Ethiopia: Government officials reportedly warn president to "keep quiet"BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Sep 19, 2001 Addis Ababa: Two government officials warned President Negaso Gidada to keep quiet, sources close to the Presidential Palace said. According to the sources, the two government officials told the president that if he keeps quiet and remains silent the government would provide him with a free car, house, telephone and internet services, and a bodyguard as a benefit after the end of his tenure in office. But, if he does not keep quiet he will lose everything. |
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'Massive failure' by U.S. intelligence led to attacks, senator says CNN: September 19, 2001 Posted: 12:44 PM EDT (1644 GMT) Musharraf: U.S. not targeting Islam CNN: September 19, 2001 Posted: 2:12 PM EDT (1812 GMT) |
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Ethiopia reportedly closes border with Somalia BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Sep 19, 2001 Text of report by Somali newspaper Mogadishu Times on 19 September An anonymous source quoting Ethiopian radio says the Ethiopian premier has ordered the immediate closure of the border between his country and Somalia. Premier Meles Zenawi said the common border with Somalia was closed because of being a gateway for terrorists, and that his country was facing serious threats from terrorists entering via Somalia, adding that those who bombed the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania may have crossed from Somalia. |
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Djibouti: Foreign minister unaware of reported US request for use of base BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Sep 19, 2001 Text of newscast presented by Laurent Koro, broadcast by Radio France Internationale on 19 September [Laurent Koro] The United States has included Djibouti in its plan to prepare for retaliation. It has been reported that the American government has asked the authorities in Djibouti to allow the use of the military base on their territory in the eventuality of a military action in the region. The government of Djibouti has reportedly given a positive response to the request. Its response is said to have been passed on a few days ago. Phillipe Pierre-Marie tells us what the strategic assets of Djibouti are. |
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Somalia: Former Puntland leader says Ethiopian border closure inappropriate BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Sep 19, 2001 A statement faxed by the Ethiopian government to Gaalkacyo [central Somalia] and Boosaaso [northeastern Somalia] towns, said that the Ethiopian prime minister has ordered the closure of the Ethiopian border with Puntland [semi-autonomous region of northeastern Somalia]. The statement said terrorists from Puntland were entering Ethiopia. |
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Ethiopia: Former defence minister reportedly ill, hospitalized BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Sep 18, 2001 Text of report in English by Deki-Alula Ethiopian Online Newsletter web site on 18 September Addis Ababa, 17 September: Ethiopia's former defence minister Siye Abraha was admitted to Police Hospital on 13 September and doctors have said his condition remained serious, a newspaper reported yesterday. |
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U.S. wants to fly over Pakistan WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Colin Powell told countries to stop supporting terrorist organizations or forget about maintaining good relations with the United States. Stepping up his quest for a united global front against terrorism, Powell worked the telephones Friday. In converations with a number of foreign leaders, Powell asked that they cut off any financial or other forms of support for terrorist organiations. Full coverage |
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FBI: 12 of 19 hijackers had Florida ties September 15, 2001 MIAMI (AP) — Twelve of the 19 hijackers in the suicide attacks had ties to Florida, the FBI said Friday. Since Tuesday's attacks, the agency has scoured flight school records across the state and searched apartments and homes believed to have been rented by the hijackers. |
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Bush, in New York, visits catastrophe site By Donna Leinwand, USA TODAY (September 14, 2001) NEW YORK — Under wartime-level security, President Bush arrived Friday afternoon to survey the hellish scene that was once the gleaming World Trade Center. "This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others," Bush said earlier in the somber, sodden day. |
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US embassay extends appreciation to Ethiopians BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Sep 14, 2001 Text of report in English by Ethiopian news agency ENA web site on 14 September Addis Ababa, 14 September: The United States embassy in Addis Ababa extended on Thursday [13 September] its appreciation to the Ethiopian people following the boundless expressions of sympathy it received since the 11 September terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. |
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Ethiopian physician confirmed among victims in terrorist attacks BBC Monitoring Service: Sept 14, 2001 IPC Suffers Tragic Loss. All of us at IPC are deeply saddened by the events of Tuesday's terrorist attacks. We are especially saddened to learn of the loss of our Director of Medical Affairs, Yeneneh Betru. Dr. Betru was aboard American Airlines Flight 77 bound from Washington Dulles Airport to Los Angeles which crashed into the Pentagon. |
