News and information (May31-June15)
We once again will gatherer together to remember the innocent victims, the children, and their parents, attending the Mekelle Ayder Elementary school,who were massacred at the hands of the Eritrean Air Force dropping cluster bombs on June 5, 1998. We once again will gatherer together to remember the innocent victims, the children, and their parents, attending the Mekelle Ayder Elementary school,who were massacred at the hands of the Eritrean Air Force dropping cluster bombs on June 5, 1998. May their souls rest in peace. May God grant our homeland and all of us where ever we are.
Program
Welcome – Committee Members
Video about the Ayder Massacre
Prayers from Religious Leaders
Speakers
Date June 3, 2001
Time: 6.00 PM
Place : 1610 Columbia Rd NW ( 16th & Columbia Rd)
Washington Family Church
Walta Information Center (WIC): the Trojan horse of Melles? By Tsegay B.Most Ethiopians were surprised in hearing the internal conflict prevailing in the TPLF leadership. It has pulled a big surprise in our daily life. We tried to build some scenario based on speculations, rumors, and some broadcasters. We have hoped on some miracles to come, solve everything and rescue EPRDF and defeat the Eritrean regime for once and for all. Nevertheless, we are having developments (not expected) by each day. Though we may have different sources of information depending on our access to all or censored media, it is about two months since we have talked about it.
Meles's coup d'etat - Quoreta by Bonapartism (Part II)by X-TPLF member, Mulugeta Leul, in memory of May 28, 01
"Most of what I wrote in Part I (read below under Commentaries) became reality, even the pure guess, I guessed about the use of Assab by Ethiopia. Now I am writing this article reading all what have been written in a Reporter by the government of PM Meles (01/05/2001), by the Audit Commission (05/05/01), by the dissident group (03/05/01) and watching the Cadre video and read their resolutions. Most people know about the dissident group’s position, therefore, I will start with the Audit commission’s findings and conclusions..."
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Ethiopia: Sacked chief of staff, air force commander reportedly arrested BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Jun 2, 2001 Let-Gen Tsadkan Gebretensae, who was sacked on Saturday [26 May, as chief of staff], was arrested immediately after his dismissal was announced in the media. The reason for his sacking was none but this week's wave of corruption cases. |
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Ethiopia: Independent newspaper editor seeks asylum in Sweden BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Jun 2, 2001 A top editor of the Reporter newspaper has fled the country and is currently seeking asylum in Sweden, reports reaching us from Sweden have said. Mr Girmay Berhe, who was one of the top editors next to the chief and deputy chief editors, says he was forced to flee due to the prevailing political feud within the TPLF [Tigray Peoples Liberation Front-main group in the ruling coalition party]. He said the government had started provoking and harassing him for filing a report on the TPLF officials who were expelled from the party... |
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Ethiopian police arrest senior ruling party and business officials 05/30/2001 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Police have arrested two senior members of the ruling party and a number of business executives as the government cracks down on high level corruption, an official said Wednesday, days after it was announced that the army chief had been dismissed. Associated Press |
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Shame and follyBy Befiridu Tessema - An Analysis It is naive to expect a politician's speech to be fresh and free, sincere and honest, and unmarred by timorous self-watching and constraint. But even with a down-graded exception of frankness from his lips, one would get the PM's interview this week with Abiotawi Democracy quite boring, vexing and at times wearisome. It is full of unguarded phrases, colorless and non-committal, or carefully tinted totally with the color of contempt and disrespect for those who oppose him. The Reporter
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Ugandan, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Sudanese leaders to meet in Kenya BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; May 30, 2001 |
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Ethiopia's Army chief of staff, Air Force Commander Sacked
Samora is new army chief -of-staff Addis Ababa, May 26(WIC)
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Meles's coup d'etat - Quoreta by BonapartismBy X-TPLF member, MLeul, Canada
Meles Zenawi's War Against the Nation's Brain
When security forces use excessive force against people who peacefully demonstrate, strike or boycott, it is a gross human rights violation. When, but, the regime lets loose its security forces with the order 'shoot to kill' it is barbaric.By Kahsay Berhe and Tesfay Atsbeha London
The military was ordered directly by PM Meles, to shoot to kill.
The military should have been well prepared for the worst, to protect themselves and the public from such a riot, by using tear gases and as such. BUT, THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR SHOOTING & KILLING TO TEACH THEM A LESSON. The shooting of our people is going to continue at any cost for no avail. The Ethiopian people in general, the CC members in particular, should ask PM Meles to resign immediately.By Gobezay Wedi-Tigray, M.A.,
Remembering my Ethiopian brothers and sisters: They did not die in vain.
My brothers and sisters did not die in vain. The moral demand will continue to burn in my heart, my grounding is with those who died.By: Dr.Teodros Kiros
