"Eskinder Nega is a journalist, not a terrorist" : Wife

Serkalem Fasil, Eskinder Nega's wife uploaded the following YouTube video message as part of Amnesty International's campaign for the release of her husband and other Ethiopian prisoners of conscience in Ethiopia's notorious prisons across the country. Nega was jailed two years ago and now serving 18 years of jail term with trumped-up terrorism charges at the infamous Kality prison, in the outskirts the capital Addis Abeba. Fasil and their son Nafkot (who was born in prison, while both of his parents were jailed following the 2005's rigged election), have fled Ethiopia and are now living in the United Sates of America. They were not even allowed to have a proper farewell with Eskinder Nega. Can you imagine saying goodbye for good to your loved one by just locking your fingers and with a few words? No hugging, no kissing, not even shaking hands. That is how Sirkalem and their Son Nafkot departed from Eskinder Nega; we take so many things in life for granted.

የጋምቤላዉ ተፈናቃይ በብሪታኒያ መንግስት ላይ የመሰረተው ክስ መታየት ጀመረ

ከሳሽ እንደሚሉት የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት በሠፈራ መርሐ-ግብሩ በብዙ መቶ ሺሕ የሚቆጠሩ ሰዎችን ማፈናቀል፥ ማሰደዱን የብሪታንያ መንግሥት እያወቀ ለኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት በተለይም ለፀጥታ አስከባሪዎች ማሰልጠኛ ርዳታ መስጠቱ ለተፈፀመዉ በደል አባሪ ተባባሪ መሆኑን አመልካች ነዉ። የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት ፀጥታ አስከባሪዎች ከቤት ንብረቴ አፈናቀሉኝ፥ አሠሩኝ፥ ደበደቡኝም ያሉ አንድ የጋምቤላ መስተዳድር ነዋሪ የኢትዮጵያን መንግሥት ይደግፋል ያሉትን የብሪታንያ መንግሥትን ከሰሱ። ሥማቸዉ ለደሕንነታቸዉ ሲባል በሚስጥር የተያዘዉ ኢትዮጵያዊ በጠበቆቻቸዉ በኩል የመሠረተቱትን ክስ የብሪታንያ ከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት ትናንት ማድመጥ ጀምሯል። ከሳሽ እንደሚሉት የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት በሠፈራ መርሐ-ግብሩ በብዙ መቶ ሺሕ የሚቆጠሩ ሰዎችን ማፈናቀል፥ ማሰደዱን የብሪታንያ መንግሥት እያወቀ ለኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት በተለይም ለፀጥታ አስከባሪዎች ማሰልጠኛ ርዳታ መስጠቱ ለተፈፀመዉ በደል አባሪ ተባባሪ መሆኑን አመልካች ነዉ። የዶይቼ ቬይሌ ወኪል ድልነሳ ጌታነሕ ከለንደን የላከዉ  አጭር ዘገባ ለማዳመጥ እዚህ ጋር ይጫኑ::

Ethiopia, the only Sub-Saharan Country with Nationwide Internet Filtering

I can't help but to be proud and happy when my homeland, Ethiopia has received its Internet Freedom Report Card from Freedom House in which it slipped in its Internet Freedom index from 75 last year to 79 this year. Thanks to the visionary late prime minister, Ethiopia is investing billions of taxpayers' money and the government maintains a strict system of controls over digital media, making Ethiopia the only country in Sub-Saharan Africa to implement nationwide internet filtering. Well, our developmental government can not be accused for having one of the lowest rates of internet and mobile telephone penetration in the world, as meager infrastructure, a government monopoly over the telecom sector, and obstructive telecom policies have notably hindered the growth of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the country.

Our huge investment has returns: two individuals were prosecuted for their ICT activities, while harsh sentences were upheld for

Saudi Arabia Doubles Down on Abuse

Dawit Giorgis is a Visiting Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a former senior official in the Government of Ethiopia and David Andrew Weinberg is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation penned the following commentary on The National Interest's website last November following the violence against Ethiopian migrant workers by Saudi's Police and its vigilantes who took the law in to their hands.  

