Dozens of journalists forced into exile, report shows

Committee to Protect Journalists issues report revealing that Ethiopia has produced the most exiled journalists
(Aljazeera) – Dozens of journalists have been forced into exile in the last 12 months, fearing imprisonment or death at the hands of their own governments, according to a report released Wednesday.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) issued its “Journalists in Exile” study on Wednesday, showing that at least 82 reporters were forced to flee to another country between May 2014 and June of this year.

Ethiopia Opposition Candidate Dies After Attack in Northwest

by William Davison
(BloombergBusiness) — An Ethiopian parliamentary candidate for the opposition Blue Party died after being assaulted in Debre Markos, a town in the country’s northwest, the group said.
Two people attacked Samuel Awoke, 29, with a club and knife as he returned home alone from a night out with friends, spokesman Yonatan Tesfaye said by phone Tuesday from the capital, Addis Ababa.
“We are trying to figure out who are the killers and the reasons,” he said, citing suspicions it was politically motivated. Ethiopian Communications Minister Redwan Hussien said in a text message that a suspect has been apprehended and the attack may have stemmed from a legal dispute.

Ethiopia’s crackdown on dissent drives opposition to push for ‘freedom first’

Government’s critics weigh options after ruling party landslide leads to loss of faith in ballot box while case of Zone 9 bloggers discourages free speech

 

William Davison, June 11

22 May 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Ethiopian people read newspapers a day before the country goes into a general election in capital Addis Ababa May 22, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri — Image by © TIKSA NEGERI/Reuters/Corbis

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Bloomberg News) — On the very day Ethiopia’s ruling party celebrated another crushing electoral victory, a young blogger on trial under anti-terrorism laws in an Addis Ababa courtroom lashed out at the authorities.

Ethiopian Paramilitary Militia Genocide

 

The Hidden Genocide In Ogaden

(Mareeg) — Between May 24, 2015 a nd June 5, 2015, The Ethiopian paramilitary militia known as the Liyu Police crossed the border between the Galgaduud Region of Somalia and the Somali Eastern region in Ethiopia. During that period, hundreds of the Liyu Police guerrillas raided 18 villages at the border and demanded unconditional levy, bribery money and vehicles. The villagers refused to comply with the unlawful demands and resisted the forceful means of the invaders. The Liyu Police militia then launched retaliatory operations in those villages, where they indiscriminately massacred hundreds of innocent civilians. During those operations the Liyu Police militia committed genocide against civilians including children, women, disabled elders, and seniors. Hundreds of inhabitants of those villages were killed, their properties were looted, and their homes were burned down.

Arms of Ethiopia’s Regime Surveillance Network Reaches Washington DC

Daselgn Teferra ( Right) pictured with TPLF’s Abay Tsehaye (Left

(Oromo Press) — The TPLF/EPRDF regime of Ethiopia exports spies and thugs to Washington DC to harass and weaken the organizational capacity of Oromos in diaspora.  It is becoming very common in Washington DC to see Ethiopia’s surveillance against Oromo-American Citizens in action.  The government uses poor, illiterate and semi literate collaborators; pays them salaries in US dollars, puts them in suits and Hondas, and decent housing in DC, Virginia and Maryland so they can conduct surveillance on the Oromo people.  These spies have attempted and occasionally succeeded in infiltrating Oromo institutions in the Washington DC area.

Filannoo Wayyaanee Bara 2015 Fi Haala Yeroo Biyyattii Keessaa Ilaalchisee Ibsa Qeerroon Bilisummaa Oromoo

 

Waxabajjii  01,2015 ,Waamicha Uummata Oromoo- Qeerroon  Bilisummaa Oromoo  haala yeroo irratti hundaa’uun Sochii warraaqsa FDG filannoo sobaa fi  itti fakkeessii Mootummaan Wayyaanee  EPRDF’n  gaggeesse irratti  Uummata isaa waliin ta’uun FDG kan jabeessee jiruu ta’uu fi Murtii amma uummatni  Oromoo fudhachuu qabu  ilaalchisuun  Ibsa gabaaba uummata Oromoo hundaaf dabarsee jira.

Kenya’s Reprisals Against Ethiopia

 

Kenya’s relations with Ethiopia is getting less harmonious recently due to Ethiopia’s repeated incursions into Kenyan territory in complete disregard to the country’s sovereignty

(African Intelligence) – UNDERMINED by the incursion of the Ethiopian army into Kenyan territory in late May (at the Illeret locality, 15 km from the border), relations between Kenya and Ethiopia could deteriorate even further.

Moyale: OLA killed 12 Ethiopian security forces and wounded more

 

BBC Victoria Derbyshire Show – UK man on death row in Ethiopia

Kenya: How Far Is Kenya From Ethiopia? Chronicles of an Exiled Journalist

By Habtamu Seyoum

Unlike in Kenya where opinion on every issue is split between the two main coalitions, Ethiopia is a federal state ruled by a single dominant political party that practices a strict brand of socialism that places the state above everything else. The ruling Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), which came to power in 1991 after a guerilla war against the bloody Mengistu Haille Mariam regime, holds total political sway. The coalition, which consists of four political parties, holds 499 out of the 547 national assembly seats.