Ethiopian court aquits Zone 9 beloggers (ESAT)

ESAT news (October 16, 2015) Reports from Addis Ababa indicated that Zone 9 bloggers were cleared from terrorism charges during the 38th trial on October 16, 2015. They were held for 18 months in detention. In late July 2015, the Ethiopian government released five Zone 9 bloggers and a journalist a week before President Obama visited the country. The Justice Ministry dropped all charges against Edom Kassaye, Zelalem Kibret, Asmamaw Hailegiworgis, Tesfalem Weldeyes, and Mahlet Fantahun without giving further legal justification. read more...

Ethiopian Zone 9 bloggers cleared of terrorism charges (BBC)

The decision means that terror charges have been dropped against all nine of the so-called Zone 9 bloggers, after five were cleared and released in July.
Their case inspired a sustained online campaign for their release by activists in Ethiopia and beyond.
Ethiopia has frequently been criticised for its record on human rights.read more...

አቡነ መቃሪዮስ – የዘመናችን አቡነ ጴጥሮስ (ይሄይስ አእምሮ) (ECADF)

ይሄይስ አእምሮ
እኛ ኢትዮጵያውያን በቁም መመሰጋገን ወይንም መወዳደስ ብዙውን ጊዜ ያቅተናል – ምክንያቱን በውል አላውቅም፡፡ ምናልባት ውዳሤ ከንቱ እንዳይመስልብን ከመፍራት አኳያ ይመስለኛል ሰውን በሕይወት ዘመኑ – እንደፈረንጆቹ – የማወደስ ባህላችን እስከዚህም የሆነው – ይህን የይሉኝታ እሥረኛ የሆነ ልማዳችንን ቅድስና ለመስጠት ታዲያ “ሆድ ያመስግን”፤ “ሙያ በልብ” የመሳሰሉ አባባሎች አሉን፡፡ ምናልባት “አመስጋኝ አማሳኝ” እንደሚባለው ተመስጋኙ የልብ ልብ እንዳይሰማውና እንዳይታበይ ታብዮም እንዳይበላሽብን ከመሥጋት አንጻርም ሊሆን ከቻለ የማናመሰግነው ይህንንም አላውቅም፡፡ ግን አንድ ሰው ከሞተ በኋላ የምሥጋናና የሙገሣ ዶፍ ከማዝነብ – ላያየው – በቁም እያለም አክብሮትንና ፍቅርን መግለጽ መልካም አጋጣሚ ይመስለኛል፡፡ ይህን በጎ ምግባር ብንለምደው አንድ ሰው ከዚህች ምድር ሲሰናበት ወይም ከተሰናበተ በኋላ በውዳሤ ለማንበሽበሽም ሆነ በዕንባ ጎርፍ ለመዘከር ከመጣደፍ የተሻለ አግባብነትና ጠቀሜታ አለው፡፡read more...

Breaking News: After 18 months in detention, charges against Zone 9 bloggers dropped (ECADF)

After 539 days in detention and 39 court appearances, Ethiopian courts today dropped the charges against the remaining imprisoned members of the Zone 9 blogging collective.  read more ...

ድል ለአርበኞች ግንቦት 7!” “ሞት ለወያኔ!” የሚሉ ፅሁፎች በኢትዮጵያ ከተሞች እየተሰራጩ ነው

የአርበኞች ግንቦት 7 ድምፅ
“ድል ለአርበኞች ግንቦት 7!” “ሞት ለወያኔ!” የሚሉ እና ሌሎች ፅሁፎች በአርባ ምንጭ ከተማ በዋና ዋና ቦታዎች ላይ በብዛት ተለጥፈው ታዩ፡፡ read more

http://www.borkena.com/2015/08/17/unpacking-the-ethiopian-conundrum-by-yohannes-berhe/

Unpacking the Ethiopian conundrum – By Yohannes Berhe


By Yohannes Berhe
Ethiomedia
Published on August 15, 2015
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
These words succinctly capture the essence of my commentary herein. It is fair to say, we all have experienced indecision at one time or another. I am not talking about indecision over trivial matters, the mundane and the inconsequential things in life, but indecisions over moral issues that affect our core values. The dilemma where to put our trust is particularly difficult in the murky world of politics that is filled with muddled ideas and misleading rhetoric. However, there comes a point where it all becomes clear and we are faced with stark choices: to remain silent, hence, appease the malevolent forces, or to speak out against them and hasten their demise.........read more...

የግል መልእክት

                     
የተከበራችሁ የፌስ ቡክ ታዳሚዎቼ!

