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Sunday, August 30, 2015

ወገኔ በሚል ርእስ የኢሳቱ ጋዘጠኛ ደረጄ ሃብተወልድ ምርጥ ግጥሙን ይዞልን ቀርቧል

ደረጀ / ወገኔ በሚል ግጥም

Ethiopian Politician Bekele Gerba Brings A Sharp Message To Obama

August 28, 2015

Just a few months ago, Bekele Gerba was languishing in a high security Ethiopian jail, hearing the cries of fellow prisoners being beaten and tortured. Now, the 54-year-old foreign language professor is in Washington, D.C., for meetings at the State Department. His message: The Obama administration should pay more attention to the heavy-handed way its ally, Ethiopia, treats political opponents — and should help Ethiopians who are losing their ability to earn a living.
Gerba is a leader of the Oromo Federalist Congress, a political party that represents one of the country’s largest ethnic groups. With estimated numbers of about 30 million, the Oromo make up about a third of Ethiopia’s population.
Please refer more from the internet link Bekele Gerba's Message  

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Why It Undermines Counter-terrorism in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: The Unfair Trial of Muslim Leaders


August 12, 2015

Why It Undermines Counter-terrorism in Ethiopia

by Abadir M. Ibrahim | Addis Standard (Addis Ababa)
Ethiopian Muslims rocked Addis AbabaSomething was awry at a hearing of the High Court of Ethiopia on July 6, 2015. As the much anticipated conviction of Muslim civil society leaders (Abubaker Ahmed and 17 others) was underway, it was clear that this was no ordinary trial.

Security was beefed up, the public gallery was crowded and the atmosphere was tense. A significant amount of time was spent with the court presenting a detailed defense of the government’s policies on counterterrorism and Muslim-state relations. The court also defended the state’s imposition of the Ahbash sect and, in an odd twist, compared the Ahbash sect to Zoroastrianism in Iran. Given how much time was spent on defending the government’s positions, the morning session made it feel as if the Ethiopian state was on trial and not the other way around.

The defendants, who spanned the ideological-denominational spectrum within Islam, were six members of the Ethiopian Muslims Arbitration Committee, 8 prominent Muslim scholars, two journalists, an artist and a student who were exemplary members of society.

In December of 2011, this group started as a pressure group, and later a protest movement, to convince the government to terminate its “Ahbashization” project in which the government tried to force the Ahbash sect of Lebanon as the official religion of Ethiopian Muslims. In the weeks and months that followed talks between the Arbitration Committee and the government broke down and the latter took control over Islamic schools and Mosques and started appointing its agents as Imams and teachers. As a reaction, the defendants started the Dimtsachin Yisema (“Let our Voice be Heard”) movement, a religiously based pro-secularism movement which skillfully and effectively deployed methods of nonviolent action. please read more about from the link Ethiopia: The Unfair Trial of Muslim Leaders

ባራክ ኦባማ! ምነው እውነቱን ብትናገር ስለ ኢትዮጵያ

August 6, 2015
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም
ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ

ማስጠንቀቂያ!
አቁም!
ስለ ባራክ ኦባማ እውነት ማወቅ ካልፈለግህ ይህን ጦማር ማንበብ አቁም። “እውነትን ለሚጠሉ ሁሉ እውነት ጥላቻ ይመስላቸዋል፡፡”
“ምላሴን  ብቆነጥት አምሮየን ያመዋል!”
ባራክ ኦባማ መላስህን ቆንጥጥ !
ባለፈው ሳምንት ፕሬዚዳንት ባራክ ኦባማ ኢትዮጵያን በጎበኘበትጊዜ የሚከተለውን መግለጫ በመስጠት በርካታ ህዝቦችን አስደንግጧል፡obama-ethiopia-speech
“ወደእነዚህ ጉዳዮች በሚመጣበት ጊዜ እጅግም  ምላሴን አልቆነትጥም ፡፡ በዴሞክራሲያዊ ምርጫ የተመረጠውን የኢትዮጵያን መንግስት ጨምሮ ኃይልን በመጠቀም ከስልጣን ለማስወገድ ጥረት የሚያደርግን ማንኛውንም ቡድን አጥብቀን እንቃወማለን፡፡ ይህች ሀገር ያለፈችባቸውን ፈተናዎች ሁሉ ከግንዛቤ በማስገባት የኢትዮጵያን ታሪክ በጥንቃቄ እንከታተላለን፡፡ ሕገ መንግስት ተረቅቆ እና ዴሞክራሲያዊ በሆነ መንገድ ምርጫ እየተካሄደ ዴሞክራሲያዊ መንግስት ስልጣን የያዘበት ጊዜ ኢትዮጵያ ዉስጥ ቅርብ መሆኑም አናውቃለን ፡፡”
እውን በኢትዮጵያ ያለው መንግስት በዴሞክራሲያዊ መንገድ የተመረጠ ነውን!?!
ባራክ ኦባማ ምን ለማለት እንደፈለገ  ሀሳቡን ግልጽ ቢያደርግ !!!
እ.ኤ.አ ግንቦት 24/2015 በኢትዮጵያ ከህዝብ ፈቃድ ውጭ በጠብመንጃ ኃይል በስልጣን ኮርቻ ላይ ተንጠልጥሎ የሚገኘው ወሮበላ የዘራፊ ቡድን ስብስብ የይስሙላ የቅርጫ ምርጫ አካሂዶ ነበር፣ እናም የቅርጫ ምርጫውን መቶ በመቶ አሸነፍኩ ብሎ አይን አውጥቶ አውጇል፡፡
አምባገነኑ የሰሜን ኮሪያው ኪም ጆንገን እንኳ እ.ኤ.አ መጋቢት 2014 ተካሄደ በተባለው ፓርላሜንታዊ ምርጫ መቶ በመቶ በማሸነፍ የምርጫ ድልን ተቀዳጅቻለሁ ለማለት አልደፈረም ነበር፡፡
ቢያንስ በወረቀት ላይ የኪም ጆንገን “የሰሜን ኮሪያው የሰራተኞች ፓርቲ” 88.3 በመቶ (ከ687 መቀመጫዎች ውስጥ 607 መቀመጫዎችን በመያዝ) ብቻ ማሸነፉን ገልጾ ነበር፡፡
“የኮሪያ ሶሻሊስት ዴሞክራቲክ ፓርቲ” 50 መቀመጫዎችን አሸንፎ ነበር፡፡ እንደዚሁም ደግሞ “የቾንዶይስት ቾንጉ ፓርቲ” 22 መቀመጫዎችን አሸንፎ ነበር፡፡ በጃፓን የሚኖሩ ጠቅላላ ኮሪያውያን ማህበር/General Association of Korean Residents in Japan ደግሞ 5 መቀመጫዎችን አሸንፎ ነበር፡፡ በሌላ በኩልም የኃይማኖት ማህበር/Religious Associations የተባለው ፓርቲ 3 መቀመጫዎችን አሸንፎ ነበር፡፡
በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ “በምርጫ በንቃት የሚሳተፉ” 79 የተመዘገቡ እና ሕጋዊ ህልውና ያላቸው የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች አሉ አየተባለ ይለፈፋል፡፡
እ.ኤ.አ ግንቦት 2015 የኢትዮጵያ ህዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር (ኢህአዴግ)/Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) እየተባለ የሚጠራው ግን የህዝባዊ ወያኔ ሀርነት ትግራይ/Tigrean People’s Liberation Front  እያለ አራሱን የሚጠራው  ፈላጭ ቆራጭ ድርጅት መደበቂያ  ግንባር  የሚመራው የይስሙላ ስብስብ ድርጅት ለይስሙላ  የህዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት  ከ547 መቀመጫዎች ውስጥ 547ቱንም ጠቅልሎ በመውሰድ ማለትም መቶ በመቶ አሸነፍኩ በማለት አወጀ፡፡ Please read the four pages article "President Obama's tell the truth about Ethiopia" wrote in amharic from the link http://ecadforum.com/Amharic/archives/15471/

The Agony of TPLF stooges clowning to save the Al-Qaida in Abyssinia regime


August 8, 2015
To see three Woyane comedians dissect President Obama recent visit to Ethiopia is like watching the rerun of the three stooges—you never know what you going to get.
by Teshome Debalke
Comedy is a funny business. It is only good to make us forget the real world laugh about it. Comedians are unique people too in that; you don’t take them seriously when they make a jock out of you.
Some people are not cut out for comedy. They have no sense of humor and take comedians seriously to get mad. But, when comedians take themselves seriously, it is whole other different ball game.
Awramba Times Editor Dawit Kebede
From left to right: Awramba Times Editor Dawit Kebede, EBC media Dassesa producer Selam Mulugeta and Zami FM CEO Zerihun Teshome
Take the American comedians in the mid–20th century known as the Three Stooges and best recognized for their numerous Columbia short subject films. The Three Stooges were commonly identified by their first names: “Moe, Larry, and Curly”. They were notorious to suspend what little narrative structure their pictures possessed in order to insert a number of gratuitous jokes. But, they were successful for long time because they were unconventionally funny.
Woyane comedians are the same– hilarious not for their jocks but clowning to be serious journalist, politicians, academician, businessmen …. Imagine the three stooges turn into a journalists, politicians or academician… analyzing world politics, economy and social science. They probably still make us laugh more than what they do as a real comedians but no one will take them seriously.
That is why our version of –Curley, Larry, Moe, — Dawit, Selam and Zerihun were hilarious on the EBC Media Dassesa program posted on Awramba Times and many other stooges’ online Media.
EBC Board Chairman Asmelash Woldeselassie
EBC Board Chairman Asmelash Woldeselassie and Director General Zeray Asgedom both TPLF Central Committee
Zerihun (Moe) is clowning as the intelligent stooge with a narrative of’ we Ethiopians’. Dawit (Curley) is the cry baby stooge with a narrative of ‘the extreme Diaspora’ and racist Neoliberals spoiling for Al-Qaida in Abyssinia regime. Selam (Larry) is the clueless stooge that goes for ‘whatever can save Woyane goes’. The Program — Media Dassesa itself is funny. It sounds more a contest between the stooges Medias who best can save the Al-Qaida in Abyssinia regime.
Our version of the three stooges comedians go on and on dissecting Obama’s trip to force-fit TPLF’s wishes and demonize the oppositions — reassuring each other; the Al-Qaida in Abyssinia regime is tough, democratic, developmental state — growing the economy and democracy by two and three digits respectively. Please read more from the link http://ecadforum.com/2015/08/08/the-agony-of-tplf-stooges/