fredag 29. november 2013

ገኔን አያችሁ?!
ከአስራ-ሶስት ወራት የብርሃን ጸጋ፣
ከአዝርዕት እናት ከለምለሟ ምድር..፣
 ተፈጥሮ ሲቸገር!
 ወገኔን አያችሁ?!
 አባይ፣ አዋሽ፣ ኦሞ — አንገረብ፣ ተከዜ፣
 ጊቤ፣ ዋቤ፣ ባሮ - አትባራ፣ ገናሌ...፣
 ጀማ፣ ሮቤ፣ ሙገር - ደዴሳ፣ ቀበና...፣
 ጎጀብ፣ ሚሌ፣ ጉደር፣ - በለስ፣ መረብ፣ ዳዋ...፣
 ጨፌ የሕይወት ምንጭ አቋርጦ ተሻግሮ፣
 በምድረ-በረሃ በውሃ ጥም አሮ፣
 በረሃብ በጠኔ አንጀቱ ተቋጥሮ?!
 ወገኔን አያችሁ?!
 ባረመኔ ጥይት ልቡ ላይ ተመቶ፣
 በጨካኞች በትር አናቱ ተፈልጦ፤
 በስጋት በጭንቀት ሰርክ ተወጥራ፣
 በውራጅ ቦዘኔ ንጹኋ ተደፍራ፤
 በበረሃ በረት እንደ ከብት ታጉረው፣
 በቀቢጸ-ተስፋ ፍጡራን ተሞልተው...፣
 ወገኔን አያችሁ?!
...እናስ ምናላችሁ?
 እናንት ደላሎች የሰው ፍጡር ሻጮች፣
 በነሱ ላብና ደም “ሚሊዮን” ቆጣሪዎች፣
 እብነ-በረድ ሕንፃ ፎቅ ቤት አሰሪዎች፣
 ጮማ ሰልችቷችሁ “ቃተኛ” በሊቶች፣
 ቬርሙጥ፣ ኮኛክ፣ ውስኪ፣ እንደ ወሃ ቀጂዎች...፣
 እናስ ምናላችሁ?
 ሲራብ፣ ሲጠማ.. ምስኪን ወገናችሁ፤
 የገንዘብ ምንጫችሁ!
እናንተስ “ክቡራን” የተኮፈሳችሁ፣
በንቀት ጥላቻ የተበከላችሁ፣
በዘር በሃይማኖት ...ሕዝብ እያመሳችሁ፣
በጉልበት በብረት አፈና የገዛችሁ፤
ከንቱ ጸረ-ዜጋ “ልማታዊ መንግሥት” እኛን ወደ “አሸዋ” - “ለነሱ” ለም- መሬት...፤
ምንድን ተሰማችሁ?
ሲናድ ሰብዕናችን—ሲነካ “ክብራችሁ”?
እናት፣ አባት፣ እህት፣ ወንድም...ዘመዳሞች፣
አልቅሶ ተቀባይ... አልቅሶ ሸኚዎች፣
በጣርና ስቃይ ከሚያገኟት ጥሪት እሚያካፍሏችሁ፣
ሲራቡ፣ ሲጠሙ፣ በግፍ ሲሰቃዩ.. እስኪ ምን አላችሁ?
 በሃዘን መኮራመት— ሁለተኛ ጉዳት?
 ወይስ ተጠያቂን አፋጦ መሟገት?!
 ስንት ዓመት ይቆጠር ስንት ዘመን ይለፍ፣
 በግፍ በሰቆቃ ስንት ወጣት ይቀጠፍ፣
 እንደ አገር ኢትዮጵያ— እንደ ሕዝብ ኢትዮጵያዊ ተከብሮ ለመኖር፣
 ስንት ጊዜ ይክነፍ? — ስንት ሽበት ይብቀል?
 ግፈኛውን ቡድን፣ ዘረኛውን ሥረዓት ከስሩ ለመንቀል?!
ከዚያም የሆናችሁ — ከዚህም ያላችሁ
ሁላችን! ሁላችሁ!
ወገኔን አያችሁ?! አናስ ምን አላችሁ?!
 ጌታቸው አበራ
ሕዳር ፳፻፮ ዓ/ም
(ኖቬምበር 2013)

ቴዎድሮስ አድሃኖም ቢያጥቡት የማይጠራ ወያኔ ነዉ

ኤፍሬም ማዴቦ
የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብና እናስተዳድረዋለን የሚሉት አምባገነን ገዢዎቹ ተስማምተዉና አንዱ ሌላዉን አክብሮ የኖረበት አንድም የታሪክ
አጋጣሚ የለም። የእስከዛሬዉ ታሪካችን ምዕራፍ በጥቅሉ ሲታይ ታሪካችን የሚቋጨዉ ህዝብ ተረገጠ፤ ተጋዘ፤ ገዢዎች ደግሞ
ረገጡ፤ገዙ፤ አሰሩ፤ አጋዙ እየተባለ ነዉ። አዎ! የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ እስከዛሬ ባለዉ ታሪኩ ተግዟል፤ ተረግጧል፤ ተንቋል፤ ተንቋሿል።
የዘንድሮዉ በተለይ ባለፉት ሁለትና ሦስት ሳምንታት እየደረሰብን ያለዉ ብሄራዊ ዉርደትና ንቀት ግን ታይቶም ተሰምቶም የማይታወቅ
ልዩ ከልዩም ልዩ ነዉ። በቀዳማዊ ኃ/ሥላሤ ዘመን የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ልክ እንደዛሬዉ ሰብዓዊ መብቱ ተረግጧል፤ ፍትህ ተነፍጓል፤
ነጻነቱን ተገፍፏል፤ ሆኖም አገር ዉስጥም ከአገር ዉጭም ፈላጊና ባለቤት አንደሌለዉ የቤት ዉስጥ እንስሳ የወገንም የባዳም እጅ
አልተረባረበበትም። አንገፍግፎን አንፈልግም በቃ ብለን ያስወገድነዉ የቀዳማዊ ኃ/ሥላሤ ስርዐት በስልጣን ላይ በነበረበት ግዜ
“ኢትዮጵያ” የሚለዉ ስምና “ኢትዮጵያዊነት” አገር ዉስጥም ሆነ አዉሮፓ፤ አሜሪካና አፍሪካ ዉስጥ እጅግ በጣም የተወደደና የተከበረ
ስም ነበር። ዛሬ ወያኔ ነጻ አወጣኋችሁ፤ እኩልነት አመጣሁላችሁ እያለ በሚሰብክበት ዘመን ግን የኢትዮጵያ ሀዝብ አገር ዉስጥም
በዉጭ አገሮችም ባለቤት አንደሌለዉ ፈረስ ማንም የሚጋልብበት ፈላጊ እንደሌለዉ ዕቃ ያገኘ ሁሉ እንዳሰኘዉ እጁን የሚያሳርፍበት

ADDIS STANDARD’S EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ANA GOMES


Ana Gomez

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Ana Gomes is coordinator and spokesperson of the foreign affairs committee for her political group, the Social-Democrat. With 200 members the Social-Democrat is the second largest group within the European Parliament. For Ethiopia and Ethiopians though Ana Gomes is best remembered for her role as the leader of the EU election observers’ team during the 2005 crisis-induced general election in Ethiopia. She has had a troubled relationship with Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who she still calls “a dictator,” after she published her report in which wrote the election was massively rigged. Eight years later, Ana Gomes came to Ethiopia to participate in the just concluded 26th ACP-EU parliamentary meeting. Her arrival in Addis Ababa caught many, who thought she would never be allowed to set foot in Ethiopia, by a surprise. Addis Standard’s deputy-editor-in-chief Tesfaye Ejigu met Ana Gomes during the meeting and held an exclusive interview. Excerpts:  
AS - Your question to the development commissioner Andris Piebalg

