African Hunger Games at Camp David
Alemayehu G Mariam

White House spokesman Jay Carney announced last week that President Obama has invited the presidents of Ghana, Tanzania, Benin and Meles Zenawi to attend the G8 Summit (the forum for the governments of eight of the world’s largest economies) for a discussion of food security on May 19 at Camp David (Presidential retreat) in Maryland. The U.S. has been handing out food aid to the African continent for decades.

Justice for Sierra Leone! No Justice for Ethiopia?
By Alemayehu G.Mariam

Warlord Charles Taylor Caged!

After 420 days of trial (over nearly four years), 115 witness, over 50,000 pages of testimony, and 1,520 exhibits, Charles Taylor, warlord-turned-president of Liberia, was found guilty on 11 counts by the U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone. Taylor was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity (including murder, rape, mutilating civilians, including cutting off their limbs, conscripting child soldiers, sexual slavery and other acts of terrorism) committed in Sierra Leone from November 30, 1996, to January 18, 2002.

አስቸኳይ መግለጫ፣ (አዲሲቷ ኢትዮጵያ የጋራ ንቅናቄ - አኢጋን)

ለእስልምና፣ ክርስትና፣ ይሁዲ እምነት ተከታዮችና ለመላው የሃይማኖት ነጻነት አፍቃሪዎች  ... Click here to read

A special tribute to my hero Eskinder Nega
By Alemayehu G Mariam

Eskinder Invictus!

On May 1, 2012, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia’s foremost journalist and political prisoner, will be awarded the “Freedom to Write Award”, the highest honor given out by Pen America, one of the great international free press institutions that has been in continuous operation since 1922. The award honors writers throughout the world who have fought courageously in the face of adversity for the right to freedom of expression. Eskinder will not be able to accept the award in person in N.Y. City because he is jailed by arch dictator Meles Zenawi. The award confirms Eskinder is truly an international hero of press freedom. But he is also the hero of the ordinary African who has been denied human rights and democracy. To his countrymen and women, Eskinder is the symbol of absolute defiance to tyranny, dictatorship and despotism and a candle of press freedom that shall never flame out.

Coordinating Committee of Exiled members of Ethiopian Teachers Association
(Press Release) click here

በጄኔቭ ታላቅ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ተካሄደ

ሐገራችን ኢትዮጵያ አሁን ለምትገኝበት አስከፊና አሳዛኝ ሁኔታ የዳረጋትን ብልሹ፣ ጨቛኝና አምባገነን የአገዛዝ ስርዓት በመቃወም ተጠርቶ የነበረው ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ከተለያዩ የስዊዘርላንድ ከተሞች የመጡ ኢትዮጵያውያን በተገኙበት በ25.04.2012 በደማቅ ሁኔታ ተካሂዷል።

በስዊዘርላንድ ነዋሪ የሆኑ የተለያዩ የፖለቲካ ድርጅት ደጋፊዎች፣የሲቪክ ማህበረሰብ ኣባላት፣ የኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ፣ የእስልምና እና የተለያዩ የእምነት ድርጅት ተወካዮች እና ሃገር ወዳድ ኢትዮጵያውያን በሰልፉ ተሳታፊ ሆነዋል» ወያኔ ኢህአዴግ ከቅርብ ጊዜ ወዲህ በሁሉም እምነት ተቋማት ላይ የከፈተውን የጥፋት እና የመከፋፈል ርምጃ ሰልፈኖቹ በፅኑ ተቃውመዋል» ከዚህም በተጨማሪ የሽብርተኝነት ታርጋ እየለጠፈ በንጹሐን ዜጎች ላይ የሚካሄደውን አፈናና የመብት ረገጣ ፣ የዜጎችን ከቦታ ቦታ የመንቀሳቀስ መብት በመገደብ በሕዝባችን ላይ እየደረሰ ያለውን መፈናቀል ፣ በውጭ ባለሀብቶች አማካይነት እየተካሄደ ያለውን የመሬት ቅርምትና የዜጎች ከቀያቸው መፈናቀል እንዲሁም የመምህራንን የመብት ጥያቄ ለማዳፈን እየሄደበት ያለውን መንገድም ሰልፈኞቹ በፅኑ ተቃውመዋል»

የሰልፉ ኣስተባባሪዎች የተቃውሞ ደብዳቤያቸውን ለተባበሩት መንግስታት የሰብኣዊ መብት ኮሚሽን ኮሚሽነር ፣ ለተባበሩት መንግስታት የትምህርት የሳይንስና ባህል ድርጅት ፣ለኣለም ኣብያተ ክርስቲያን ጽ /ቤት ፣ ለኣለማቀፉ የቀይ መስቀልና ቀይ ጨረቃ ማህበር እንዲሁም ለተለያዩ ኣለም ኣቀፍ ተቋማት አስገብተዋል::

የሰልፈኞቹ ተወካዮችም ጉዳዩ ከሚመለከታቸው ባለስልጣናት ጋር ሰፊ ውይይት ማካሄዳቸውን ለማወቅ ተችሏል»

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Green Justice or Ethnic Injustice?
By Prof. Alemayehu G/Mariam

Blaming the Victim

Last week, dictator Meles Zenawi hectored his rubberstamp parliament in Ethiopia about the forced expulsion (or as some have described it “ethnic cleansing”) of Amharas from southern Ethiopia and zapped his critics for their irresponsibility in reporting and publicizing it. Zenawi denied any expulsion had taken place, but explained that some squatters (he described them as “sefaris from North Gojam”) had to be removed from their homesteads in the south purely out of environmental conservation concerns for the area’s forestlands. In a broadside against organizations “that promote the view that our collective identity is Ethiopianity,” Zenawi harangued: