October 26, 2010 / Andinet DC Metro Birtukan Mideksa, leader of Ethiopia’s largest opposition party, Unity for Democracy & Justice Party, was celebrated by the DC Metro community pursuant to her release from imprisonment by the dictatorial regime of Meles Zenawi. The event, which took place on Saturday October 23, 2010 at the…
Birtukan freed! Accorded a hero’s welcome By Eskinder Nega / October 6, 2010 Birtukan Mideksa, prominent Ethiopian political prisoner, was freed today from almost two years of absurd imprisonment—a blatant abuse of power by the EPRDF, specifically PM Meles Zenawi. She was accorded a hero’s welcome by family, relatives, friends…
September 29, 2010 / Ana Gomes Member of the European Parliament PRESS RELEASE, September 29 2010 (Brussels) MEP Ana GOMES (S&D, PT) asked President Jacob Zuma of South Africa today, during a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, to help liberate Birtukan Mideksa, a young woman leader of…
ETHIOPIAN AMERICAN CIVIC ADVOCACY Fighting for Democratic values, Human Rights, and Donor Accountability Tuesday, May 25, 2010 The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States of America 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Re: Ethiopia’s Sham Election Dear Mr. President: Ethiopian American Civic Advocacy is writing this letter…
AFP | May 25, 2010 WASHINGTON (AFP) – Ethiopia’s weekend elections, which gave long-time ruler Meles Zenawi a landslide victory, were “not up to international standards,” a senior US diplomat said Tuesday.…
