Artist Solomon Tekaligne and Negat Radio Reporter Demis Belete have finished their visit to the EPPF Front

Artist Solomon Tekaligne and Negat Radio Reporter Demis Belete have finished their visit to the EPPF Front. This historical journey made by this two patriotic Ethiopians is a turning point for the struggle for peace, unity and democracy in Ethiopia.
The two well-respected artist and reporter will now inform the entire Ethiopian people inside and in the Diaspora about the true facts of EPPF struggle.
Since the only language the Meles Regime understands is force, EPPF request all Ethiopians to stand alongside and support The EPPF Arbegnoch.
EPPF admires the dedication and courage of Artist Solomon Tekaligne and Reporter Demis Belete. Their visit has become a major moral boost for the entire EPPF Arbegnoch.
EPPF Army is still engaging the Weyane soldiers in different parts of the country.

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“Show Down Anger III” - Muslim Protesters clashed with Police

Source: Negashi weblog
Muslims in Addis have continued to express their anger on the way the government has been handeling their affairs. On the third ”showdown anger” which Muslims has been doing every Friday since the demolition of their Mosque at Arat Killo, Muslim protesters clashed today, 11.08.06, with federal police. Several handreds of Muslims are reported detained and many sustained wounds.
As per their continued action to express the anger following the demolition of Arat Killo mosque, Muslims stage demonstration every Friday. Muslims from all over the city headed today to the site of the demolished Mosque to perform their Friday prayer and then to join the demonstration. However, large number of Federal Police was already deployed. All roads leading to the site were closed and Muslims were prevented from reaching it. This resulted in unintended confrontation [on the part of Muslims] between the faithful and Federal Police.
Witnesses said that there was intense clash at Arat Killo but police managed to divide the crowd. A large number of Muslims mainly students of Addis Ababa University were arrested. Muslims then went to the nearby Mosques to attend the Friday prayer. Chanting Takbir - “Allahu Akbar” - some joined the congregation at “Filwuha” Mosque. Others went to Nur/Bani Mosque and the remaining to Anwar Mosque.
After the prayers particularly at Anwar, believers protested against the action being taken by the government first in demolishing their Mosque and now in denying them their right to express their anger peacefully. Police responded with firing bullets and beaten protesters who had nothing to protect themselves with. As a results a large number of Muslims were wounded, most of them severely. There is also unconfirmed report that two Muslims were shot dead. At least one car that belongs to the Federal Police was made out of use and several others had their windows smashed.
Police arrested several hundreds of Muslims including women and children. Despite a strong rain, the clash at Anwar Mosque continued even after the Asr (late after noon) prayer. Shops in the busy Merkato area remained closed for the whole afternoon. Additional police force was called. The demonstraters then left the Anwar Mosque at around 5:00 pm local time and headed to Teklehaymanot.
Another heavy clash between the demonstrators and Federal Police at a place locally called “Berbere tera” in Merkato and Teklehaymanot led to the arrest of more than 1, 000 Muslims. It is at this stage that the two unconfirmed deaths were reported. City bus and federal Police cars were also burnt.
The exact number of Muslims detained, killed, wounded by during the day long clash is not immediatly known. Witnesses saw Muslims being taken away with several trucks of the Federal Police. Some are held to Arat Killo police station while other were taken to unidentified locations.

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Fear of Torture / Ill-treatment/ harsh prison conditions/ prisoner of conscience - Amnesty INternational

ETHIOPIA Eskinder Negga (m), aged 28, journalist
Journalist Eskinder Negga, one of the 76 journalists, human rights defenders and opposition political supporters currently on trial in the capital, Addis Ababa, has reportedly been moved to a prison where he may be at risk of torture or ill-treatment and where conditions are very harsh. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for exercising his right to freedom of expression.
According to reports, Eskinder Negga has been moved from his cell in Addis Ababa's Kaliti prison to a part of Karchele prison known as 'Alem Bekagn' (which means ‘end of the world’). These cells, called ‘dark rooms’, have been used for prisoners facing execution, but are also known to be used as punishment cells. The detention conditions are reportedly very poor, with very limited access to sanitation and no visits from relatives. The cells are extremely dark and small, and during the current rainy season, conditions are cold
and damp.
The reason for separating Eskinder Negga from the other defendants in the trial is unclear. The issue of his transfer was raised by other detainees during the last court hearing for the 76 currently on trial, on 6 August, but the judge did not offer any explanation as to why Eskinder Negga was moved. The court has now gone into summer recess until 4 October, leaving little hope that Eskinder Negga will be able to appeal against his transfer or that other detainees will be able to raise concerns about his conditions of detention.
Eskinder Negga is the editor of the newspaper Satenaw. He was arrested along with other journalists and opposition members on 28 November 2005, following demonstrations against alleged fraud in the parliamentary elections of 15 May 2005. He was charged with treason, "outrages against the Constitution" and "incitement to armed conspiracy", which could carry the death penalty. Eskinder Negga’s partner, Serkalem Fasil, was also arrested and detained at Kaliti prison. She was pregnant at the time of her arrest and gave birth to a baby boy in late June. She and her son are still held in Kaliti prison. They have not been permitted to see Eskinder Negga.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Several thousand suspected government opponents from the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) and other opposition parties were detained following demonstrations in June and November 2005 in Addis Ababa and other towns. They were protesting against alleged fraud in the parliamentary elections of 15 May 2005.
During the demonstrations, the security forces shot dead at least 86 people and allegedly many more, wounded over 200 others, and seven police were killed by mobs. The detained CUD leaders, including several who were elected to parliament and the Addis Ababa City Council had refused to take up their positions. In December 2005, they were charged with instigating the violence. All defendants except three civil society activists refused to defend themselves, on the grounds that they did not expect to receive fair trial. A parliamentary inquiry is currently investigating the killings at the demonstration.
Eskinder Negga, along with 14 other journalists, four human rights defenders and numerous CUD members are among 76 people currently on trial. Twenty five exiles are being tried in absentia. The charges against the journalists are reportedly based on published articles but are also linked to the charges against the CUD leaders. The journalists were not CUD members, as far as is known, but had published interviews with opposition leaders and had criticized the government and EPRDF during the election process. Some of these published articles reportedly form the main prosecution evidence against them.