Last month, three Ethiopians were killed in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, as well as one foreign worker from Sudan. They died amid vigilante violence and reports of police brutality after illegal immigrants in the slum of Manfouha protested against a massive campaign of deportations that the government launched this month. A similar demonstration was broken up in the city of Jeddah, and its organizers arrested.

Meanwhile, large groups of Ethiopians have been gathering for protests this week at Saudi diplomatic institutions across the United States, including in front of the Saudi Embassy in Washington, as well as the Kingdom’s consulates in Atlanta, Los Angeles and in many parts of the world.

What is this big controversy about?

Saudi officials claim that the Ethiopians

Ethiopians in Saudi-Arabia Feared for their Lives

Ethiopians and one journalist who wanted to be anonymous told the Ethiopian Satellite Television ESAT that an alleged SMS was sent to employers and landlords of Ethiopians at the end of last week which threatens them a 100 thousand Saudi Riyals unless they fire Ethiopians from their workplaces and/or expel from their houses. The situation is threatening for tens of thousands of documented and undocumented Ethiopians according to a post published in Amharic on ESAT's  FaceBook wall last week. Tens of thousands of Ethiopians are waiting in makeshift detention centers to be returned back home. The Ethiopian government assigned only 40 workforce to handle hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian returnees. These Ethiopians alleged that the Saudi government is indirectly instigating for all Ethiopians to be expelled from its territory. A journalist who wanted his name not to be disclosed told ESAT that if the current hate climate against Ethiopians continues as it is right now, nationals who reside in that country may face unimaginable danger in the near future. The journalist said the alleged SMS message which was sent last Friday should be a wake-up call for Ethiopians who live in Saudi-Arabia regardless of their legal status. He said the recent threatening SMS against Ethiopian migrant workers was allegedly sent by the Saudi government unofficially through its agents. The anonymous journalist blasted the Ethiopian government for trying to score a political point with the number of Ethiopians returnees

it brought back home instead of making a strong diplomatic efforts to bring back all of its citizens to safety. The journalist alleged that the number of thousands of Ethiopians who are desperately waiting to be returned in various concentration camps is more than twice of the ones who returned back home.

An Ethiopian who was sheltering nine Ethiopians who were expelled by their landlords told ESAT that one of the alleged victims came to Saudi legally eight months ago. The victim's father sold his house to send him to Saudi and live in rental house right now in Ethiopia. He said his life in Saudi-Arabia is endangered at the moment.   

Meanwhile an estimated three thousand detained Ethiopians who entered to Yemen from Saudi-Arabia are reportedly suffering from food-shortages, according a journalist who visited the detainees.

በሳውዲ አረቢያ የሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያውያን ወገኖቻችን ህይወታችን አደጋ አንዣቦበታል ይላሉ

