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Saturday, 20 April 2013

ዜና ገራሚ፤ ቤኒሻንጉል ክልል የሄዱ የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ አመራሮች ታሰሩ!

ከቤኒሻንጉል ጉምዝ ክልል “ውጡ” ተብለው ከተባረሩ በኋላ ደግሞ “ግቡ” ተብለው የተመለሱ ወገኖች ያሉበትን ሁኔታ ለማየት የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ አመራር አባላት ሚያዝያ 11/2005 ዓ.ም ወደ ክልሉ አምርተው ነበር፡፡ መተከል ዞን ሲደርሱ ግን የዞኑ ፖሊስ አስሯቸዋል፡፡

የዞኑ ፖሊስን ለማነጋገር ያደረግነው ጥረት የለም፡፡ እንደምንገምተው ግን ፖሊስ፤ የፓርቲው አመራር አባላትን ሲመለከት፤ የውጪ ሀገር ሰዎች ህገ ወጥ ዝውውር ሲያደርጉ የያዛቸው መስሎት ሳይሆን እንደማይቀር ይጠረጠራል!

ጎበዝ፤ ሀገር ቤት ዘመዶቻችንንም ለማየት ልንከለከል ነው ማለት ነው…!?

በሳውዲ፣ በየመን፣ በኬኒያ በታንዛኒያ ህገ ወጥ ዝውውር አደረጋችሁ ተብለን ለምንታሰረው ስለምን እንገረማለን እነሆ በራሳችን ሀገር ከክልል ክልል መዘዋወርስ መቼ ተቻለን…!?

By Abe Tokichaw

Reeyot Alemu: Ethiopia's Jailed Truth Teller

Reeyot Alemu

She’s spent the last 669 days languishing behind the bars of a notoriously brutal prison, but Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu has not been forgotten. On Tuesday, the 32-year-old female dissident was honored with the 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. In announcing the prize, the jury hailed her “exceptional courage, resistance and commitment to freedom of expression.” But no amount of international awards and public outcry have succeeded in gaining her freedom—and her medical condition is reportedly deteriorating. After recently undergoing surgery for a breast tumor, she was immediately sent back to the Kality Prison with no downtime for recovery, according to reports.
Last year, the International Women’s Media Foundation bestowed a Courage in Journalism Award on Alemu in absentia for her “refusal to self-censor in a place where that practice in standard, and her unwillingness to apologize for truth-telling, even though contrition could win her freedom.” At the ceremony, the presenters read a note from Alemu that had been smuggled out of prison. “For EPRDF [Ethiopia’s ruling party], journalists must be propaganda machines,” she wrote.

Alemu worked, among other roles, as a columnist for the weekly independent paper Feteh, which was later shuttered by the government. Four days before her arrest, Alemu had written a scathing critique of the ruling political party’s fundraising methods for a national dam project, and had apparently drawn parallels between late Libyan despot Muammar Gaddafi and Ethiopia’s then-Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi. (He would die a year later, in August 2012.)

On June 21, 2011, Alemu was seized from the high-school English class she taught, and placed under arrest, with reportedly no information about why she was being detained alongside another journalist and two politicians.
Her outspoken criticism on political and social issues was not viewed lightly by the government, which has been notoriously suppressive of the press for decades. In 2012, the Committee to Protect Journalists named Ethiopia as one of the ten countries where press freedom suffered most.
“The group was caught while plotting to sabotage electricity and telephone lines in an attempt to wreak havoc in the country,” the assistant commissioner police chief claimed.
“Further investigation has also revealed that they acted to recruit others to carry out terrorist activities with support from the Eritrean government and other anti-peace groups.”

Ethiopians have held a grand demonstration in Oslo, Norway

April 18,2013 at 02:00 pm Ethiopians have held a grand
demonstration in Oslo, Norway opposing the eviction and
ethnic cleansing of Amhara Ethnic from Benshangul Gumz region
and Gurafeda in southern Ethiopia region. Many were holding
a slogans that says "Ethnic cleansing is a crime",
"Stop ethnic cleanising of Amharas from benishangul Gumuz
and Southrn Ethiopia", "Forceful Eviction is violating Human rights!

Inadition , Norway must stop supporting Ethiopia's government
financially and morally. The regime is undemocratic and willing
to engage in ethnic cleansing, was one of the charges were read out.

Support Organization like Democratic change in Ethiopia support
(DCESON), Ethiopian people's Revolutionary (EPRP) ,
Muslim community and Ethiopian community has present
speech through their representatives.

የቤንሻንጉል-ጉምዝ የአማራ ተፈናቃዮች በምዕራብ ኢትዮጵያ ቤንሻንጉል ጉምዝ ክልል የሚኖሩ የአማራ ብሄር አባል የሆኑ አርሦ አደሮች «ለዓመታት ከኖርንበት እየተፈናቀልን ነው፤ መድረሻ ግን የለንም» ሲሉ አቤቱታ እያሰሙ ነው፡፡

ሐሙስ, ኤፕረል 18, 2013 VOA

የቤንሻንጉል-ጉምዝ ዞኖችና ወረዳዎች

በምዕራብ ኢትዮጵያ ቤንሻንጉል ጉምዝ ክልል የሚኖሩ የአማራ ብሄር አባል የሆኑ አርሦ አደሮች «ለዓመታት ከኖርንበት እየተፈናቀልን ነው፤ መድረሻ ግን የለንም» ሲሉ አቤቱታ እያሰሙ ነው፡፡

ይህንኑ ቅሬታቸውን መነሻ በማድረግ ሁለት አርሦ አደሮችን ባለፈው የካቲት 29, 2005 ዓ.ም መዘገባችን ይታወሳል።

በማግስቱ መጋቢት 30 / 2005 ዓ.ም መልስ የሰጡን የክልሉ ፕሬዚደንት ግን ማንም በግድ እንዳልተባረረ በማስተባበል የሠፈሩበት ቦታ ለቤቶች ግንባታ ስለሚፈለግ በምትኩ ሌላ የእርሻ ማሳ ተስጥቷቸዋል ማለታቸውንም ዘግበናል።

ከየትና ከመቼ ጀምሮ ከቤንሻንጉል ጉምዝ ቀበሌዎች የአማራ ገበሬዎች መፈናቀል እንደጀመሩ ምክንያቱን ጭምር አንድ ተፈናቃይ ገልፀውልናል፤ የበቀል እርምጃ እንዳይወሰድባቸው በመሥጋት ግን ስማቸው እንዳይገለፅ ጠይቀዋል።