EMF (8 February 2010) As part of international campaign to demand the release of Birtukan Mideksa, charismatic leader of Ethiopia’s opposition UDJ, the Dutch chapter of Amnesty International held a colourful “Free Birtukan!” campaign programs on Sunday, 7 February 2010 in Abcoude, Netherlands. [Picture By meekspictures.nl, Nienke Meek]
Among the speakers at the program were Judge Welde-Michael Meshesa and Mr. Bartho Braat, a famous Dutch actor who plays as Jef Alberts in GTST.
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| Mr. Bartho Braat, a famous Dutch serie film actor (goede tijd slechte tijd) tells story of Pandora box, how and why Judge Wolde-Michael flee from Ethiopia. |
Birtukan Mideksa is serving a life sentence in Kaliti Prison in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She is Amnesty’s prisoner of conscience. AI categorized Birtukan’s imprisonment as unjust and politically motivated.
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| Amnesty’s Free Birtukan! campaign in Netherlands |
The event was opened by the orchestra music of Cecilia and Friends, followed by an impressive reading of the Dutch famous serie film actor, Mr. Bartho Braat, about the myth of Pandora box. Mr. Bartho explained why and how Judge Wolde-Michael flee his beloved country. “The Judge refused Meles Zenawi’s request to reverse the decision he and his inquiry commission made a conclusion - the security forces used excessive forces to stop the unrest that occurred in the country”.
Several questions were raised to Judge Wolde-Michael, to which he gave impressive responses.
“She spoke about her pardon at a public meeting in Sweden in November 2008 that the base for their release was the negotiation that initiated and concluded in agreement with the government by the Ethiopian elders. When she returned to back, the authorities asked her to retract the statement she made in Sweden; she refused to retract her and was rearrested in December 2008.” Judge Wolde-Michael said.
Wolde-Michael also explained about the worsening human right situation, the hunger which resulted from bad governance and the death of freedom of expression in Ethiopia. He also thanked Amnesty International for its positive contribution towards respect of human rights worldwide in general and particularly for its role in Ethiopia.
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| Amnesty’s Free Birtukan! campaign in Netherlands |
The Cecilia and Friends orchestra added flavour to the program through its popular music of king Solomon to queen of Sheba and other musics to honor Birtukan Mideksa.
Finally the gathering signed a post card letter which addressed to European Union’s commissioner of development and Birtukan Mideksa.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
አግዝአብሔር ይባርካችሁ ሁሉም በያለበት እንዳቅሙ እንደዚሁ ቢያደር ድምጻችን ስሚ ያገኛል::እንበርታ በርቱ
እናሸንፋለን
ኢትዮጵያ በሀቀኛ ልጆችዋ አንድነት ታፍራና ተከብራ ለዘላለም ትኑር
February 9th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
በየትኛውም ግርግር እንደማትፈታ ሚንስትሩ ተናግረዋል:: ታዲያ ግርግር ለምን አስፈለገ?
February 10th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Amnesty’s “Free Birtukan!” campaign in Netherlands…
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February 10th, 2010 at 7:49 am
ትርሲት አንድ ያልገባሽ(ያገባህ) ላንቺ የተሰማሽ ያህል ጊዜው ሲመጣ ይቆረቅርሻል የሆኖ ሆኖ አንቺና ያንጪ ሚኒስትር ግርግር ብትሉት አያስገርምም ወጣም ወረደ
ውድቀት ያለ መሆኑን አለመረዳት አንዱ ትልቁ ችግርሽ በመሆኑ በዛው ጸንተሽ ቀጥይበት ሁልጊዜ ፍርሃት ለምን ተባበሩ የውጩንም ጉዳዩን ጠልቀው አውቁ መርድቂያችን ተቃረበ መሆኑን እይየታይሽ በመሆኑ እውነት እስኪበራ በውሸት መፍነሽነሽ ያለ ነው
ተፈጥሮ ጠባይኩም ኮይንኩም ካብ ቅድም
ንሕዋቶም አጥፊእቲ ግብሮም እዚ ጥልም
መንኮራኩር ሕልሚ ዘይ ግብራዊ ትርጉም
መበቆል ተለምዶ ዝጸንኽ ካብቅድም
ተስሊፍና እንዲና ፍልም ንሀገርና
ንዓሌት ሃይማኖት ፍልይልይ ዘይብልና
የ ትግሉ ፍሬ መቅጣጠያው ማበቢያው መጀመሩ ሳይሆን ማገባደጃው ለመሆኑ ሕልም ሳይሆን እውን ለመሆኑ የሚደረገው መርበድበድ ማሰር ማስፈራራት ውጤት እንደሌለው እየበራ በመሆኑ ተማሪ (ተማር)
February 10th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
http://ecadforum.com/blog1/News/897
The sanction is on ethiopia.
US,UN wants weyane TPLF to stay in power
so weyane/tplf can slave us ethiopian
so, that weyane can rape & loot ethiopia
Dejach, you ar tigrain. we ethiopian are not fool. fool as onice shame on us.
fool us twice shame on you.
we, ethiopian love eritrean
death to weyane TPLF
Long live ethiopia & eritrea
all ethiopian join with you eritrean brothers
February 12th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
nazert.com is admin by yoseph abera in montogomery country, maryland .
Graduate of University of maryland. Married to filipino
woman. has a child with her. He is paid ethiopian agent for weyane .
ethiomedia is adim by Abraha Belay , tigrain, form seattle
February 13th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
We have extend our hands for all Tegreans to reject the tribal boss who is using them to brutalize our country and its people.It is up to them to open their eyes and look what this dictator is dong to their very existence for his selfish needs.It is up-to each and every Tegrian to prove his/hers ethiopiawenet.
February 15th, 2010 at 11:11 am
wedi enderta you wish why don’t you choose wedi ender nick name
i will tell you what stupid change your nick name to wedi shrmuta, ወዲ ከልቢ የምትለው ሁሉ ምንም አይገባም ዘባራቂ