By Hanna Sisay Kidani
10 Jan 09 - Sweden’s government on Friday expressed deep concern over the arrest of an Ethiopian opposition leader last week after her pardon from a life sentence was revoked.
“The imprisonment of Birtukan Midekssa is a source of great concern both for her personally and for democratic development in Ethiopia,” Swedish International Development Cooperation Minister Gunilla Carlsson said in a statement.
Authorities arrested and sentenced Birtukan Midekssa, the head of the Unity for Democracy Justice party, to life in prison last week after she reportedly said she had not expressed remorse to obtain a pardon in 2007.
The 35-year-old woman, who was detained with dozens of opposition figures and supporters in the aftermath of disputed 2005 elections, was at the end of December given a three-day ultimatum by the authorities to confirm or deny the reports.
The justice ministry announced on December 30 that she had resumed serving her life term.
“The Scope for democracy and pluralism is shrinking in Ethiopia,” Carlsson said.
“The imprisonment of Mrs Midekssa and the recently adopted law regulating the activities and funding of NGOs (non-governmental organisations) are examples of this negative development,” she said.
She was referring to a law adopted by the Ethiopian parliament on Tuesday barring organisations that receive more than 10 percent of their funding from abroad from working in such fields as human rights.
Birtukan’s party made its most spectacular electoral gains ever in the 2005 polls and cried foul over reported fraud, claiming it was robbed of victory by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s ruling party.
The ensuing unrest left close to 200 people dead and drew international condemnation.
Ethiopia’s next general elections are expected to be held in 2010.
AFP (news@thelocal.se)
January 10th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Ms. Birtukan should be released without any delay.
January 10th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
It is so shame for TPLF dedicated Diaspora to act like robotes. What ever Zenawi said, they will agree.
Here is a simple question: Why are the Ethiopian authorities refused to disclose thier assets to public?
January 10th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
anyautority in in africa donot do that what is wrong with you
January 10th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Free Ethiopia and All Prisoners(people of Ethiopia) from Tribal TPLF Blood Sucking BUGS!!!!
GO G7
Cheers!
January 10th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
DANGER Agazzzi Cyber WAR
DANGER Agazzzi Cyber WAR
www.aigaforum.com” has been reported as an attack site. steal private information, use your computer to attack others, or damage your system.
Agazzzi cyber war .
weyane carde losing their mind. Don’t visit http://www.aigaforum.com. is attack site. Agazzzzzi cyber war. Agazzzi gainst civilization.
shame on Agazzzi
This website at “www.aigaforum.com” has been reported as an attack site.
Attack sites try to install programs that steal private information, use your computer to attack others, or damage your system.
So my advice to fellow Ethiopians, do not go and visit the woyane website /aiga forum/ and put yourself and your friends at danger and damage your and your friends computers.
For more information, Look the follwing link and image and see yourself.
