Eskinder Nega (Addis Ababa)
The opposition in election 2010
Ask me what the distinctive trait of the opposition is in this year’s election apart from the provocative imprisonment of Birtukan Mideksa, and my response would not be amidst the proverbial list: weak organization, lack of preparedness, appallingly low finance (pundits estimate that only slightly over half a million US dollars is available to the entire opposition this election season, excluding the miserly electoral board finance) and an assortment of other secondary factors. We know from the 2005 elections that these are handicaps that could be overcome in the space of a few short months. Read more »
Ethiopians in Toronto had the opportunity, over the past weekend, to watch the highly acclaimed documentary movie -Migration of Beauty. Unity for Human Rights and Democracy Toronto, had organized the screening at Bloor Cinema marking BIRTUKAN MEDEKSA’S one year in detention Read more »
In churches, schools and meeting halls around Minnesota, the state’s sizeable population of Ethiopian refugees is rallying to free a heroine to them who is wasting away in a prison hellhole in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.Birtukan and supporters (from freebirtukan.org Web site) Read more »
Andenet DC Metro Press Release
December 28, 2009
A capacity crowd at Washington DC Marriott Hotel paid special tribute to Birtukan Mideksa, leader of UDJ and by far the most popular opposition party in Ethiopia. Birtukan was thrown into prison a year ago this Thursday by the government of Ethiopia on bogus charges and ahead of the May 2010 election Read more »
የፐርዝ ከተማ ኗሪ የሆኑ Iትዮጵያውያን ማክሰኞ ዲሴምበር 23 ቀን 2009 በምEራብ Aውስትራሊያ
መስተዳድር፤ የምኔስቲ Iንተርናሽናል ጽሕፈት ቤት የሻማ ማብራት ምሽት በማካሄድና፤ በርቱካንን Eና ሌሎች
የፖለቲካ Eስረኞችን ለማስፈታት በዓለም ዙሪያ ከተጀመረው Eንቅስቃሴ ጋር የተቀናጀ ዘማቻ በመክፈት የተሳካ
ዝግጅት Aካሂደዋል። Read more »
Birtu has the courage and convictions to stand up to her own words. Fear can be conquered though love. It takes a great deal of courage to stand against Injustice. Read more »
የሻማ ማብራት ስነሥርAት መካሄድና ብርቱካንን የማስፈታት ዘመቻ መጀመር
የፐርዝ ከተማ ኗሪ የሆኑ Iትዮጵያውያን ማክሰኞ ዲሴምበር 23 ቀን 2009 በምEራብ Aውስትራሊያ
መስተዳድር፤ የAምኔስቲ Iንተርናሽናል ጽሕፈት ቤት የሻማ ማብራት ምሽት በማካሄድና፤ በርቱካንን Eና
ሌሎች የፖለቲካ Eስረኞችን ለማስፈታት በዓለም ዙሪያ ከተጀመረው Eንቅስቃሴ ጋር የተቀናጀ ዘማቻ
በመክፈት የተሳካ ዝግጅት Aካሂደዋል። Read more »
ግርማ ካሳ (muziky68@yahoo.com)
የካቲት 4 2002 ዓ.ም
ሁለቱም በኢትዮጵያ እየተፋፈመ በመጣዉ የፖለቲካ ሂደት ዉስጥ ትልቅ ስፋራ አላቸዉ። ሁለቱም አባል የሆኑበት ድርጅት ሊቀመንበር ናቸው። ሁለቱም በደጋፊዎቻቸዉ ይደነቃሉ። ሁለቱም የሁለተኛ ደረጃ ተማሪ የነበሩ ጊዜ ጎበዝ ተማሪዎች ነበሩ። ሁለቱም የአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ተማሪ ሆነዋል። ሁለቱም የሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርታቸዉን ያጠናቀቁት በአዲስ አበባ ነው። ሁለቱም ወላጆች እንደመሆናቸው የልጅን ፍቅር ያውቃሉ። ሁለቱም ኢትዮጵያዉያን ናቸው። Read more »
The United Nations Human Rights Council officially declared that UDJ Chairperson W/t Birtukan Mideksa is among those prisoners who are arbitrarily arrested Read more »