torsdag 28. november 2013

አንድ አንዳርጋቸውን መግደል የነፃነቱን ትግል ማስቆም አይቻልም


ህወሃቶች የንጹሃን ዜጎችን ደም በከንቱ ሲያፈሱ የኖሩ ነብሰ ገዳዮች እንደሆኑ የሚታወቅ ነው። አሁንም ክብሬንና ነፃነቴን የሚሉ ዜጎችን ይዘው ደብዛቸውን ለማጥፋት ብዙ ዓይንና ብዙ ጆሮዎችን በየቦታው አቁመናል እያሉ ያቅራራሉ። ይሄን ሁሉ ዓይንና ጆሮ ይዘንስ የሚያሸንፈን ማን ነው ? ሲሉም ይደመጣሉ። እነርሱ እንደሚሉት ዓይኖቻቸው ማየት፤ጆሮዎቻቸውም መስማት የሚችሉ አይደሉም። የህወሃት ዓይኖች ማየት የተሳናቸው እውራን፤ ጆሮዎቻቸውም ማድመጥ የማያውቁ ደናቁርት እንደሆኑ የታወቀ ነው። ህወሃቶች ይህን የማይሰማ ጆሮና ፤ማየት የተሳነውን ዓይን ይዘው እየተደናበሩ፤ ይህን ለመደበቅ ህይዎት ያላቸው መስለው ይታያሉ። አዎን ህወሃቶች ጭው ባለ በርሃ ላይ ብቻችሁን እንደቆማችሁ እወቁ። የሚነገረው እና የሚሆነው በሙሉ ስለተሰወረባችሁ በብዙ ሚሊየኖች መሃከል ብቻችሁን እርቃናችሁን ቀርታችኋል። ብዙ ሚሊዮን ዓይኖች እና ጆሮዎች በእናንተ ላይ መተከላቸውን ልናስታውሳችሁ እንወዳለን።

የህዝባችን መከራ የወያኔ የፖለቲካ መጠቀሚያ አይሆንም!


በሳውዲ አረቢያ ውስጥ እጅግ ብዙ ኢትዮጵያውያን አሁንምመከራና ስቃይ ላይ ናቸው። የደረጃ ጉዳይ ነው እንጂ ችግሩ በመካከለኛው ምስራቅ ሀገሮች በሚኖሩ ወገኖቻችን ላይ የተንሰራፋ ነው። በመላው አለም ተበትኖ የሚኖረው ኢትዮጵያዊ ካለማቋረጥ ያደረገው ወገንና ሀገር አኩሪ ጩኸትና አቤቱታ ችግሩ በአለም ዙሪያ ትኩረት እንዲያገኝ ባያደረግ ኖሮ የወገኖቻችን መከራ ከዚህም በከፋ መልክ ይቀጥል እንደነበር ጥርጥር የለውም። አንድ ቀን እንኳን ለሚገዛው ህዝብ ሀላፊነትና ተጠያቂነት ተሰምቶት የማያውቀው የወያኔ ጉጅሌ መንግስት እግሩን እየጎተተ ቢሆንም ወደ ችግሩ አቅጣጫ እንዲመለከት የተገደደው በዚሁ የወገን ጩኸት መሆኑ ግልጽ ነው።
ወያኔ ስላልቻለ ነው እንጂ ይህንን ከአለም አጽናፍ እስከ አለም አጽናፍ ያስተጋባ የወገን ደራሽ ድምጻችንን አዲስ አበባ ላይ እንደ አደረገው በሃይል ለማፈን ወደኋላ አይልም ነበር።
ሀፍረት የለሾቹ የወያኔ መንግስት ባለስልጣኖች ይህን የተጋለጠ ሀገርና ህዝብ አዋራጅ ተግባራቸውን እና በውሸት የተበከለ ገመናቸውን ለመሸፈን ከዚያም አልፈው የዋሆችን በማታለል የፖለቲካ ትርፍ ለማትረፍ የተለመደ ቲያትር መስራቱን ተያይዘውታል። ቴዎድሮስ አድሃኖም ችግሩ ባለበት በሳውዲ መሬት ላይ ሳይሆን የሳውዲ አረቢያ መንግስት በራሱ ወጪ አሳፍሮ ቦሌ አውሮፕላን ጣቢያ ባፈሰሳቸው ኢትዮጵያውያን መሃል እየተጎማለለ ያዛኝ ቅቤ አንጓች ቲያትሩን ሲሰራ ትንሽ እንኳን ሀፍረት አይታይበትም።
እነዚሁኑ ወደ ሀገር የተመለሱ አእምሯቸው በችግር የተመሰቃቀለ ዜጎች ወደ ካሜራ እየገፉ ስለ ሳውዲ ኤምባሲያቸውና ስለመንግስታቸው ‘ድንቅ” አገልግሎት እንዲናገሩ ያስጠኗቸውን ተመሳሳይ አረፍተ ነገር መስማት የሚያሳዝን ባይሆን ኖሮ ተወዳዳሪ የሌለው ኮሜዲ ይወጣው ነበር።
እውነቱ ዛሬ በሀገራችን የሰፈነው ስደትና አብሮት የሚመጣው መከራ ሁሉ ዋናው አምራች ፋብሪካ ወያኔ መሆኑ ነው። ወያኔ የገነባው ጥቂት ጀሌዎቹንና ሎሌዎችን ተጠቃሚ ያደረገና አብዛኛው ኢትዮጵያዊ በተለይ ወጣቱ በሀገሩ ተስፋ እንዲቆርጥ ያደረገው ስርአት ነው። የስደታችንና የመከራችን ምንጭ ስደት የሚመጣው በሀገር ተስፋ መቁረጥ ነው። እንጀራ ፍለጋና ጭቆናና አፈና ሽሽት አምልጠን በየባዕድ ሀገሩ እንድንከራተት የሚያደርገን የወያኔ ስርአት ነው። በታሪካችን ውስጥ ተሰደን በባዕድ የተዋረድነው በወያኔ ምክንያት ነው።
በሀገር ውስጥ በአፈና ስር ሆናችሁ፣ በውጪው አለምም በየኢምባሲው የምታሰሙት ጩኸትና የምታፈሱት እምባ እብሪትና ትእቢት ያደነደነውን፣ ዝርፊያ ያደነዘዘውን የወያኔን ልብ እንደማያሸብረው ማወቅ አለብን።
የወያኔ ሹማምንቶች ይግረማችሁ ብለው ከአላንዳች ሀፍረት ያውም በሳውዲ አረቢያ ወጪ ተጓጉዘው ሀገር የገቡትን ግራ የተጋቡ ስደተኞች ለፖለቲካቸው ማሳመሪያ በቴሌቪዥን ስእልና ፎቶግራፍ መነሻ ሲያደርጉትና ለፖለቲካ ስራ መሳሪያ ሲያውሉት እያየን ነው። በነሱ ቤት ብልጥ ፖለቲከኞች መሆናቸው ይሆናል። በኛ ቁስል ላይ እንጨት እየሰደዱ መሆናቸውን ግን ፈጽሞ አይሰማቸውም።
ወያኔ በመካከለኛው ምስራቅ ተሰደው ለፍተው የሚኖሩት ወገኖቻችን በምን ሁኔታ ላይ እንዳሉ ያውቃል። ቢያንስ በየኢምባሲው ያስቀመጣቸው ነጋዴዎች ይነግሩታል። ችግሩን እንዳላየና እንዳልሰማ የሚያየው ከዜጎች ይልቅ እነሱ አፈር ግጠው ለፍተው ለሚያመጧት የውጪ ምንዛሬ የበለጠ ፍቅር ስላለው ነው። በዚህ ተግባሩ ወያኔ ወገኑን የሸጠ ባሪያ ፈንጋይ ነጋዴ እንጂ የመንግስት መሪ መሆኑ ያጠራጥራል።
ግንቦት 7 የፍትህና ዴሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ ዘወትር እንደሚለው ሁሉ ይህ የዜግነትና የሀገር ውርደት፣ ይህ ሁሉ የወገን መከራ የሚቆመው የዚህ ሁሉ መሰረት የሆነው ወያኔና ስርአቱ ከመሰረቱ ሲነቀልና ሲወገድ መሆኑን ላፍታም አይዘነጋውም።
እንባችን የሚደርቀው ደማችን በየቦታው መፍሰሱ የሚቆመው መብታችን እንደዜጋ ተከብሮ ቀና ብለን የምንሄድበት ሀገር በትግላችን የተቀዳጀን ጊዜ ብቻ ነው።
ግንቦት 7ን ተቀላቀሉ በያላችሁበት ግንቦት 7 ሁኑ!! እኛ ከዚህ ውርደት ሞቶ የሚገኘው ነጻነት ይሻላል ብለን የተነሳን ልጆቻችሁ ነን። እርሰዎስ?
ድል ለኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ!!!