Seeing is believing
http://www.geocities.com/tgizew/aiga.bmp
January 11th, 2009 at 6:22 am
እንዴ በጣም እኮ ይገርማል::
መቼም ጠዋት ጠዋት ተነስቼ ከተለያየ የዜና ምንጨችን መጎብኘት የተለመደ ስራዬ ሆናል::
እናም እስኪ ዛሬ ደግሞ እነዚህ ኢህፓዎች ምን ብለው ይሆን በማለት ከኢህፓዎች website አንዱ የሆነውን Ethiolion የሚባለውን ስጎበኝ ”ትግላችን መመራት ያለበት በማን ነው? በወያኔና በውጭ ቅጥረኞች ወይስ በሀቀኛ ታጋዮች?” በሚል አንድ ጽሁፍ አየሁና ከፈቼ ማንበብ ጀመርኩ:: ሳነብም ብዙ የሚገርሙ ነገሮች አየሁና በጣም ገረመኝ:: ጽሁፉም አብዛኛው በውጭ የሚኖረውን ኢትዮጵያዊ ምንም እንደማያውቅና በደመነ ነብስ የሚመራ አስመስሎ በዋነኛነት ጠንካራ ግለሰቦችን እንደነ ታማኝና ሌሎችንም በስም በመጥቀስ ያወግዛል:: ከመገናኛ ብዙሃንም እንደ ETN/Ethiopian Televison Network/, ECADF/Ethiopian Curent Affairs Discussion Forum/ ወያኔ በጀት መድቦላቸው የሚሰሩ አደርጎ ያቀርብና ለኢትዮጵያ የሚታገሉ websites ብሎ ethiolon, debteraw and assimba. ብሎ ይዘረዝራል:: እኔም በጣም በመገረም እነዚህ webesite ማ ማለትም ethiolon, debteraw and assimba የEPRP ናቸው:: EPRP ደግሞ አሁን በቅርቡ 36ኛ አመቱን ያከበርን ግን ለኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ከመከራና ከስቃይ ሌላ ምንም ያላመጣ እንዲያውም ለወያኔና ለሻብያ መመስረትና ሀገራችን አሁን ካለችበት ደረጃ እንድትደርስ ያደረገ በታሪክና በትውልድ ተጠያቂ ድርጅት ነው::
እረ ለመሆኑ EPRP ብቻ የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ብቼኛ ታጋይ ሆኖ የተመረጠው መቼ ነው??? በተጨማሪም ደግሞ የdiaspora ትግሉም መምራት ያለበት EPRP ብቻ ነውን ያለው ማን ነው???.
በውጭ የሚኖረው ኢትዮጵያዊ ሁሉ እኮ ስለ ዲሞክራሲ ከሞላ ጎደል በመጠኑም ቢሆን የሚያውቅ ነው:: በመሆንም ማነን መከተልና የሚመራውንም መምረጥ የሚችል ኢትዮጵያሚ ነው እኮ:: ስለዚህ እንደ EPRP ዎች አባባል በEPRP ስር ያልተቀላቀለና ከEPRP አማራሮች መመርያ ያልተቀበለና EPRP የሚርጡለትን አመራራ ያልተከተ ሁል ለኢህፓ ወያኔ ነው ማለት ነው::
አይ EPRP ዎች. በጣም ትገርማላችሁ:: በውጭ የሚኖረው ኢትዮጵያዊማ ስለናንተ ታሪክ ብዙ ያውቃል:: እናንተማ እና/EPRPs/ እንኳን በውጭ የሚኖረው ኢትዮጵያዊማ በእናንተ ስር ልታሰባሰቡ ቀችቶ እርስ በርሳችሁ መከፋፈሉና በወያኔ ላይ ሊሰባሰብ በሚሞክረው ኢትዮጵያዊ ውስጥ ጣልቃ እየገባችሁ በትግሉ ላይ ቀዛቅዛ ዉሃ የምታፈሱበትብ ብታቆሙ ለኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ እንድ ትልቅ ውለታ በተቆጠላችሁ ነበር::
የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብማ እናንተነ >36 ዓመታት አያችሁ እኮ:: 36 አመት ደግሞ የአንድ ጎልማሳ እድሜ ነው:: አሁን ባለው የኢትዮጵያ lifespan ደግሞ ከ36 ዓመት በታች ነው:: በመሆንም አሁን ያለው ትውልድ እናንተን የሚያያችሁ እንዳለፈ ታሪክ እንጅ ከእንግዲህ EPRP ታግሎ የኢትዮጵያን ህዝብ ከወያኔ ነጳ ያወጣናል ብሎ 1% እንካን ተስፋ አያደረግም::
በመሆም በውጭ የሚኖረው ኢትዮጵያዊ ኢትዮጵያዊ ማን እንደሚመራው መምረጥና ማንን መከተ አያውቅም ብሎ መናገር የ አናንተን ደንቆሮነትና EPRP የሚባለው ድርጅት ምን ያህን አሁን ካለው ዘመን /21th century / የሚያሳይ ነው::
January 11th, 2009 at 6:31 am
አቶ ግዛው ተዋቸው…በድሮ በሬ ያረሰ የለም::ይሄ ሃይሉ የሚባል ጅላጅል ግን እሱን እና ድርጅቱን ብቻ እንደ ጥሩ ተቃዋሚ የሚያስቀምጥ :ሌላውን ተቃዋሚ ግን የሚኮንን ከግዜው ጋር የማይሄድ የማያስብ ከብት ቢጤ ነው ::እኔ እንደው እሱ ከሚመራኝ .ሞቴን እመርጣለሁኝ….ሃይሉ ዶማ ራስ
January 12th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
ግዛው ያነሳውን ነገር በመመርኮዝ እኔም የታዘብኩትን ላክል
ምነው የEPRP ስዎች ሁሉንም የኢትዮጵያ ጠላት አደረጉት:: ለእነሱ እውነተኛ ታጋይ እነሱ ብቻ ይመስላቸዋል::ድንቂም ኢትዮጵያን ነጻ አውጪ:: It would have been better if they had librated them selves from backward thinking. To be freedom figher starts from from him/her self.
