Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Andargachew Tsige Family Called on the British Government

August 19, 2014

The family of a British citizen kidnapped and rendered to Ethiopia in June has called on the British government to secure his release as soon as possible.

Reprieve – Andargachew ‘Andy’ Tsege, a father of three from London, was travelling to Eritrea in June this year when he was seized during a stopover in Yemen. Two weeks later, Ethiopian officials admitted to the UK government that Mr Tsege was in their custody.
British consular staff were denied access to Mr Tsege over 50 days after his initial capture, and his family still do not know where is being held. Last month, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn dismissed concerns about Mr Tsege’s concerns and whereabouts.The UK government and Andargachew Tsege
Mr Tsege, who is a prominent member of an Ethiopian opposition group, faces a death sentence imposed in absentia, and his arrest comes amid a crackdown on political activists and journalists ahead of elections in Ethiopia next year. In a heavily-edited video aired recently on Ethiopian state TV, Mr Tsege appeared thin and exhausted, and was presented as having ‘confessed’ to various charges.
Torture in prisons in Ethiopia is common; a 2013 Human Rights Watch report on the notorious

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Ginbot 7: Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy Special Statement and Call for Action – We Are All Andargachew Tsege!!!

         

Ginbot 7: Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy

Special Statement and Call for Action

We Are All Andargachew Tsege!!! ( pdf )

The long and bitter struggle has now transitioned to a new chapter designated as “We are all Andargchew Tsege”. This communiqué briefly describes what this new chapter is about and what it constitutes. The tasks outlined here are not to be read and set aside rather a series of concrete plans to be put into action.
What does it mean to be Andargachew Tsege? Andargachew Tsege is our leader who stands for justice, freedom, democracy and equality, who has been paying and still paying the immeasurable sacrifices that the struggle requires. To be like Andargachew Tsege means to be humble but determined, patient but persistent, visionary and wise and always ready for action. What it means to be an Andargachew Tsege is to be that person ready to take the necessary measures to get rid of the brutal regime systematically destroying our country. To become an Andargachew Tsege means to be the salvation for our beloved country and our generation.
One of the reasons why the minority regime of the Tigrai People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has targeted Andargachew Tsege is because he is a leader who has managed to establish close ties between the armed Oromo, Afar, Ogaden, Gambella and other ethnic based organizations and Ginbot 7, our movement in a manner that renders ineffective the tribal junta’s propaganda. Above all what

Monday, July 7, 2014

Ethiopia: Fears for Safety of Returned Opposition Leader

 
July 7, 2014
(London) – An exiled Ethiopian opposition leader unlawfully deported by Yemen back to Ethiopia is at risk of mistreatment including torture. Andargachew Tsige is secretary-general of Ginbot 7, a banned Ethiopian opposition organization, and was convicted and sentenced to death in absentia in separate trials in Ethiopia in 2009 and 2012.

The current whereabouts of Andargachew, a British national, is unknown, raising concerns for his safety. The Ethiopian government should take all necessary steps to ensure Andargachew’s safety and his right to a fair trial. Many individuals arrested in politically related cases in Ethiopia are

Amnesty International: Ethiopian activist Andargachew Tsige at risk of torture

July 6, 2014
Amnesty International

URGENT ACTION ETHIOPIAN ACTIVIST AT RISK OF TORTURE

Amnesty International on Andargachew TsigeAndargachew Tsige, an Ethiopian political activist in exile, appears to have been arrested in transit in Yemen on 24 June and forcibly returned to Ethiopia. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Andargachew Tsige is a British national of Ethiopian origin and Secretary-General of Ginbot 7, an outlawed Ethiopian opposition group. He disappeared on 24 June at Sana’a airport in Yemen, while in transit between the United Arab Emirates and Eritrea. Although no official statements have been released by the Yemeni or Ethiopian authorities about his current whereabouts, human rights activists in Yemen told Amnesty International that he was forcibly returned to Ethiopia the same day he landed after being detained at the Sana’a airport.
He is at high risk of torture and other ill-treatment in Ethiopia, where political detainees are frequently tortured in order to extract information and confessions. His incommunicado detention in