tirsdag 26. november 2013

Open Letter to Ethiopian Foreign Minister (CREW

Posted: 20 Nov 2013 12:11 PM PST

November 20, 2013

Center for the Rights of Ethiopian Women (CREW)
Re: Abuse of Ethiopian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia
Center for the Rights of Ethiopian Women (CREW) is concerned about the recent abuse of Ethiopian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, especially the reported torture, abuse and rape of Ethiopian women. CREW is a non-government, non-profit, non-partisan, human rights and peace organization established to promote the social, economic and legal rights of Ethiopian women in Ethiopia and worldwide. One of the objectives of the organization is to assist and represent abused Ethiopian women living and working abroad.
As documented through various media outlets, Saudi authorities launched a crackdown on undocumented migrant workers following the expiry of amnesty linked to a new employment rules. As results of this crackdown, migrant workers, particularly Ethiopians, have faced beatings, abuse, torture, and in some instances, even death. The videos and photos showed Ethiopians being thrown out in the streets with no shelter and food. There were also some reports of women being gang raped. Some of these women also shared their experiences and fears in the various media outlets posted online.
As you are aware of, thousands of Ethiopian women and young girls head to Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern Arab countries each year to seek work opportunities. It is also known that many of them migrate to the Middle Eastern countries due to the extreme poverty in Ethiopia and the high rate of unemployment among the youth group and absence of opportunities to fulfill the basic needs of their families.
Through the years, various reports have documented that Ethiopian migrant workers in the Middle Eastern countries have been treated like slaves.  They are deprived of their sleep and they work under unacceptable working conditions.  They often don’t get their salaries and their passports are confiscated as soon as they enter the countries. The Ethiopian government knows these inhuman treatments of Ethiopian migrant workers in the Middle Eastern countries.  The embassies and consulates of Ethiopia, however, did nothing to help their citizens unlike embassies and consulates from other countries; for example, the Philippine and Bangladesh.   Many Ethiopians are in prison and detention centers in Saudi Arabia and other countries such as Lebanon, but their government did not protect them or send them back to their homeland. The absence of protection coupled with the inhuman treatment they face, the number of Ethiopian migrant workers who took their own lives is considerably high.
The current law passed by Saudi government should have only resulted in deporting undocumented migrants through appropriate channels, but what have been witnessed in the last few days are gross human right violations. These violations of rights are committed by Saudi police and civilians who were acting as vigilantes. The Ethiopian government should urge the Saudi government to undertake appropriate investigations into the deaths of the reported Ethiopians as well as the rapes of women and to hold those who have been involved accountable to their actions. Even though, at this time, the safety of those who may be still trying to return to their homeland is very important, we also urge the Ethiopian government to ensure that returnees, especially women, are afforded the appropriate care and assistance once they arrive in their country.
Although a bit late, CREW acknowledges the recent efforts of the Ethiopian government to repatriate Ethiopians from Saudi Arabia, but this action is only being undertaken after the reports of the current horrible situations of Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia. Ethiopians should not be subjected to inhuman treatment abroad. We, therefore, call upon the Ethiopian embassy in Saudi Arabia to take up responsibility to assist Ethiopian citizens — as other nations have for their people — in adjusting their status and repatriating them in a timely manner so that they don’t continue to languish in detention.
As an organization working for the protection and promotion of the rights of Ethiopian women, we have obligations to seek justice for our sisters. Hence, the writing of this open letter to the Ethiopian government.
CREW is a non-government, non-profit, non-partisan, human rights and peace organization established to promote the social, economic and legal rights of Ethiopian women in Ethiopia and worldwide.  We can be reached at ethiowomen@gmail.com
The Ethiopian government should urge the Saudi government

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በሳውዲ አረቢያ በሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያዊያን ላይ የሚደርሰው ሰቆቃ አሁኑኑ ይቁም!!!


በሳውዲ አረቢያ በሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያዊያን ላይ የሚደርሰው መከራ መስማት ህሊና መሸከም ከሚችለው በላይ ሆኗል። ኢትዮጵያዊን እህቶቻችን ወንድሞቻችን በአሰቃቂ ሁኔታ እየተገደሉ፤ አካሎቻቸው በስለት እየተቆራረጠ፤ እየተደበደቡና እየተደፈሩ ነው።
ይህ ሁሉ የሚፈፀው በሪያድ፣ ጂዳና አዲስ አበባ የሚገኙ የወያኔ ዲፕሎማቶች መልካም ፈቃድና ሙሉ ተባባሪነት መሆኑ ደግሞ ይበልጥ የሚያንገበግብ ነው። ወያኔ ለአረብ ሀብታም ሸሪኮቹ ለም መሬቶቻችንን ሰጥቶ ኢትዮጵያዊ በአገሩ ሠርቶ የእለት ጉርሱን መሸፈን የማይችልበት ደረጃ ላይ እንዲደርስ አደረገው። ቀጥሎ ደግሞ በሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ ልጃገረዶችና ወጣት ኢትዮጵያንን እየደለለ ከባርነት ላልተሻለ ግርድና አሳልፎ ሰጣቸው። ይህ ሁሉ ግፍ አልበቃ ብሎ “በሏቸው፤ ቀጥቅጧቸው፤ ህገወጦች ናቸው” እያለ በወገኖቻችን ላይ የሚደርሰውን ሰቆቃ በአጋፋሪነት እያስተናገደ ነው።
በኩየት በሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያዊያን ላይ ተመሳሳይ ሰቆቃ ሊደርስ የሚችል መሆኑ ምልክቶች እየታዩ ነው። በኩዌት ያለአንዳች ምክንያት ቁጥራቸው በአንድ ሺህ በላይ የሆኑ ኢትዮጵያዊያን በድንገት ከሥራ ተባረዋል። እዚህም የወያኔ እኩይ እጆች እንዳሉት መረጃዎች አሉ። በሌሎች የመካከለኛው ምሥራቅ አገሮች የሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያዊያንም ሕይወታቸው በዘወትር ስጋት ላይ ወድቋል።
የኢትዮጵያዊያን እጣ ፈንታ በአገር ውስጥም ከአገር ውጭም ሰቆቃና እንግልት መሆኑ የሚያሳዝን ብቻ ሳይሆን የሚያስቆጭ፤ ለመራራ ትግል የሚያነሳሳም ነው። ለአገሩ ሕዝብ የሚቆረቆር መንግሥት ኑሮን ቢሆን ኖሮ ሕይታችን እንዲህ የተመሰቃቀሰ ባልሆነም ነበር።
ግንቦት 7: የፍትህ፣ የነፃነትና የዲሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ የሳውዲ አረቢያ እና ሌሎችም የመካከለኛ ምሥራቅ አገራት መንግሥታት ለኢትዮጵያዊያን እህቶቻንና ወንድሞቻችን ሰብዓዊ ክብር እንዲሰጡ አበክረን እናሳስባለን። ሰብዓዊ መብቶችን መድፈር ዓለም ዓቀፍ ወንጀል መሆኑን ልንነግራቸው እንፈልጋለን። በወገኖቻችን ላይ የሚደርሰው ሰቆቃ አሁኑኑ ይቁም!!! ሰቆቃ ፈፃሚዎች ለፍርድ ይቅረቡ!!!
በተቻለው ፍጥነትና ባገኘነው እድል ሁሉ ተጠቅመን ሕይወታቸው አደጋ ላይ ላሉት ወገኖቻችን እንድንደርስ ግንቦት 7 ለመላው የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ጥሪ ያደርጋል።
በኢትዮጵያዊያን ላይ የሚደርሰው ሰቆቃ በዘላቂነት የሚወገደው ወያኔ ከሥልጣን ተባሮ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ የመረጠው መንግሥት ሲያስተዳድር በመሆኑ ለዚህ ታላቅ ግብ በኅብረት እንነሳ።
በወገኖቻችን ላይ የሚደርሰው ሰቆቃ ይቁም!!
ድል ለኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ!!!
http://ethsat.com/video/esat-weekly-news-17-nov-2013/

torsdag 14. november 2013

ESAT News Analysis about failed assassination plot 12 Nov 2013

http://www.youtube.com/v/e2EAP0vFQwA?autohide=1&version=3&feature=share&autohide=1&showinfo=1&attribution_tag=LGECKNzY3GRtFMWq4oHEcg&autoplay=1

ESAT News Analysis about failed assassination plot 12 Nov 2013

http://www.youtube.com/v/e2EAP0vFQwA?autohide=1&version=3&feature=share&autohide=1&showinfo=1&attribution_tag=LGECKNzY3GRtFMWq4oHEcg&autoplay=1

mandag 11. november 2013

Saudi police in Riyadh clash with migrant workers - BBC


Posted: 10 Nov 2013 01:08 PM PST


Two people have been killed and scores wounded as Saudi police clashed with protesting foreign workers in a district of the capital, Riyadh.