 ዛሬ ጾታ፤ሃይማኖት፤የፖለቲካ አመለካከታችንና ሌሎችም  ልዩነታቶቻችን ሳይገድቡን በየ በራሃው፡የወደቁ፤በየ ባህሩ ለሰመጡ፡በደቡብ አፍሪካ በህይወት ለተቃጠሉ፤በአረቡ አለም በየ ግለሰቦች ቤት ህይወታቸውን ላጡት ፤በተለይም አይሲስ በተባለው ቡዲን ችካኔ በተሞላበት ለታረዱትና በጥይት በተደበደቡት 30 ወንድሞቻችን ሃዘናችን ለመግለጽና በህይወት ያሉትንና በየመን የርበርስ ጦርነት ምክንያት መውጫ አጥተውና  በተለያዩ በየአለም ክፍሎች አሁንም ለሞት አደጋ  ተጋልጠው  በመንከራተት ላይ ያሉትን ጭምር ለማስታወስና የምንችለውን ሁሉ ለማድረግ ከያለንበት ድምጻችን እያሰማን ነው ነው።

                                                                             
እንደሌሎች ሃይማኖቶች ሁሉ ያለአግባብ ሰውን የሚአክል ክቡር የአላህ ፍጡር ቀርቶ ለሰው ልጅ ግልጋሎት የተፈጠሩትን እንሣትን እንኳን ያለ አግባብ መግደል እስልምና አጥብቆ ይከለክላል።ለዝህም ነው እንሣትን  እንኳን ለምግባችን  ፍጆታ  አሰቃይቶ ማረድን ወይም መግደል በጥብቅ የተተወገዘው።
                                                                      
በሁለቱም ታላላቅ እምነቶች  በክርስትና እና እስልምና እንዲሁም ከነዚህ በፊትም በነበሩ  ቅዱሳን መጽሃፎች  ውስጥ ያላግባብ ሰውን መግደል በጥብቅ የተከለከለ  መሆኑ ተጠቅሷል። እነዝህ ቅዱሳን መስሃፍት የፈጣሪያችን ቃል በመሆናቸው በምእመናን የተገበራሉ በካሃዴዎችና አስመሳዮች  ግን ይጣሳሉ።
 

ይህንኑ በተመለከተ ቅዱስ ቁራን እንዲህ ይላል፡

ነፍስን የገደለ ሰው ሰዎቹ ሁሉ እንደገደለ ነው፤ ሕያው ያደረጋትም ሰው ሰዎቹን ሁሉ ሕያው እንዳደረገ ነው ማለትን ጻፍን፡፡ (ሱረቱል ማኢዳ 32)

                                                      

በቡካሪ ሐዲስ ውስጥ ነብዩ ሙሀመድ (አ.ራ.ይ)

 “ሙስሊም ባልሆኑ ንፁሐን ሰዎች ላይ ግድያ የፈፀመ ሰው የጀነትን እጣን አያሸትም” (ቅጽ. 3, ሃዲስ # 2995)። በማለት ይህንኑ አጠናክረዋል

 ኢትዮጵያ ሃገራችን በነብያችን ወቅት ለሀያ አመት ያህል በየቀኑ አምስት ጊዜ አዛን ያወጣ የነበረ የሙአዚኑ የነ ብላል ህገር ናት  የሴት ኢትዮጵያዊት ነቢዩ (አ.ራ.ይ) መጀመሪያ ሲወለዱ አጎታቸው በደስታ ከባርነት ነጻ ያደረጉዋት  እና ወላጅ እናታቸው በስድስት አመት ዕድሜአቸው ሲሞቱባቸው ከዛ ጊዜ ጀምረው ሞግዚት በመሆን ነቢዩ እስኪሞቱ ድረስ አብረው ሲኖሩ ሲጠሩዋቸው እናቴ ብለው  ይጠሯት የነበር  የነ እሙል አይማን ወይም ባራካህ ሃገር ናት  ከሁሉም በላይ  ደግሞ የዛሬ 1400 አመት በፊት የገዛ ዜጎቻቸው ከሚያደርሱባቸው መከራና ስቃይ ለመሸሽ የሰው ልጅ በእምነቱ የማይበድልባት ሃገር ሄዳቹህ ተጠለሉ ተብለው  በነቢዩ  (አ.ራ.ይ)     መለኮታዊ ምክር/ትዕዛዝ  የመጡትን  ሙስሊም ስደተኞችን  ተቀብላ ያስተናገደች አገር ናት።ዛሬ በአለም ላይ ካሉት ሀገሮች  የአረብ አገሮችን ጨምሮ  ከዛሬዋ ሳውዲ አራቢያ  ውጭ መጀመሪያ ሙስሊሞች የኖርባት ብቸኛዋ  ሃገር ኢትዮጵያ ናት።ለዚህም ነው የስሃቦሽ/የበዩ  (አ.ራ.ይ)ታከትዮች  ወደ ሃገራችን ያደረጉት ስደት በተለምዶ  የመጀመሪያ ስደት /ሂጅራ ተብሎ የሚጠራው።                                                       