Amnesty International considers the 14 journalists to be prisoners of conscience, imprisoned on account of their opinions and exercising their legitimate professional activities as journalists. Most of the detained journalists had been previously arrested several times before under the Press Law (1992) in the government’s long-running repression of press freedom and many had been prisoners of conscience (See Amnesty International’s report on the trial, “Ethiopia – Prisoners of conscience on trial for treason: opposition party leaders, human rights defenders and journalists”, May 2006, AI Index: AFR 25/013/2006.)
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible, in English or your own language:
- expressing concern at Eskinder Negga’s transfer to the Alem Bekagn area of Karchele prison, where conditions are poor and unsanitary;
- calling on the authorities to respect regional and international standards for the treatment of prisoners, such as the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners;
- calling on the authorities to guarantee that Eskinder Negga will not be tortured or ill-treated in detention;
- calling on the authorities to state the reasons for his transfer to Karchele prison;
- demanding that Eskinder Negga be allowed visits from his relatives, and to see his partner, Serkalem Fasil, and their baby.

APPEALS TO:
Minister of Justice
Mr Assefa Kesito,
Ministry of Justice,
PO Box 1370, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fax: + 251 11 552 0874
Email: ministry-justice@telecom.net.et
Salutation: Dear Minister

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Seyoum Mesfin
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PO Box 393, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fax: + 251 11 551 43 00
Email: mfa.addis@telecom.net.et
Salutation: Dear Minister

COPIES TO:
Minister of Health
Dr Tewodros Adhanom,
Ministry of Health,
PO Box 1234, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fax: + 251 11 551 93 66

Federal Administration of Prisons
Prison Service Headquarters,
PO Box 2234, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
and to diplomatic representatives of Ethiopia accredited to your country.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the International Secretariat, or your section office, if sending appeals after 18 September 2006.

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Vicky Huddlestone, American charge d'affaires, meets prisoners;asks for reconciliation

Ethio-Zagol
The American charge d'affaires here in Addis, Vicky Huddlestone met detained Kinijit leaders yesterday and asked for a negotiation for reconciliation which will lead to their release. According to prison sources, Mrs. Huddlestone offer included an agreement by the leaders to abidse by the constitution, start negotiation and be released from jail. The offer was rejected by the prisoners as it wasn't unconditional.
Although the charge d' affairs talked with several leaders separately, the resonse from all of them was the same. The leaders told Mrs. Huddlestone that they had already accepted to work under the constitution on Kinijit's election manifesto and won last year's election which was held in accordance to the constitution and, therefore, the request for them to agree their acceptance of the constitution was irrelevant. They also demanded that the reconciliation had to be national, including several other actors in the country's politics, to bring peace and democracy in Ethiopia.EPRDF is currently under serious internal and external pressure. Protests are spreading to the army which insiders say is on the brink of a big split. The adventure of TPLF's army into Somalia hasn't been supported by most Ethiopians. Congressman Donald Payne's visit this week epitomized EPRDF's crisis. The ranking democrat in the house foreign relations committee told the prime minister in black and white that he had to release all political prisoners.
Kinijit leaders were adamant that Vicky Huddlestone should see them together if she would make another visit.