A police statement said hundreds of people were arrested in the Manfuhah neighbourhood.

Video on social media websites showed security forces in riot gear using truncheons to disperse large crowds.


Last week police rounded up thousands of migrant workers after an amnesty linked to new employment rules expired.

Police said they intervened on Saturday after foreign workers in the Manfuhah district rioted, attacking Saudi and other foreign residents with rocks and knives.

Manfuhah is home to many migrants, mostly from east Africa.

One of the two people killed was a Saudi while the other was unidentified, police said. About 70 others were injured and there were some 560 arrests, officials added.



On Sunday, witnesses said police were surrounding the district while units from the National Guard and special forces were sent in.

Nearby, hundreds of men, women and children lined up with their belongings to board police buses taking them to an assembly centre before their deportation, AFP news agency reported.

Images showed other foreign workers leaving the Manfuhah area in taxis.

søndag 10. november 2013

ጎጅ ባህሎቻችን


በተክሉ አባተ
ባህል ብዙ ትርጉም ይኖረዋል:: ለእኔ ግን የአንድ ኅብረተሰብ የአስተሳሰብ: የጠባይና: የባህርይ መገለጫ ወይም ምልክት ነው::
በተፈጥሮ (በዘር ውርስ) የማይገኝና በሰው ብርቱ ጥረት የሚፈጠር ስለሆነ እያንዳንዱ አገር የራሱ የሆነ ልዩ ባህል አለው::
ለልጅ ልጅም በትምህርትና በተሞክሮ ያስተላልፋል:: በጊዜ ብዛትና በተለያዩ ብሄራዊ: ክልላዊና: ዓለም አቀፋዊ ጫናዎች
የተነሳ ባህል ሊከለስ ሊዳብር ሊለወጥም ይችላል:: ያም ቢሆን ግን አገራት በባህላቸው ልዩ የሆኑ ናቸው (የዓለም ህዝቦች
የሚጋሩትም ባህል እንዳለ ሳንረሳ):: በአጠቃላይ ባህል የኅብረተሰብን ምንነትንና ማንነትን ገላጭ ነው ቢባል የተጋነነ
አይሆንም::
ዳሩ ግን ሁሉም ባህሎች ጠቃሚ ወይም ገንቢ ላይሆኑ ይችላሉ:: እንዲያውም በባህል ስም ‘ገዳይ’ የሆኑ አስተሳሰቦችና
ምግባራት ሊስተዋሉ ይችላሉ አሉም:: ለግለሰብ እድገት ጤናና ሰላም እንዲሁም ለአገር መሻሻል ልዩ አስተዋጽዖ የሚያደርጉ
ባህሎች እንዳሉ ሁሉ ባለንበት እንድንሄድ እንዲያውም ባላንስ እንዳጣ መኪና ወደኋላ እንድንሸራተት የሚያደርጉ ባህሎችም
አሉ:: እነዚህን ወደፊት እንድንሄድ የማያግዙ ወይም ወደኋላ የሚጎትቱንን ጎጅ ባህሎች ብያቸዋለሁ:: ቆም ብለን ማሰብና
መገንዘብ መመርመር ከፈለግንና ከቻልን ጎጅ ባህሎችን መለየት እንችላለን:: እንዲህ ማድረግ ከቻልን ደግሞ ጠቃሚ ባህል
ግንባታ ላይ እናተኩራለን:: ለግል ህይወታችንና ለአገራችንም ጠቀም ያለ ለውጥ ባጭር ጊዜ ማምጣት እንችላለን:: በመሆኑም
በዚህና በቀጣይ ጽሁፎች ለኛ ለኢትዮጵያውያን ጎጅ ናቸው ብዬ የማስባቸውን የምንነታችንንና የማንነታችንን መገለጫ የሆኑ
ባህሎቻችንን ለመለየት እሞክራለሁ::
ጎጅ ባህል ስል ግን ሁሌ አሰልቺ በሆነ መልኩ በሚዲያ የሚለፈፉትን አይነት ማለቴ አይደለም:: ለእኔ ጎጅ ባህል ግግ
ማውጣትን: እንጥል መቁረጥን: የሴት ልጅ ግርዛትን: ያለእድሜ ጋብቻን: ያለአቅም ድግስን: እጅ ሳይታጠቡ መመገብን:
ወዘተረፈ አይመለከትም:: ምንም እንኳን እነዚህ ተግባራት ጎጅነታቸው የማያነጋግር ቢሆንም ለእኔ ግን በአሁኑ ጊዜ አሳሳቢ
ሆነው አይታዩኝም:: ትኩረቴ የሚሆነው አስተሳሰባችንን ጠባያችንንና ምግባራችንን ማእከል ባደረጉ ደካማ ባህሎቻችን ላይ
ነው:: እነዚህ ባህሎች ላለፉት በርካታ ዓሥርት ዓመታት ባለንበት እንድንረግጥ እንዲሁም በአንዳንድ የህይወት ዘርፎች
ወደኋላ በፍጥነት እንድንጓዝ ያደረጉን ናቸው ብዬ አምናለሁ:: ለብሄራዊ ድቀታችን ግንባር ቀደም ተጠሪውና ተጠያቂው
መንግስት ቢሆንም እንደህጻን ልጅ ተንከባክበን የያዝናቸው አንዳንድ ባህሎቻችንም ቀላል ያልሆነ አስተዋጽዖ አድርገዋል::
በግል ህይወት በቤተሰብ በጎረቤት በጓደኛ በመስሪያ ቤትና በብሄራዊ ደረጃ እንቅስቃሴያችን ጥራትና ዋጋ እንዳይኖረው
የሚያደርጉ ብዙ ጎታቾች አሉን::
በተከታታይ የምዘረዝራቸው ባህሎች በተወሰነ መልኩ ደካማ ጎኖች ተብለውም ለፈረጁ ይችላሉ:: ለእኔ ግን ደካማ ጎን
የግለሰብን ችግር አመላካች ስለሚሆን ቃሉን በዚህ ጽሁፍ እምብዛም አልጠቀመውም:: ጽሁፌን በደንብ እንድትረዱልኝ ግን
በቅድሚያ ማሳሰቢያዎቼን ልጥቀስ:: አንድ: በጅምላ የኢትዮጵያ ባህል ገዳይ ወይም ጎጅ ነው እያልኩ አይደለም:: ለቁጥር
የሚያዳግቱ የትም አገር የማይገኙ ወርቅ ባህሎች ሞልተውናል:: ለመሻሻል እንዲረዳን በጎጅዎች ላይ ብቻ ማተኮሬ እንጅ::
ሁለት: ቀጥዬ የምጠቅሳቸው ጎጅ ባህሎች ሁሉም ሰው ጋር አሉ የሚባል ባይሆንም ብዙዎቻችን ግን የምንጋራቸው
ይመስላሉ:: ለማንኛውም እያንዳንዱ አንባቢ የየትኛው ጎጅ ባህል ሰለባ እንደሆነ ራሱ ይመርምር:: ሥስት: ይህ ጽሁፍ
ሳይንሳዊ በሆነ መልኩ በተሰበሰበ መረጃና ማስረጃ ላይ የተመረኮዘ ሳይሆን ከማህበራዊ ሚዲያዎች የተመለከትኩትንና

STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST ETHIOPIANS IN SAUDI ARABIA Federalism or Internal Colonialism-the Ethiopian situation. TPLF planted a seed of hate on me


Posted: 10 Nov 2013 08:02 AM PST




What is going on to our people in Saudi Arabia is heartbreaking. We are sending out a strong press releases to the world leaders. We are also calling on human rights organization leaders of all persuasions to stand up against the Saudi Arabia brutalities of the Ethiopian people. We come to these n human rights organization not only as a social justice group who cares about stopping oppression, or as Africans or as Ethiopians, but we come to you as human beings whose survival depends on each other for no one will be free until all are free.

