Tuesday, 29 April 2014

ጆን ኬሪ በአዲስ አበባ – ኢህአዴግ አሁንም በሶማሊያ ያስፈራራ ይሆን?

ኢህአዴግ የዞን9 ጦማሪዎችን “አገር በማተራመስ” ወንጀል ከሰሰ

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የአሜሪካ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ጆን ኬሪ የኢትዮጵያ ጉዞ በርካታ ጉዳዮች የሚከናወኑበት እንደሆነ ተጠቆመ። የዘወትር የጎልጉል ምንጭ አንዳሉት የኬሪ አዲስ አበባ ጉዞ አስቀድመው የተሰሩ ስራዎች ውጤት ነው። ጥቁሩ ሰው “ውሻ ምንም ሳይመለከት አይጮህም” ሲሉ አገር ቤት ያሉ ተቃዋሚዎች ራሳቸውን ብቃት ያላቸው አማራጮች መሆናቸውን እንዲያሳዩ ጠይቀዋል። ኢህአዴግ አሜሪካንንና የምዕራቡን ዓለም እንደለመደው “ከሶማሊያ ጦሬን አወጣለሁ” በማለት መደራደሪያ ከማቅረብ ውጪ ሌላ አቅም እንደሌለው ተገለጸ። ኢህአዴግ የዞን9 ጦማሪዎችና ጋዜጠኞች “አገር በማተራመስ” ወንጀል ክስ መሰረተባቸው።
የድረገጽና የማህበራዊ ገጽ የኢህአዴግ ደጋፊዎችና የስርዓቱ ተጠቃሚ አባላት ባይዋጥላቸውም አሜሪካና ኢህአዴግ የነበራቸው ግንኙነት እየሻከረ መሔዱን ጎልጉል የድረገጽ ጋዜጣ በተደጋጋሚ ሲገልጽ እንደነበር ይታወሳል። ጎልጉል የዋሽንግቶን ዲፕሎማት ምንጩን በመጥቀስ እንደዘገበው አሜሪካ ኢህአዴግን “የምስራቅ አፍሪካ ስጋት” አድርጋም ፈርጃለች። የኢትዮጵያን ጉዳይ የሚከታተለውና በስቴት ዲፓርትመንት ውስጥ የተቋቋመው የቀውስ መከላከልና ዕርቅ ቢሮ ሃላፊ ከጥር ወር ወዲህ ባሉት ጥቂት ወራት ውስጥ አራት ጊዜ አዲስ አበባ ተጉዘዋል።
ኢህአዴግ እየተከተለ ያለው ፍትሃዊነት የጎደለው አገዛዝ ኢትዮጵያን ወደ ቀውስ እንዳመራትና ይኸው ቀውስ እልባት ካልተበጀለት የምስራቅ አፍሪካን የሚያዳርስ እንደሚሆን በአሜሪካ በኩል አቋም መያዙ ኢህአዴግን እንዳስበረገገው ተንታኞች እየገለጹ ነው። የምስራቅ አፍሪካ “የሰላም አባት ነኝ የሚለው ኢህአዴግ በውስጣዊ የፖለቲካ ቀውስ ስለሚገኝ የመወላለቅ ችግር ሳይገጠመው በፊት አሜሪካ አስቀድማ ስራዋን መስራት መጀመሯ ከራሷ ጥቅም አንጻር ነው” ሲሉ ዲፕሎማቱ እንደቀድሞው ሁሉ ሳይሸሽጉ ተናግረዋል። የኬሪ ጉዞም የዚሁ አካል እንደሆነ አስታውዋል። “ኢህአዴግ” አሉ ዲፕሎማቱ “የቀለም አብዮት እያለ እንደሚደነፋው ሳይሆን በመጪው ምርጫ በሩን ከፍቶ ለመወዳደር ከተስማማ ብቻ የለመደው ርጥባን ይሰጠዋል የሚል ግምት አለኝ” ብለዋል።

Sunday, 27 April 2014

Ethiopian Security Forces Open Fire on Students

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April 26, 2014 (CNN iReport) — There has been widespread protest by Oromo students in universities in Ethiopia against unpopular ‘Addis Ababa-Finfinnee surrounding integrated master plan’. Oromo students in Haromaya, Jimma, Ambo and Wollega universities held protests.
Although officials in Oromia state and Addis Ababa city administration insist the plan only intends to develop Addis Ababa and its surrounding, Oromo students and the wider Oromo elites believe the plan is to displace farmers in the outskirts and suburban areas of the city, meet the growing demand for land, and weaken the Oromo identity. The Ethiopian constitution grants a special interest to the Oromia state regarding administrative, resource and other socio-economic matters in Addis Ababa, in its article 49 which never have been implemented. This has largely resulted in significant resistance within the ruling party, OPDO, in Oromia and a continues pressure to materialize the implementation.
The protest against the doomed to fail master plan is held in four universities sofar. Yesterday (26/04/2014) at Wollega University, the infamous and notorious Federal police opened fire at innocent Oromo students. Reports and eye witness indicate unknown number of students were hurt and some have fled to the bushes. The people of Nekemete town were prevented from joining the resistance. Even then some of the residents broke through line of federal police force and joined the protest.
At similar protest in Jimma university, the security forces picked more than 10 students and jailed them. Further 15 students in Ambo university were jailed.