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Ethiopians Clash With Agazi, Meles Army

AP
Riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas Friday at hundreds of stone-throwing Muslims angered by the demolition of a half-built mosque in Ethiopia's capital, witnesses said.
Several people were bleeding in the streets, but the extent of their injuries was not clear.
More than 100 protesters were taken away in military trucks. Another 100 were under armed guard on the street.
At least one car was overturned and several others had windows smashed during the clashes in the capital's Merkato district, the main Muslim area of Addis Ababa.
The disturbances broke out after some houses and the half-built mosque were demolished because they had been illegally built on city administration-owned land, Federal Police Cmdr. Hailu Demsash said.
'Muslim leaders were unhappy about the new site that was offered for the mosque,' he told The Associated Press. 'Some people in the community began to make problems. The police took action to displace the large crowds.'
Ethiopia's population of about 77 million is about 45 percent Christian and about the same percentage Muslim, with the rest following indigenous beliefs.

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General Kemal Gelchi and senior Ethiopian Army commanders arrive in Eritrea

Asmara, 9 August 2006 – At a time when the TPLF regime, denying the Ethiopian people the right to equality and democracy, suppressing the struggle of opposition organizations and failing to honor the outcome of the popular election and desperately trying to prolong its stay in power on the one hand, and at a time when the OLF and other opposition organizations are strengthening their resistance by forming the Alliance for Freedom and

Democracy on the other, the Ethiopian people’s popular uprising is gaining momentum.
Accordingly, in continuation of the aforementioned mass opposition inside the country and abroad, massive uprising is equally being witnessed within the ranks of the Ethiopian Armed Forces.
As a vivid demonstration of these developments, Brig. General Kemal Gelchi, senior commander of the enemy force deployed along the Tikul-Adi Teklai front, and tens of other army commanders including colonels together with hundreds of soldiers safely arrived in Eritrea at dawn

today, August 9 along with their full logistics, communication equipments and military hardware.
Moreover, security sources disclosed that besides these developments that occurred around the surroundings of Badme in the Eritrean border, hundreds of Ethiopian soldiers and tens of their commanders are also joining opposition groups in eastern and western Ethiopia.
Latest reports further indicated that the number of Ethiopian soldiers arriving in Eritrea and other areas is on the rise.
Regarding details on these and related matters, we would like to invite you this interview with Brig. General Kemal and senior Army commanders who arrived with him.

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Ethiopian commander joins rebels

(BBC)

An Ethiopian Army general says he has defected to join the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), a rebel group backed by neighbouring Eritrea.
Brig Gen Kemal Geltu told the BBC he had crossed the border into Eritrea with more than 100 soldiers.
He said would fight the Ethiopian government because force was the only language it understood.
He said his hopes of peace had been dashed after last year's turmoil that followed disputed elections.
Gen Kemal previously commanded Ethiopia's 18th army division.
Shooting is reported to have broken out as he crossed the frontier, during which two soldiers were killed. Reliable sources say he was accompanied by a colonel and 150 troops.
"It's a big force in hundreds. I don't want to mention the number. It will continue, I can confirm this. There are other soldiers in other areas in big numbers," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme through a translator.
Gen Kemal, who was speaking from Eritrea's capital, Asmara, said his intention was not "to give [military] secrets to the Eritrean government".
'Pure lies'
Ethiopian television said Gen Kemal had asked for further promotion soon after being promoted to the rank of brigadier general, but after this was rejected in engaged in "divisive activities".
"Although his colleagues repeatedly tried to correct the commander from his anti-government and inappropriate activities, the commander was not willing to change," the television report said.
But the general said reports that he feared military reforms were "lies, pure lies".
"Our first hope was to bring about a change in Ethiopia to bring about peace and for the peoples to live in equality, including the Oromo people, but the last year's experience is war, not peace. Our hopes were dashed and that's why we went out," he said.
"The language they (the Ethiopian government) understand is force and we're going to challenge them by force."
The OLF which was at first a secessionist movement says it is fighting for more rights for the Oromo people in Ethiopia.
The Oromo are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, comprising about half of its 70m people.
Demonstrations after Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was re-elected in May 2005 led to a crackdown on many Oromo and other opposition organisations.
Ethiopia and Eritrea ended a border war in 2002, but Ethiopia has not withdrawn troops from the town of Badme which arbitrators awarded to Eritrea, and tensions between the two countries remain high.

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Alemzuria made it to Nairobi, Kenya

Alemzuria Teshome is a 25 years old girl. She is the daughter of Ato Teshome, member of the main opposition party Coalition for Democracy and Unity CUD and a city council elect for Addis Ababa City Administration.In November 2, 2005 security forces who came to detain her father did not get satisfied by capturing her father. They murdered her mother W/ro Etenesh Yimam , 52 years old housewife, for simple reason that she screamed protesting the government forces who raided the family home to arrest her husband .
W/ro Etenesh Yimam, is a mother of four. The children remained motherless. The bullets that were meant for her son hit a neighbor in the stomach and another in the arm. The police arrested W/ro Etenesh Yimam's son and fired at everyone that tried to get in their way. Ato Teshome is still in prison with the other CUD officials.
You have heared Alemzuria Teshomes interview on VOA. After that interview government forces were compelling her to denounce the interview and to sign a paper that says Kinjit (CUD) killed her mother as Alemzuria Teshome said. She was also under constant harassment and intimidation and they tried to lie ludicrous charges on her. She was not able to live her life peacefully. Thus, Alemzuria went in to hiding a few months ago. Finally she made it to Nairobi, Kenya.