Will the human rights organizations bring these concerns to the attention of their own government, their membership, other organizations or decision-makers that could help? Please join with us in exposing and stopping the violent against the Ethiopians.
Posted: 09 Nov 2013 01:40 PM PST

By Yilma Bekele

“The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.“  Ai Weiwei – Chinese dissident.

As a concept there is nothing wrong with Federalism as a system of government. There are plenty of examples of such arrangement like as in the USA, Canada, Germany, Mexico and India among others where it has shown to work. That is the system TPLF under Meles and company told the Ethiopian people that they are attempting to construct. It has been over twenty years now since the work has started and the question in front of us is, how is it going?

How is Federalism working in our country? I will tell you about a specific powerful institution in Ethiopian and you the reader, be the judge. The governmental body I have in mind is one of the most important and key sector of our economy and it is currently named Ethio Telecom. Here is a brief description of the history of the telephone in Ethiopia.

The first telegraph line was between Harar and Addis Abeba in 1889. Emperor Haile Sellasie established the Imperial Board of Telecommunications of Ethiopia in 1952. Derge reorganized it as Ethiopian Telecommunication Service and later on as Ethiopian Telecommunications Authority (ETA) in 1976 and 1981. In 1996 TPLF replaced that with Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation. It was born again as Ethio Telecom in 1910. The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation is the oldest Public Telecommunications Operator (PTO) in Africa.  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Ethiopia)

In our country Ethiopia the Federal Government owns the country including resources, land and most of the vital economy. Communication tools such as television, radio, telephone and Internet are fully owned and operated by the Federal Government. The Ethiopian government is the number one employee in the country. Controlling all this assets give the Federal Government total power on every aspect of the people and country. For the Woyane regime Ethio Telecom is a weapon to amass large amount of money, spy, control, create anxiety and bully the citizen. How TPLF was able to control ETC is the story of what happened to our country. The group known to us as TPLF organized as an ethnic based party took over the political, economic, security sectors of the country called Ethiopia in a very systematic and deliberate way.  This assertion can be proved in more ways than one cares to count. Please read Ginbot7 publication on the domination of the military by Tigrean ethnic group. (http://www.ginbot7.org/the-ethiopian-military-leadership-under-haile-selassie-and-derg-regimes/)

Ethio Telecom is another key sector of the economy and a very powerful weapon that was targeted by TPLF for complete take over. How they were able to do that is the history of what happened to the rest of the country. Ethio Telecom encompasses the trial and tribulations of our country and people. In my opinion Ethio Telecom is where Weyane’s star shined.

It took TPLF for years (1991 -1995) to figure out the inner workings of such a large and old organization. In 1996 they restructured it as a Corporation and were able to get rid of ‘trouble makers’ and install their own people in key positions. Its importance did not manifest until around 2000 with the advent of the World Wide Web.  Before that TPLF was content collecting spare change. The Internet changed the whole ball game. Communication became the driving force of change. As a totalitarian regime highly motivated to control the flow of information the TPLF saw the dangers of unrestricted access to information and knowledge.

In 2010 Ethio Telecom emerged. The birth of Ethio Telecom was a painful moment in the history of our country. People were played upon, dangled around, set against each other and humiliated. Such a powerful and modern organization in the life of our country was made to look like a failed and useless outfit. The twelve thousand strong body was completely dismantled by the TPLF. Guess who was in charge of this tragedy. None other than current Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Debretsion. He was the architect and enforcer of this desecration of an Ethiopian home grown building block.

To avoid doing the dirty job TPLF gave management services to a subsidiary of French Telecom – Orange (telecommunications). Orange is a third rate multi- national corporation and an easy prey for TPLF to push around. Without input from the workers, without consulting those affected Orange and the TPLF Politburo said ‘we got a deal you cannot refuse.’  They created five categories named N1-N5. N1 included the French team and Ethiopian management personnel. Over half of the twelve thousand employees were dumped on the road side. There was no explanation, no discussion and no review. One of those that was found to be superfluous was the head of the Union Ato Adisse Bore. You see the beauty of Woyane justice? There was no one left to speak for the workers! You can tell the whole idea was nothing but a naked assault on our people when you see that among the personnel the new organization is purported to keep the list included some dead and some on exile.  This is how Ethio Telecom was born.

Why do you think Ethio Telecom is a prized asset of the minority TPLF regime? It is because communications is the key to the future. The media opens our eyes to situations and places we will not even dream of. The media is the first causality of a repressive regime. Do you notice the first target of any coup d’état is the control of the radio and television transmission sites?  Ethio Telecom is the gate keeper. Ethio Telecom sustains the dictatorship.

Thus they got rid of half of the employees of ETC and made it in their own image. They trained a few, they imported a few of their own from the Diaspora and they either blackmailed or bought the rest. Today Ethio Telecom is a cash cow to the dictatorship and a very powerful security apparatus to safeguard a few while abusing the many.  Here is the composition of the N 1 Group managing the enterprise they established.

Please let us keep it real here. This is not some one’s imagination gone haywire, nor a just made up figure. It is real and we treat it as such until proven otherwise. Is this what federalism is all about? Ethnicity is the corner stone of Woyane rule. The above chart is based on Woyanes’ own classification of our people.

This investigative study at its best came out two weeks ago. Fellow Ethiopians took time and effort to find and compile such information so we can have a clear view of the actual situation in our homeland. As they say talk is cheap but facts speak for themselves.  After all is said and done the above picture does not lie. It is based on the TPLF’s definition of who is who in today’s Ethiopia.

Why do you think the TPLF regime under Debretsion finds communications important enough to control as a monopoly? It is because communications is the key. Leaders like Meles and now Debretsion are aware of the value of information. They are spin doctors. When it comes to a closed society like ours they make sure they are the only source of information. Our country Ethiopia is the last in any measure of technological advancement, why do you think that is so? They don’t allow it, they don’t foster it, and they don’t encourage it because the more we know the less we think of them.

The Federalism TPLF is building in our country is Apartheid. In the former South Africa the 9.6% white ruled over the 79% black population. In Ethiopia, today the 6.1% from Tigrai region are dominating the economic political and military life of the country. This is a very difficult statement to make and it is a very ugly thought to cross one’s mind. But it is also unfair and being a coward not to face reality. The situation in the military, the situation in Ethio Telecom is not something to ignore. It did not happen by accident. The TPLF party in a deliberate and callous manner created this Apartheid system in our country. The above pie chart showed the so called N 1 group in higher management what do you think N 2 looks like?

Knowledge is power. Knowing what the TPLF party is doing to our country and people helps us realize the problem, discuss the ramifications if left to continue and find a lasting solution so we can all move forward as one people. Uncovering such crime is not ethnic bating. Discussing such unfair and ugly reality is not hating on individuals or groups. It is real and it has to be dealt with. Dr. Debretsion and his friends have to answer why there is such naked discrepancy in the organization they are entrusted to administer in the name of the people. They have to explain to us the people why there are more from their own ethnic group in position of real power and influence than the rest. Is it because they couldn’t find a Gambelan, a Sidama, a Kenbatan, an Oromo or an Amhara to fill such slots? If there is a reasonable explanation we are all ears but changing the subject or accusing one of ethnic bating is not the way to go.

Now they have inserted their own people in key positions what do you think they are doing with the new and improved Ethio Telecom? Are they using it to connect the country, use the new found digital technology to jump start our economy and education system and usher an era of peace and prosperity? I am afraid a mind that relies on ethnicity and village mentality to get ahead cannot be expected to soar like an eagle but slither like a snake biting all that crosses its path. That is exactly what Ethio Telecom is, a venomous snake attacking our people and country every chance it gets. Check out our double digit growing economy.