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ በየመን ባለሥልጣናት እገታ ላይ መሆኑን በማስመልከት የወጣ መግለጫ

አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ በየመን ባለሥልጣናት እገታ ላይ መሆኑን በማስመልከት የወጣ መግለጫ
ሰኔ 23 ቀን 2006 ዓ.ም
የግንቦት 7፣ የፍትህ፣ የነፃነትና የዲሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ ዋና ፀሐፊ አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ ሰኔ 16 ቀን 2006 ዓም ለሥራ ጉዳይ በየመኒያ አየር መንገድ አይሮፕላን ተጉዞ በትራንዚት ሰንዓ ከተማ እያለ በየመን መንግሥት ፀጥታ ኃይሎች በሕገወጥ መንገድ ታግቷል። አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ የመን የጉዞው መዳረሻ አልነበረም፤ ከየመን ጋርም የሚያገናኘው ምንም ጉዳይ አልነበረውም። የየመን መንግሥት አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌን አግቶ ለአንድ ሰዓት እንኳን ለማቆየት ምንም ምክንያት የለውም። በዚህም ምክንያት ያለአግባብ የታገተብን የንቅናቄያችንን አመራር በአስቸኳይ እንዲፈታ በተለያዩ መንገዶች ላለፈው አንድ ሣምንት ያደረግነው ጥረት እስካሁን አልተሳካም። እንዲያውም የየመን ባለስልጣናት አምባገኑን ወያኔ ለመርዳት ባለው ፍላጎት ሳቢያ መሪያችንን አሳልፎ ሊሰጠው ይችላል የሚል ከፍተኛ ስጋት አድሮብናል።
አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ፣ በሀገራችን በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ፍትህ፣ ነፃነትና ዲሞክራሲ እንዲሰፍን ጊዜውን፣ እውቀቱንና ጉልበቱን ብቻ ሳይሆን ሕይወቱን አሳልፎ ለመስጠት የተዘጋጀ፤ ዝግጁነቱንም በተግባር ያሳየ የኢትዮጵያ የቁርጥ ቀን ልጅ ነው። የየመን መንግሥት

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

በሀዋሳ በእስር ላይ የሚገኙት የአንድነት ፓርቲ አባላት ዛሬም የረሀብ አድማ ላይ ናቸው!! በሀዋሳ ሰ.መ.ጉ እስረኞችን እንዳይጎበኝ ተከለከለ – የሚሊዮኖች ድምጽ ለነጻነት

አንድነት ለዲሞክራሲና ለፍትህ ፓርቲ(አንድነት)ባሳለፍነው ሳምንት ሰኔ 15 ቀን 2006ዓ.ም በሃዋሳ ከተማ ሊያካሂድ የነበረውን ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ተከትሎ በእስር ላይ የሚገኙት የአንድነት ፓርቲ አባላት ‹‹ፍትህን ተነፍገን ትግላችን አይቆምም ››በማለት ዛሬም ለ4ኛ ቀን በርሀብ አድማ ላይ ናቸው፡፡አባላቱ በቁጥጥር ስር ከዋሉበት ቅዳሜ እለት ጀምሮ በረሀብ አድማ ላይ ሲሆኑ በትላንትናው እለት ሰኞ ሰኔ 16 ቀን 2006 ዓ.ም በሀዋሳ ከተማ ከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት ቀርበው በኢ/ፌ/ዲ/ሪ የወንጀል ህግ አንቀጽ 27(1-ሀ)32/1-ሀ/እና 257 ላይ የተመለከተውን በመተላለፍ በሚል የአዋሳ ከተማ ከፍተኛ ዐ/ሕግ ክስ ተመስርቶባቸው የዋስትና መብታቸው ተነፍጎ በእስር እንዲቆዩና ዓቃቤ ህግ ምስክሮቹን ለሰኔ 20 ቀን 2006 እንዲያሰማ ፍርድ ቤቱ ትዕዛዝ በማስተላለፉ ወደ እስር ቤት እንዲመለሱ ተደርጓል፡፡
በተያያዘም ዜና ሰ.መ.ጉ በሃዋሳ ከተማ በእስር ላይ የሚገኙትን የአንድነት ለዲሞክራሲና ለፍትህ ፓርቲ አባላትን ሁኔታ ለመመልከት ወደ ወደ ሃዋሳ እስር ቤቶች ያመሩት የሰብዓዊ መብት ጉባዔ ሀላፊዎች እስረኞቹን ለማግኘት እንደማይችሉና ከማንም ጋር እንዳይገናኙ ትዕዛዝ በመተላለፉ ምክንያት ታሳሪዎቹን ማግኘት እንዳልተቻለና የጣቢያ ሀላፊዎቹን ለማናገር የተደረገውም ጥረት እንዳልተሳካ አስረድተዋል፡፡