Please send emails as soon as you can, we have exactly 24 hr before she goes to the interview
Dear friends this is where we need your help. She is not in safe haven. We have fear that the Weyane security agents might follow and harm her in Nairobi. Alemzuria is currently trying to contact the UNHCR in Kenya. But due to the high number of refugees in Kenya, she may not get the necessary protection quickly.

1 - Send emails to UNHCR office in Kenya stating
Who she is,
What happened to her,
And that she is in danger and she is in need of protection and security now

2- you can send emails to the following addresses.

A-Protection, Assistant Representative, Rosella Pagliuch-Lor, email pagliuch@unhcr.ch
Mr. Salaton Protection officer- leteipan@unhcr.ch
Refugee Consortium of kenya, refcon@iconnect.co.uk
Oliver Beer beer@unhcr.ch You can also log in to the www.unhcr.ch and write your concerns/to give her protection

3 - Kinijit Main office and chapters also send an official letter to UNHCR office in Kenya and Geneve www.unhcr.ca on any one in UN or UNHCR stating the above in #1
Please lets all helps this poor girl. A least we owe her this much for what her family has
sacrificed for Ethiopia. Alemzuria was involved in the struggle for long time as
a volunteer last thing she was doing was volunteer clerk in Kinjit office in Addis.

Source: www.kinijit.org/

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Detained Ethiopian opposition leader admitted to hospital

Ato Hailu Shawel, Chairman of the Ethiopian opposition Kinijit for Unity and Democracy Party (CUDP) which is the major opposition in Ethiopia, has been admitted to hospital today around 9:00 in the morning.
According to a press statement of Kinijit International Leadership Office, he has been taken to the Hospital from his Kality prison cell. His sugar level fluctuates from dropping to 40 and going up to 250-260.
He is now at the police hospital and is being monitored. Severe restriction of movement and exercise at the prison might have caused this problem. Members of the family are at the hospital trying to visit him, the CUDP said.
In related development, Ato Hailu has always been denied access to meet the international community visitors who come to prison for either fact finding mission or to analyze the situation of the prisoners. Three incidents can be cited here, the day Louis Michel visited the prisoners Ato Hailu was taken to hospital deliberately while he put his request long before that day. Fortunately, he insisted to go back to prison and was able to see him just before he left.
The Irish foreign Minister is another case where Hailu was taken to hospital, yesterday when Congressman Donald Payne went to visit the defendants again Hailu was taken to Hospital. Although Hailu was back from hospital around 11:00, the authorities told Payne that he is still in hospital.
The leader of Ethiopian opposition is detained since November 2005. Opposition leaders and newspaper editors under detention face treason charges, which carries the death penalty in Ethiopia, for their alleged roles in November unrest in which at least 46 people were killed.

(ST)

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Ethiopian general defects to Eritrea

An Ethiopian general has defected to his country’s bitter rival, neighboring Eritrea, an official said Wednesday.
Brig. Gen. Kemal Geltu, who was the commander of the 18th army division, left because he was opposed to military reforms, said the Defense Ministry official.
Kemal’s defection was first announced late Tuesday on state-owned Ethiopian TV.
Eritrea confirmed the arrival of the Ethiopian general. The website of Information Ministry, which normally advertises such defections said will conduct shortly an interview with the Ethiopian general and other senior army commanders who arrived with him.
Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year guerrilla war, but their border was never settled. They fought a 2 1/2-year war that ended in December 2000 when both countries signed a peace deal, allowing an independent commission to determine their border.
Ethiopia refused to implement the international commission’s 2002 ruling. Eritrea has accused the international community of shirking its responsibility to ensure the ruling is obeyed.
The border, while still not demarcated, has been peaceful since the 2000 truce, but tensions have occasionally flared to the point international observers feared a new war could break out.

(AP/ST)

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Brig. General Kemal Gelchi and other senior Ethiopian Army commanders arrive in Eritrea

At a time when the TPLF regime, denying the Ethiopian people the right to equality and democracy, suppressing the struggle of opposition organizations and failing to honor the outcome of the popular election and desperately trying to prolong its stay in power on the one hand, and at a time when the OLF and other opposition organizations are strengthening their resistance by forming the Alliance for Freedom and Democracy on the other, the Ethiopian people’s popular uprising is gaining momentum.
Accordingly, in continuation of the aforementioned mass opposition inside the country and abroad, massive uprising is equally being witnessed within the ranks of the Ethiopian Armed Forces.
As a vivid demonstration of these developments, Brig. General Kemal Gelchi, senior commander of the enemy force deployed along the Tikul-Adi Teklai front, and tens of other army commanders including colonels together with hundreds of soldiers safely arrived in Eritrea at dawn today, August 9 along with their full logistics, communication equipments and military hardware.
Moreover, security sources disclosed that besides these developments that occurred around the surroundings of Badme in the Eritrean border, hundreds of Ethiopian soldiers and tens of their commanders are also joining opposition groups in eastern and western Ethiopia.
Latest reports further indicated that the number of Ethiopian soldiers arriving in Eritrea and other areas is on the rise.

