Steel Vises, Clenched Fists and Closing Walls, (Part II)
Note: This is the second installment in a series of commentaries I intend to offer on U.S. foreign policy (or lack thereof as some would argue) in Ethiopia. In this piece, I argue that the price of U.S. lip service to human rights in Ethiopia with...
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SOCEPP Canada Applauds & Endorses CHRIS FLAHERTY
Solidarity Committee for Ethiopian Political Prisoners (SOCEPP – Canada)
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P. O. BOX 413 STATION E, TORONTO, ON M6H 4E3 CANADA
May 03, 2010
CHRIS FLAHERTY GOES ON HUNGER ...
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Canadian Parliamentarians held meeting on HR in Ethiopia
April 28, 2010
PRESS RELEASE
A STANDFING COMMITTEE OF CANADIAN PARLIAMENT DISCUSSED PRE-ELECTION REPRESSION IN ETHIOPIA
On Tuesday, April 27, 2010, The Solidarity Committee for Ethiopian Political Prisoners Canada (SOCEPP Canada) was invited t...
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Medrek Held a Successful Meeting in Virginia
The high level delegation of Medrek, a coalition of eight political parties, held a very successful meeting in Washington.
The Medrek delegation included UDJ Vice Chair Engineer Gizachew Shiferaw, UDJ senior members Ato Siye Abraha and Arena/Medrek ...
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Ethiopia: “C’est la Vie? C’est la Vie en Prison!”
Alemayehu G. Mariam:
When Meles Zenawi, the arch dictator in Ethiopia, was asked about Birtukan’s health in his prison on March 23, 2010, he was comically philosophical about it. He said Birtukan health is in “perfect condition”, except th...
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The Tyrannical Regime in Ethiopia Sentenced Ethiopian Political Prisoners to Death and Life
ADDIS ABABA - A sham federal court on March 31 sentenced an Oromo political prisoner to death and another to life in prison while handing down long term prison sentences to 13 other political prisoners, including a TV journalist who is a mother of t...
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Political Prisoner Birtukan Midiksa Denied Medical Attention
The irresponsible statement by Meles Zenawi ("Birtukan Midiksa is fine but she may have gained weight due to lack of exercise" ) highlights the callousness of the person leading the repressive EPRDF regime that has illegally imprisoned former Judge B...
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US Rights Report Lists Ethiopian Opposition Leader as Political Prisoner
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 stron...
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I am Prepared to Die
On June 11, 1964, at the conclusion of the sham trial, Mandela, like Birukan Mideksa was found guilty on charges of sabotage and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He began his sentence in the notorious Robben Island Prison, a maximum security priso...
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Press Release: SOCEPP-CAN
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...
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USA & Vatican Accuse the Tribal Gangsters Ruling Ethiopia of Unequal Power Sharing
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...
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Ethiopian in Washington Held A Successful Candlelight Vigil
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 ...
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Solidarity Committee For Ethiopian Political Prisoners
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 at...
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Ethiopia’s Fake Court Convicts 26 in Alleged Coup Plot Against The Tigrai Bandits
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 com...
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Major Argaw Kabtamu of AEUP Resigned; AEUP Members Say Remove Hailu (Hailom) Shawel
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 ...
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J’Accuse!
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. ...
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Ethiopian Opposition To Boycott The Tigrai Bandits Game, the Sham Election
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 p...
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Medrek Presents 2010 Poll Manifesto
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 eigh...
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Movement of jah people
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...
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Remembering Ethiopian Political Prisoners
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 ...
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