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Women Lawyers Say Four Girls Forced to Leave School Addis Tribune (Addis Ababa) September 14, 2001 The Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) said four girls for whom it was paying school fees have interrupted their education because its bank account has been frozen. EWLA Executive Director Wro. Meaza Ashenafi told Addis Tribune that four girls who have escaped rape, early marriage and abduction have been under the care of the association, although that was not what it was established for. She said that the girls could not continue their education, as their school fees have not been paid. |
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States With No "Nation": The Case of Eritrea & the African Dilemma. Addis Tribune (Addis Ababa) September 14, 2001 By Yohannes Chane Metiku To the mystique of independence we oppose the reality of fraternity. - Felix Houphouet- Boigny of the Ivory Coast. Just like the dreamers of the "Pan-African movement", the Libyan leader Muammar Gadafi recently managed to instill an idea of a new "African Union", which interestingly shows a preponderance of being taken seriously by the African politicians on the ground. It is not clear how such reorganization would be different from or better than the already existing Organization of African Unity (OAU), but there's the usual mimicry of European norms without there being a corresponding realization in Africa within the African realities. |
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Search for Terror Suspects ABC News (September 13, 2001) The hunt for suspects in Tuesday's terrorist attacks on America continues as hope for more survivors fades. The nation's financial markets remain closed for a second day as federal officials ponder when it will be safe to resume regular air travel. Timeline: US Under AttackSky.com (Sep. 12, 2001) The devastation in America began as the country went to work on an ordinary Tuesday morning. |
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Ethiopia: Air Force helicopter crashes southeast of Addis Ababa BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Sep 12, 2001 Text of report in English by Ethiopian newspaper The Reporter on 12 September An Ethiopian Air Force helicopter last week crashed on an emergency landing airstrip built for jets by the Ethiopian Air Force at Dire, near Dukem, 40 km southeast of Addis Ababa. The cause of the accident is under investigation. |
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Kenyan plane destined for Eritrea lands in Ethiopia "by mistake" BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Sep 12, 2001 Text of report by Ethiopian newspaper The Press on 12 September A Kenya Airways cargo plane destined for Asmara landed at Addis Ababa international airport by mistake last week, well informed sources said. The sources said no one knew what the cargo was. However, employees of Ethiopian Airlines who were alarmed by the situation called senior security personnel and briefed them on the incident. |
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Ethiopia: Tigray university students condemn Prime Minister Meles, government BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Sep 11, 2001 Mekele [capital of Tigray Regional State - northern Ethiopia]: University students in this regional capital of Tigray and the capital of Raya Zone, Maychew [all places in northern Ethiopia], condemned the regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi as tyrannical and dictatorial clique that lacks the moral and legal right to govern the country, according to news obtained from the Tigrinya weekly newspaper Wogahta. |
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Terror at Home Terrorists Hijack 4 Airliners, Destroy World Trade Center, Hit Pentagon; Hundreds Dead 
Bush Promises Retribution; Military Put on Highest AlertTerrorists unleashed an astonishing air assault on America's military and financial power centers yesterday morning, hijacking four commercial jets and then crashing them into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania countryside. ABC News Coverage
America Under Attack
A day after the unprecedented terror attack on American soil, rescues team in New York City and at the Pentagon continue to look for survivors. Meanwhile, investigators search for those responsible.
U.S. Has Strong Evidence of Bin Laden Link to Attack
By Dan Eggen and Vernon LoebWashington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, September 11, 2001; Page A01 The U.S. government has strong evidence from multiple sources that the suicidal terrorists who carried out today's catastrophic attacks in New York and Washington are connected to Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden, who has previously been linked to an earlier bombing of the World Trade Center, senior officials said today. Bush promises justice for terror strikes "Make no mistake, The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts" President Bush "I've directed the full resources for our intelligence and law enforcement communities to find those responsible and bring them to justice. We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them." President Bush "Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve." President Bush |
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Africa reacts to US attacks BBC ( Wednesday, 12 September, 2001, 02:49 GMT 03:49) Many Africans condemn the attacks on the US, but some militant Muslim groups in Nigeria are celebrating. |
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Oromo Students On Hunger Strike UN Integrated Regional Information Network (September 11, 2001) Dozens of ethnic Oromo refugees protesting outside the UNHCR office in Nairobi vowed today to continue their week old hunger strike until their demands were met. More than 30 students who have fled Ethiopia over the last two years - to escape what they call systematic persecution by the Ethiopian government - say that they would "rather die" than be transported to a Kenyan refugee camp as required by Kenyan law. |
