የኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቭዥን ETV ከዩቲዩብ (Youtube) ተባረረ

(ዘ-ሐበሻ) የኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቭዥን በዩቱዩብ የተለያየ ፕሮፓጋንዳዎቹን የሚያስተላልፍበት የዩቲብ ቻናል ተዘጋ። ዩቲዩብ ኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቭዥንን ማባረሩን የገለጸበት መልዕክት “YouTube account ethiopiantv has been terminated because we received multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement from claimants including: David Tesema” ይላል።
ከዚህ ቀደም በቴሌቭዥን ጣቢያው የአፍሪካ ዋንጫን ሰርቆ በማስተላለፍ የሃገሪቱን ስም አንገት ያስደፋው የኢትዮጵያ ቲሌቭዥን አሁንም ከዩቲዩብ የተባረረው በተደጋጋሚ በኮፒ ራይት ሲመከርና ማስጠንቀቂያ ሲሰጠው አልሰማ በማለቱና ከድርጊቱም ባለመቆጠቡ እንደሆነ የዩቲብ አሰራር ያመለክታል።
ኢቲቪ ለዘፋኞች 5 ሳንቲም ክፍያ ሳይከፍል ሥራዎቻቸውን በሕብረትርዒት ላይ እንደሚያቀርብ፤ የውጭ ሃገር ፊልሞችንም ምንም ክፍያ ሳይፈጽም በታላቅ ፊልም ላይ እንደሚያሳይ የሚታወቅ ሲሆን ይህን ስርቆቱን በመቀጠል ዩቲዩብ ላይ ገንዘብ ለማካበትና ፕሮፓጋንዳውን ለማስተላለፍ መጠቀሙ እንዲባረር ምክንያት ሆኗል።
የኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቭዥን የዩቲዩብ ቻናል ከፕሮፓጋንዳዎች በተጨማሪ ለአርቲስቶች ክፍያ የማይፈጸምባቸው ድራማዎች፣ ዘፈኖች፣ አስገራሚ ታሪኮችና ሌሎችም ይቀርቡበት ነበር።
ይህን የሰሙ አስተያየት ሰጪዎች”ሕዝብን መስረቅ የለመደ መንግስት በኢንተርኔት እሰርቃለሁ ሲል እጅ ከፍንጅ ተያዘ” ሲሉ ተሳልቀዋል።
ዘ-ሐበሻ በተደጋጋሚ ወደ ኢቲቪ የዩቲዩብ ቻናል በመሄድ እንዳረጋገጠቸው አካውንቱ ሲከፈት YouTube account ethiopiantv has been terminated because we received multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement from claimants including: David Tesema” ይላል። ይህን ለማረጋገጥም፦
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ሰበር ዜና: ኢህአዴግ አንድነት ፓርቲን የሚያወግዝ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ጠራ

በደቡብ ወሎ ዞን በሚገኘው ኩታበር ወረዳ አንድነት ፓርቲ ሐምሌ 7 ቀን 2005ዓ.ም. በደሴ ያካሄደውን ህዝባዊ የተቃውሞ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ በመቃወም ህዝቡ ሰላማዊ እንዲወጣ ኢህአዴግ እያስገደደ መሆኑን ምንጮቻችን በተለይ ለፍኖተ ነፃነት ገለፁ፡፡

የኩታበር ወረዳ ነዋሪ ሰልፍ እንዲወጣ የተደረገው ነገ ረቡዕ ሐምሌ 17 ቀን 2005 ዓ.ም. ጠዋት መሆኑም ታውቋል፡፡ በተለይ ሰፊ የማስፈረሳሪያና የቅስቀሳ ስራ እየተካሄደ ያለው በወረዳው ቀበሌ 05፣06 እና 07 መሆኑንም ምንጮቻችን ጨምረው ገልፀዋል፡፡

ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ የኢህአዴግ ካድሬዎች ገበሬውን በግድ ከአቅሙ በላይ የዘር ማዳበሪያ ውሰዱ እያሉ ከፍተኛ ገንዘብ ከማስከፈላቸው በተጨማሪ ለአልማ(ለአማራ ልማት ማኀበር)፣ለአባይ፣ ለመሬት ግብር እየተባሉ ከፍተኛ ዋጋ በመጠየቃቸው እና ነዋሪዎቹ አቅማቸው እንደማይፈቅድ ሲናገሩ ወደ እስር ቤት እየተወሰዱ በመሆኑ ቤት ንብረታቸውን ጥለው ከአካባቢው እየተሰደዱ እንደሆነም ተጠቁሟል፡፡ ማዳበሪያና ዘር አንወስድም ያሉ ገበሬዎችንም መሬታችሁ ይነጠቃል በሚል የወረዳው አስተዳዳሪ አቶ ደምሴን ጨምሮ የወረዳው ሹማምንት እያስገደዱ እንደሆነ ነዋሪዎቹ በተለይ ለፍኖተ ነፃነት ገልፀዋል፡፡

