Joe Michael (30 Dec. 2008) Can someone prove me wrong if I say Meles Zenawi is the worst dictator comparing to Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe? I’ll bet no one can.
There is no question that Robert Mugabe is a dictator. However, when it comes to the intensity of the crimes he has committed against his own people, he is way less criminal than Meles Zenawi. Even at these defining moments, the falling Mugabe regime is not arresting or killing his own people. Observably, his political opponents are exercising their constitutional rights; they are assembling, they are freely expressing their views, they are protesting, etc. There is no local journalist that was arrested illegitimately and sent to prison for criticizing the Mugabe regime.
Was there any point in time in the Mugabe regime in which hundreds of citizens were killed and tens of thousands of opposition supporters were arrested for having different political views? Never. Not even when the oppositions won the general election.
Evidence could be gathered to prove Mugabe’s undemocratic regime. Zimbabweans could testify how their despot leader led them into poverty and diseases. The international community could also confirm the dictatorship of Mugabe’s regime. However, Mugabe didn’t mass murder, arrest, or torture his own people. With all the political games and conspiracies going on, there is no political prisoner in Zimbabwe.
On the other hand, we have been witnessing a murderer regime in Ethiopia that has been terrorizing its own people for the past 18 years. The regime has been arresting, torturing, and killing its citizens without any accountability whatsoever. Politicians, entrepreneurs, students, artists, philanthropists, journalist, teachers, tourists, etc. have been arrested in different occasions simply because they have different political views or because they have criticized the regime. Mothers and kids were killed in an indiscriminate murder and justice has not been served. So many citizens are in prison with out due process for no other reason than supporting opposition political parties.
There are many political prisoners in Ethiopia where as there is none in Zimbabwe. Many people have been murdered in politically motivated killings in Ethiopia than Zimbabwe. Significantly, today Zimbabweans could freely criticize Mugabe, could freely assemble, or join any opposition party they prefer, which has been impossible for Ethiopians.
Zenawi’s latest victim, the most prominent and peaceful opposition leader Judge Birtukan Mideksa has been re-arrested for no other reason than unifying the Ethiopian people. Birtukan and other opposition figures were unlawfully arrested for two years in 2005 and were released following a continuous pressure by the international community. Her new political party UDJ has been receiving supports from all over the country, which unquestionably was the cause for her re-arrest.
Apparently, Meles Zenawi is the worst criminal than Robert Mugabe. It is not fair for the international community to pressure Mugabe while accommodating Meles Zenawi and his uncountable crimes. Whatever punishment Mugabe gets, Meles Zenawi should get it twice over.
The writer, Joe Michael, can be reached at joe197006@yahoo.com
December 30th, 2008 at 4:10 am
it should have been worse than Mugabe.
December 30th, 2008 at 4:35 am
To bula
You said it should have been worse than Mugabe? What does it mean? Does we in the horn of Africa deserve the worst and because of what?? Are we less of a human being? bula you have a very low self-esteem or you are one of the butchers of Addis Ababa, the oromo and ogaden people.
December 30th, 2008 at 4:40 am
wey GUUUUD it’s hard to emagin how can you comper Mugabe with Melles
I hope the civlized World will lough at your arrogance. Melles zenawi is devoloping his country but of course he is not doing enough to Tigraay because he start to eat KITFO and he forget the sufer of Tigraian PPL.
by the way what did he do for Tgray? you dumb azzz NEFTEGNAS you just make me so sick its Tigraian diaspora and the hard worcking ppl of Tigray who change The great ABAY TIGRAY melles has done nothing he can go and BLOW with the NARROW diaspora NEftegnas if you like. I don’t care about one guy ok?; he is the one who give more power to neftegnas and more money to amara land but not for Tigraian shame on his BLACK AZZZ. GOD BLESS WOYANE TIGRAY.
December 30th, 2008 at 7:02 am
COMANDO
መለስ/ወያኔ/ እና ግብራበሮቹ
በቅርብ ግዜ UN-TRIBUNAL ቀርባቹ በህዝባችን ለይ እያደረሳቹሆት ያለቹሆት ግፍ በደል እናንተም የምትፈረዱበት ስዓታ በፈጠነ ሆኔታ እያቃጨለች ትገኛለች
ኢትዮጵያ ለዘላለም ትኑር ሞት ለወያኔ እና ለወያኔ ቂጥ አጣቢዎች
December 30th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Joe,
I will add this to your article. melese is worst than Mugabe because he is not killing only the people of Ethiopia, he is killing the ancient country that has the history of more than 2000 years. The crime of meles is not only double but quadruple of than Mugabe. Zimbabweans have country when Mugabe leave the power but we Ethiopians may don’t have a country wen melese goes. melese one of the biggest crimnal leader in the world who is killing the people and the country all together. This mafia leader must be brought to justice sooner than letter.
