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US Rights Report Lists Ethiopian Opposition Leader as Political Prisoner

March 12, 2010 by EthioSun

Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa: The U.S. State Department's annual human rights reports says Ethiopia is holding several hundred political prisoners, including the leader of one of the country's largest opposition parties. Ethiopia has reacted strongly to past U.S. criticis...

December 25, 2009 by Belay Zeleke

Solidarity Committee For Ethiopian Political Prisoners - Canada (SOCEPP Canada) unequivocally condemns the brutal sentencing of leaders and alleged members of the Ginbot (May) - 7 Movement! December 24, 2009 On December 22, 2009, the TPLF/EPRDF regime handed 5 death an...

December 11, 2009 by EthioSun

By Ethioguardian: The United States of America today accused the Ethiopian government of favoring one ethnicity in appointing government positions. Mr. Douglas M. Griffiths, USA representative in the United Nations Human Rights Council, stated that: “Independent obs...

November 30, 2009 by EthioSun

New York, November 30, 2009: Ethiopian Americans held a candlelight vigil to observe the first anniversary of the former Judge- and the Unity for Democracy and Justice's Chairwomen Birtuakn Midekssa’s imprisonment, November 29, 2009, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, outside...

November 20, 2009 by EthioSun

Solidarity Committee For Ethiopian Political Prisoners (SOCEPP) Canada conducted a very successful meeting in Ottawa , Canada on Nov 18, 2009. Seven Members of Canadian Parliament and a number of Canadian government and non government official attended the meeting. Issu...

November 19, 2009 by EthioSun

The Tigrai tribal bandits fake court on Thursday convicted 26 Ethiopians who were accused of taking part in an alleged coup plot earlier this year and acquitted five others. Adem Ibrahim (one of the many parrots from Harrei (Jegol)) who is commiting mass crimes on the...

November 13, 2009 by EthioSun

Via email: Major Argaw Kabtamu, one of the senior leaders of the All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP) , has resigned from the Hailom Shawel's sekt group protesting the fake election code agreement between Hailom Shawel and the tribal gang leader Meles Zenawi. The resi...

November 9, 2009 by Alemayehu G. Mariam

By Alemayehu G. Mariam: “No alternative in the opposition,” they whispered anonymously. What a disgusting phrase to use in justifying support for a ruthless dictatorship? That is apparently the scuttlebutt on Embassy Row in Addis Abeba. Reuters’ Barry Malone ...

October 10, 2009 by EthioSun

According to Jason McLure (Bloomberg), Medrek , an alliance of Ethiopian opposition parties may boycott elections scheduled for May 2010 unless the the Tigrai Bandits release imprisoned opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa and others they say are political prisoners. �...

October 10, 2009 by EthioSun

By Medrek: ADDIS ABABA — A coalition of Ethiopian opposition parties on Saturday presented a common manifesto and said they will field joint candidates in next year's general elections. The Forum for Democracy and Dialogue, an amalgam of eight parties, unveiled their...

August 20, 2009 by EthioSun

Ethiopian singer freed The country’s Bob Marley can return to what he does best, at a price IT WAS a euphoric week for younger Ethiopians. The country’s great long-distance runner, Kenenisa Bekele, ran down an Eritrean rival to win gold in the world athletics cham...

August 17, 2009 by Alemayehu G. Mariam

Remembering Ethiopian Political Prisoners By Alemayehu G. Mariam The Actions of Our Enemies, the Silence and Indifference of Our Friends “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends,” said Dr. Mart...

May 9, 2009 by EthioSun

By M Hailae: After almost three years of unfair trial, appointments, extended abuse, and mental torture, the Woyane kangaroo court, controlled by the thugs from Tigrai, on May 9, 2009, sentenced some 55 Ethiopians on fabricated charges to various years of imprisonment, ...

April 11, 2009 by EthioSun

// >> Ethiopia was supposed to help America in the war on terror. But it’s only made matters worse. By Jonathan Tepperman | NEWSWEEK Published Apr 11, 2009 Few people outside Ethiopia have ever heard of Birtukan Mideksa. And that’s just how the government w...

March 1, 2009 by Alemayehu G. Mariam

By Alemayhu G/mariam: Free Birtukan and All Political Prisoners in Ethiopia! On March 2, 2009, Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia throughout the world will be taking to the streets to protest human rights violations by the ruling regime, and to demand the release of al...