Please አደብ ግዙ
January 12th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Meles Zenawi divided all opposition in to two or three.in all those divide groups to he put his people .
That what I see now.there is now Nostrong opposition party in Ethiopia he is now ready to stay on power for the next two term.(10) years.
In the mean time you see so many infrastructure built in Ethiopia.
The country will develop much faster.which is good.
January 12th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Death to agazzzi baby killer. Eritrea got Gold, watch developement in eritrea 24/7 media service http://erietinet.com/.
Eritrea got oil, the chineese drilling it.
. We eritrean just waiting until ethiopian get united under “One ethiopia” push tigran agazzzi baby killers from rest ethiopia. the united “one ethiopian force from the south will push the agazzzi agammme tigrain baby killer from the south, and we, Eritrea force attack form the north wipe all the tigrain. tigrain will be wiped out from the face of the earth. tigrain just pray that meles stay in power in ethiopia. We eritrean waiting green light from ethiopian people. we will push south, this time the ethiopian people will not save you like saved you in badme war
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January 13th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Eritrea got gold??? hahahahahahahahahahahah THats why you are in mass across the glob in the refugee camp???? the whole world is fed up of you Eritreans. you are every where as a refugee. specialy in the areb land. have you ever heard about your womens what they are doing in the street of areb land????SHAME on isayas shefafa. how can you take a money from your bich womens??? OH you singapoorians are just good for NOTHING. blha blha blha with empity azzz only GURA. you better begg Ethiopia to unit or face the hunger and bombardement. DIQALA hulu.
January 13th, 2009 at 8:05 am
መልስ ለ melesSudanawi
አንተ ጥሪ የኤርትራ/አጋሜ/
እኛ ንፁ ኢትዮጵያዊኖች ወያኔ/መለስ/ለማጥቃት የእናንተንድ ድጋፍ አንሻም።
ብድር በምድር ወያኔ ከአገራችን ከአሶገድን በኃላ ወደ እናንተም መምጣች የማይቀር ነው
እናቃለምንት ከኢትዮጵ የተገነጠላቹሆበትም ምክንያት /አጋሜ/ እንዳትባሉ ነው//ግን ነገም አይቀርላቹሆም
ኢትዮጵያ ለዘላለም ትኑር
January 13th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Tigrain Rats, you and your people are cornered by enemies. No tigrain will be left after meles. Isayas belive “ONE Ethiopia” you tigrain minority. You are minority in ethiopia. you will be minority you can’t change it. Thank for ethiopian for last “Badame ” war, they helped you. Next time around ethiopian will not help you. we will march to your dirty dirty city kill eveything that is moving including 1 month baby. Those in the camp are tigrain/eritrea half. therefore thet are tigrain. Tell all ethiopian how tigrain leaving ethiopia like flies. claimin that they are eritrean. the eritrean government have informed US gorvnment of this scam. tigrain are leaving ethiopia like flies fearing that they will be targeted in ethiopia like rewanda style genocide. fact. alot of tigrain in the west than ever. A tigrain guy told me that tigrain leaving ethiopia like flies afraid of rewada style genocide.
