Ethiopian News and Politics Journal
Statements/Press relases
Open Letter to US Ambassador Donald Booth
Feb 3rd
SOCEPP, 03 February 2010: SOCEPP was pleased to hear your declaration, at the Senate Hearing to approve your nomination as US ambassador to Ethiopia, that you would exert pressure on the Meles Zenawi regime to respect the human rights of the Ethiopian people. Not that we have not heard such promises from previous US ambassadors who later turned to be apologists for the repressive regime in Addis Abeba with whom, as you yourself stated, the US has complex interests. Read More…
Letter to all immigration authorities: the right of asylum seeking Ethiopian refugees must be respected
Feb 3rd
SOCEPP has learnt of the alarming development that quite a few countries have denied Ethiopian refugees asylum rights on grounds that are actually flimsy and without factual basis. … This is why SOCEPP calls on the USA and European countries like Britain, Norway, etc to redress the situation and to correctly and humanely reply to the asylum demands by Ethiopian refugees. Read More….
Statement on the crash of EAL flight ET 409
Jan 31st
The EPRP extends its heartfelt condolences to the 90 victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash. The tragic accident has highlighted the plight of Ethiopian young women employees as domestic workers in Lebanon and the racism and brutal treatment they receive there in what is actually a modern slave existence. Read More….
ለሰብዓዊ መብት መታገል የዜግነት ግዳጅ ነው
Jan 17th
ኢፖእአኮ፡ ለሰብዓዊ መብት መከበር መታገል የሁሉም ዜጋ ግደታ ነው። ለሰብዓዊ መብት ሲታገሉ የወደቁትን መዘከር፣ ለእስር የተዳረጉትን መታደግ፣ የእስረኛ ቤተሰቦችን ማገዝ፣ ተይዘው ደብዛቸው የጠፋውን እስረኞች ማስታወስ፣ ለአንድ ወይም ሁለት እስረኛ ሳይሆን ለሁሉም የፖለቲካ እስረኞች መጮህ ያስፈልጋል። ሰብዓዊ መብት ተሸራርፎ የሚታይ አይደለም። ሙሉውን ጽሑፍ ያንብቡ…
አዋጅ አዋጅ፤ አስቸኳይ ጥሪ ለኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ
Jan 12th
ኢሕአፓ በዚህ ታሪካዊ ወቅት ለኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ የሚያስተላልፈው ጥሪ ሀገራችንን ለማዳን፣ ለማስከበር እንነሳ የሚል ነው። ሀገራችን ተሸጣ ሳታልቅና በገዛ ሀገራችን ቅኝ ተገዢ ሳንሆን በፊት መነሳትና መቃወም አለብን። … ኢሕአፓ ለሀገር አድን ትግሉ ዝግጁ ከሆኑት ጋር ሁሉ ለዚህ ግዳጅ በመተባበር ሊታገል ዝግጁ ነው። ሙሉውን ጽሑፍ ያንብቡ…
Calling for the release of Bashir Makhtal
Jan 4th
SOCEPP, 04 January 2010: Canadian citizen Bashir Makhtal was three years ago was arrested at a Kenyan border post, shackled and forced onto a night flight to Ethiopia, along with dozens of other foreign nationals. Once in Addis Ababa, he was placed in solitary confinement in a military prison. Railroaded through the state controlled courts in Addis Abeba, Bashir Makhtal was sentenced to life imprisonment on so called "terror related charges". Bashir was held in solitary for a long period with no access to lawyers and without being charged. Read More…
SOCEPP Calls for the Immediate Release of Abera Yemaneab
Dec 26th
December 1993: Abera Yemane Ab was arrested at Bole Airport, Addis Abeba when he arrived with a peace and reconciliation conference leading a group of members of the CODEF opposition organization. He was railroaded through the EPRDF controlled courts (one court order for his release was ignored) and imprisoned illegally for 12 years. He was then sentenced formally for ten years imprisonment, released, not even compensated for his two years more imprisonment and then rearrested and sent back to prison under a new conviction and sentence of 25 years. Read More…..