Country   Population          MobilePhone Internet users %population
Ethiopia   : 90 M 18 Million _ 960,000          _       1.1
Kenya : 43 M 28.08 Million     _     12 Million                28
Ghana     : 24.6 M 21.1 Million         _    3.5 Million       _  14.1
Sudan    : 34.2 M 25 Million           _     6.4 Million 19


It is clear the regime is not interested in using the new technology to help our country join the community of nations. No question ethnic mentality and government monopoly stifles innovation, kills individual initiative and keeps our people in darkness. Here is a finding by Reporters Without Borders (RWB).

“Ethiopia’s only ISP, State owned Ethio Telecom has just installed a system for blocking access to the Tor network, which lets users browse anonymously and access blocked websites. In order to achieve such selective blocking Ethio Telecom must be using Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) an advanced network filtering system.”

Think about it, the ruling junta is willing to invest such huge amounts of money to spy on its citizens instead of using the money to wire schools and libraries. They use Chines technology to block any and all Internet, radio and our ESAT news broadcast. The few decide what is good for the many. It is not healthy. It does not end well. We have seen what a single ethnic domination does to people and country. Rwanda was just yesterday and South Africa will suffer the legacy of Apartheid for decades to come. The current arrangement in our country will not ensure a strong and vibrant Ethiopia where her children will prosper under one roof but rather a weak and divided Ethiopia that one day will fall prey to outsiders that will exploit the division.

At the beginning of this article I quoted the Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei speaking about the character of his people suffering under the totalitarian system. We in Ethiopia should know exactly what he is talking about. Under the weight of TPLF abuse we harbor deep seated animosity towards each other, instead of fighting the common enemy we point fingers at each other. There is no association, organization club where we Ethiopians relate to each other with respect and dignity. Our political organizations have become places of division. Even our church is not immune from this sickness. We see our Muslim brother resisting and we learn the power of steadfastness and unity of purpose. That is one group of citizen with anti Woyane virus shot.

One fact that should be made clear is that the TPLF party is not practicing this criminal behavior all by itself. We have to look at the enablers that grease the wheels to hurt our own people and destroy our country. Those Amharas’, Oromos’, Wolaitas’, Tigreans’, Hararis’ and others in position of marginal power and the willing Diaspora that invests on stolen land and fake buildings are part of this national degraedation. What are you going to tell your children when Ethiopia becomes another Somalia, the future Iraq or a dying Syria? When they ask you why didn’t you do something daddy or mommy how are you going to answer? You cannot say I did not know because that would be a lie. You cannot claim I tried because that would not be true. No one would say I did not stand up straight because I am spineless. When you go to sleep tonight think about it, please?

TPLF planted a seed of hate on me

Posted: 09 Nov 2013 11:48 AM PST
November 9, 2013
by Surafel (Mamushe)

Yes……as a proud Ethiopian young man, I never thought for a second that I am crying a story over heard from the news outlets. In our culture, we, men, are usually hiding our heartfelt emotions inside on our heart, however, the despicable and indefensible crime committed against our people by the very small click of TPLF angered me more than ever before in my entire lifetime. Cultural implications and impacts are a pinpoint of societal behavioral reflections. We, Ethiopians, are well known for our cultural values; nevertheless, what’s happening in Ethiopia right now is far from our cultural norms. The devilish TPLF security agents compromise the decency of our cultural values.

Recently, when I noticed what’s happening in a TPLF torture camp against one of the central committee members of UDJ (Andenet), my anger reached on a climax. Beyond my extreme anger, my tears fall on my face like a rain.

torsdag 7. november 2013

ትግል በመሰዋትነት ይሰፈራል!!!

November 6, 2013

ከተስፋዬ ዘበነ(ኖርዌይ በርገን)
ሃገርና ሕዝብ በውጥረት በታመሰበት አምባገነን የህውሃት/ኢአዴግ/ ዘረኛ ስርዓት ከምስራቅ እስከ ምህራብ ከሰሜን እስከ ደቡብ ሃገሪቱን እንደ ብራና ወጥሮ የሕዝቡን ኑሮ ሲያከብድበት እያየንና እየተመለከትን ስርኣቱን ለመታገል በየትኛውም መልኩ የተዋቀርን ድርጅቶች ሳንጀምር እየጨረስን ወይም እራሳችን ስላዋቀርነው ፓርቲ፣ ድርጅት ወይም ሸንጎ ሳንመረምር ሌሎች ስለሚደክሙበትና ስለሚለፉበት ትግል መፃዪ እድል እየተነበይን እርስ በእርስ ስንናከስና ስንጣረዝ የዘረኛውን የህውሃት እድሜ አበርክተን እዚህ አድርሰነዋል፡፡
በዚህ እኩይ የህውሃት ስርዓት መጀመሪያ ጀምሮ በሰላማዊ መንገድ ለመታገል በራስ ተነሳሺነት ተዋቅረው እየተንቀሳቀሱ ያሉት የፖለቲካ ድርጅቶች አላማና ግባቸውን ለማስፈፀም የሰላማዊ ትግል መርሆችን ተግባራዊ ለማደረግ አንድም በራሳቸው የውስጥ ችግር ምክንያት፣ በዋነኝነት ግን ስርዓቱ ካለው ተፈጥሮዊ ባህሪ አንፃር ከሕዝብ ጋር ያለው ትስስርና በሕዝብ ላይ የሚፈፅመው የመልካም አስተዳደር ችግርም ሆነ የሰብሃዊ መብት አያያዝ እንዲሁም ሌሎች ዘርፈ ብዙ ችግሮች ስላሉበት በሰላማዊ መንገድ ለመታገል ለተደራጁ  ፓርቲዎች  ነፃነት ሰጥቶ ሞቱን ማፋጠን አይፈልግም፡፡ ስለዚህም ነው በሰላማዊ መንገድ የመታገያ መንገዶችን ሁሉ ዘግቶ በጥቂት ቁርጠኛ ታጋዮች ላይ እርምጃ እየወሰደ ትግሉን እያሽመደመደ ያለው፡፡ በሰላማዊ መንገድ እታገላልሁ የሚል ድርጅት አባላቱን አሰባስቦ አላማውን ማስረፅ ካልቻለ፣ በህዝብ ላይ የሚፈፀመውን ማንኛውንም በደል በመቃወም የሕዝብን ድምፅ ለማሰማት ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ካላካሄደ፣ ሕዝባዊ ስብሰባዎችን የሚያዘጋጅበት ቦታ ማግኘት ካልቻለና ይህንንና ይህንን የመሳሰሉ ህገ-መንግስታዊ የሰላማዊ ትግል መብቶቹን በወያኔ ስርዓት ከተቀማ እንዴት ነው ትግሉን ጫፍ ማድረስ የሚቻለው የሚል ጥያቄ ማሰነሳቱ አይቀርም፡፡
ዘረኛው የወያኔ ቡድን በሃገርና በሕዝብ ላይ ከሚፈፅመው ግፍና በደል አንፅር ኢትዮጲያችን ውስጥ ላለፉት ሃያ ሁለት አመታት የተደረገው ትግል እምብዛም አመርቂ ሳይሆን ይልቁንም ለህውሃት ቡድነ ሽፋንና ከለላ በመስጠት በአለም አቀፍ ማህበረሰብ ዘንድ በትንሹም ቢሆን አወንታዊ ምላሽ እንዲያገኝ የረዳው የትግል ስልት ነበር፡፡ እንደሚታወቀው በህገ- መንግስቱ ላይ  የሰፈሩ የሰብሃዊ መብት ድንጋጌዎች አሉ መሬት ላይ አይታዩ እንጂ ለምሳሌ የመድብለ ፓርቲ ስርዓት እንዳለ ተደርጎ የሚቆጠረውና በአካል ግን ከገዢው ፓርቲ ህውሃት(ኢአዴግ)ውጪ ለውጥ ማምጣት እንዳይችሉ ተደርገው ሕዝባዊ መዋቅራቸውን እያሽመደመደ የሚበትናቸው ድርጅቶች እስካሉ ድረስ ለዘረኛው ስርዓት ሽፋን ከመሆን በዘለለ ህገ-መንግስታዊ መብታቸውን ተጠቅመው ሲታገሉና ሕዝብን ሲያታግሉ መመልከት በጣት ከሚቆጠሩት ፓርቲዎች ውጪ እምብዛም የተለመደ አይደለም፡፡
በአጠቃላይ እስካሁን ሲደረግ የነበረው የነፃነት ትግል ያስከፈለንን ዋጋ ያህል የምናጣጥመው ድል ሳይኖረን ከሁለት አስርተ አመታት በሗላም ገዢዎቻችን የጫኑብን ቀንበር ከብዶን እንፍገመገማለን፡፡ ወያኔን ለማስወገድ እስካሁን በተደረገው ትግል ውስጥ ለውጥ ማምጣት የቻለ ባይኖርም ለኢትዮጲያና ለሕዝቧ መልካም በማሰብ ከዘረኛው ስርዓት መንጋጋ ነፃ ለማውጣት የሚደረግ ትግል ከየትም ይነሳ ከየትም መደገፍ ባንችል እንኳን መንቀፍ ግን የለበትም፡፡
ከያዙት  የትግል ስልት ውጪ ያለን አመለካከትና እንቅስቃሴ ሁሉ በመቃወምና  በማብጠልጠል የህውሃትን ዘረኛ ቡድን አደብ ማስያዝ አይቻልም፡፡ በአሁን ሰዓት ለሃገርና ለሕዝብ የሚያስፈልገው ከህውሃት ማነቆ ነፃ የሚያወጣ እንጂ ነፃነቱ  የሚገኝበት ሃገርና ቦታ አይደለም፡፡ የኤርትራ መንግስት ከኢትዮጲያ ጋር ጠላትነት የጀመረው አሁን ለነፃነት በሚታገሉ ወገኖች ዘመን ሳይሆን ከኤርትራ ጋር ሲጀመር ወዳጅ በመቀጠልም ጠላት ሆኖ የሃገራችንን ቤሔራዊ ክብር በዋረደው የኢትዮጲያ ብቸኛ ጠላት በሆነው የህውሃት  የእድሜ መጀመሪያ ነው፡፡
የግንቦት ሰባት ዋና ፀሃፊ አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ፅጌ እንደተናገሩት ለኢትዮጲያም ሆነ ለሕዝቧ አሁን ባለንበት ሁኔት ቀንደኛው ጠላት ህውሃት መሆኑን በተደጋጋሚ አሳስበዋል፡፡ ይህንን እውነታ ለመቀበል የሚቸግራቸው ወገኖች ህውሃት በኢትዮጲያና በሕዝቧ ላይ እየፈፀመ ያለውን በደል መረዳት የቸገራቸው ወይም በአሁን ባለንበት ውሃ ቅዳ ውሃ መልስ ማለቂያ የሌለው ሰሞነኛ የትግል ስሌት ውስጥ ክብርና ዝና የሚፈልጉ ለመሆናቸው አማራጭ የማያቀርቡበት ተራ ተቃውሟቸው አንድ ማሳያ ነው፡፡
ትግል በመስዋትነት ይሰፈራል ስለሆነም የተመቻቸ የግል ኑሮዋቸውን ትተው በዛች ሃገር የምናልመው የሕዝቦች ሰብአዊ መብት የተከበረበትና ዴሞክራሲያዊ መንግስት ምስረታን እውን እንዲሆን በተግባር ዋጋ ለሚከፍሉ ቁርጠኛ የሕዝብ ልጆች ክብር በመስጠትና አጋርነታችንን በመግለፅ የወያኔ የእድሜ ዘመን እናሳጥር፡፡ ይህ የማይሆን ከሆነ በደም የሚከፈል መስዋትነትን ከመንቀፍ እንቆጠብ፡፡
ድል ለኢትዮጲያ ሕዝብ!!!!

