Ethiopia: Fears for Safety of Returned Opposition Leader

Yemen Unlawfully Deported Andargachew Tsige, Concerns over Possible Mistreatment

July 7, 2014, London (hrw) – An exiled Ethiopian opposition leader unlawfully deported by Yemen back to Ethiopia is at risk of mistreatment including torture. Andargachew Tsige is secretary-general of Ginbot 7, a banned Ethiopian opposition organization, and was convicted and sentenced to death in absentia in separate trials in Ethiopia in 2009 and 2012.

UK stands accused over extradition of Ethiopian opposition leader

Andargachew Tsige, a British national, may face death penalty after extradition from Yemen

Addis Ababa: Tsige was accused of attempting to overthrow the Ethiopian government and sentenced to death in absentia. Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press

The Foreign Office has been accused of failing to act to prevent theextradition to Ethiopia of an opposition leader facing the death penalty.

Andargachew Tsige, a British national, is secretary general of an exiled Ethiopian opposition movement, Ginbot 7. He was arrested at Sana'a airport on 23 June by the Yemeni security services while in transit between the United Arab Emirates and Eritrea.

"The British knew he was being held in Yemen for almost a week but they did nothing," said Ephrem Madebo, a spokesman for Ginbot 7. "We are extremely worried about Mr Andargachew, because the Ethiopians kill at will."

The Foreign Office, which called in the Yemeni ambassador earlier this week, said it was urgently seeking confirmation that Andargachew was in Ethiopia.

(ሰበር ዜና) የየመን መንግስት አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌን አሳልፎ ሰጠ

የግንቦት ሰባቱ ዋና ጸሃፊና የድርጅቱ ሞተር የሚባሉት አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ  ለኢትዮጵያ መንግስት አሳልፈው ተሰጥተዋል። አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ለትራንዚት ሰንዓ የመን በቆዩበት ጊዜ በየመን ደህንነት ሃላፊዎች  ከአሥር ቀናት በፊት የታገቱ ሲሆን፣ ድርጅታቸው ግንቦት ሰባት እርሳቸዉን ለማስፈታት ዉስጥ ዉስጡን በርካታ ጥረቶች ሲያደርግ እንደቆየም ከድርጅቱ የወጣዉ መግለጫ ይጠቁማል።
አቶ አንዳርጋቸውን ለመጎብኘት ጥረት ያደረገው የእንግሊዝ ኤምባሲ፣ በየመን አቶ አንዳርጋቸውን ለማግኘት እንዳልቻለ የገለጸዉ የደረሰን ዘገባ፣ አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ለኢትዮጵያ መንግስት አሳልፈው የተሰጡት፣ በየመን መንግስት መያዛቸው በድርጅታቸው ለሕዝብ ይፋ ከመሆኑ በፊት እንደሆነም ለማረጋገጥ ችለናል።

አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ ከግንቦት ሰባት አባላት ዉጭ በበርካታ ኢትዮጵያዉያን ዘንድ በቆራጥነታቸውና ሐሳብ አመንጪነታቸው የሚታወቁ ናቸው። በምርጫ ዘጠና ሰባት ወቅት ፣ በቅንጅት ዉስጥ ትልቅ ተሳትፎ ያደርጉ የነበሩት አቶ አንዳርጋቸው፣ ለሰላማዊ ትግሉም መጽሃፍ ጽፈው ያበረከቱ አገር ወዳድ ሰው ናቸው። በወቅቱ የኢሕአዴግ መንግስት አቶ አንዳርጋቸውን በዝዋይ አስሮ የነበረ ሲሆን፣ በዚያም በደረስባቸው ድብደባ አይናቸው ላይ ጉዳት እንደደረሰም በወቅቱ መዘገቡ ይታወሳል። አቶ አንዳርጋቸው አገዛዙ በሰላም አይወርድም በሚል ሁለገብ ትግል አደርጋለውሁ የሚለው የግንቦት ሰባት ከፍተኛ አመራር አባል ሆነው ሲሰሩ የነበሩ ታጋይ ናቸው።