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Birhanu Nega writes a book; a book that rekindles the kinijit spirit

Source: Ethio-Zagol
Publisher: Andargachew Tsgie
Printing house: MM publishing
Kaliti jail is notoriously hot in the summer. With an average of more than 100 people crammed in one room, it is hard to breath. Prisoners spend most of their times outside their cells to avoid the stifling heat inside. For five months since he was taken to one of the worst cells in Kaliti, unlike most of his cell mates Birhanu Nega spent his time inside the cell writing. It wasn't a letter or a diary he was writing. It was a book.
How the book manuscript made it outside the cell and to kampla for publishing is amazing. it shows the nature of the struggle and the number of people involved in it. The story of the process of writing is, however, fascinating. Security guards twice took away some parts of the manuscript. He wrote them again.
The book itself which was titled "Yenetsanet Goh Siked: Likelebes yetemokerew ye'Ethiopia democracy" is 618 pages long and has four parts. Birhanu briefly takes us the formation of his early political life in the first part. He then lays a case for liberal democracy in Ethiopia and the problems of building democracy. The second part tries to answer what makes the election last year so special. He goes through the politics of EPRDF and opposition before the election. In the third part he recounts the events post election, until the November repression and their imprisonment. The last part takes on EPRDF's misguided calculations and the future of Ethiopia.
The book is one of the most fascinating accounts of an Ethiopian politician and a political philosophy he and fellow courageous leaders in prison share. It is emotionally involving with some extraordinary tales. One will come out with enormous moral burden after reading the book. It is a must read.

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A list of 308 people that were murdered by Meles Zenawi Army

In one of my previous posts I have published the names of some 27 people who were brutally murdered by the TPLF dictatorial regime. The TPLF has been killing innocent people and those that oppsed since it first set its foot in the lands of Wolqait-Tegede in the 1970. Since then hundreds up on hundreds of people have bean massacared. This ruthles regime has murdered young and old, men and women with out mercy. God know how many more have just banished and no one knows their whereabout until now. Thousands more are still languishing in secret underground prisons just for being Wolqaites and for opposing its dictatorial, ruthless regime.

A recent article headlined, "Can Meles Fight Corruption?" indicates that there are more than 40,000 people incarcerated in the Tigray region alone. It also states that the TPLF has built a prison that can hold upto 50,000 inmates in Shire, Western Tigary. Clearly, the reason for building such a prison in Shire is no other than to be close to Wolqait and to continue repressing the people.

Here is a list of 308 people that were murdered by TPLF that I manage to collect from various reliable sources. It is very sad these are only few of the hundreds if not thousands that were killed by TPLF.

	First Name	Middle Name		First Name	Middle Name
1	Abate	Eshetey	45	Asamerew	Asrese
2	Abaw	Tejineh	46	Asamerew	Woldie
3	Abebe	Yirga	47	Asefaw	Mengiste
4	Abeje	Kifle	48	Aseres	Takele
5	Abera	Haile	49	Asfaw	Worku
6	Abera	Alemayehu	50	Asgedom	Tiruneh
7	Abera	G/Meskel	51	Ashenafi	Wondu
8	Abera	Asires	52	Asimelash	Yigzaw
9	Abera	Hagos	53	Atalay	Abera
10	Abreha	Adane	54	Atalay	Zenebe
11	Abreha	Argu	55	Atalay	Amare
12	Abreha	Nega	56	Atinafey	Alemayehu
13	Abreha	Belay	57	Aweke	Zewdu
14	Achamyeleh	Shitaye	58	Ayahunegn	Wondoshal
15	Achenafi	Tsige	59	Ayalew	Semu
16	Adane	Derese	60	Ayana	Gebre
17	Adanew	Riste	61
18	Addis	Abetelew	62	Ayenew	Reste
19	Addisu	Abebe	63	Ayenew	Beyene
20	Adebe	Alem	64	Azanaw	Chere
21	Aderajew	Gebre	65	Azanaw	Yideg
22	Adisey	Lijalem	66	Azanaw	Tsige
23	Alachew	Lijalem	67	Azeneh	Lijalem
24	Alachew	G/Medhin	68	Bahita	Fantay
25	Alebachew	Defersha	69	Bahita	Mekuria
26	Alebel	Yirga	70	Bahita	Wondimagegn
27	Alehegn	Mesfin	71	Bahita	Reda
28	Alemaw	Tareke	72	Bahita	Ertib
29	Alemey	Kassa	73	Bahita	Mengistu
30	Alemu	Getachew	74	Bayew	Bahita
31	Alemu	Fentay	75	Bayew	Biyaregilign
32	Alemu	Legesse	76	Bayew	Lijalem
33	Alene	Kindishih	77	BeEdu	Wondimagegn
34	Amare	Fante	78	Belay	Mulu
35	Ambayehu	Abetelew	79	Belay	Tadesse
36	Andom	Kassa	80	Belay	Mekonen
37	Angereb	Tesema	81	Belete	Alem-Mebirat
38	Arefaynie	Mekonen	82	Beletew	Tesfay
39	Arefe	Belete	83	Belte	Wondimagegn
40	Arefe	Gidey	84	Bera	Yemane
41	Arega	Woldie	85	Bera	W/Selassie
42	Aregaw	Ayenew	86	Berhe	Hagos
43	Asamerew	Gidey	87	Berihun	Yirga
44	Asamerew	Melese


