የህወሃት መሪዎች የትግራይ ተወላጅ ያልሆነ ኢትዮጵያዊ በአለም አቀፍ ተቋማት ውስጥ በሃላፊነት እንዲሰራ ድጋፍ እንደማያደርጉ ተገለጸ

የህወሓት ዳኛ መሰወር አነጋጋሪ ሆኗል

BBN News | የዳኛዉ መሰወር ህወሃት በሰዉ ከተጠቀመ በሗላ አዉጥቶ እንደሚወረዉር አመላካች ነዉ ተብሏል። ቢቢኤን የዳኛዉን መሰወር አስመልክቶ ቀደም ሲል የዘገበ ቢሆንም ዛሬ በጉዳዩ ላይ ተጨማሪ መረጃዎች አሉት።
የህወሓትን ፖለቲካ በዳኝነት ስም ሲያስፈጽሙ የነበሩት ግለሰብ መሰወር አነጋጋሪ ሆነ፡፡ ዳኛ ልዑል ገ/ማርያም የተባሉት እኚሁ ሰው ከስራቸው ላይ ከጠፉ ስምንት ወራት የተቆጠሩ ሲሆን፣ እስካሁን ድረስም የት እንዳሉ አይታወቅም ተብሏል፡፡ በፌደራል ከፍተኛው ፍርድ ቤት ልደታ ምድብ ስምንተኛ ወንጀል ችሎት የሚያስችሉት እኚሁ ሰው፣ ያሉበት ቦታ ካለመታወቁም በላይ የተለያዩ አስተያየቶች እየተሰጡ ይገኛሉ፡፡ የገዥው ፓርቲ ፓርላማ ‹‹ዳኛው ዕድሜአቸው 57 ዓመት በመሆኑና በጤና ምክንያት መሥራት ስላልቻሉ፣ የጡረታ መብታቸው ተከብሮ ከግንቦት 1 ቀን 2009 ጀምሮ ይሰናበቱ፡፡›› የሚል ውሳኔ ማሳለፉን መረጃዎች ጠቁመዋል፡፡

ለከባድ ህክምና ኖርዌይ ናቸው የሚሉት እንዳሉ ሁሉ፣ አይ ደቡብ አፍሪካ ህክምና ላይ ናቸው የሚሉ ወገኖችም አሉ፡፡ የፌዴራል ዳኞች አስተዳደር ጉባዔ ለገዥው ፓርቲ ፓርላማ ባቀረበው የውሳኔ ሐሳብ፣ በ2009 ለተከታታይ ስምንት ወራት ‹‹በሕመም ምክንያት›› በሥራ ገበታቸው ላይ መገኘት አለመቻላቸውን ገልጿል፡፡ ሆኖም ግን ጉባዔው፣ ሰውዬው የተሰወሩት በህመም ምክንያት ይሁን አይሁን እርግጠኛ አለመሆኑም ተነግሯል፡፡ ግለሰቡ ያሉበትን ቦታ ባለቤታቸው ጭምር አያውቁም መባሉ ደግሞ ጉዳዩን የበለጠ እንቆቅልሽ አድርጎታል፡፡ ይህን ተከትሎም የገዥው ፓርቲ ፓርላማ ባካሔደው ስብሰባ ዳኛው ላለፉት ስምንት ወራት በስራቸው ላይ ባለመገኘታቸው ከስራ እንዲሰናበቱ መወሰኑን መረጃዎች ጠቁመዋል፡፡

አንዳንድ መረጃዎች እንደሚገልጹት ከሆነ ደግሞ፣ ዳኛው ምናልባት ከህወሓት ጋር ግጭት ውስጥ ገብተው በምስጢር ሳይገደሉ አልቀረም፡፡ የህወሓትን ትዕዛዝ በመቀበል በበርካታ ንጹኃን ዜጎች ላይ ፖለቲካዊ ፍርድ ሲያሳልፉ የነበሩት እኚሁ ሰው፣ ከዚህ ቀደም ካስቻሏቸው የፍርድ ቤት ጉዳዮች አንዱ፣ የቀድሞ ቅንጅት ፓርቲ ጉዳይ ይጠቀሳል፡፡ የ1997ቱን ምርጫ ተከትሎ በእነ ኢንጂነር ኃይሉ ሻውል መዝገብ በወቅቱ በርካታ ፖለቲከኞችን እስር ቤት መወርወራቸው አይዘነጋም፡፡ ከዚያ በኋላም የድምጻዊ ቴዎድሮስ ካሳሁንን ጨምሮ በርካታ ፖለቲካ ነክ መዝገቦችን ክህግ ውጪ በማስፈጸም፣ ህወሓትን ሲያገለግሉ ነበር፡፡

Ethiopia: Civil society org’s urge UN Human Rights Commission to address pervasive human rights crisis in Ethiopia

 international rights organizations wrote a letter to members and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council to address the pervasive human rights crisis in Ethiopia.
The civil society organisations said in a letter that they want the UNHRC “to draw its attention to persistent and grave violations of human rights in Ethiopia and the pressing need to support the establishment of an independent, impartial and international investigation into atrocities committed by security forces to suppress peaceful protests and independent dissent.”
“As the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) prepares to convene for its 35th session from 6 – 23 June 2017, we urge your delegation to prioritise and address through joint statements the ongoing human rights crisis in Ethiopia,” the letter said.
In the wake of unprecedented, mass protests that erupted in November 2015 in Oromia, Amhara, and Southern Ethiopia, security forces used excessive and unnecessary force to legitimate and largely peaceful expressions of dissent, the letter said.
The letter by the civil society organizations called the 35th session of the UNHRC to urge the Ethiopian regime to urgently allow access to an international, thorough, independent, impartial and transparent investigation into all of the deaths resulting from alleged excessive use of force by the security forces, and other violations of human rights in the context of the protests.
It also called, among others, for the immediate and unconditional release of journalists, human rights defenders, political opposition leaders and members as well as protesters arbitrarily detained during and in the aftermath of the protests.
The eleven civil society organizations are the Association for Human Rights in Ethiopia, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Civil Rights Defenders, DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project), Ethiopia Human Rights Project, Freedom House, Front Line Defenders, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Human Rights Watch, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), International Service for Human Rights, Reporters Without Borders and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT).

ESAT Latest Ethiopian News May 29, 2017

Ethiopia: Rights council says at least 19 killed since regime declared state of emergency

The Human Rights Council of Ethiopia says at least 19 people were shot and killed by regime security forces since the declaration of the state of emergency on October 8, 2017.

The Council in its 142nd special report said extrajudicial killings, mass incarcerations and disappearances have continued in Ethiopia. The Council disclosed photos and names of 19 individuals it said were shot and killed by security forces.

In west Wollega, 29 year-old Degefu Shiferaw and Megersa Bedilu, 28 were shot and killed by security forces. The report said they might have been targeted for taking part in protests.

Security forces broke into a house and killed three brothers, Maregu Jemalo, Abdisa Jemalo, and Tola Jemalo in Arsi Zone. They then buried the two brothers together in one grave, while one of the brothers was buried with Mohamed Beyano, who was also shot and killed by security forces.

The council also listed the names of hundreds of people who were detained since the declaration of the martial law.

Hundreds of protesters, 669 by the admission of the regime, have been shot and killed by security forces during the anti-government protests in 2015 and 2016. Tens of thousands of people still remain detained.

BREAKING: Joint Statement Between Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) and Patriotic Ginbot7 Movement for Unity and Democracy

Delegates from Patriotic Ginbot 7 and ONLF met in Frankfurt, Germany from 15 to 17, May 2017. The delegates held a thorough discussion and assessment of the prevailing political, economic, and social conditions in Ethiopia and the crimes being committed by the TPLF/EPRDF dictatorial regime against the Ethiopian people.

The representatives of the two organizations acknowledged that the current crisis in Ethiopia is developing into a full-fledged catastrophe for the Ethiopian people and the region as a whole. They agreed that if the abysmal condition is left unreversed, it will lead to both humanitarian and political disaster possibly spiralling to the sub region.

After the delegates deliberated on the overall conditions and made a sober assessment of what needs to be done by all democratic forces, both sides vowed that they would take an active role with all stakeholders to create an effective platform and an alternative force that would work towards a process of bringing an end to the suffering of the Ethiopian people under the TPLF/EPRDF tyrannical regime. Thus, lay the foundation for a transitional process that will usher a new genuinely representative democratic order in Ethiopia.

Both organisations categorically condemn the regime in Ethiopia and call upon it to stop its repressive policies immediately.

We call upon all stakeholders to come together to create a common platform to defeat the TPLF/EPRDF Regime and work towards the establishment of a transitional democratic order in Ethiopia.
Both organisations also call upon the international community to side with the people in Ethiopia and help end their long plight and suffering under the current regime.

Finally, we urge the- Ethiopian Military, the security and police forces to stop repressing your own people to shore up an illegitimate dictatorship and align with your people to bring about meaningful change in the country.

May 17, 2017
Frankfurt, Germany

General Election 2017: Partner of abducted Andy Tsege stands against Theresa May in Maidenhead

Andy Tsege’s family protesting in Whitehall in February. From left: daughter Menabe, 10, partner Yemi Hailemariam, son Yilak, 10, and daughter Helawit, 17. Picture: Polly Hancock

(Islington Gazette) — The partner of abducted Upper Holloway man Andy Tsege feels so hopeless about his illegal imprisonment that she has resorted to standing against the Prime Minister in next month’s general election.

Yemi Hailemariam, of St John Street, is standing in Theresa May’s Maidenhead constituency. Her ultimate aim is to secure a meeting with Mrs May, nearly three years since Andy was jailed in his native Ethiopia.

Andy, 62, is a human rights activist who fled to the UK in 1979, becoming a citizen and making a new life in Islington. But at a trial in his absence in 2009, he was given a death sentence. And in June 2014, while waiting to catch a flight to Eritrea, Andy was abducted at an airport in Yemen.

With her husband still languishing on death row, 48-year-old Yemi announced her candidacy on Thursday, 1,052 days after Andy’s abduction.

“I just want to make a point,” she told the Gazette. “David Cameron was far more engaged, writing letters to us about the situation. Theresa May, on the other hand, has been in power for almost a year and has done nothing at all.

“She actually met the Ethiopian president on Thursday and did not engage him – which I found troubling. Nothing has changed in our case and it becomes more and more outrageous.

“That is why I am standing in this election, to highlight to her constituents how ineffectual she has been. I have no intention of winning: I am actually telling people to not vote for me! Instead, I am asking people to write to Theresa May and highlight my situation.”

Yemi, who in February handed a 28,000-strong petition to Downing Street demanding Andy’s freedom, added: “We need a prime minister who will pressure the foreign office, as [foreign secretary] Boris Johnson as done nothing, either. I’ll be campaigning around her constituency so hopefully I’ll bump into her.

“Whatever happens, she will definitely be aware of my campaign – I can promise that. My ultimate aim is to get a meeting with her, and let her know that this kind of thing cannot be tolerated with a British national.”

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it had provided “significant support” to Andy’s family, and that it remains “committed to ensuring his ongoing welfare”.