በረመዳን ጾም ወቅት በስፋት የሚበላው ቴምር ለጤና ያለው 10 በረከቶች

በዚህ የረመዳን ወር፣ ቴምር ይታወሳል። እስቲ ቴምር የሚከተሉት ጥቅሞች አሉትና ተገባበዙ። እኛም ምክሩን ጋበዝናችሁ።

ቴምር በቫይታሚን፣ ማዕድናትና በተለያዩ ንጥረ ነገሮች የበለጸገ መሆኑ በርካታ የጤና ጠቀሜታዎች እንዲኖሩት አስችሎታል፡፡

1) ስብና ኮልስትሮል፦ ከየትኛውም የኮልስትሮል ዓይነቶች የጸዳና በጣም አነስተኛ የስብ መጠን ያለው መሆኑ ክብደት መቀነስ ለሚፈልጉ ተመራጭ ነው፡፡
2) ፕሮቲን፦ ቴምር በፕሮቲንና አስፈላጊ ማዕድናት የበለጸገ መሆኑ ለሰውነት እጅጉን ጠቃሚ ያደርገዋል፡፡
3) ቫይታሚን፡ በቫይታሚን የበለጸገ ሲሆን ፥ ከቫይታሚን ዓይነቶች ቢ1፣ ቢ2፣ ቢ3፣ ቢ5፣ ኤ1 ን አካትቶ ይዟል፡፡
4) ሀይል እና ጉልበት፦ ቴምር ቀላል የማይባል የሀይል ክምችት ስላለውም ንቁና በሀይል የተሞላን እንድንሆን ያስችለናል፡፡
5) ፖታሲየምና ካልሲየም፦ ቴምር የፖታሲየም ክምችቱ ከፍተኛ በመሆኑ በልብ በሽታ እንዳንጠቃና አካላችን ውስጥ ያለው የኮልስትሮል መጠን እንዲቀንስ ከመርዳቱም በላይ ፥ በአንጻሩ አነስተኛ የሶዲየም መጠንና ከፍተኛ ፖታሲየም መጠን በመያዙ ለጤናማ የነርቭ ስርዐት ወሳኝ ያደርገዋል ፡፡
6) ብረት፥ ቴምር በብረትና በፍሎሪን የበለጸገ መሆኑ ደግሞ ብረቱ የብረት ማዕድን እጥረት ላለባቸው ፍሎሪኑ ደግሞ ጥርስን ከመበስበስ ለመታደግ ይረዳል።
7) ድርቀት፦ ለድርቀትም ቢሆን ውሀ ውስጥ የተነከረ ቴምር መመገብ ፍቱን እንደሆነ ይታወቃል፡፡
8) ሰውነትን ማጽዳት፦ በአልኮል መጠጣት ሳቢያ ሰውነት ውስጥ የሚከማቸውን መርዛማ ኬሚካል ከሰውነታችን ውስጥ በማስወገድም ይረዳል – ቴምር !
9) ካንሰርና የዓይን ችግር፦ የዓይን ህመም ችግርንና የሆድ ካንሰርን ለማከምም ተመራጭ ነው – ቴምር!
10) ቆዳ ችግር፦ ቴምር የቆዳ ችግሮችን በማስወገድም መልካም ዝና ያለው ሲሆን ፥ ጸጉርን በማፋፋት የጸጉር መሳሳትንም ይከላከላል፡፡

Source: Admass Radio Atlanta

Source: Zehabesha

Reporters Without Borders condemns last week’s politically-motivated dismissal of 20 journalists

Reporters Without Borders

(photo : Muktar Kedir, President of the Oromia regional state)

The 20 journalists were denied entry to ORTO headquarter on 25 June and were effectively dismissed without any explanations other than their alleged “narrow political views,” an assessment the management reached at the end of a workshop for journalists and regional government officials that included discussions on the controversial Master Plan of Addis that many activists believe is aimed at incorporating parts of Oromia into the federal city of Addis Ababa.

The journalists had reportedly expressed their disagreement with the violence used by the police in May to disperse student protests against the plan, resulting in many deaths.

It is not yet clear whether the journalists may also be subjected to other administrative or judicial proceedings.

“How can you fire journalists for their political views?” said Cléa Kahn-Sriber, the head of the Reporters Without Borders Africa desk. “The government must provide proper reasons for such a dismissal. Does it mean that Ethiopia has officially criminalized political opinion ?

“In our view, this development must be seen as an attempt by the authorities to marginalize and supress all potential critiques ahead of the national elections scheduled for 2015 in Ethiopia. These journalists must be allowed to return to work and must not be subjected to any threats or obstruction.”

