Thursday, 22 May 2014

እየሳቁ ማልቀስ! (የማለዳ ወግ)

May 22, 2014 ነቢዩ ሲራክ

በለጋ እድሜዋ ትዳር መስርታ ሁለት ትጉህ መንታ ልጆች የታደለች እህት ከትዳር ጓደኛዋ ችግር ገጠማት። የ “ተበዳይ ነኝ!” ባይ ወዳጀን ምሬት ደጋግሜ ብሰማም ከቀናት በፊት “በደለኝ!” ያለችው የትዳር አጋሯ በኮሚኒቲው ሽምግልና ኮሚቴ በኩል ክስ መስራቱን እና የክስ ጥሪ እንደደረሳት ሰማሁ። ከአሰር አመት በፊት እድሜዋ ገና የ17 አመት እያለ የዛሬ የ12 አመት እድሜ የሆነውን ትልቁን ልጀን ያሳደገችውን እህት የቆየ አብሮነት ትውስታ እያሰብኩ የአለመግባባቱን ሽምግልና ወደሚከወንበት የጅዳ ኮሚኒቲ ሽምግልናውን ለመታዘብ መጓዝ ጀመርኩ። የያኔዋ ጉብል በኮንትራት ስራ መጥታ ከአሰሪወችዋ ልታመልጥ ከሶስተኛ ፎቅ የወደቀችበትን አሳዝኝ ታሪክ ጀምሮ ከብላቴና ልጀ ጋር ውለው ሲያድሩ የነበረውን ሁሉ ስደት እና ድህነት በልጅነት እድሜዋ ላይ የጣለውን ህመም አስታወስኩ። እግረ መንገዴን ይህን ሁሉ አውጥቸ አውርጀ ያ ሁሉ አልፎ ለዛሬ ወግ ማዕረግና ለመንታ ልጆች በረከት ያደላትን ፈጣሪ ስራ አስታውሸ” ለፈጣሪ ምን ይሳነዋል!” ስል አምላኬን አመሰገንኩት!Nebyu Sirak Ethiopian journalist in Saudi Arabia
ወደ ኮሚኒቲው ጽ/ቤት ብዙም ሳልቆይ ደረስኩ። “በደል ደረሰብኝ!” ባይ ቀድማ በቀጠሮዋ ተገኝታለች ። “ልጆቸን ጥላ ሔደች” ባይ ከሳሽ ባል ዘግይቶ መጣ። ጉዳዩን ለመታዘብ ከባልም ለሚስትም ወገን የመጣን ታዛቢ ሽማግሌወች ሁለት ሶስት ስንሆን ሁላችንም በባልና ሚስት መካከል ሰላም እንዲወርድ ተመኘን። በበዳይ በተበዳይየደረሰወን ሁሉ የሚሰሙት ሽማግሌዎች መሆኑ በጀ። እኛ በበዳይ በተበዳይም ላይ ያረፈውን የዱላ አሸራ እያነሳን ብንሸመግል ሽምግልናው ፍርሻ በሆነ ነበር ስል ማሰቤ አልቀረም። ብቻ ኮሚኒቲው ከተመሰረተ በርካታ ጀምሮ በሽምግልናው ረገድ ተመሳሳይ ፋና ወጊ ማህበራዊ ጉዳዮችን በመስራት ላይ ያለው ኮሚቴ አባላት ትናንትም ዛሬም ቤት እንዳይፈርስ፣ ወገን ከወገኑ ሲጋጭ ገጭቱን በወግ በስርአት በማሸማገል ይሰራሉና ብዙውን አስታውሸ አመሰገንኳቸው። ትልቁን ስራ የሚሰራው የዚህ ኮሚቴ አባላት የዚህችን ብላቴና ትዳር ለልጆች ሲባል መታደጋቸውን ከበር ሆነን ሽምግልናውን ስንከታተል ለነበርነውን መልካም የምስራች አበሰሩን! ባልና ሚስት ልዩትን አስወግደው ለመኖር ተስማምተው ባንድ መኪና ተያይዘው ሲሔዱ የአብራካቸው ክፋዮችን ደስታ መመልከት በራሱ ልዩ የደስታ ስሜትን ይሰጥ ነበር)

