Ethiopian Rights Lawyer, Abebe Worke went into exile

Written on Sunday, June 28th, 2009 at 9:19 am by ethioforum

EMF (28 June 2009) A prominent Ethiopian attorney and Chairman of Ethiopia’s independent Human Rights Council (EHRCO), Abebe Worke went into exile to flee persecutions, Ginbot 7 radio reported on Saturday.

Abebe Worke, also a former Supreme Court justice, was arrested and charged by Meles’ regime with ‘trying to sell illegal radio broadcasting equipment that was imported without paying taxes’.

Critics say it is a usual politically prescribed charge to revenge the lawyer, who defends the rights of the Ethiopian mass.

He was later freed on bail, pending trial. The charges carry a sentence of seven to 15 years long prison terms, if convicted.

Abebe was one of the shareholders of Addis Broadcasting Company (ABC), a company owned by Dr. Berhanu Nega, Ato Berhane Mewa, Dr. Shawel Hailu, Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam, Dr. Befekadu Degfe, and other 32 investors.

ABC had been closed for a long time without giving radio service as it was unable to obtain a radio licenses from Meles Zenawi regime.

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  • 25 Responses to “Ethiopian Rights Lawyer, Abebe Worke went into exile”

    1. D. Says:

      Nothing new about this drama, It is the dream of every Ethiopian to make more money and wish gurantee better life by attempting to scape to the WEST.

    2. Ethiopian Moses Says:

      My Fellow compatriots,

      The Peace of the good Lord be upon you.as a series of recent commentaries which I always try to give on some burning and important issues, here I would like to say something about the current situation, if my fellow country men believe me.

      What makes Ato Meles to say that he want to give his power to another successor doesn’t come over night in their agenda, the issue is that like I said he is being tormented by a dream within a dream by the new leader, Meles already knows who is going to be the man who will replace him but he can’t have the guy because the new leader is in exile & he is preparing himself with the wisdom necessary to reign in kingdom, let me make somethings clear which I understand about what is going to happen there.

      brothers & sisters try to see what I talk here in spirit then you will see the whole picture.
      In Ethiopia there is a severe struggle between children of God & the army of evils which are lead by 10 authorities
      1) Thamiel or the double headed ones whose chiefs are Satan & Moloch:-these makes people to lose unity & intelligence
      2)Chaigidel whose chief is Beelzebub:- This makes people not to have devine wisdom & reason.
      3)Satriel or concealer and thier chief is Lucifuge called falsely by Lucifer:- This makes people to lose understanding & good ideas & energy of thought.
      4)Gamchicoth & their chief is Ashtaroth or Astarte:- This makes people to lose good imagination & disturb their soul & make them impure.
      5)Golab & whose chief is Asmodeus whom they also call Samael the black:- This makes people to lose Justice & chastisement & bring them the genii of wrath & sedition.
      6)Tagaririm whose chief is Belphegor:- This makes people the king to be a bad leader & brings disputes to the nation & make the people to lose their supreme beauty & harmony then chaos reigns.
      7)Harab-serapel or the ravens of death & whose chief is Baal.:-This makes the people not to get victory on anything then to make them not to progress in life & lose their sensibility.
      8)Samael whose chief is Adramelech:- This makes people to lose their internal as well as external order then making everyone to lose inner sense.
      9)Gamaliel whose queen is Lilith:- This makes the people & the land to lose its productivity & makes the whole people to be lazy & will make u to be very corrupted and lose the fundamental principle in life.
      10)Nahema or the demon of Impurity:- This makes the people to lose their being virile & make them Impure in thought and deeds then wrong doings will reign.

      Now , having saying that let me try to emphesis how the devil Messenger Meles is using this forces. every ethiopian now clearly heard that using the Ethipian flag without the omnipotent 5 corner stars going to make anyone liable before law, does it really represent the so called “equality of nations & nationalities” NO NO NO, the omnipotent 5 corner star is a seal which makes you to have power on both the good & evil spiritual ministering spirits or angels, but to use the good ones you need to be 100% clean inside and outside but Meles is not, so he has to use the evil ones, and these evil ones will demand in return their payment for the things they give you, like power or money or fame, whatever they bring to your life you have to pay for it.
      this is how Meles or his real master behind him pay these spirits.
      1) he make the nation to lose its unity then goes love out of the window.
      2) he make us not to trust each other and hate each other & do wrong on our neighbour
      3) he give blood to the spirits by starting war & getting the young to get killed for unwanted & totally redicilous agendas
      4)situation in the nation makes perfectly clear that when you get corrupted or steal or cheat or do the bad things you get successful and the hard working ordinary Ethiopians are left out of the way & have been mocked by others as if they were fools.
      5) lawlessness is reigning in the nation, people got to be taken to the jail for no reason
      6)the young has been designed & engineered to fail & being visionless
      7)our young ladies has become an idol of sex trade from all over the world and infact now we are called the bangkok of Africa, body is selling everyday for the dollar bill.
      8)the over all working apetite of the people has been stolen by woyanee thief investors & the likes of Al-amoudi just by making thiefs rich over night and the spirit of hard working has left the nation long ago. the game is changed from WORK IT TO GET IT.

      so how we to change & get rid of this evil force from the land?????