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Terror from the sky America under attack The World Trade Center tower two falls to the ground after both towers were struck by airplanes September 11, 2001. The two enormous edifices both fell in a huge cloud of smoke and fire two hours after the initial impacts. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters) Bush: U.S. feels 'quiet, unyielding anger'CNN: September 11, 2001 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush responded Tuesday night to the events of a day of unfathomable death, destruction and heartbreak in America's centers of commerce and government by expressing the "steel" will of the United States to heal her deep wounds, and to administer justice to those responsible for carrying out the most shocking simultaneous acts of criminal violence in U.S. history. "Shock turned to grief and anger in the United States following the series of terrorist attacks Tuesday morning that destroyed four hijacked commercial airplanes, the 110-story twin towers of New York's World Trade Center and collapsed part of the Pentagon. Officials said it was too early to assess the death toll from the attacks." |
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Ministry of Justice, Women Lawyers At Loggerheads Addis Tribune (Addis Ababa) September 7, 2001 The letter by the Ministry of Justice suspending the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) reached the office of the Association four days after the Ministry announced through the state media that the Association has been suspended until further notice by the Ministry. |
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Afar Rebel group routs Eritrean army unit near Assab Port Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RASDO) Press Release Aysaita, Ethiopia, Sept 7 (Deki-Alula) - A commando of the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) fighters launched a successful attack against the Sha’bea military camp and depot at Dabaysima, West of Assab, on Wednesday 5th September 2001 at 04.30 AM and wiped out 20 Sha’bea soldiers while over 30 others were left maimed, the rebel group informed Deki-Alula today. RASDO also destroyed an ammunition depot, military installations, including a Radio station of the enemy. |
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Founding Conference of The Tigrian International Solidarity for Justice and Democracy Detail Report ..."The palace group - with Meles Zenawi at its head - has tampered with the Constitution of the FDRE, when it amended the Constitution overnight and passed a law that denies the right of bail of accused persons. According to Article 9 § 1 of the Constitution of the FDRE, the Constitution is the Supreme Law of Ethiopia, including the provision that no other body or government organ can alter the law or pass any law in its contravention to the Constitution. Furthermore, the palace group has acted constitutionally and contravened Article 79 § 1, which ensures the independence of the judiciary."... |
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Call on all Ethiopians Fully cognizant that the noble causes of Solidarity, Justice, Democracy raised by the TISJD are the concern of all Ethiopians from all walks of life; Aware that in this hour of Ethiopia's great need it is One and All that must heed her Call; We resolve to work for Solidarity with our fellow compatriots who hold the Ideals of Justice and Democracy high, by strengthening existing contacts and paving the way for new ones with our fellow compatriots in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Diaspora in the Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Europe and Australia and other parts of the globe. We resolve that we condemn the Byzantine divide-and-rule policy of the Bonapartist clique and declare that we Ethiopians are one and united. We, therefore, call upon all Ethiopians to come together and cooperate in the fight against all sorts of injustices that the ruling group is perpetrating against our people. Lets stand together!!! By Tigrian International Solidarity for Justice and Democracy (TISJD) |
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EWLA refutes Allegations The Reporter (Sep. 5, 2001) The Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) has challenged the announcement made by the Ministry of Justice Sunday that the Association had been suspended for operating ultra vires. According to WIC, the Association said it had received no repeated written or verbal warnings as claimed by the Ministry. |
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New Islamic center in Addis Ababa Addis Ababa, Sept 6, IRNA-IINA-OANA -- Egypt's Al-Azhar has embarked on a project to establish an Islamic Center in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa in response to a request presented by Islamic preachers in the country to Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the head of Al-Azhar |
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The dilemma of the TigriansBy Siraj Kahsay (October 04/2001)
"In the name of the people, TPLF leaders have established business companies. Those businesses seemingly represent economic progress that deceptively suggests to be benefiting the people of Tigray. The truth is to make those businesses operational, TPLF has been forcing Tigrians to work with little or no compensation. Those companies have been used as instruments of robbing the meager earnings of the people for the exclusive benefit of the few "liberators and revolutionaries" who have unscrupulously fattened their individual bank accounts. Strangely enough, those same companies, to the surprise of millions of Tigrians and a considerable number of non-Tigrians, have been generally eyed by non-Tigrians as a source of wealth and comfort of all Tigrians. Actually, some even went as far as satirizing "Tigray iskilema, lelaw ager yidma". Is this really the case?"...
"Such scholars have been unscrupulously engaged in vilifying one ethnic group as a whole: those scholars refer to Tigrians as un-Ethiopians, traitors, racists and even cancerous who simply deserve scissors of a social surgeon."...
