Ethiopian News and Politics Journal
News and Articles
Ye Zebenaye Gedaye
Feb 5th
By Thomas Tesfa: It is difficult to write about ones pain of the monstrous Mengistu regime. It’s so personal. It is dredging up the personal, from the darkest recess of our soul that is a problem. The details of who, what, when, where, why, that forces one to recall and relive those awful memories. Anger, sorrow, confusion rear their ugly head…pain and anguish. The story is never complete, the Red Terror, a horror that defies explanation. Read More…
.gif){kind=small}
Saudi Arabia: Christians Arrested at Private Prayer
Jan 31st
AlertNet: Thirty five Ethiopian Christians are awaiting deportation from Saudi Arabia for "illicit mingling," after police arrested them when they raided a private prayer gathering in Jeddah in mid-December, 2011. Of those arrested, 29 were women. They were subjected to arbitrary body cavity searches in custody, three of the Ethiopians told Human Rights Watch. Read More…
Norway – Stop harassing refugees and threatening deportation!
Jan 27th
SOCEPP: Sad as it is, the State of Norway has broken with its worthy past of being the land of asylum and refuge. Nowadays, xenophobia is the vogue and real politick determines the policy of the Norwegian government. Ethiopian refugees have become the visible victim of this callous and cruel slide into the realm of violator of human rights on the part of Norway. Read More…
Woyane Court Sentences Journalists, Politician for Terrorism
Jan 26th
By William Davison: An Ethiopian judge sentenced three journalists, an opposition politician and another person to prison terms ranging from 14 years to life in jail for terrorism-related crimes. Read More…
Denounce the repressive regime’s illegal sentencing of journalists and political dissenters
Jan 27th
SOCEPP: The State controlled court in Addis Abeba has sentenced a number of journalists and political dissenters to years of imprisonment and thousands of Birr fine. Thus, Journalists Woubshet and Ms Reyot have been sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment a 33,000 Birr fine. Read More…