Saturday, 26 April 2014

Ethiopia detains bloggers and journalist

April 26, 2014

Al Jazeera
Security forces arrest six bloggers and a journalist in latest crackdown on opposition voices.
The Ethiopian government has arrested six independent bloggers and a journalist in what human rights group Amnesty International has called a “suffocating grip on freedom of expression”.Ethiopian government has arrested six independent bloggers
Six members of independent blogger and activist group ‘Zone 9’ and a prominent Ethiopian journalist were arrested on Friday in the capital Addis Ababa.
All six bloggers were arrested at night by armed security forces and taken from their homes to the Federal Police Crime Investigation Sector ‘Maikelawi’, where political prisoners are alleged to be held in pre-trial, and sometimes arbitrary detention.
The Zone 9 group who are said to be very critical of government policy and have a strong following on social media had temporarily suspended their activities earlier this year after accusing the government of harassing their members.
Journalist Tesfalem Waldyes who writes independent commentary on political issues for a Ethiopian newspaper was also arrested.

Secretary John Kerry to Visit Ethiopia

April 26, 2014

by Dula
Kerry will not talk about democracy in Ethiopia because we failed to press on America to do the right thing. Lat week, the fundamentalist Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn was forced by Washington to rescind the anti-homosexual legislation and demonstration despite overwhelming support by rubber-stamped parliament and the public.Kerry will not talk about democracy in Ethiopia
This shows the priority for America and our failure to lobby Washington effectively. This also shows the power of lobby groups in shaping U.S. foreign policy.
President Obama is threatening sanction against Russia and he thinks he can bring Russia to its knees using a sweeping sanction. If he thinks he has this kind of power against a resource rich and powerful country like Russia, why can he not use the some power on perpetual beggars and tinhorn dictators in Africa to reform, end the misery, the corruption, and the dictatorship if he really cares. Apparently, they don’t care, but we can force them to care like the Homosexual community did in forcing Hailemariam Desalegn to drop the anti-homosexuality legislation.
Ethiopia is the key to democracy in Africa. For example, representative of warring factions from South Sudan are in Ethiopia to hammer out their differences and to form democratic union where all different groups can live in peace. On the other hand, Ethiopia practices ethnic politics and divide and rule. Unfortunately, Ethiopia is not a place to teach such lessons about ethnic harmony and democracy. The Ethiopian regime pretended for long for things that it is not in order to earn respect and foreign aid.
Call the State Department and Congressional Members to press on Kerry to tell Hailemariam to protect the rights of all Ethiopians not just homosexuals in Ethiopia.

የከፍተኛ መኮንኖችን ጡረታ በ5 ዓመት ማራዘም ተፈቀደ

“ቦርድ” ለሚወጡ ወታደሮች የ2 በመቶ ክፍያ ተጨመረ

የመከላከያ ሚኒስቴር እንደአስፈላጊነቱ እያየ የጦር መኮንኖችን የአገልግሎት ዘመንና የጡረታ መሰናበቻ እድሜ በሁለት ዓመት ለማራዘም የነበረው ሥልጣን እንደተሻሻለ ምንጮች ገለፁ፡፡ የመከላከያ ኃይል አባላት የሥራ ዘመናቸውን በ3 ወይም በ5 ዓመት ማራዘም በአዲሱ አሰራር ተፈቅዷል፡፡ የጡረታ እድሜ በ5 ዓመት የሚራዘመው ለከፍተኛ መኮንኖች እንደሆነ ምንጮች ጠቅሰው፤ ከከፍተኛ መኮንን በታች ደግሞ ካሁን ቀደም የነበረው የሁለት ዓመት ማራዘሚያ ወደ ሶስት አመት ከፍ እንዲል መደረጉን ገልፀዋል፡፡ 
ከዚሁ የጡረታ ማራዘምያ አዲስ አሰራር ጋር፤በ“ቦርድ” ለሚሰናበቱ የመከላከያ ኃይል አባላት የሁለት በመቶ ክፍያ ተጨምሯል፡፡ የመከላከያ ሠራዊት አባል በተለያዩ ምክንያቶች “ቦርድ” እንዲወጣ ሲወሰን፣ ወርሃዊ ክፍያው የደሞዙ አርባ አምስት በመቶ የነበረ ሲሆን አሁን አርባ ሰባት በመቶ እንዲሆን ተወስኗል፡፡ 


