20 April 2018: The regime in Addis Abeba has mocked at the persistent and popular demand to release ALL political prisoners in Ethiopia. Conservative estimate of Ethiopian political prisoners has put the figure at least 45,000. The regime released a few political prisoners and made use of this to appear as if ALL have been… Read More »
03 August 2015: The regime’s federal high court has sentenced members of Ethiopian Muslim Arbitration Committee members, one journalist and thirteen others to a lengthy jail term between seven and 22 years. The eighteen Muslims were falsely charged on counts that include attempted terrorism, conspiracy to establish an Islamic state, and public incitement. ” The… Read More »
04 June 2018: The repressive regime in Addis Abeba, convulsed by continuing mass protest, has been forced to admit it holds political prisoners and has released a thousand or so of them. The regime holds more than 45,000 political prisoners in secret and official camps (gulags) and prisons all over Ethiopia. As part of the… Read More »
11 February 2016: “My name is Mikyas G., I am writing this letter because I fear that my brothers and father may be dead after being wrongfully accused. I just recently made my way to Canada from Ethiopia because my life was in danger at the hands of my own government. I returned to Ethiopia… Read More »
12 June 2015: Those sources with access to credible statistics have asserted that since the 1991 takeover of power by the present regime child labour in Ethiopia has increased by more than 40% and the violation of the rights of children reached deplorable levels. The regime, back in the days when it was a rebel… Read More »
June 2015: Mebatsion Ali, also known as Jattene Ali, a former district administrator of Borena, was murdered in a Nairobi Hotel by two TPLF gunmen (both hailed from Tigrai). The killers hid in the Nairobi EPRDF embassy until the embassy was able to secretly take them out of Kenya to Tanzania and to send them… Read More »
17 June 2015: ON June 15/2015, one of the founders of the legal opposition group, Semayawi Party, Samuel Awoke, was beaten to death near his home in the (Gojjam) town of Debre Markos. He was a candidate of an MP post in the last election. Samuel had been beaten and jailed before. His killers, suspected… Read More »
30 June 2015: JUNE 1991–from Sankisa and other places of Gondar and from Gojjam’s various areas a number of veteran members and leaders of the EPRP fell into the hands of the army of the Tigrrean front. Many others were killed by a combined force of this front, the Eritreans (EPLF) and the Sudanese armed… Read More »
11 December 2015: Recently the regime in Addis Abeba has killed close to 18 students and civilians in Ambo, Ginchi, Balo, Western Wellega as overall peaceful protests multiply. Officially, the protests are against the regime’s so called Master Plan to expand the size of Addis Abeba and thus appropriate more land from Ambo and other… Read More »
ታህሳስ 13 ቀን 2008： ጨቋኙ የወያኔ አገዛዝ በቅርቡ ተቀስቅሶ ያለውን የሕዝብ ተቃውሞ ለማፈን ሲጥር በርካታ ንጹህ ዜጎችን መግደሉ በይፋ ተነግሯል። ጸረ ሰላም ሀይሎች በሚል በተለመደው ሽፋኑ ተቃዋሚዎችን ከሶ ግድያቸውንም ማጠየቂያ ሊሰጥ መሞከሩንም ዜጎች ሁሉ የታዘቡት ነው። በርካታ ዜጎችንም ታግተው ስየል እየተቀበሉ ናቸው። ይህን ሁሉ ግፍና ግድያ ኢፖእአኮ አጥብቆ ያወግዛል። ከአምቦ እስከ ሀሮማያ፤ ከጅማ እስከ ጎንደር፤… Read More »
10 September 2015: SOCEPP has addressed letter to South African leaders (Malawi, Zambia, South Africa) calling on them to stop tormenting Ethiopian refugees. In South Africa, refugees continue to be killed by xenophobic mobs or thugs. In Zambia and Malawi (with some others also in Namibia), Ethiopian refugees are jailed and subjected to harsh treatment.… Read More »