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COMANDO Says:
January 13th, 2009 at 5:12 am
Eritrea got GOLD. are you singapoorians still in day dream ?? forget GOLD first try to get bany in the street of your old city Asmara. your ppl can’t even eat two times a day. what a shame. and yet you come here to tell US as if Eritrea is rich country. DINQEEM alech ye mererat gered. PLS go and watch in Tigray shemelbal there are morthan 55.000 Singa-poorians trying to eat atlist 2 x a day. kedadadoch get out of our country hodams.
I disagree with melles b/s thoes singa-poorians in shemelbal are like ”neqez” or hayenas. we don’t like to give you food so go to your singa-poor the land of GOLD.)))) hahahahahahahahahhahahah wey GOLD
”SILU SEMTESHAL KOMATA DIHA”
January 13th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
መልስ ለ COMANDO
በሻቢያ/ኢሳያስ/ ያለህ አቃም የሚደገፍ ነው በሌላ በኩል ግንብ ብዙ እንራራቃለን
January 13th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
http://www.jimmatimes.com/article.cfm?articleID=31712
January 15th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
History:
The episode in the mid 1980s when the EPLF cut the aid route to Tigray, stopping food reaching the province’s starving peasants, was a particular cause for bitterness .million agazzzi tigraian agammme woyane kids rat & rat people died. even rat food was not passing to tigray cursed people
Grenade blast wounds 33 at Ethiopian bus station
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (Reuters) - An apparently accidental hand-grenade explosion wounded 33 people, nine seriously, on Thursday at the central bus station in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, police said.
“This does not appear to be a terrorist attack. It seems a passenger was carrying the grenade in their luggage and it detonated accidentally,” federal police commander Demash Hailu told Reuters.
In the past, Ethiopia has accused arch-foe Eritrea of backing rebels who have bombed civilian targets in Addis Ababa.
Blasts at two petrol stations killed two people a day after local, regional and federal elections in April 2008, then a bomb tore through a minibus taxi a month later, killing six. (Reporting by Tsegaye Tadesse; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Michael Roddy)
January 16th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
http://erietinet.com/ Amharic program in ERI TV Music/News
Presedent Isyas Is saying you don’t not need to divide people according to ethnic group. Ethiopia’s problem is poverity not ethnicity. Presedent Isayas is saying the only solution to ethiopia is unity ” one ethiopia” not agazzzi policy divide it to small ethnic bantu states. Weyanee don’t not repesent the wish of ethiopian. Watch vedio, 7 hours interview
http://www.eastafro.com/Post/2009/01/04/eritrea-video-interview-with-president-isaias-afwerki-part-1-live-jan-4-2009/
weyane is time is up. weyane is all cornered. I was talking to my fello eritrean country man. he told me that weyane doesn’t have any footing. no one will save them . weyane will be minority in ethiopia. Shame to weyane. Why meles your leader want to make peace with eritrea. It is not the best intrest of eritrean & ethiopian people to make peace with weyane minority government. Furthermore, tigray is party of ethiopia. Eritrea, and eritrean people don’t recognize tigray as indepndent state. We will fight you tigrain in battle field. We will figh you in UN as well.
death to agazzzzi weyane baby killer
Isyas ” one Ethiopia ”
Meles ” Abay tigray”
For eritrea, we want ” One Ethiopia ” with majority rule.
We eritrean want relationship with amahara and oromo people and rest of ethiopian. shame in agazzzi for booldozzing aman andom place. You will see, we eritrean will destroy tigray. Will flat it out. Aman Andom was loved by all ethiopian & eritrean. He planted ethiopian flag in somilia.
shame on you agazzzi babay killer. stay in USA, you will have no home.