ስለጉዳዩ የዝግጅቱ ክፍሉ የወረዳውን አስተዳደር አቶ ደምሴን እና የወረዳውን ግብርና ጽህፈት ቤትና የኮሚኒኬሽን ጉዳዮች ጽህፈት ቤት ኃላፊዎችን ለማናገር ጥረት ቢደረግም አልተሳካም፡፡

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ወያኔ የቀረበውን የሚያደማ እሾህ ነው

ሼህ ይማም ኑሩን ማን ገደላቸው?
በምርጫ 97 ማግሥት “ድምፃችን ይከበር” በማለታቸው ከሁለት መቶ በላይ ንፁሀን ዜጎች በግፍ መጨፍጨፋቸው በተነሳ ቁጥር የወያኔ ሹማምንት ከሰልፈኞቹ መሀል መሣሪያ የታጠቁ እንደነበሩና ሦስት ፓሊሶችም መገደላቸውን ይናገራሉ። የእነዚያ ፓሊሶች ሞት አሳዛኝ አውነት ሲሆን አሟሟታቸው ግን ጉዳዩን እንዲያጣራ ለተቋቋመው አጣሪ ኮሚሽን እንኳን ምስጢር ነው። ለጊዜው እውነት ተዳፍናለች፤ ፍትህ ተረግጣለች። ጊዜው ሲደርስ ግን የፓሊሶቹ አውነተኛ ገዳይ መውጣቱ አይቀርም። ይኽ ዛሬ ምስጢር የሚመስለን የሦስቱ ፓሊሶች አሟሟት “ንፁሀን ዜጎችን ለመፍጀት ሰበብ ለማግኘት ሲባል በሥራ ገበታቸው ላይ በነበሩ የፓሊስ አባላት የተፈፀመ አጅግ መሠሪና አስነዋሪ ወንጀል” ተብሎ የሚጠቀስበት ወቅት ይመጣል። ይህ የወያኔ ድርጊት ይበልጥ አሳሳቢ የሚያደርገው የአንድ ወቅት የተናጠል ክስተት አለመሆኑ ነው።

ከአሜሪካ ኤምባሲዎች ሾልከው የወጡ በርካታ ሰነዶች የተዘረገፉበት ዊኪሊክሰ በተሰኘው ድረገፅ የተገኙ መረጃዎች እንደሚያረጋግጡት ወያኔ ሰዎችን ገደሎ በተቃዋሚዎች እንደሚያላክክ አሜሪካ ታውቃለች። ከእነዚህ ሰነዶች አንዱ – ለምሳሌ – ወያኔዎች ሚኒባስ ታክሲ ውስጥ ቦንብ አፈንድተው በተቃዋሚዎች ማሳበባቸው ተብራርቷል።

ከምርጫ 97ም ሆነ ከዊኪሊክስ በፊትም ሆን በኋላ ወያኔ በእንዲህ ዓይነት አኩይ ተግባራት መካኑ ተከታዮቹና ደጋፊዎቹ የነበሩ ሰዎች የሚመሰክሩት ሀቅ ነው። የሀውዜን ሕዝብ አንዲጨፈጨፍ የተደረገው የትግራይ ሕዝብ በደርግ ላይ እንዲያመር በወያኔ በተረቀቀ ስልት መሆኑ ጉዳዩን በቅርበት የሚያውቁ የቀደሞ አባላቱ ደጋግመው የሰጡት ቃል ያረጋግጣል። በኦሮሞ ማኅበረስብ ተሰሚነት የነበራቸው አቶ ደራራ ከፈኔን በኮሜቴ ውሳኔ አስገድለው በኦነግ ማላከካቸው በወቅቱ ውስጥ አዋቂ የነበረ ጋዜጠኛ በፃፈው መጽሐፍ አሳውቆናል። የወያኔ መሠሪነት ልክም ድንበርም የለውም።

ከላይ የተዘረዘረው መረጃ ያለው ሰው ሼህ ይማም ኑሩን ማን አንደገደላቸው መገመት አይቸግረውም። ግምቱም ተራ ግምት ነው የሚባል አይደለም። ዋነኛው ተጠርጣሪ መርማሪ በሆነበት ሥርዓት ውስጥ ከዚህ የተሻለ ማስረጃ ማግኘት ይከብዳል። ዋነኛው ተጠርጣሪ መርማሪም ዳኛም በሆነበት ሥርዓት የሼህ ይማም ኑሩ እውነተኛው ገዳይ ለፍርድ እንደማይቀርብ እርግጠኛ መሆን ይቻላል።

ከዚህ አሳዛኝ የግድያ ድራማ የምንቀስመው ትምህርት ምንድነው?

ዜጎች ከዚህ የሚከተሉትን ነጥቦች በአንክሮ እንዲያጤኑ ግንቦት 7: የፍትህ፣ የነፃነትና የዲሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ ይመክራል።

ወያኔን መጠጋት ከህሊና ጋር ቢያጣላም እንኳን ጥቅም የሚያስገኝ “ቢዝነሰ” አድርጋችሁ ለምታዩ ሁሉ እውነታው የምታስቡትን ተቃራኒ ሊሆን የሚችል መሆኑን እወቁ። ወያኔ ጥቅም የሚያስገኝ መሰሎ ከታየው የራሱንም ሰዎች ለእርድ ያቀርባል። ወያኔ ከራሱ በስተቀር ወዳጅ የለውም። ወያኔ የቀረበውን የሚያቆስል የአጋም እሾህ ነው። ጥቅም የሚያስገኘለት ከሆነ ወያኔ የሚላላኩለትንም የሚበላ አኩይ ኃይል መሆኑን ከሸህ ይማም ኑሩ እጣ ፈንታ እንማር።
ለጊዝያዊ ጥቅም ወያኔን መጠጋት በክፉ ቀን ከጎን የሚቆም አጋርን ማጣት እና የግል ታሪክን ማቆሸሽ መሆኑን እንገንዘብ። በታሪክ ውስጥ ሼህ ይማም የሚታወሱት በእምነት ወንድሞቻቸውና እህቶቻቸው እንደተነሱ ሰው መሆኑ የማይቀር ነው።
ከፋሺስቱ ወያኔ ጋር በመሆን ፍትህ እንዲጓደል፤ ሰቆቃ እንዲበዛ አስተዋጽዖ እያደረጋችሁ ያላችሁ ዳኞች፣ ፓሊሶች፣ የመንግሥትም ሆነ መንግሥታዊ ያልሆኑ ተቋማት ሠራተኞች ከዚህ ተግባራችሁ ተቆጠቡ። ወያኔ ለእናንተም አይበጅም።
ይህንን ምክር አልሰማ ብላችሁ ከወያኔ ጋር በማበር ሕዝብን ለሞት፣ ለእስራት፣ ለሰቆቃ፣ለመፈናቀል፣ ለስደት እና ለእንግልት የምትዳርጉ አድርባዮች ከህሊና ወቀሳ ብቻ ሳይሆን ከቅጣት የማታመልጡ መሆኑን ግንቦት 7: የፍትህ፣ የነፃነትና የዲሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ በጥብቅ ያስታውቃል።

ድል ለኢተዮጵያ ሕዝብ!

Ethiopian migrants tell of torture and rape in Yemen

“I am Ethiopian first” Abebe Gellaw

July 23, 2013
by Abebe Gellaw

It has come to my attention that my brief Facebook comment regarding a few controversial statements made by Jawar Mohammed has been posted on ECADF’s website as an article. I had no intention of writing a series piece on the issue. Quite obviously, there is a big difference between a well-thought out lengthy commentary and a brief message in a particular context.

My intention was just to appeal for calm and harmony, a necessary effort lacking in our political discourse. Often times, a message without its context is open to misinterpretation and misunderstanding. So there seems to be a need to clarify.

Politics, as far as I understand, is a mechanism of managing conflict of interests. It is a means of building consensus through dialogue and compromise. Since the early 1960s, the major political conflict in Ethiopia has been between ethno-nationalists and nationalists. The forces on both ends of the political spectrum have not still found a middle ground that can bring them towards consensus and compromise.

My understanding is that Jawar is an ethno-nationalist. As an ethno-nationalist, he says he is an Oromo first. Unlike him, I am a nationalist. But that is not the major problem. The problem is the way he has chosen to articulate and present his views in question that have been widely perceived as inflammatory and divisive.

I firmly and fervently believe that I am an Ethiopian first. I do not wish to allow the ethnic origin of my predecessors and parents to define me as a human being and overshadow my Ethiopian identity.

Jawar said Ethiopian identity was imposed on him. On the contrary, I argue that such a position is fundamentally flawed. Nowhere in the world is anyone given choices of national identity.

The Chinese-American writer, Eric Liu, once said: “The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth, ask him this: What have you done lately to earn it?” Our predecessors, who have bequeathed us a country called Ethiopia with all its faults, challenges and problems, have made huge sacrifices in blood and flesh so that we’ll never be stateless. We should rather make sacrifices to reclaim our country and make our citizenship more meaningful by winning our rights, as citizens, to live in our country with full dignity, freedom and equality. We should make Ethiopia a country where every citizen and ethnic group is equal.

Unfortunately, our birthplaces also define the major problems and opportunities we inherit. Ethiopia is not a perfect nation. Far from it, it is defective and faulty as a result of the age-old tyrannies and injustices we have been condemned to suffer collectively.

Like any nation, it offers unique challenges as well as opportunities. With all its problems and baggage, Ethiopia is a nation of 80 million people. Our destiny is intertwined. We are diverse and yet we are all Ethiopians, whether we like it or not. I believe that rejecting Ethiopia as our country is not a solution to any of the problems we are supposed to confront. We should rather make strenuous efforts to reconstruct Ethiopia as a country where all of its citizens live in freedom, harmony, justice, peace and prosperity.

In the new Ethiopia we envision, there should be no room for inequality, injustice and tyranny. It should never be a prison for its children, regardless of their political, ethnic or cultural backgrounds. No ethnic or political group should be allowed to impose hegemony at the detriment of the majority.

The worst challenges all citizens of Ethiopia, except the oppressors, face are political oppression, grinding poverty, indignity, inequality, injustice and discrimination, just to mention a few among so many. At this time and age, what has been imposed on us is not national identity but the tyranny of the TPLF, an extremist ethno-nationalist group whose aim was nothing more than seceding Tigray. That is why we should continue struggling to throw off this backbreaking tyranny from our shoulders.

As I have clearly stated in another Facebook post, addressed to Jawar, “No nation-state was formed through consensus and democratic deliberations. Nation-states emerged out of conflicts, conquests, occupations and colonialism. While almost all African states were created by the colonial powers, Ethiopia was formed through internal processes. It was a painful process but not even as painful as what Native Americans and Europeans, who had gone through two devastating [world] wars.”

“We Ethiopians do not need to be bitter about the past. We are not part of the old history. But we certainly need to preserve our country and make it a nation for all correcting past injustices and mistakes. We need to move forward with a united spirit. As long as we can bring about real equality, justice, freedom and democracy, we will be fine. That is what we should all fight for rather than dwelling on the past [and gnaw old bones]. It is the present and the future that really matter….”

While I called for unity rather than condemning each other, making such inflammatory and controversial statements that turned out to be divisive are not only wrong but also damaging to our common cause for freedom. I said Jawar had misspoken. The dictionary definition of misspeak is not to endorse or approve. It means, “To speak mistakenly, inappropriately, or rashly.” I think that should be clear enough. It was particularly wrong for Jawar to speak in such a divisive ethno-religious tone at a time when we desperately need to unify to overcome and overwhelm the divide-and-rule tyranny of the TPLF. That is where he misspoke, in my humble opinion, without completely disregarding so many positive contributions.

I was under the impression that calling for sanity and unity at this critical juncture in our struggle would not also be misconstrued as a sign of weakness. I always see myself as a moderate. Compromise for the sake of the greater good is at times a mechanism to avoid unnecessary conflict and feelings. Even if that was my intention, I believe that we Ethiopians should never compromise on anything that undermines our unity, freedom, harmony and peace.

After all, our aspiration is to rebuild a united nation that will accommodate every citizen as equal and guarantee the freedom of every individual citizen including those who believe that they are the byproducts of their cultural and ethnic heritage. For that to happen, we need to preserve Ethiopia, a country that we will all be proud of when we claim our freedom despite its troubles and predicaments.

Anyone is not entitled to apologize on behalf of Jawar. If any apologies are needed, no one but only Jawar is entitled to make. As far as I am concerned, I am nobody’s apologist.

That said, I will be disingenuous if I do not repeat my main message. Let us move on with a united spirit and focus on our just cause for freedom, equality and justice. That is much more important than the war of attrition and divisiveness that is derailing our gains. Whenever we have problems, we should first have the courage to address them in a civilized manner. Again let us move on united as Ethiopians…
Source http://ecadforum.com

Return to Torture Forced Returns to Ethiopia could end with a human rights disaster.

Norwegian authorities are now beginning to send Ethiopians out of the country by force. Norway is the only European country that has signed an agreement forcibly returned to Ethiopia, and everything should be ready to perform the initial mailings. For ten days ago, a Ethiopian linked to an illegal opposition party arrested to be deported. After it was presented new information in the case, he was released and Immigration Tribunal will now consider the matter.

Forced Returns to Ethiopia could end with a human rights disaster. For some Ethiopians will probably return visit quite good, while others will be exposed if they returned. There is reason to fear that political dissidents and government critics sent back to torture or other serious abuse.

Many Ethiopians have lived in Norway and has been politically active here. Several of them have been granted protection in Norway over the past year, because Norwegian authorities acknowledge that many dissidents Ethiopians risk persecution. However, there are some people associated with illegal opposition parties have been denied. NOAS fear that these people risk serious abuse if they are returned.

Ethiopia is a very authoritarian regime, and the government commits extensive human rights violations against its own people. The Ethiopian regime spends considerable resources on monitoring and imprison its critics, whether it is about opposition politicians, journalists and civil activists. Civil society gagged, and Ethiopian government prohibits foreign organizations working on democracy and human rights. There are no independent media left, and Ethiopia in recent years has been the African country most journalists have fled.

Norwegian authorities concluded nevertheless a return agreement with Ethiopia last year. The deal provoked strong reactions. For example, the United Nations expressed concern about the consequences of forced returns. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights questioned whether Norway could ensure that the Ethiopian authorities held the absolute prohibition of torture.

Since no country has so far sent back opposing Ethiopians, no one knows the consequences of the political activity will get. There are several indications that the opposition Ethiopians can face severe sanctions upon return.

When NOAS visited Ethiopia last year, we were told by a representative of the Ethiopian authorities that the activity of illegal opposition parties will have consequences. Several other sources believed that people who are active in illegal fundraising abroad, risking serious abuse if they are returned.

Ethiopian authorities have enacted anti-terror laws which, according to international human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch used to silence political opponents and journalists opinion. Ethiopian authorities have categorized several opposition parties as terrorist organizations. Assistance to, or mention of, these parties punished with years of jail.

Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson, the Swedish journalists arrested in Ethiopia in 2011, was sentenced to severe penalties for supporting terrorism, but was later pardoned. During a visit to Norway earlier this year said that many of their fellow prisoners imprisoned because of oppositional activity or criticism of the government. They stressed that the Ethiopians who were exposed to the same charges as those, meetings far more serious reactions.

Ethiopian authorities monitor dissidents Ethiopians in Norway extensively. The Ethiopian regime has thus a good overview of who has taken part in opposition activities or uttered his authority critical as they have lived in Norway.

The human rights situation in Ethiopia is worsened in recent years. Freedom of the press in the country is gradually tightened, and the persecution of political opponents intensified. Attacks on opposition’s of actors at different levels and in different parts of the country. Ethiopia experts stressed that there is considerable arbitrariness both what it takes to be imprisoned, and the reactions of persons subjected to in prison. It is not possible to predict exactly what the reactions against government critics and opposition politicians will be, and the imprisonment and torture can not be excluded.

According return agreement between Norway and Ethiopia, the Ethiopian authorities responsible for the returned – the same government that persecutes its critics. No UN agencies or independent organization to oversee the repatriation and reintegration.

Return agreement contains no guarantees that returned Ethiopians will not be subjected to harassment and abuse. Return agreements with Afghanistan and Iraq commits authorities there to “take the necessary measures to ensure that Afghans / Iraqis can return without fear of harassment, intimidation, persecution, discrimination, prosecution or penalties of any kind.” A similar formulation is not in return agreement with Ethiopia, despite the fact that many Ethiopian asylum seekers just fleeing government persecution, and not a difficult security situation, as is the case for most Afghans and Iraqis.

It is highly uncertain what will happen to the Ethiopians sent back, especially those who have been involved in illegal political opposition. The fact that Norway still returning such person is a dangerous experiment. If there is a real risk of torture or other serious offenses, the Norwegian authorities obliged under international law to provide protection. To return opposing Ethiopians is to gamble with human lives.
Source http://www.dagsavisen.no/