 ከዚያን ጊዜ ጀምሮ ነው የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ በሃይማኖት ሳይለያይ ተቻችሎ እስከዛሬ የዘለቀው ።ለዚህም በነዚህ አይሲስ በተባሉት የሰው ዘር ጠላቶች ከታረዱት 30 ኢትዮፕያውያን ወስጥ አንዱ የሆነው  ሙስሊሙ ወንድማችን ጃማል ዓብዱራሂም በቂ ምስክር ነው። የጋራነታችን ለወደፊትም በዚሁ የቀጥል ዘንድ ከፋፋዮችንና አስመሳዮችን ለመወጋትም ሆነ ለስደታችን መንሴ  የሆኑትን ችግሮች  ሁሉ በጋራ ለመቅረፍ አንድነታችን አጠናክረን በጋራ መስራት የኖርብናል። ያለበለዚያ ችግራችንና ሃዘናችን  በዚህ የሚያበቃ አይሆንም።

በአይሲስ ፣በደቡብ አፍሪካዊያን ፤በባህር ማእበል ፣ በየበረሃውና በየመን የርስብርስ ጦርነት  ህወታቸውን ላጡት ነፍሳቸው ይማር : ለቤተሰቦቻቸው ደግሞ ጽናቱን ይስጣቸው በማለት እንደ አንድ ሙስልም ኢትዮጵያዊ  እንደ አንድ እንደ የአለም ዜጋ እንደ አንድ የአላህ ፍጡር የተሰማኝ ሃዘን እገልጻለሁ።

 አላህ ኢትዮጵያን ከነ ህዝቦቿ ይባርካት ፤ አሚን!!!

Ethiopia and its press The noose tightens

Bloggers and journalists who criticize the government are under the cosh

Aug 9th 2014 | ADDIS ABABA | 

 

A RANKING that countries do not aspire to ascend is the one compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based group. It reckons that Ethiopia is Africa’s second-worst jailer of journalists, ahead only of its ultra-repressive neighbour and bitter enemy, Eritrea. Cementing its lamentable reputation, on August 4th Ethiopia briefly resumed the trial of ten journalists and bloggers, nine of whom it has kept in prison since April; one is being tried in absentia. The court proceedings are to start again in earnest on August 20th.
The ten are accused of several offences, including breaches of the country’s controversial anti-terrorism laws. These include having links to banned opposition groups and trying to cause instability via social media. The government says the journalists and bloggers are connected to two groups that it deems terrorist organisations: the Oromo Liberation Front, a rebel outfit that seeks a better deal for Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, which predominates in the south; and Ginbot 7, a leading opposition movement formed after widespread protests following Ethiopia’s general election in 2005..read more 

Adoption executive pleads guilty to Ethiopia scam

Washington - A former executive with a US-based international adoption agency which sought to connect American families with Ethiopian children has admitted to fraud, a US justice department statement said on Wednesday........read more.....

Obama Gets "Into" Africa: An Ugly Scramble for Oil, Minerals, and Markets

Unfortunately US policy towards Africa have largely translated into holding the door open for U.S. multinationals to do what outsiders have done for centuries: extract the continent’s wealth.

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John Feffer

President Barack Obama speaking at a business forum aimed at increasing investment in Africa, in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania last year. At the Africa Summit in Washington, DC this week, more than 50 heads of state from the continent have gathered to discuss "development" in Africa. Sadly, much of what's being discussed looks more like exploitation and a race by the world's powerful corporations to secure Africa's profitable resources for themselves. (Photo:  Evan Vucci/AP file)

President Obama is definitely “into” Africa. As much as possible in a world riven by multiple crises, the president has made the continent a focus of his policymaking. Turning his own Kenyan heritage into a personal bridge to the region, he has visited Africa three times as president – in 2009, 2011, and 2013. He has touted his administration’s multi-billion initiatives such as Power Africa to bring electricity to millions of homes, a fellowship program for young African leaders, and the continuation of efforts to fight HIV-AIDS and other infectious diseases....read more...

US-Africa: Make Human Rights Central to Summit

,,,, In Ethiopia, the government has systematically closed space for peaceful dissent over the past decade. In 2009 it passed a draconian law regulating nongovernmental activity which bars work on human rights, good governance, conflict resolution, and advocacy for the rights of women, children, and people with disabilities if organizations receive more than 10 percent of their funds from foreign countries. The country's most reputable human rights groups closed or scaled down their operations. The government has also used a 2009 counterterrorism law to arbitrarily detain and prosecute dozens of journalists, protesters, and political opposition leaders. Most recently, in July the police charged three journalists and seven bloggers known as "the Zone 9" collective after they wrote articles calling for reforms and peaceful opposition to government policies........read more....

US-Africa Summit Under Way in Washington

The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is working to strengthen ties with Africa at a three-day summit in Washington for some 50 African heads of state.
Monday's opening forums touched on a range of issues including security, health, the environment and corruption.
At one panel focused on trade, South African President Jacob Zuma urged the United States to renew the trade agreement, African Growth and Opportunity Act, when it expires next year....read more...

Washington Meeting of African Leaders Opens to Protests

By ANDREW SIDDONSAUG. 4, 2014

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Secretary of State John Kerry and Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, speaking in Washington on Monday. Credit Alex Wong/Getty Images...read more