	First Name	Middle Name		First Name	Middle Name
88	Berihun	Yigzaw	131	G/Selassei	Reda
89	Berihun	Desta	132	Gebre	Hagos
90	Beyene	Firey	133	Gebrehiwot	Hayile
91	Beyene	Ayelign	134	Geremew	Dagnew
92	Biadgilign	Zewde	135	Gerima	Tekhley
93	Bilata	Abiraha	136	Getachew	Tegegne
94	Birhane	Mamo	137	Getachew	Bizuneh
95	Birhanu	Dagnachew	138	Getachew	Abreha
96	Birhanu	Shitaye	139	Getew	Tamre
97	Chakile	Gebeyehu	140	Getu	Telelew
98	Chalachew	Tadesse	141	Gidey	Mamu
99	Chalachew	Abere	142	Gidey	Kassa
100	Chalachew	Tadele	143	Gifachew	Dagnew
101	Chalu	Yezezew	144	Ginby	Getahun
102	Chene	Yirga	145	Woldie	Yenehun
103	Dagnew	Sisay	146	Girma	Yideg
104	Debilil	Zenebe	147	Girmay	Tikus
105	Deblil	T/Haimanot	148	Girmay	Tike
106	Degefa	Goitom	149	Goitom	Mihret
107	Desalegn	Warkaw	150	Goitom	Hadgu
108	Desta	Seretse	151	Gorfu	Gebru
109	Dirar	Gessessew	152	Goshu	Assefa
110	Endalkachew	Tejo	153	Goshu	Tirfineh
111	Endeshaw	Tafere	154	Guben	Fiahatsen
112	Engtey	Ayelegn	155	Guoy	Mebirahtu
113	Ertbey	Gebru	156	Guoy	Adane
114	Eshete	Ayalneh	157	Habtu	Yirga
115	Eshetu	Mesfin	158	Hafte	Zenebe
116	Fantay	Ayelegn	159	Hagos	Gebrey
117	Fantu	Sisay	160	Hagos	Mengistu
118	Feleke	Girmay	161	Hagos	Yisfa
119	Ferede	Zeray	162	Hailu	Leyuneh
120	Ferede	Filuy	163	Hayelom	Yirga
121	Fetene	Zenebe	164	Kahisu	Nigus
122	Fetene	Gebrey	165	Kahsu	Getaw
123	Firey	Twolde	166	Kasahun	Sisay
124	Ftalew	Tafere	167	Kassa	Mebirat
125	G/Hiwot	Bahita	168	Kassahun	Sissay
126	G/Hiwot	Gezahegn	169	Kassu	Nigussie
127	G/Mariam	Arefayine	170	Sisay	Abera
128	G/Medhin	Zerfu	171	Kesete	Yirga
129	G/Medhin	Yehuala	172	Kinfe	Kebede
130	G/Meskel	Tirfineh	173	Kinfe	Nahu