የኢትዮጵያ ሳተላይት ቴሌቪዥን ( ኢሳት )ባለፈው ሳምንት መገባደጃ ላይ ያነጋገራቸው ወገኖች እና አንድ ስሙ እንዳይጠቀስ የፈለገ በሳውዲ የሚኖር ጋዜጠኛ በሳውዲ አረቢያ የሚታየው ሁኔታ እጅግ አስፈሪ ነው ይላሉ። ከ40 ሺ በላይ ኢትዮጵያን በእስር ቤቶች ውስጥ ይገኛሉ። ወደ አገራቸው ለመመለስ የሚፈልጉ በአስር ሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ ዜጎች ቀናቸውን ይጠባባቃሉ። የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት በመቶ ሺ የሚቆጠረውን ስደተኛ ለማስተናገድ የመደበው የሰው ሀይል 40 ብቻ ነው። የሳውድ አረቢያ መንግስት ደግሞ በተዘዋዋሪ መንገድ ኢትዮጵያውያን ከአገሪቱ ምድር ተጠራርገው እንዲወጡ እየቀሰቀሰ ነው። ሁኔታው በዚህ ከቀጠለ፣ በኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ ታይቶ የማይታወቅ አደጋ ሊፈጠር ይችላል ብሏል አንድ ስሙ እንዳይገለጽ የፈለገ ጋዜጠኛ።
አርብ እለት  በተለያዩ የሳውዲ ከተሞች በተንቀሳቃሽ ስልክ የተበተነው አጭር መልዕክት ህጋዊ ለተባሉትም ሆነ ህገወጥ ለሚባሉት ኢትዮጵያውያን የማስጠንቀቂያ ደወል ነው ይላሉ እኝህ ጋዜጠኛ።
የተበተነው የተንቀሳቃሽ ስልክ አጭር መልዕክት ኢትዮጵያውያንን ቀጥራችሁ የምታሰሩ እንዲሁም መኖሪያ ቤት ያከራያችሁ ሁሉ በአስቸኳይ እንድታስወጡ፣ ይህን ባታደርጉ ግን 100 ሺ ረያል ትከፍላለችሁ የሚል እንደሆነ ያነጋገርናቸው ኢትዮጵያውያን ገልጸዋል። ይህን መልእክት ተከትሎ በርካታ ኢትዮጵያውያን ከተከራዩበት ቤት ተባረዋል። 9 ኢትዮጵያውያንን ወደ አስጠጋው ኢትዮጵያዊ በመደወል መታሰቢያ ቀጸላ አነጋግራቸዋለች። እርሱ እንደሚለው መልክቱ መተላለፉን ተከትሎ ጓደኞቹ ከቤታቸው እንዲወጡ ተደርጎ በእርሱ ቤት ተጠልለዋል
ከቤታቸው ከተባረሩት መካከል አንዱ ከ8 ወራት በፊት አባቱ ቤታቸውን ሸጠው ፣ በኪራይ ቤት እየኖሩ በህጋዊ መንገድ እንደላኩት ይናገራል። አሁን ቤትክን ለቀህ ውጣ ተብሎ ህይወቱ አደጋ ላይ ወድቋል
የሳውዲ መንግስት በይፋ እንዲህ አይነት መልክት ያስተላልፍ እንደሆነ የጠየቅነው ጋዜጠኛ፣ መንግስት በቀጥታ እንዲህ አያደርግም ነገር ግን እርሱ ባሰማራቸው ሰዎች አማካኝነት መልክቶችን እንደሚሰድ ይታወቃል ብሎአል።
የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ጠንካራ የዲፕሎማሲ ዘመቻ በማድረግ በመቶሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ ኢትዮጵያውያንን ህይወት መታደግ ሲችል በቀን ይህን ያክል ሰው አስመጣሁ በማለት ፕሮፓጋንዳ ይነዛል የሚለው ጋዜጠኛው፣ በሳውዲ የቀረው ኢትዮጵያዊ ወደ አገር ቤት የተመለሰውን በብዙ እጥፍ ይበልጣል ሲል በአገሪቱ ያለውን እውነታ አስረድቷል።
በሌላ በኩል ከሳውድ አረቢያ ወደ የመን የገቡ 3 ሺ ያክል ኢትዮጵያውያን በምግብ እጥረት ተጎሳቁለው እንደሚገኙ እስር ቤት ድረስ በመሄድ ጋዜጠኛ ግሩም ተክለሀይማኖት ጎብኝቷቸዋል።

Saudi Arabia Must Stop Violence Against Ethiopian Migrant Workers: Human Rights Watch

“Now the Saudi government needs to rein in Saudi citizens who are attacking foreign workers.” : Joe Strok, deputy Middle East director of Human Rights Watch.