Radio Broadcast to EthiopiaDegen Radio (On Saturday)
Radio Solidarity (Thursday and Saturday)
Last week program
Tigrians in Washington DC raise over $10,000 for Radio SolidaritySeptember 30, 2001
Press release:Citizens League of Ethiopian Americans
(CLEA)September 16, 2001
We, the Citizens League of Ethiopian Americans would like to express our deep sadness and shock over last Tuesday's terrorist attacks against thousands of innocent civilians in New York, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania.
The tragic events of September 11, 2001, have exacted a horrific toll of death and destruction.
Tragedy in our midst: Remembering The dead on Sept 11thBY Dr. Teodros Kiros
I was home that day writing away, struggling with words, and they were not coming. A shiny and bright day it was. I kept on looking outside admiring the scene, grateful to the weather. I kept looking outside in search of ideas to put on paper.
Alula Abba
Nega: an Ethiopian and African HeroBy Dr. Ghelawdewos Araia
There are many heros and heroines that have captured our imagination and became the centerpiece of historical anecdotes. But there are very few born leaders that have been fascinations of societies for centuries and will remain so for generations to come. Alula Abba Nega is one such a leader, and a charismatic magnanimous political persona at that.
Where Democracy Ends, Dictatorship BeginsAfera Gebru (September 20, 2001)
Since the Prime Minister Meles Zenawi mob rule has started, the current situation in Ethiopia continues widening the cycle of violence. The possibility of a lasting political settlement is gone in the direction of never land. The crisis is profoundly deeper than many political actors may have realized. A fundamental factor has been the Prime Minister that has eliminated or blocked the function of all institutions under his decree.
Emergency contact listEthiopia’s Millennium Spirit Rises High:
The Edmonton 2001 Case
By Asghedom G. Michael, Edmonton, Canada
Sep. 2001
"Ethiopia, one of the ancient nation states of the world, possesses glorious wealth of history and heritage of mystic proportions. Being a mother of millions of world-class heroes and heroines, her recorded history tells it all that Ethiopia humiliated her enemies who ventured to violet her sovereignty and territorial integrity. Those enemies from near and those from afar continents of Europe and other places had to suffer the same fate of humiliation in the hands of Ethiopian patriots."
A Call for the Release of TDA Chairman Solomon Mezgebu!
From Concerned Americans and Ethiopians Living in USA
September 13, 2001
"The third day of the inhuman and horrifying carnage in the United Sates of America committed by terrorists that do not have any respect for humanity. The whole world is angered by the cowardly act of the terrorists and extending its support and condolence to the American people. It is extremely saddening to hear that on this third day of the terrorist attack on Americans the Ethiopian government has sent one American of Ethiopian origin to its dungeon."
Meles´ Regime Abandons Zalambesa.September 9, 2001
By Ad hoc Committee of Zalambesa-Irob Region zalambesa_irob@yahoo.com
"We are in disbelief presently to hear that the Meles Regime has announced to the residents of Zalambesa that they will not be allowed to rebuild their homes and businesses in the town - a town where they belong and where their community life and economic and cultural life is rooted - a town where their existence as community is based. The residents have been told - in effect- to abandon the town and reestablish themselves elsewhere. This is simply a scheme to disperse and destroy the social fiber that has kept the Zalambesa community as a cohesive and active community that is both aware of its patriotic duties and ready to defend its own interest."
Tigrai.net wish you allHappy Ethiopian New-Year!
"Eritrea Vs Ethiopia Or Eritrea With Ethiopia?"
Addis Tribune (Addis Ababa)OPINION by Brhane Habte-Mariam (September 7, 2001)
In the first place the "independence" of Eritrea from Ethiopian "colonialism" (or "Africanism" depending on one's perspective) or the secession of Eritrea from its Ethiopian homeland is the most unjust political settlement in the history of modern Africa. Eritrea's "independence" was a landmark among the many injustices in the history of Africa, because it was the first time a united African nation was forced to break into two states.
TPLF CONGRESS - A ONE-MAN SHOWDeki-Alula Editorial - SEPT 8, 2001
Ethiopia's bleak life under Meles Zenawi
"Since Prime Minister Meles Zenawi orchestrated a successful coup against those now-familiar TPLF dissidents six months ago, things have been real bad for the Prime Minister, for the dissidents, for the Ethiopian people and for our country altogether. Meles now lives away from his so-called power-base, Tigray, because he is seen there as a fugitive - if not a disguised Shaebian intruder - who is always on the run protected by his heavily-armed and heavily-paid hirelings."