	First Name	Middle Name		First Name	Middle Name
174	Kinfe	Kebede	217	Muluneh	Demoze
175	Lema	Tadesse	218	Nega	Tebeje
176	Leul	G/Meskel	219	Nega	Aseres
177	Lijalem	Taye	220	Nega	Getahun
178	Lijalem	Belay	221	Nega	Mitiku
179	Lilay	Hadgu	222	Nega	Hagos
180	Lule	Mesfin	223	Nega	Bebel
181	Malefia	Guoy	224	Nigshet	Hadgu
182	Malle	Zenebe	225	Nigussie	Kelemework
183	Mamay	Redate	226	Nigusu	Abreha
184	Mamay	Abirha	227	Pastor Belete	Tesfay
185	Mamay	Belay	228	Quwi	Tezera
186	Mamay	Ayelegn	229	Redai	Lema
187	Mamay	Mulu	230	Riskey	Haile
188	Mamay	Ferede	231	Riskey	Mintesinot
189	Mamay	Aleyu	232	Riskey	Yilma
190	Mamay	Belayneh	233	Riskey	Melese
191	Mamo	Desta	234	Roskey	Manjos
192	Mamo	Zewdie	235	Serebe	Reda
193	Mamu	Warkaw	236	Setegn	Endalemaw
194	Mamu	Chere	237	Setegn	Shitaye
195	Mamu	Tadesse	238	Shenqo	Belete
196	Mamuneh	Yideg	239	Shiferaw	Wubeneh
197	Mebirahtu	Yigzaw	240	Shiferaw	Nigussie
198	Mebirahtu	G/Ezgher	241	Shiferaw	Tesfay
199	Mehari	Adugna	242	Shihun	Kidane
200	Mekonen	Lewte	243	Shimuye	Mamu
201	Mekonen	Abere	244	Shimuye	Alemey
202	Mekuanint	Warkaw	245	Shimuye	Demisew
203	Mekuria	G/Mariam	246	Simachew	Mamu
204	Mengesha	Mulugeta	247	Simachew	Alemu
205	Mered	G/Mikael	248	Sissay	Tesfahunegn
206	Mesafinte	Dagnew	249	Tadele	Abate
207	Mirach	Tesema	250	Tadesse	Keshi
208	Mola	Telele	251	Tafere	Lilay
209	Mrs. LiElti	Wondimagegn	252	Tagel	Tedla
210	Mukotey	Tadesse	253	Talle	Gebre
211	Mulalem	Warkaw	254	Tasew	Asefa
212	Mulaw	Zofe	255	Tebeje	Melese
213	Mulu	Atalay	256	Tebeje	Bekele
214	Mulu	Amare	257	Tegegne	Nega
215	Mulu	Berhe	258	Tegegne	Demis
216	Mulu	G/Kidan	259	Tekalign	Abebe


	First Name	Middle Name
260	Tekalign	Mengistu
261	Tela	Haile
262	Tesfa	Tsegay
263	Tesfay	Hailu
264	Tesfay	Aberiha
265	Tesfay	Mekonen
266	Tesfay	Asfeha
267	Teshager	G/Medhin
268	Teshome	Ferede
269	Teshome	Telele
270	Tessema	Abkhelew
271	Tessema	Fireye
272	Tigabu	Mekuanint
273	Tilahun	Tewolde
274	Tiruneh	Tadesse
275	Tiruneh	Mebratu
276	Toga	Tegegne
277	Tsegay	Abebe
278	Tsegay	Yenehun
279	Tsegu	Zenebe
280	Tsyitey	Abirha
281	Wagnew	Menberu
282	Wegahtay	Bicha
283	Wereta	Gebru
284	Woldie	YeEbiyo
285	Woldie	Yenehun*
286	Wondim	Fisseha
287	Wondim	Telele
288	Wondim	Tega
289	Wondimhunegn	Tareke
290	Workey	G/Medhin
291	Workneh	Atalay
292	Yehualashet	Zeleke
293	Yeshalem	Berihun
294	Yeshialem	Tsige
295	Yeshineh	Yideg
296	Yezezew	G/Meskel
297	Yibeyin	G/Ezgiher
298	Yideg	Ayenew
299	Yideg	Ayalew
300	Yilaq	Tezera
301	Yirga	Demisew
302	Yisfa	Fantay
303	Zeleke	Girmay
304	Zeray	Mersha
305	Zeru	Belay
306	Zeru	Mersha
307	Zewdie	Sisay
308	Zewdu	Shibeshi

source: www.ethio-wolqait.blogspot.com

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City Declares War On Meles Zenawi

Dear Readers,
The Good Intentions Paving Co. wrapped up its most current roadwork project at the July 31 city council meeting. The intentions used in this work were the finest: outreach to the city’s Ethiopian-immigrant community and service to human rights and democracy. The workers laying the pavement were the city councilmembers themselves. The road led to a simple resolution in favor of US House Bill 5680, which calls for human rights and democracy in Ethiopia. It was intended to be a quick and quiet sidetrip from the usual business of the city council.
In case you do not follow the news from Ethiopia, dear Readers, the current regime is currently in favor of rights - it’s own - over those of the dead and imprisoned bodies of its opposition.
The resolution was introduced by councilmember Terry Seamens, whose heart is always in the right place, though in this instance his heart was in a cab on the way to the right place, but the cab driver took a meandering route and got lost in a bad neighborhood - all the time describing the terrible things happening in his home country.
It was one of those quick “courtesy” resolutions, the sort of thing the city likes to do to buff the shine on its reputation. A few Ethiopian immigrants showed up during the resolution’s phases: the introduction, the first hearing, and the second hearing, and they expressed gratitude to the city, to the United States, and democracy. It was a scene Norman Rockwell might have painted and titled “First Taste of Free Speech”, as these folks stood before the council and in sometimes halting English described the terrible things happening in their home country.
Your Gilbert got the impression the council members were thinking that, sure, this was taking a few moments out of their already tedious meeting schedule, but it was a worthy cause and they were a little touched by it all, and even a bit proud of themselves. Council eyes were misty.
Then came the July 31 council session, the final vote on the resolution, and the audience was PACKED, dear Readers! It seems not all Ethiopian immigrants agree on this issue. Some of them think the government back home is getting a bum rap. As speaker after speaker arose to make pretty much the same points and counterpoints over and over it began to look as if this particular road of good intentions was headed straight for Meeting Hell. The councilmembers’ misty eyes took on a more steely glint. The mayor, with increasing sternness, appealed a number of times to the crowd to refrain from repeating what previous speakers had already said.
The crowd was slow to take the hint. Your Gilbert supposes there are not many public venues in America to discuss Ethiopian politics, so these people, bless them, had driven in from all over the region to say their piece and that’s just what they were going to do, by gawd, even if the nice lady at the front of the room who kept glancing at the clock felt she had to say something-or-other in between their speeches.
Finally, however, the hint was taken and crowd ceased speechifying to the council. Instead they started speechifying to each other. Eventually, they took the loud discussion outside because that lady kept interrupting them and she wasn’t being quite so nice any more. Strange Americans, they act like they are your friends, then they act irritated at you for no reason at all.
The resolution did pass, by the way.
- Gilbert