December 30th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Dear my student comando, Agazi how are you doing ?I gave you a home work last time.Did you finish? Ok! let’s do this you did again so many errors on your comment.You forgot fullstop sign, lough [laugh],emagin[imagin],devoloping[developing],KITFO[kitfo],sufer[suffer],ppl[people],by[By],Tigraay[Tigray],Tgray[Tigray]dumb[dump],worcking[working]meles[Meles]NARROW[narrow]NEftegans[neftegans]BLOW[blow]…wach carefully your mistakes above! Ok! For today your home work is going to be write for me capital letters and small letters separetly.For example…A…. or …..H like that …allright by see you next time my little student comando ,Agazi
December 30th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
ere english, please….Should be “worse than” not “worst than”. Endaw batasafrun minalebet enante degmo…bezih ye hazen zemen, techemari wurdet anfeligim.
December 30th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Wendu or Gebreselase whatever…
It seems like the truth is killing you. Does it really matter if it was “Worest”, “Worse”, “wo-rse” ets????
The point has been made clearlly and it is true. Zenawi s more criminal thank Mugabe.
December 31st, 2008 at 7:26 am
COMANDO…ante
kezen agame,go to ESL first,you are oneidoitsfrom Dedebit. ///December 31st, 2008 at 2:52 pm
watch this vedio
http://www.eastafro.com/video/holland.html
A Woyane Holland meeting Fiasco: A Woyane Ambassador, his TPLF cadres vs concerned Ethiopians (an actual fist fight followed).
January 1st, 2009 at 4:59 am
The political situation in Ethiopia is much worse than in Zimbabwe. I wonder why the “Beacons of Democracy” in the west use Double Standards when it comes to the issue of Ethiopia! ..Please remember that it is The Ethiopian People who is an Ally on the war against terrorism; not the ethnic minority government led by Meles. The meaning of Democracy is being presented by the present regime as the establishment of Marxist Leninist type of Revolutionary Democracy in line with the interest of Only TPLF. If the west keeps on supporting this pro-communist policy of Meles, True Democracy in Ethiopia will never show up…..instead lawlessness and dictatorship prevails.
It is high time for the west, specially US under the new leadership, to take the initiative and say -Enough is Enough!
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:11 am
I agree with Mr Joe Michaeal- Meles Zenawi is worse than Robert Mugabe. In Zimbabwe foreign Journalists has identified everything what has been done in Zimbabwe, but in Ethiopia the Dictator Military Junta(Agazi Regiment) Meles Zenawi has continuing killing,arresting in secret, in every provinces, which is can’t identify for foreign journalists. Internal Ethiopian presses knew verywell, but they can not write about it. If oposition party members arrest or something happen against them, they are famous and obivious to complain to the world or to declare to others. Many of the oposition party ordinary,supporters members are not found where they are? The criminal Military(Agazi) commander must punish as soon as possible.
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Dear mr Joe Michael. God bless you and your entire families and happy new year also. By the tell the reality on the ground in Ethiopia ,you are defending truth and showing the world that you have respect for your proffession,[Journalism] which most westren journalists are lack of respect for their own proffession by hidding the truth. Either they get some benefits from Africa’s dictators for their hidding of dictators crimes against their own ppl or they are on the position to defend or following their foreign policy of their country . DEAR MrJoe , melese is not only worse tham robert mugabe, but also he is worse tham Adolf Hitler who killed 6m innocent jewishes in the WW2.We know why the ineternational communities are against mugabe when they are dancing with the east Africa’s Adolf Hitler [ melese zenawi].,Mugabe has taken the land from british’s land lords and distributed to the land less zembabawea’s . that is his crime according to westren governments. The Zembabwean’s farmers should continue be the brithish’s land lords peasants.
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm
COmando, YOU should go back to school and learn more before trashingdirty from your ass.. sooner or later you will go back to your stonny place and will eat what you ate before.
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Awuramba times shuld be boycotted by ethiopia’s people at home. let us call for boycotting. He is spreading mis-information against UDJP in support of TPLF. NO TIME TO WASTE WE SHOULD CALL NOW TO BOYCOTT THIS NEW PAPER
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
DEAR EMF, would you remove ER from your web site? ER is not better than weyane’s web sites like ayiga and others. ELIAS KIFLE , WHO DOESN;T HAVE JOURNALISTICE ETHICE IS AGAIST w/T Birtukan . please remove as soon as possible other wise we are going to take action all web sites which are going to remove ER. SO DO NOT BE A PART OF IT
January 5th, 2009 at 9:00 am
All East African leaders are worst dictatorship ever been in the world wide not only Meles Zenawi however Mr Zenawi is father of crises of East African and African Nations will never be out of problems forever!!!
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