U.N. must stop Saudi Arabia’s abuse of Ethiopian domestic workers,

Posted: 07 Nov 2013 11:36 AM PST

By Aie Zi Guo
The Middle East is the epicenter of the world’s great religions: Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Great mathematicians, scientist and engineers originated from this part of the world. The pyramids of Egypt, the Walls of Babylon, the lamps of Aladdin, the great pharaohs etc are historical testaments of the ancient civilizations of the Arabian Peninsula. Jesus and Mohammed were born, raised and resurrected in this part of the world.


In literature the Bible (written 1600 years ago) and Koran (632 AD) both demonstrated the intellectual genius of the ancient people of the Mediterranean. These literatures continue to influence our social, economic and spiritual lives as well as shape our spiritual and moral behaviour to eternity. Both have influenced society for millennia.

However, as we go back in the twilight zone of time as good deeds originated from the followers of Islam, Christianity and Judaism, horrific stories and evil deeds also originated out of them. Adam and Eve cursed mankind because they betrayed the words of God. Jewish conspiracy and betrayal led to crucifying Jesus Christ. Mohammed diminished women’s status and their treatment under Islamic jurisprudence. In Saudi Arabia unimaginable types of evil and barbarism are fabricated in the name of Islam. Mistreatment of women, the proliferation of int’l terrorism, the outsourcing of evil doers i.e. Osama Bin Laden, Al Shebabe and Wehabi fanatics originate from Saudi Arabia. It is a country bent to spread Islam at the expense of the lives of innocent people that it calls ‘Infidels” or non believers.



Mohammed borne in Mecca was believed to have had a humble, tolerant, compassionate and GOD fearing personality. His marriage was multi ethnic including Khadija of Ethiopia. He never discriminated. He created a tolerant and honest religion. Unfortunately, what is coming out of the Saudi Empire is evil and barbarism of gargantuan proportions. This Empire which reaps billions of dollars from the oil fields has despised modern education. Anything under the universe including technology, labour, land, sex and education are commodities that Saudi money has to buy. Hence these commodities have to be treated in Saudi’s terms. Being damn proud of their riches they even don’t dare to wash their own plates. To do their household chores they import maids from Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America. One source of this cheap labour is Ethiopia where importations of Ethiopian maids and concubines have increased exponentially. About 45,000 Ethiopians are imported by Saudi Arabia on monthly bases to work as maids often at cheap wage rates ($1000/month). This wage is equivalent to the amount that a Saudi billionaire pays to a brothel for an hour’s pleasure in Europe.



Are Ethiopian women wrong to seeking employment in Saudi Arabia -for God’s sake “NO”. In a country like Ethiopia where unemployment is a staggering 50%+, it is natural for these women to seek employment in Saudi Arabia. If Ethiopia’s economy had functioned well they would not have set their feet on unknown land. Desperate as they are the women go extra mile to changing their given names to Islamic names and camouflage their dressing code to resemble their employer’s culture. Prior to their departure these women were full of dreams and hopes of getting money to build houses to their parents, support their sibling’s education and send money to their parents. Instead what they earn from the promised land of Arabia is not money but rape, torture, beating, starvation and death. Their parents and families back home receive body bags instead of the promised cash.

A few weeks ago a young Ethiopian women called Alem Dechassa was forcefully taken and beaten in broad day light at the door steps of the Ethiopian Consulate in Beirut. Then she was taken to an unknown prison where she was reported to have committed suicide. Only the prophets of the great religions would know how Alem died and what type of torture, rape and beating she endured before her death. The horrific images of Alem Dechassa’s abduction shocked Ethiopians and the international community. That is why the United Nations has requested the government of Lebanon to make a through investigation of her case.

Before this incident evaporated from our mind another gross human right violation of innocent Ethiopian women took place in Saudi Arabia. These women whose hands and legs are tied to beds and walls are found tortured at the nerve centre of the holy land of Mecca Median. No one knows why the Saudi’s commit such barbaric acts against these defenceless and powerless Ethiopian women. It neither correspondence to the teachings of Mohammed nor to the tenets of human decency. Even animals in the wilderness do not have this level of cruelty. Animals attack other animals if they are hungry or feel threatened, usually as an act of self defence. When animals know that they have won the enemy they refrain from aggression. If Animals have this level of intelligence and wisdom then why the Homo Sapiens of Saudi Arabia are deficient of this common sense. The act of the Saudis, Lebanese and other Middle Eastern countries against Ethiopian maids is beyond one’s comprehension. No religion gives divine right to bully and torture others. It is indeed not Islamic. If Mohammed rises from grave HE would certainly curse the evil empire of HIS holy land.

