Prelude
On January 26, 2012 the state secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice, Pål K. Lønseth appearing on TV channels announced with great sigh of relief the coming to an end of 20 years of negotiations ordeal with the dictatorial regime of Meles Zenawi to repatriate the rejected Ethiopian asylum seekers. According to the official [...]

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New York, January 26, 2012–A U.S.-based journalist convicted on politicized terrorism charges in Ethiopia was sentenced to life in prison in absentia today, while two other Ethiopian journalists received heavy prison sentences in connection with their coverage of banned opposition groups, according to news reports.

Elias Kifle, exiled Ethiopian editor of the Washington-based opposition website Ethiopian Review, was handed [...]

The Ethiopian Federal High Court on January 19, 2012, convicted three Ethiopian journalists, an opposition leader, and a fifth person under an anti-terrorism law that violates free expression and due process rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The Ethiopian government should immediately drop the case, release the defendants, and investigate their allegations of torture in detention.
The [...]

Donor Funds Should Not Facilitate Abuse of Indigenous Groups
JANUARY 16, 2012
(London) – The Ethiopian government under its “villagization” program is forcibly relocating approximately 70,000 indigenous people from the western Gambella region to new villages that lack adequate food, farmland, healthcare, and educational facilities, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. State security forces [...]

Ethiopians in Diaspora
To Whom It May Concern;
We are concerned Ethiopians in Diaspora, who closely follow our detained 35 Ethiopians in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia while they were gathering in a home to celebrate Christmas in December 2011, which is allowed according to the law of the country. From these innocent prisoners, 29 of them are women [...]

We … call on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and America’s Western allies to publicly repudiate Ethiopia’s efforts to use terrorism laws to silence political dissent. We also urge the U.S. to ensure that our more than $600 million in aid to Ethiopia is not used to foster repression.
This is the call to action from [...]

Two politicians who had been rising stars in Ethiopia’s ethnic Oromo opposition movement have pleaded “not guilty” to terrorism charges in Addis Ababa on Monday.
Bekele Gerba and Olbana Lelisa appeared in federal court to hear charges accusing them of conspiring to overthrow Ethiopia’s government by force. They also stand accused of being recruiters for the [...]

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Public Radio International – The World
Famine has swept through much of Ethiopia in the past year, but a new project will see a Saudi Arabian country convert one of the most fertile areas to produce rice for export. The idea is it’s better to have people employed and making money.

Gambella in western Ethiopia is one [...]

The SMNE has been alerted to a serious issue affecting Christians and Muslims in the village of Qoto Baloso, Silte province of Ethiopia. Reports allege that Christians church were burned down on 29 November 2011 by Muslim students, accompanied by Muslim police officials. The students were shouting “Allahu Akbar” (“God is great”).
Please watch the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX9gILYFLkg&mid=555
Is it really a [...]

Amnesty International says Ethiopian authorities have been using anti-terror laws as a pretext to arrest and silence politicians and journalists who criticize government policies.
In a report released Friday, the human rights group said at least 114 opposition politicians and six journalists have been arrested since March.
Amnesty said, in many cases, calls for peaceful protests or [...]

Ethiopians in San Francisco Bay-Area will meet to commemorate the scarifies of Yenesew Gebru which mirror and symbolizes the misery and frustration of our people in Ethiopia under the brutal regime of Meles Zenawi.
Since Zenawi’s regime installed to power numerous Ethiopians men and women have been paying the ultimate scarifies to see just, free, and prosperous Ethiopia. Their scarifies have been [...]