Ethiopia crackdown on student protests taints higher education success


Ethiopia crackdown on student protests taints higher education success 
By Paul O'Keeffe, Guardian
May 22, 2014
Over the past 15 years, Ethiopia has become home to one of the world's fastest-growing higher education systems. Increasing the number of graduates in the country is a key component of the government's industrialisation strategy and part of its ambitious plan to become a middle-income country by 2025. Since the 1990s, when there were just two public universities, almost 30 new institutions have sprung up.On the face of it, this is good news for ordinary Ethiopians. But dig a little deeper and tales abound of students required to join one of the three government parties, with reports of restricted curricula, classroom spies and crackdowns on student protests commonplace at universities.
Nowhere has this been more evident than in Ambo in Oromia state. On 25 April, protests against government plans to bring parts the town under the administrative jurisdiction of the capital, Addis Ababa, began at Ambo University. By the following Tuesday, as protests spread to the town and other areas of Oromia, dozens of demonstrators had been killed in clashes with government forces, according to witnesses.

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

(ሰበር ዜና) በአዲስ አበባ ቦሌ አካባቢ እሳት ቃጠሎ ተነሳ

Fire broke out bole


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(ዘ-ሐበሻ) የዘ-ሐበሻ የአዲስ አበባ የመረጃ ምንጮች እንደጠቆሙት በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ በቦሌ አካባቢ የሚገኘው ኒውዮርክ ካፌ አጠገብ የተነሳ የእሳት ቃጠሎ ጉዳት እያደረሰ ይገኛል። የአዲስ አበባ የእሳት አደጋ ማጥፊያ ማርሻል አካባቢው የደረሰ ሲሆን እሳቱን ለመቆጣጠር ጥረት እያደረጉ እንደሚገኙ መረጃዎች ደርሰውናል:።
ዛሬ ቀትር ላይ የተነሳው የእሳት አደጋ ይህ ዜና እስከተጠናቀረበት ጊዜ ያልጠፋ ሲሆን እሳት አደጋ ሰራተኞች ግን ርብርቦሻቸውን ቀጥለዋል። የእሳት አደጋው መነሻ ምን እንደሆነ የታወቀ ነገር የለም።

The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), which is led by General Kemal Gelchu, said as the protest of students of the Oromo ethnic group is a protest against the unjust eviction of Oromo farmers, the public needs to stand with them and support them.


OLF calls Ethiopians to stand with Oromo students                                                                  ESAT New  May 20, 2014


OLF in its press release stated that the ruling party in Ethiopia is working to prolong its grip on power by causing inter-ethnic fights and this will hurt the Nation at the end of the day; thus, all political parties should leave their differences aside and struggle together.
It also noted that the demolition of the historic Waldeba Monastery, Northern Ethiopia for sugar development and the sale of lands in Gambella are deplorable. The eviction of Oromo farmers is similarly aimed at selling the lands to investors, which should be opposed by all Ethiopians now.
OLF said Ethiopians without being divided along ethnic, place of origin and religion should rise in unison and continue the protest against the new Addis Abeba Master Plan.
In a related development, Ethiopians in Munich, Germany have held a protest opposing the killing of students in Ambo and other towns of the Oromia region in Ethiopia.

No less significant, absent trials and tribulations, democracy would be devoid of the soul that endows it with character and vitality. I accept my fate, even embrace it as serendipitous. I sleep in peace, even if only in the company of lice, behind bars. The same could not be said of my incarcerator though they sleep in warm beds, next to their wives, in their home




.The government has been able to lie in a court of law effortlessly as a function of the moral Paucity of our politics. All the great crimes of history, lest we forget, have their genesis in the moral wilderness of their times.
The mundane details of the case offer nothing substantive but what chritopher Hitchens once described as “a vortex of irrationality and nastiness.” Suffice to say, that this is Ethiopia’s dreyful affair. Only this time, the despondency of withering tyranny, not smutty bigotry, is at play.
Martin aims wrote, quoting Alexander Solzhenitsyn, that Stalinism (in the 30s) tortured you not to force you to reveal a secret, but to collude you in a fiction. This Is also the basic rational of the unfolding human rights crisis in Ethiopia. And the same 30s bravado that show-trials can somehow vindicate banal injustice pervades official thinking want to unlearn from history; we aptly repeat even its most brazen mistakes.
Why should the rest of the world care? Horace said it best :mutate nomine detefabula narrator.” change only the name and this story is also about you.” Whenever justice suffers our common humanity suffers, too.
I will live to see the light at the end of the tunnel. it may or may not be a long wait. Whichever way events may go, I shall persevere!

