Stop the Torture and Brutal Assault on Political Prisoners in Ethiopia

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

 Reports coming out of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia confirm that on Wednesday February 15^th, 2012, the jailed leader of the opposition UDJ, Mr. Andualem Aragie, was physically assaulted by a prisoner who was set up and encouraged to do so by Ethiopian prison authorities.

According to reports, the ruling party through its prison authorities systematically allowed the said prisoner to commit this latest violence with impunity in order to terrorize and subjugate Mr. Andualem Aragie and other political prisoners into submission.

History tells us that the use of state-sanctioned violence (i.e beating, rape, abduction etc) by state-sanctioned groups is a

Mr. Andualem Aragie

classical approach used by many repressive regimes  (i.e Sudan, Zimbabwe, Burma) all over the world. Repressive governments typically use such approaches as an instrument of control, when their traditional approach could not bring them the results they expect.

ለስኳር ልማት የሚያስፈልግ 100 ሺሕ ሔክታር ከሰው ንክኪ ነፃ ሊሆን ነው

February 22, 2012

የኦሮሚያ ክልላዊ መንግሥት የስኳር ልማት ኮርፖሬሽንና የፓኪስታኑ ኩባንያ አል ሐበሻ ስኳር ሊያለሙ ያቀዱትን መቶ ሺሕ ሔክታር መሬት ከሰው ንክኪ ነፃ በማድረግ ሥራ ተጠምዷል፡፡

መሬቱ የሚገኘው በጂማና በምሥራቅ ወለጋ ዞኖች መካከል ከበደሌ ከተማ ወደ ነቀምት ከተማ በሚወስደው ደዴሳ ሸለቆ ውስጥ ነው፡፡

An Open Letter to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi

February 22, 2012

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST HIGH

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MELES ZENAWI

Meles Zenawi Prime Minister The Federal Republic of Ethiopia

Dear Prime Minister Meles:

Allah willing, we and your family are well.

I am notation this notation to we with a difficult heart and a good bargain of pleasantness with a donation reeling Ethiopian Muslims now find themselves in. Of course, we am referring to what has come to famous as a Ahbash Controversy. Interestingly enough, this is not a initial time we have combined to we about a matter that was for me a matter of good concern. More specifically, we wrote and faxed a notation to we in May of 1996. we never viewed an answer from you; maybe a notation never got to your desk. Just as we am now involved about a tide difficulty of a Muslims, so that 1996 notation uttered pleasantness with a Muslims’ plight. Here is a full calm of that letter: