Comments for Ethiopia: A voice for the voiceless

Comment on What’s Meles Got to Hide? by Samrawit Abera

Samrawit Abera — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:05:03 +0000

Meles has a lot to hide because he is a killer, a thief, a liar, a torturer, a deceiver, a cone artist, genocidier… what have you. Meles has a lot to hide but he is a fool who cannot escape the truth. Like the proverbial ostrich he only trying to hide his head in the sand…

Comment on What’s Meles Got to Hide? by Abraham Yayeh

Abraham Yayeh — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:02:05 +0000

Dear Nicholas,
Accept my loving greetings! I am an Ethiopian citizen, a political exile liviing in Denmark. I read your great report “What’s Meles Got to Hide?” and words cannot express my satisfaction about it. I am a Tigrayan and a former member of the TPLF; a victim of the brutal regime of Meles Zenawi. (FYI, to be a Tigrayan, and a staunch opponent of the the current regime, like myself, is a plus for life threatening oppression.) Until recently, I have been an angry man about the Western media’s silence or misinforming the excessive brutality of the incumbent regime in my country. However, I have started to gain hope as there seems to be a light at end of the tunnel when I see responsible journalists like yourself and esteemed medias’ like that of the New York Times have started to join the club of the Voice of Reason to protect human right, democracy, the rule of law, and particularly the fundamental right of the freedom of expression, which is the pillar of of all other rights. Thank you very much and God bless you, dear Nicholas.

FYI: I just sent an an e-mail to Copenhagen Post, the only Enlish newspaper in Denmark, to share your great story with them:

Dear Editor,
I am an Ethiopian citizen, a political exile living in Denmark; a constant reader of your esteemed paper. I do recall that I have e-mailed your paper, some months ago, a breaking news concerning two Swedish journalists that were imprisoned by the dictatorial regime in my country – Ethiopia. However, I have been wondering as to why the Copenhagen Post did not dedicate few lines to share the ordeal of its professional colleagues with its readers’.

The two Swedish journalists, Martin Schibbye, 31, and Johan Persson, 29, are now sentenced, by a kangaroo court in Ethiopia, to reside in one of the most notorious jails on this planet for 11 years, though they have not committed any crime other than fulfilling their responsibility of investigative journalism. I am forwarding this short mail to share with you a relevant report presented on 28 January 2012 by the renowned journalist NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF of New York Times.
http://addisvoice.com/2012/01/what%e2%80%99s-meles-got-to-hide/

Comment on What’s Meles Got to Hide? by dawit

dawit — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:35:48 +0000

“Yet since 2005, when an initial crackdown left 200 protesters dead and 30,000 detained…”

This statement is inaccurate. Many of the people who were killed and wounded were people who were minding their business in their own homes. The TPLF went on a killing spree to terrorize the population.

For example, the mother of 7 who was shot to death in her own home, in front of her children (VOA reported this at the time).

Another mother who was shot to death in front of her daughter (again, reported on VOA).

Though this might seem like hair splitting, on a closer look, it becomes apparent that the goal of the 2005 massacre was nothing short of terrorism. Meles Zenawi was not panicking. It was a well calculated repeat of “Arba Gugu” and “Bedeno.”

Comment on Prof. Bisrat Amare: The man who tortured history by Wondimu Mekonnen

Wondimu Mekonnen — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:08:21 +0000

This is amazing. What a brainless person! Thanks, Abebe, for exposing this liar!

Comment on Journalists, politicians get jail sentences in Ethiopia by galata

galata — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:31:07 +0000

The robbers who have been running an illegal regime since they invaded Ethiopia have now reached the point where they would have no hope of seeing this world once they are captured and stand trial for all sorts of crime that they had been committing on Ehtiopians.

The world is in shock on knowing these criminal robbers sentenced Ethiopians to life and longterm imprisonment for simply fighting for freedom and justice, and the rest of millions of Ethiopians, as the rest of global communities would not tolerate these robbers anymore and would like to see these criminal robbers and their leader,that dispecably criminal individual,known for his being a bandit,a robber,and now a known terrorist,Zinawi and the men and the women who surround him being locked eternally.

All Ethiopians accross the world and the rest of millions in Ethiopia must continue to fight tooth and nail against these group of criminals until they get crushed to their complete defeat.

Comment on VOA and Ethiopia: Challenges and Dangers by Demarion Milstead

Demarion Milstead — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:52:38 +0000

I’m obliged for the article post.Much thanks again. Really Great. Freedom, please!

Comment on Ethiopia: VOA is not VOZ! by Euro HH

Euro HH — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:12:04 +0000

Douglas Noel Adams: “You live and learn. At any rate, you live.”

Comment on Open letter to Ludger Schadomsky by Abba Burqa

Abba Burqa — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:07:00 +0000

Thanks Abe. I don’t think this guy know what he is doing. It really backfired. He tried to escape from the real issues and facts; you caught him.
Mr. Schadomsky: please reply to this facts ASAP. I know you have nothing to say. I’ll be surprised if the DW management gives a blind eye to these bunch of realities; and the atrocities you committed on the freedom of speech. You are living in Germany and you will pay the price. You can not silence people forever; not in Germany. This is a Democratic country my brother.
God Bless Germany and God Bless Ethiopia.
Abba,
Bonn

Comment on Open letter to Ludger Schadomsky by Sosna

Sosna — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:09:19 +0000

Dear Ludger Schadomsky, We Ethiopians live under tyranny. Why don’t you allow us to call our oppressors fascists? TPLF is a fascist ethnic front. So why don’t you allow us to tell the truth. Please, give us permission and endorse every phrase we use. You probably came from Jupiter…Wake up, sir and smell Ethiopian coffee…
Great job, Abe G.

Sosna

Comment on Open letter to Ludger Schadomsky by Kiflu Hussain

Kiflu Hussain — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:05:41 +0000

Dear Abebe;
First I apologize immensely for reading this belatedly.Then,I would like to thank you hugely for your usual articulation to expose not only the double standard of this dude from German but the entire Western interest he represents wittingly or unwittingly.