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Sunday, June 8, 2014

እየራበንም ቢሆን በምግብ እራሳችንን ችለናል – ኃ/ማሪያም ደሳለኝ

June 8, 2014
Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn on Al Jazeera(ግንቦት7 ዜና) – ወያኔ ስልጣን በያዘባቸዉ አመታት በተለይም ባለፉት አስር አመታት የኢትዮጵያ ኤኮኖሚ በድርብ አኃዝ አደገ፤ ኢትዮጵያ በ2015 ዓም መካከለኛ ገቢ ካላቸዉ አገሮች ተርታ ትሰለፋለች፤ በኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል እራሳችንን ችለን ለጎረቤት አገሮች እንተርፋለን፤ በቅርቡ ደግሞ በምግብ ምርት እራሳችንን ቻልን የሚሉ በአይን የማይታዩና በእጅ የማይዳሰሱ የ”ላም አለኝ በሰማይ” ክምሮች እየከመረ የኢትዮጵያን ህዝብ ለመደለል ሞክሯል። የአገሩ ኤኮኖሚ በእጥፍ አደግ ሲባል ችግርና መከራዉ በሦስት እጥፍ የጨመረበት የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ግን እንኳን መካከለኛ ገቢ ካላቸዉ አገሮች ተርታ ሊሰለፍ ከሦስቱ ዕለታዊ ምግቦች አንዱን በቅጡ መብላት ተስኖት መብራት በሳምንት አንድ ቀን ብቻ እያገኘ “ጽድቁ ቀርቶብኝ በወጉ በኮነንከኝ” እያለ ጨለማ ቤት ዉስጥ ቁጭ ብሎ የመከራ ዘመን መቁጠር ጀምሯል።
የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ እንመራሀለን ከሚሉት የወያኔ መሪዎች እጅ እጅ ብሎ የሰለቸዉ ነገር ቢኖር እንደሰዉ በእግሩ ቆሞ የሚሄደዉ ዉሸታቸዉና ቅጥፈታቸዉ ነዉ። የወያኔ መሪዎችና እዉነት አንድ ላይ ታይተዉ ስለማያዉቁ ህዝብ አይኑ እያየ የሆነዉን ነገር አልሆነም ወይም ጭራሽ ያልተሞከረዉን ነገር ሆነ ብለዉ ሲዋሹ ለአፋቸዉም ለሰብዕናቸዉም አይሳሱም። ለምሳሌ ሠላማዉ ዜጎችን በጅምላ ገድለዉ ብርድልብስ ጠቅልለዉ እየቀበሩ ማንንም አልገደልንም፤ መብቱን የጠየቀ ሰላማዊ ሰልፈኛ በጥይት እየጨፈጨፉ – ባንክ ተዘረፈ፤ መሬታችንን ለምነዉ ለሱዳን እየሰጡ – የተሰጠ መሬት የለም፤ አኝዋክን ከመሬቱ አፈናቅለዉ መሬቱን ለባዕዳንና