Where to go from here? EastAfrica ForumBy Haileselassie Girmay
"Now Tigray and Tigrayans seem to be once again in dire strait political crisis the temptation is to give away everything the people fought for and paid in kind and compromise so as Tigray could get acceptance by other ethnic groups that make up Ethiopia proper. Well, the idea is fine but I have trouble with it and I will explain what it is."
"Since the TPLF/EPRDF came to power, every little shack opened to educating Tigrian kids has sent shock waves one after another among political leaders and supporters as if Tigray has robbed them of their meagre resources, although we know better. The money the shacks were built from came from Tigrians and foreign aid during the great famine years."
The bylaws of the TISJD state that the purposes of the global body include to:1. Promote peace, democracy, justice, and respect for civil and human rights in Ethiopia.
2.Defend individuals who are victims of government repression, harassment, and torture because of their political views, religious beliefs, and ethnic background.
3. Facilitate dialogue among Ethiopians of diverse backgrounds to work together to prevent conflicts.
4. Encourage members of the Tigrian community in the Diaspora to participate in the socioeconomic and educational development of Ethiopia.
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RESEARCH PAPER
The Ethiopian Saga: Particulars and Incidents of Human RightsBy Prof. Teccola Hagos;
The paper was presented to the Tigrian International Solidarity for Justice and Democracy (TISJD) Conference held on August 25, 2001 in Washington DC
Radio Broadcast to Ethiopia on September 08, 2001
Tigrian Solidarity to launch web site soonSept 2, 2001
An Interview with Ato Gebru Asrat and Woizerit Aregash AdaneBy Dagmawi Alula,Deki-Alula Online Staff Writer (August 29, 2001)
Free Market or Capitalist Economy and the Talk about GlobalizationBy Wondimu Yigzaw
I have in my last article (The Search for Ideology-Legesse Zenawi’s Dilemma) tried to reveal and retrace the ideological base of Legesse Zenawi, malversation of Ethiopia and dictatorial measures of the last ten years of his seizure of power. Now completely "forgetful" of his Marxist-Leninist and Stalinist background, he has become quasi-religious of the advantages of free market (capitalist) economy for the betterment of the Ethiopian society.
Voice of Ethiopians about Tigraian International Solidarity for Justice and Democracy - TISJD
News release from the office of the Tigrayan-Ethiopian Solidarity for Peace and Development in Toronto (TESPDT)TESPDT is affiliated to TISJD August 21, 2001
Howard Conference - A Glimmer of Hope for Peace and DemocracyDeki-Alula Editorial - August 21, 2001
Tigrians and other peace-loving Ethiopians would meet next Saturday at the Blackburn Center of the Howard University in Washington DC. Their stated goal is to found an international association that would help foster peace, democracy and justice in Ethiopia.
August 25: Democracy’s Triumph over TyrannyBy Berhe G.L.
"In August 25, Ethiopians from the Tigrai region would meet in Washington DC. This has already struck fear in the hearts of the Lords of Poverty and their mad dogs that bark whenever the Eritrean mercenary Meles Zenawi’s rule looks coming to an end by the end of the day. The Merchants of National Deprivation think that Tigrians coming out of their 10-year-old doldrums means they are going to build a bridge that would take them into the larger subject of solving social problems at national level. To do this, they have to work closely with other Ethiopian groups struggling for the same cause."
(Analysis from scholar point of view – Must read)
Democracy in the Context of Ethiopian PoliticsBy Dr. Ghelawdewos Araia {August 16, 2001)
..."In fact, in order for this society to enjoy democracy, the leadership [state, party or otherwise] must operate democratically within its own parameters. A leadership that is not democractic cannot possibly persue democractic processes in the larger society, and may even resort to banning some basic democractic rights such as freedom of speech and writing, freedom to demonstrate and assemble peaceably, and freedom of inclusion in the political and decision making process. If these fundamental rights are not enjoyed and practiced by the Ethiopian people, then there is no need of logical thinkering. That means, there is no democracy and that is very dangerous."...
VIEWS AND VISIONS ON THE PRESENT POLITICAL TURMOIL OF ETHIOPIA ... Where we are heading?
By Teccola
Where are we heading? Is the present regime of Ethiopia leading the people for their progress and welfare or towards their unrecoverable downfall? This cannot be left to history but it can be witnessed with multitude of evidences presently. Our cherished institutions have been eroded, our constitution reversed, developmental projects and establishments dismantled, rule of law evaded, the basic inalienable human rights are glossed over, opinion expressions are muffled systematically, reign of terror and demaguogic propagandas are every day themes of life, feelings and expressions of the ordinary citizens are desperate and gloomy, there is no way out but terror and agonies.