      This is my idea to the different forces who claims to be fighting weyanne and bring the good governance to the nation.
      Don’t even think about getting the good things unless the overall spirit of devil has left the land otherwise the misery continues & you will make more people to suffer because believe me the devil will not leave easily unless its tormented by the wrath of the Lord God of Sabaoth by his mighty name Jesus Christ, the giver of life & the destroyer of death.

      We need a leader like Moses, who can be a leader both spiritually & politically ( I very much think Teddy Afro song Yasteseriyal gives a glimpse about a moses like leader to come to Ethiopia, that’s why woyanee put him to jail) 4 years ago I was in “Maikelawi” prison and what the inspectors were asking us is where is this young leader whom people claim to lead by the rod of Moses, and from that day onwards I start my research on the revival of our nation and who is to come and lead this nation with the aide of the Holy spirit?

      WHO EVER he is we need a leader like moses, we need him to be politically strong and spiritually equipped so that he may use the devine wisdom.we need him to lead the ethiopians in exile to return to their land to build and help their nation, we need him to put away that star on the flag & change the spiritual force,we need to bring the love of his people before him like moses, we need him to burn with the zeal for his nation, we need him to be a patriotic ethiopian, we need him to be young and energetic, we need him to end the bloodshed by bringing national reconcilation to the land, we need him to tell us we are Ethipians not ethnically chopped onion, we need him to use the devine wisdom like Moses did and get us to the promise messianic time.

      our forefathers fought to bring for us this day, don’t worry Meles and his group will be gone soon, we don’t need to bring any weapon against any of our brothers instead we are supposed to give Love in return of their hatred.

      Ethiopia will rise once again, My fellow Ethiopians am tired of living in exile, I miss the air of that garden of Eden, I miss the day the whole people will stand for development, I miss the day we see the riches beneath our land go out for the benefit of the whole people, I miss the day of our exodus.

      We Need a leader like Moses, who only has to come with his rod in which the name of the holy names of God has been inscribed on it & when he hit the water (blood spilt over the years) with that rod the land get dry and we all live without worrying, that our sons & daughters are secured by the grace & power of God.

      I love you all my fellow countrymen, I love you so much and be strong the day is nearing just pray very hard, its better you pray and fast than you go out with an atomic bomb,
      we need LOVR & UNITY

      God bless Ethiopia and her children

    3. Ginbot 7 Says:

      ወይ አገሬ !

      እንዲህ ምሁሩ ሁሉ የሚሰደድብሽ, ለወንዝሽ ልጅ የማትሆኚ, አፈርሽን ቅሞ, ጭቃሽን ስሞ ላደገ የማትሆኚ , ሽማግሌ , የተማረ , የማይከበርበት , እንዲህ አይነት አገር ትሆኚ ??

      የአጼ ቴዎድሮስ አገር - የሚኒሊክ - የዮሃንስ አገር …. የበላይ ዘለቀ , የጀግኖቹ የነገብር ዬ , የፊታውራሪ ሃብተ ጊዮርጊስ , አብዲሳ አጋ, አገር .. እንዲሁ ሁሉ , ለአገር ለወገን የሚያኮሩ, አገርን የሚያስጠሩ ሰዎች ሁሉ የሚሰደዱብሽ ትሆኚ ???

      ምን አይነት ርግማን ይሆን ?

    4. Robele Ababya Says:

      ያሳዝናል: እግዚአብሂር: ኢትዮጵያን: ይጠብቃት!!

    5. fish Says:

      ዝበጦ ቅተሎ ዛሬ ቅዋንቅዋ ሆኖ the educated and the moral ethiopian citizen can’t go down to the t ignorant woyane low level therefore they have to go in order to see this horrible ppls and their families. Arrogance will prevail and true ethiopians will take ethiopia and eradicate ignorance and cowardness.

    6. fish Says:

      ዝበጦ ቅተሎ ዛሬ ቅዋንቅዋ ሆኖ the educated and the moral ethiopian citizens couldn’t go down to the ignorant woyane’s low moral level therefore they have to go not to see this horrible ppls and their families. Arrogance will prevail and true ethiopians will take their position again in ethiopia and eradicate ignorance and cowardliness.

    7. alula Says:

      we, ethiopian will come after him after agazzi killer.
      Tenkir,xy, Hammer, Lettamo mama agazzi killer
      http://www.ginbot7.org/
      http://www.eppfonline.org/

    8. Sidetegnaw Says:

      Listen to your self. you said it yourself that ethiopia has become a place where you cannot earn money and have a gurantee to live freely that you have in here. and you call his escape is a drama to live a better life in here. shame one you.If you had known how Ato abebe lives his life in ethiopia, you would n’t have said a word. I have nothing to say to you.