Ottawa Rally calls on Canada to halt support for dictatorship




Where on Earth have you seen Christian and Muslim leaders jointly protesting against repressive regimes? Join the Ethiopians in Diaspora, and witness the rare God-blessed scene
OTTAWA – Ethiopian Canadians on June 5 took to the streets of Ottawa and condemned the ongoing human rights violations in the Horn of Africa nation. The protesters were mainly drawn from Toronto and Ottawa.
Amid the demonstrating crowd in the capital which is also a touristic destination for many, bystanders were very surprised to see Muslims and Christians side by side protesting the lack of freedom of religion, ethnic cleansing in different parts of Ethiopia, the genocide and the land grab in Ethiopia, the crackdown against journalists and political dissidents, as well as the crackdown on religious and political leaders.
Reverend Mesale Enguede of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Exile and Mr. Abu Rashid of the Ethiopian Muslim Council spoke on the occasion about the ancient history of Ethiopia the harmonious coexistence of the two religions centuries.
Reverend Mesale Engude said that "Ethiopia has had so many problems in the past but she overcame them with the courage and determination of her own children.
Mr Abu Rashid also expressed his anger towards the Ethiopian government’s effort to impose alien doctrine on Muslim Ethiopians. He wondered how would a government select and impose a certain sect over all other Muslims. Abu Rashid stated that "the Let Our Voice Be Heard” struggle will continue until a fully democratic state is created in Ethiopia.
Shortly after the two religious leaders spoke to the gathered crowd, opposition Member of Parliament, and a friend of Ethiopia, Paul DEWER raised his concern about the serious human right offenses committed by the Ethiopian government.
Mr. Obang Metho, founder of SMNE, human rights activists and community leaders also took part in the rally. The demonstrators called upon the government of Canada to condemn the human rights violations in Ethiopia and stop supporting the repressive regime in that country.

Some of the slogans chanted by the activists were "Justice for Murdered Ethiopians", "Canada should condemn government interference in religion in Ethiopia", " Democracy Now in Ethiopia," "Canada: Say No to Ethnic Cleansing and Religious Suppression in Ethiopia," "Muslims and Christians are United in Ethiopia."

Detained Journalists and Bloggers in Ethiopia Must be Charged or Released, says IFJ IFJ

May 21, 2014
Three journalists and six bloggers behind bars in Ethiopia

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Tuesday severely criticised authorities in Ethiopia following the decision by a court to grant police nearly one more month to conduct investigations against the journalistan bloggers detained in the country last month.
bloggersThree journalists and six bloggers were arrested on 25 and 26 April by police using an arrest warrant from a public prosecutor in Addis Ababa, the country’s capital city. The police on May 19 said that while the investigations continue the three journalists and six bloggers will remain in prison. “This is a clear human right violation,” said Gabriel Baglo, IFJ Africa Director. “These journalists and bloggers have not been charged yet and must be released immediately. The court is clearly hesitating because there are no strong charges against our colleagues”.
The IFJ criticism comes a few weeks after it wrote an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, during his visit to the country to ask him to raise his concerns about the ordeal of the imprisoned journalists when he met with Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn. According to media reports, Kerry subsequently raised the arrests during meetings with the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Tedros Adhanom, on May 1.
Following the meeting the IFJ welcomed Kerry’s action, but the Ethiopian court has now taken the decision to extend their detention.
The journalists who have been arrested are Tesfalem Weldeyest, who writes independent commentary on political issues for Ethiopia’s Addis Standard magazine and Addis Fortune newspaper, Asmamaw Hailegiorgis, senior editor at an influential Amharic weekly magazine Addis Guday, and Edom Kassaye, who previously worked at state daily Addis Zemen Newspaper and is an active member of the Ethiopian Environmental Journalists Association (EEJA).