Ethiopia is ranked 143rd out of 180 countries in the 2014 Reporters Without Borders press freedom index.

Declaration of Unity of the OLF

June 28, 2014 (Oromo Liberation Front) — It is with great pleasure that we announce to our people and the supporters of our struggle for freedom the good news that, based on the accord they made in Kampala, Uganda, in November 2012, the two organizations of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) known as OLF Shanee Gumii (”OLF National Council”) and OLF Qaama Ce’umsaa (”OLF Transitional Authority”) have resolved our differences and agreed to combine our two leaderships, unify our members, merge our organizational structures and inaugurate a reunified OLF. Although OLF has encountered many obstacles during the last forty years, there was no time when it has stopped the struggle that it was established to lead. No one can deny the fact that the national struggle led by the OLF has scored many victories and made many significant achievements that have taken the Oromo people a long way toward the national goal of independence. Among these great achievements is the level of political awareness of our people.

17 ORTO journalists are fired

17 journalists of Oromia Radio and Television Organization (ORTO) have been fired. The journalists say they received no prior notice and learned of their fate this morning when security prevented them from entering the station's compound located in Adama. Members of the management informed the journalists that they cannot help them as decision terminate their employment and the list of names came from the federal government. This firing follows a 20 day reindoctrination seminar given to journalists and reporters of the ORTO and workers of the region's communication bureau.Main agenda's for the seminar were the ongoing ‪#‎OromoProtests‬ and the upcoming election. Speakers at the seminar included Bereket Simon, Waldu Yemasel ( Director of Fana broadcasting), Abreham Nuguse Woldehana and Zelalem Jemaneh.

source:via Riyad Ebrahim

Ethiopian Security Forces Arrest Dozens of Civilians in Degahbur

By Ahmed Abdi 

Ethiopian Security Forces arrested dozens of civilians in Dehehbur, about 135 kilometers southeast of the regional Capital city of Jigjiga on Wednesday, following after ONLF insurgency killed 10 Ethiopian Security forces and regional administrators on Monday. Local sources said that the Ethiopian-appointed regional President Abdi Mohamoud Omar better known as Abdi Iley ordered the arrest and killing of anyone suspected of aiding ONLF in part of security swoop.

Abdi Iley reappointed infamous Omar Gamble as the Police commissioner immediately after the administration had been sustained heavy assaults by the ONLF in a bid to strike the town residents with an iron fist.

“I have seen at least 50 people that the security forces arrested and loaded on pickup trucks,” said an eyewitness who asked not to be identified.

The source added that 20 civilians that have been transferred to Guna’gado another town near Degehbur, went missing since yesterday and their fate remains unknown.’

ONLF has been fighting against Ethiopian regimes since 1984 and wants its oil and gas-rich Ogaden region to gain full Independence from Ethiopian highlanders. Peace-talk between ONLF and Ethiopia stalled in Oct 17, 2012, after the ONLF refused to accept Ethiopian constitution which it says it says the Ethiopian constitution does not concern the Somalis in Ogaden.

Sudan death row woman Meriam Ibrahim 're-arrested'

A Sudanese woman freed from death row on Monday has been arrested with her family at Khartoum airport, sources have told the BBC.

Meriam Ibrahim was sentenced to hang in May for renouncing Islam, sparking widespread outrage at home and abroad.

About 40 security agents detained Mrs Ibrahim - along with her husband, Daniel Wani and two children - at the airport, the sources said.

On Monday, Mr Wani said the family intended to leave for the US.

Mrs Ibrahim was released from prison after an appeal court annulled the death sentence imposed on her.

She was arrested in February, and gave birth to a daughter in prison not long after being sentenced.

The family has been taken to the headquarters of one of Sudan's security agencies, the sources said.

Before she was rearrested, Western countries had welcomed the decision to rescind the death penalty.

Source: BBC

Aid donors announce investigation into tribal evictions in Ethiopia

Bulldozers clearing Mursi land in Mago National Park, where communities are being
evicted from their land to make way for sugar plantations

June 24, 2014 (Survival International) — Representatives of some of Ethiopia’s biggest aid donors have announced that they will send a team to the southwest of the country to investigate persistent reports of human rights abuses amongst the tribes living there.