During the Hijera (Migration of Islam) Mohammed advised his followers to migrate to Ethiopia (then Abyssinia). Mohammed acknowledged that the humble and decent Ethiopian Orthodox Christians would give his followers sanctuary and protection. True to his words Ethiopians not only received His followers but also treated them with at most humanity and curtsy. Bound by Abyssinian kindness HE openly declared that Islam under no circumstances should attack Ethiopia and Ethiopians. This fact is found registered in the Koran a thousand years ago. Then one begs to question the current motive of Islamic barbarism unleashed on Ethiopian Women in the heart land of Mecca against. Emirates women pour hot water on Ethiopian maids; throw acids on the innocent and beautiful faces of their women employees. The world has witnessed what the wife of the late Mohammed Ghaddafi did to her Ethiopian maid. We know for fact that these Muslim women in the Middle East are themselves victims of forced marriages, torture, sodomy and bullying. Evidently a bullied person is more likely to end up a bully himself or herself. What is interesting is that Muslim Clerics who are fond of passing Fatwa for every little un-Islamic issue gave a deaf ear to the torture and abuse of Ethiopian maids by their followers. The choice is one either Islam condones this type of barbarism or the mullah’s/clerics are ignorant of the teachings of Mohammed.

Moreover rich Saudi Sheiks travel to Ethiopia to prostitute and fornicate with beautiful and young Ethiopians daily. They sleep with multiple women (< age girls) at the Sheraton Ethiopia Hotel built by their agent Mohammed Ala Moudihn. Ethiopians tolerate this because they are poor and helpless.

It is incomprehensible how the Saudi Empire allows such gross violation of innocent women. Ethiopians keep wondering whether the Saudi men intoxicated with their oil money have mothers, sisters and daughters. Many assume that these men are borne of inanimate objects. If indeed they are humans then they have to come out of their Stone Age mentality and prove to us that they are members of the true Homo Sapiens of the 21st century. They need to start and think as human beings and not as the Scorpions of the Desert of Arabia.

Someone with power, intelligence have to tell Saudis other Middle Eastern Countries that it is time to stop this madness and behave as real human creatures. That power rest with the United Nations which has a moral and institutional responsibility to stop this barbarism, slavery and gross human rights abuses against poor Ethiopian women in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. UNICEF, the watchdog of women and children right must break its silence against this gross abuse of Ethiopian Women. As the late Emperor Haile Selassie I said “throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph”.

የመፀሃፍ ግምገማ: “ዴሞክራሲና ሁለንተናዊ ልማት በኢትዮጵያ” – ደራሲ ዶ/ር ብርሃኑ ነጋ | Zehabesha Amharic

የመፀሃፍ ግምገማ: “ዴሞክራሲና ሁለንተናዊ ልማት በኢትዮጵያ” – ደራሲ ዶ/ር ብርሃኑ ነጋ | Zehabesha Amharic

ሀገራዊ ውርደት እንዲያበቃ ወያኔን ከሥልጣን ማስወገ

የወያኔ ገዢ ጉጅሌ በባህርዩ ኢትዮጵያ ከዚህ በፊት አጋጥሟት የማያውቅ ፍጹም ኢሰብዓዊና ነውረኛ ስብስብ እንደሆነ ለመረዳት ኢትዮጵያዊያንን ለማዋረድ የሚጠቀሟቸውን ተግባራትና ቃላትን ማጤን ይበቃል።
በሶማሌ ክልል የኦብነግን ታጣቂዎች ቅስም ለመስበር ልጃገረዶችንና እናቶችን ብቻ ሳይሆን ወንዶችንም ጭምር በቤተሰብ ፊት በደቦ የሚደፍሩ፤ ለዚህ ተግባር የሠለጠኑ የልዩ ጦር አባላት መኖራቸው በስፋት የሚታወቅና በተደጋጋሚም የተዘገበ ጉዳይ ነው። ወያኔ፣ የኦጋዴን ወገኖቻችን በዚህ ጥቃት ተሸማቀው ያነገቡትን መሣሪያ ጥለው ፀጥ-ለጥ ብለው ይገዛሉ ብሎ ተስፋ ያደረገ ቢሆንም እየሆነ ያለው ግን የዚህ ተቃራኒ ነው። ዛሬ የሶማሌ ክልል ወንዱም ሴቱም፤ ወጣቱም አዛውንቱም በፀረ-ወያኔ አቋም የጋራ መግባባት ላይ ደርሷል። በኦጋዴን የወያኔ አስነዋሪ ጥቃት የፈጠረው ምሬት በውጭ አገራትም በሚደረጉ የፀረ ወያኔ ትግሎች የኢትዮጵያ ሶማሌ ተወላጆች ተሳትፎ እንዲጎለብት አድርጎታል። በሶማሌ ወገኖቻችን ላይ የደረሰው ጥቃት በሁላችንም ላይ የደረሰ ነውና ቁጭታቸውን እንጋራለን። በሶማሌ ወገኖቻችን ላይ የደረሰው ጥቃት ሀገራዊ ውርደት ነው።

tirsdag 5. november 2013

No easy way to democratize Ethiopia


Posted: 03 Nov 2013 12:10 PM PST
 Response to Tagel Getahun 

By Andualem Tefera (Eskemeche) 

November 1, 2013

When I read Tagel Getahun’s article - Ethiopia: No Easy Way to Democratize Ethiopia, on one of the Ethiopian websites, I was shocked. Then I went to find out the original source of the article. Alas! – it was the REPORTER.

Taking it seriously, I figured this is not written by any lawyer ( Tagel Getahun Is a Lawyer. He Can Be Contacted At Tagelgbekele@yahoo.com ) or any one individual but by TPLF leaders, the governing body of the country. It is carefully planned, written, rewritten, reviewed, and collectively agreed upon by committee. The purpose of the article is to lay out the political calculation of TPLF leaders and tell Ethiopians where they stand. I understand you can read what is written and what is between the lines but I am going to give a reply with the understanding that it is an official TPLF article.

ግንቦት 7 አድባር ትከተልህ!

November 4, 2013

ይሄይስ አእምሮ
ምን ብዬ ከየት እንደምጀምር አላውቅም፡፡ ሁሉም ነገር ተምታትቶብኛል፡፡ መፈጠሬ ራሱም አስጠልቶኛል፡፡
ግንቦት ሰባት ሆይ! እንደሰውም እንደድርጅትም ልብ ብለህ ስማኝ! በቃ፤ በቃ ማለት በቃ ነው፡፡ ከሰሞነኛ አንድ ኢትዮጵያዊ ውርደት በኋላ አቋሜን ሙሉ በሙሉ ለውጫለሁ፡፡ እናም በስሜት ግንቦት ሰባት ሆኛለሁ፤ በተግባርም እሆናለሁ፡፡ ያበጠው ይፈንዳ፡፡ ማንም በኔ አያገባውም፡፡ ግንቦት ሰባት የማይሆንን ተቋምም ይሁን ግለሰብ አወግዛለሁ – የማወግዘው የኔም የቤተሰቤም ውርደት እንዲቀጥል ፈቃደኛ መሆኑን ከመገንዘብ አኳያ ነው፡፡ በወጡ ሳይወጠወጥ የሥልጣን ጥማቸውን የውይይት መድረክ ላይ ፊጥ የሚያደርጉ ዜጎች ከአሁን በኋላ አንደበት የላቸውም፡፡ መድረክ ላይ መደስኮር ሌላ ነው – እኛ ያለንበትን መከራና ስቃይ ማጤን ደግሞ ሌላ ነው፡፡ ከአሁን በኋላ ግንቦት ሰባትን የሚቃወም የኢትዮጵያ ቀንደኛ ጠላት እንደሆነ አድርጌ እወስዳለሁ፡፡ አሁን የራሴ እንጂ የማንም አፈቀላጤ አይደለሁም፡፡  ብርሃኑ ነጋን በግል መጥላት ይቻላል፡፡ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌን በግል መጥላት ይቻላል፡፡ ኤፍሬም ማዴቦን በግል ማጥላት ይቻላል፡፡ ሌሎቹንም የድርጅቱን ሰዎች መጥላትና ሲያጠፉም መገሰጽ ይቻላል፡፡