    9. girma Says:

      we, ethiopian will come after you soon
      all ethiopian must unite against weyane TPLF. G7 & OLF good start.
      we are comming after you.

      http://www.eppfonline.org/
      http://www.ginbot7.org/

      Many things can be done; one important thing we can do is exposing Woyane’s cadres where ever we live. They are criminals in their own right. The cadres must be exposed for the world to see, we have to follow them to their grave until they pay for their crime.

      In our town we know two who we are following, in due time their picture will be posted all over with the list of their activities. Others we heard who amassed stole money in another city we are working with another group to follow them

    10. koster Says:

      Meles forces all so-called “enemies” until one day he will be forced out of office like Mengistu or Saddam Hussien. It is very unfortunate the so-called “liberator” failed to liberate and instead terrorize the Ethiopian people like his predeccessors.

    11. Akilu Says:

      we, ethiopian will come after you soon
      all ethiopian must unite against weyane TPLF. G7 & OLF good start.
      we are comming after you.

      http://www.eppfonline.org/
      http://www.ginbot7.org/

      Many things can be done; one important thing we can do is exposing Woyane’s cadres where ever we live. They are criminals in their own right. The cadres must be exposed for the world to see, we have to follow them to their grave until they pay for their crime.

      In our town we know two who we are following, in due time their picture will be posted all over with the list of their activities. Others we heard who amassed stole money in another city we are working with another group to follow them

    12. aklilu Says:

      good job guys
      http://www.eppfonline.org/

    13. aklilu Says:

      weyane tigray. we will come after you soon.
      http://www.eppfonline.org/

    14. Teckola the Adowa Says:

      I listened G7 radio, and heard an interesting article by a guy called Hibret Hailu. It calls for the resurrection of the Amhara people’s political life. It is interesting because for the first time the Amharas have accepted that they are a political underdog in Ethiopia thanks to PM Meles. We have successfully thwarted the 3000 years myth of the amhara chuvinism in Ethiopia. The Amaharas never accept that they are out of the game in Ethiopian politics, and still pretend that they are alive and kicking. Mr Hibret has accepted that they are dying alive, and calls for resurrection. I want to tell to the writer that the Amharas will never resurrect, because they are burried for once and for all thanks to EPRDF.

    15. selam Says:

      እና ምን አዲስ ነገር አለ?እሳቸው ብቻ ሳይሆኑ መላው አማራ የተባልክ ተጠራርገህ አገር እንድትለቅ ከተነገረህ እንሆ 18 አመት አለፈው:: አሁን መንጫጫቱ ምን አመጣው? ተግባር እንይ እስቲ :ምን ይበጃል?

    16. Lemlem Kiros Says:

      Meles Zenawi is an ethnofascist who is intent on destroying anything Ethiopian. He is going to deprive Ethiopia of its good and competent citizens who stand in his way. The flight of the renowned lawyer and legal expert ato Abebe Worke is a thing to be expected as long as Meles Zenawi and his ethnofascistic organization the TPLF is in power. Ethiopia will continue to lose its bright and capable sons and daughters unless the ethnofascists are dislodged from power and expelled from the country.

    17. Muluneh Yohannes Says:

      Ethiopian Moses, your message is amazing. I totally understand you. I read you!
      EHRCO leader Abebe Worke, you and the organization fought, a brave fight against the eenemy of the ethiopian people. I for one will not forget your service, i have been there.

    18. EthioFaith Says:

      Lets start the Exodus back to ethiopia, othewise we are witnessing the non-existence of Ethiopia as one country. May God remember Ethiopia.

    19. alula Says:

      Teckola the Adowa, weyane & tigray. we will come after you soon.
      http://www.eppfonline.org/

    20. alula Says:

      Teckola the Adowa, weyane & tigray. we will come after you soon.
      http://www.eppfonline.org/
      http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/10213

    21. HelenGirma Says:

      http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/10213
      weyane TPLF will be put to death soon for next 200000 years
      We ethiopian must work with eritrean government to finish weyane virus
      Unity with our eritrean brothers
      Love & Unity killes weyane TPLF.
      Yeap

    22. rahel Says:

      alula you are daed fish

    23. rahel Says:

      alula you are daed fish

    24. alulaDadofo Says:

      Bube, Haku, Agazi , rahel you are tigrain under cover. you are here to confuse ethiopian.
      we are comming after you soon.
      promise
      weyane TPLF will be put to death soon for next 200000 years
      http://www.eppfonline.org/
      http://www.eastafro.com/
      http://www.eastafro.com/Amharic/

    25. ancher Says:

      i do not know why some coments are meaningless please tray to be honest,like going WEST for money, itis realy funy………….