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Amnesty International concerned about Czech arms export to Ethiopia

Prague, Aug 3 (CTK) - Amnesty International of the Czech Republic (AI CR) today criticised the export of Czech arms to Ethiopia, Angola, Nigeria, Colombia and Saudi Arabia as the armed forces of these countries killed civilians last year.
AICR is also concerned about the arms deals with China on which an EU embargo had been imposed and with Syria, the AICR report said.
The report said that firearms for hunting, leisure time and self-defence had ended up in China.
"Some countries to which Czech arms were delivered are a source of serious concern," the report said in reaction to the Czech annual report about arms trade in 2005.
Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda (the Christian Democrats, KDU-CSL) said on Wednesday that the Czech Republic respected international agreements and controlled the exports.
According to the report, Czech authorities rejected nine cases of requests for arms export last year. It happened in the case of Georgia, Liberia and Malaysia and six times in the case of Congo, said the report, published at the Foreign Ministry's webpage www.mzv.cz.
On the other hand, a positive response was given to 1471 requests, the highest number since 1999.
Amnesty International expert Filip Karel said that Ethiopian authorities unfairly detained opposition leaders and soldiers had killed tens of demonstrators last year.
"Besides, civilians are killed arbitrarily in the regions near Somalia. There is also the threat that this country will be involved in the fighting in Somalia," AI said.
In Colombia, security forces were involved in out-of-court executions of civilians, AI said. "Besides, through arms deliveries they support armed para-military units that are involved in the killing of civilians," AI said.
In Nigeria, the local armed forces mercilessly killed villagers who protested against the impact of petrol mining, the report said.
"The large amount of weapons in Nigeria contributes to widespread violence," AI said.
In Syria, there is the threat that the weapons can be delivered to armed terrorists, Amnesty International of the Czech Republic stressed.
The Czech Republic imports more arms than it exports, Industry and Trade Minister Milan Urban told journalists on Wednesday.
The Czech Republic used to rank among top arms exporters, Urban said, adding that there was no reason why the country could not return to this while respecting all international agreements.
However, Urban gave no concrete figures.
Last year, ammunition took up around a quarter of Czech arms production, followed by guns and gun systems.
The biggest buyer with nearly 37 percent was the Defence Ministry. Almost 40 percent of last year's output was exported, most of all aircraft technology, guns and gun systems.
Czech arms production continues falling for the fourth year in a row. Last year, the 26 largest companies in the field, which hold over 90 percent of the market, produced arms technology for 84 billion crowns. This means a fall by nearly 22 percent, Jaromir Culek of the Industry and Trade Ministry said last week.
(USD1=22.246 crowns)

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Injustice on political prisoners in Ethiopia

Ethio-Zagol
Suffering of the political prisoners is getting worse and worse. Journalist Eskinder Nega and CUD council member Andualem Arage are taken to Kerche where they are confined to a narrow 3x3 cell without light. They are allowed to have 30 minutes a day for sanitation. They aren't allowed to go to the toilet even when they are sick forcing them to use the cell for sanitation as well. Both of them weren't told why they are put in such disgusting cell. The court which heard the complaint of both on the Friday decided to have a two months recess without making a ruling on the complaint.
Required action:
Call or write to shimeles Kemal, the chief prosecutor and tell him to stop the injustice against the political prisoners. Leave a message in case you can't contact him. Be very polite in your communication. The objective is to make him feel what he is doing is inhumane and degrading.
Mobile phone no: 0911238410
Fixed Line: 0115515099/0115514750 / 0115159287
e-mail:shekemal@yahoo.com

Source: http://www.seminawork.blogspot.com/