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የኢትዮጵያ ሙስሊሞች መፍትሄ አፈላላጊ ኮሚቴ ጉዳዩን ወደ አፍሪካ ኮሚሽን ወስዶዋል

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የህዝበ ሙስሊሙ የመፍትሄ አፈላላጊ ኮሚቴ ወደ አፍሪካ የሰብዓዊ መብቶችና ህዝቦች ኮሚሽን ሂደው በመንግስት ላይ ክስ መመስረታቸው ይታወቃል። ይህንን በማስመልከትም በድር ብሮድካስቲንግ ኔትዎርክ (ቢቢኤን) የኮሚቴውን የክስ ሂደት በቅርበት ከሚከታተለው ዶ/ር አወል ቃሲም አሎ ጋር በዚሁ ጉዳይ ቆይታ አድርጓል። ዶ/ር አወል የአለም ዓቀፍ ህግ ምሁር ሲሆን በአሁኑ ጊዜ በLondon School of Economics የሰብዓዊ መብት Fellow ነው።
ቢቢኤን፡- የኢትዮጵያ ሙስሊሞች የመፍትሄ አፈላላጊ ኮሚቴዎች ጉዳያቸውን ወደ አፍሪካ ኮሚሽን ለመውሰድና ለመክሰስ ያሰቡት ለምንድን ነው? ጉዳያቸውን በኢትዮጵያ ፍርድ ቤቶች መጨረስ አይችሉም ነበር?
ዶክተር አወል፡- አመሰግናለሁ። የኢትዮጵያ ሙስሊሞች መፍትሄ አፈላላጊ ኮሚቴ ጉዳዩን ወደ አፍሪካ ኮሚሽን ለመውሰድ የተገደደበት ምክንያት በኢትዮጵያ ፍ/ቤቶች ላይ ያለው እምነት በመሟጠጡ ነው። እነዚህ ፍ/ቤቶች እንደዚህ አይነት ጉዳዮች ላይ የህግ የበላይነትን፣ ህገ መንግስቱን እና የራሳቸውን ህሊና መሰረት በማድረግ ሊወስኑ ይችላሉ የሚለው ተስፋ በመሟጠጡ ነው። ይህ ክርክር ደግሞ በዋናነት የእውነት ጉዳይ ስለሆነ መንግስት ከዚህ በፊት ሚዲያውን እና የተለያዩ የመንግስት ተቋማትን በአጠቃላይ እንደ መንግስት ያለውን ሙሉ ሀይል በመጠቀም መሬት ላይ ሲፈጥራቸው የነበሩ እውነታዎች እውነት እንዳልሆኑና ከዚያ በስተጀርባ ሌላ ነገር እንዳለ ይህም የተፈበረከ ነገር እንደሆነ ማሳየት የሚችሉት ገለልተኛና ዓለም አቀፍ የሆነ እንዲሁም የኢትዮጵያ መንግስትም ሆነ ሌላ መንግስት ጫና ሊያሳድርበት የማይችልበት ተቋም ላይ በመሄድ ጉዳያቸውን አቤት ለማለት ነው ተከሳሾቹ ወደ አፍሪካ ኮሚሽን ሊሄዱ የቻሉት።

BREAKING NEWS – #OromoFDG2014 – PHOTOS – April 26, 2014: Oromo Students Nonviolent Movement at Wallaggaa University Against Eviction of Oromo Farmers from Finfinnee Surrounding and Expansion of Addis Ababa

Posted: Ebla/April 26, 2014 · Gadaa.com

(April 26, 2014) – Oromo students’ nonviolent protests are underway at Wallaggaa University against the plan (called the Addis Ababa Master Plan) to evict millions of Oromo farmers and dispossess them of their land in Oromian districts surrounding Finfinnee under the pretext of the “urban development of Addis Ababa.”
According to published data, under the current TPLF regime, Addis Ababa has expanded by ~400% since 1991 (from ~13,763.3-ha in 1991 to ~52,706.2-ha in 2014 – see data here); even though the Oromiyaa Region is a federally constituted state, it continues to be annexed by the Habesha government of Addis Ababa.
Political analysts have stated recently that the current Addis Ababa Master Plan will potentially divide the Oromiyaa Region into two by the proposed plan’s annexation of Central Oromiyaa by Addis Ababa, and the subsequent eviction of the Oromo farming communities in Central Oromiyaa under the pretext of “industrial zones.” There are at least 8 industrial zones all over Oromiyaa, such as the Malka Jebdu area under the Dire Dawa Industrial Zone, the Ambo Industrial Zone, the Chinese-owned Bishoftu Eastern Industrial Zone – which is slated to extend all the way to Asella in Arsi Zone of Oromiyaa in the coming few years.
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