Thursday.
Ana Gomes said post-polling day irregularities, delays and questionable vote counting, as well …
SBS TV, Australia
Only a few months ago Ethiopia was being touted as the great hope of Africa. Not only was it one of a handful of African nations earmarked for G8 debt relief, it was being applauded for |
Source: Ekklesia
A former Mennonite World Conference president and leader of the Meserete Kristos Church has been elected to the city council of Ethiopia’s capital. Million Belete will take office in September 2005 in the Regional Parliament, which serves Addis …
Ethiopian Review
August 18, 2005
Members and leaders of the Coalition for Unity & Democracy (CUD) in Ethiopia are being harassed, tortured and killed by the Meles regime while struggling to liberate our country from tyranny and poverty. Ethiopians around …
ADDIS ABABA, 15 August 2005 (IRIN) – A senior US legislator met rival Ethiopian political leaders for closed-door talks on Monday against a continuing stalemate over results of the disputed 15 May national election, officials said.
Republican congressman Chris Smith …
Source: BBC
They say their supporters have been harassed and thousands of voter cards stolen. Election officials have denied the accusations.
The vote is being held later than the rest of Ethiopia, which voted in May, due to security fears …
August 15, 2005
Ethiopian Review
CUD candidate Ato Desta Kasse told Ethiopian Review today that he will not compete with EPRDF candidate Bereket Simon in the reelection that was called by the Election Board.
Even though Ato Desta won the …
CUD candidate Desta Kasse is boycotting the re-election in Lalibela
August 15, 2005
Ethiopian Review
CUD candidate Ato Desta Kasse told Ethiopian Review today that he will not compete with EPRDF candidate Bereket Simon in the reelection that was called …
Source: ENA
Addis Ababa, 8/10/2005
The Federal High Court on Wednesday sentenced to death Colonel Tesfaye Woldeselassie, who served as Minister of National and Public Security, and General Leggesse Belayneh, who was head of Central Investigation Department during the former …
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s ruling party said it would form a new government on Thursday, despite the opposition’s refusal to accept the results of May elections it says were fraudulent.
The African Union appealed to …
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s ruling party said it would form a new government on Thursday, despite the opposition’s refusal to accept the results of May elections it says were fraudulent.
The African Union appealed to …
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 10 (AFP) — The Ethiopian government on Wednesday warned the opposition over its threat to fight the results of disputed May elections, saying any move to “undermine” legal institutions would be punished.
Information Minister Berekat Simon said …
Ethiopian Free Press Journalists in Exile (Amsterdam)
August 9, 2005
As part of its harsh campaign against independent journalists and producers in and outside the country, the EPRDF regime has just announced suing of four Ethiopians in USA for alleged …
By the Network of Ethiopian Scholars (NES) – Scandinavian Chapter
August 9, 2005
“The question of sharing power through negotiation will not be acceptable, as EPRDF had won the election democratically.” (EPRDF, Ethiopian News Agency, 9 August 2005)
“Emancipate yourselves …
ENA
Addis Ababa, 8/8/2005
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed that a number of senior government officials, including other citizens, filed suit in a U.S. court against four Ethiopians for making false and defamatory statements.
The Ministry told ENA on …
Ethiopian Review Editorial
We were shocked to learn that a proposal that calls for power sharing with the EPRDF murderous regime has been released in the name of CUD and UEDF a few days ago (August 4, 2005). The proposal …
DPA – 05/08/2005
Addis Ababa – For decades, Ethiopia has been plagued by cyclical drought and chronic hunger with children worst hit.
Preventable diseases and malnutrition on average kill up to half a million Ethiopian children a year, according to …
The Co-ordinating Committee of Ethiopian Communities
August 4, 2005
The Ethiopian Community in the United Kingdom and in particular the community in London has been greatly shocked by the despicable terrorist mayhem that took place on July 7.
Our Community …
Ethiopian Review
August 3, 2005
CUD’s regional representatives through out Ethiopia are coming to Addis Ababa for consultation with the party leadership. The meeting will take place this coming Saturday, August 6. CUD spokesman Dr Hailu Araya told Ethiopian Review …
July 30, 2005
Ethiopian Air Force Officers Association
We would like to confirm that the eight air force pilots are out of Belarus after a daring and complex undertaking by a group of brave Ethiopians. As it was reported, the …
(SA) 29/07/2005 11:41 – Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s prime minister and opposition leaders met on Friday to discuss for the first time a disputed election that has dragged out for more than two months and left more than 36 people …
Ethiopian Review
July 26, 2005
Her name is ShiBire Desalegn. She is the first person to be killed when Meles Zenawi unleashed his forces following a peaceful protest by Addis Ababa University (AAU) students on June 6. She was shot …
Ethiopian Review
July 25, 2005
The Coalition for Unity & Democracy’s spokesperson Dr Hailu Araya said yesterday that in the event the Election Board fails to properly count the people’s vote and declares EPRDF the winner, his party will go …