Human Rights Watch condemned the ongoing  violence against defenseless Ethiopian migrant workers by Saudi's uniformed police and the Shabab (young men). The Right group made the urge today after interviewing Ethiopian victims and witnesses from Manfouha neighborhood of southern Riyadh, where Ethiopian residents make up a majority of residents. Human Rights also blamed Saudi officials and state controlled media's Xenophobic smear campaign against migrant workers branding them as criminals months before the crackdown which resulted unprecedented level of assault, killings and rapes on these groups especially Ethiopians since November 4/2013. The right group also urged Saudi authorities to immediately investigate assaults on Ethiopian and other migrant workers by security forces and Saudi citizens, and hold those responsible for violent crimes to account. Saudi and Ethiopian authorities should work to speedily repatriate undocumented foreign workers waiting in makeshift holding centers, if they have no fear of returning home, and ensure that they get adequate food, shelter, and medical care. Last but not least, Human Rights Watch has once again called on the Saudi government to abolish aspects of the kafala or “sponsorship” system that create conditions for abuse, including rules requiring a worker to obtain permission from his or her employer to change jobs or leave the country. These rules leave foreign workers with little option for redress in cases of abuse or labor violations and force them into under-the-table work.  To read the full report click here.
 

Ethiopians' Loyal Friend Ana Gobeze aka Ana Gomes unleashes her critic against Regime

Ana Gomes, a Portuguese by birth but a true friend of the oppressed Ethiopians, who was hated and banned entry to Ethiopia by the late prime minster & co because of her brutally honest critic as an observer of the bloody & rigged Ethiopia's 2005 election which resulted in the arbitrary killings of over 190 innocent protesters by the regime. Eight years later, Gomes was back to  attend in the just concluded 26^th ACP-EU parliamentary meeting in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She is coordinator and spokesperson of the foreign affairs committee for her political group, the Social-Democrat. With 200 members the Social-Democrat is the second largest group within the European Parliament. For Ethiopia and Ethiopians though Ana Gomes is best remembered for her role as the leader of the EU election observers’ team during the 2005 crisis-induced general election in Ethiopia. She has had a troubled relationship with Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who she still calls “a dictator,” after she published her report in which wrote the election was massively rigged. Her arrival in Addis Ababa caught many, who thought she would never be allowed to set foot in Ethiopia, by a surprise. Addis Standard’s deputy-editor-in-chief Tesfaye Ejigu met Ana Gomes during the meeting and held an exclusive interview. She discussed issues

ከሳዉዲ ለመመለስ የተዘጋጁ ወገኖች አቤቱታ

በጅዳ ውስጥ ሸረፍያ በሚባል አካባቢ ወደሃገራችን እንግባ በሚሉ ኢትዮጵያዉያን እና በጸጥታ አስከባሪዎች መካከል ግጭት መፈጠሩ ተገለጸ። ለቀናት በጅዳ ቆንስላ መስሪያ ቤት ተጠልለው ከነበሩበት ቦታ ወደተጠቀሰዉ አካባቢ መጠለያ የተወሰዱ እነዚህ ወገኖች ላለፉት ሶስት ቀናት ወደ መጠለያው መግባት አልቻልንም ሲሉ በምሬት ይናገራሉ። ከሽሜሲ ጊዜያዊ ማቆያ ግቢ ውጭ አውቶቡስ ዉስጥ ያለ ምግብና ዉሃ መቆየታቸዉን የሚገልፁት እነዚሁ ወገኖች ሕጻናትና ነፍሰ ጡሮችና፤ እንዲሁም አቅመ ደካሞች ለከፋ አደጋ መጋለጣቸውን ጄዳ ለሚገኘዉ የዶይቼ ቨሌ ወኪል ነብዩ ሲራክ ገልጸዋል።  ዝርዝሩን እዚህ ጋር በመጫን ያዳምጡ

Appeal: Eskinder Nega & Reeyot Alemu, Nominees for 2013 Sakharov Prize, seek donations to fund human rights case

Eskinder Nega and Reeyot Alemu are Ethiopian journalists who have been awarded the UNESCO World Press Freedom Award and nominated for the 2013 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought for their journalistic work.

The Ethiopian government, however, has been less appreciative of their journalism – which criticised government policy on issues such as poverty, minority rights and mismanagement of funds on large government projects – and has imprisoned them as “terrorists”. Eskinder Nega is serving an 18 year prison sentence for writing an article that posed the question, Could an Arab Spring-like movement take place in Ethiopia? Reeyot Alemu is a teacher and a freelance journalist, sentenced to 5 years in prison for various articles in which she questioned government policy. Their sentences have been confirmed by the highest courts of appeal in Ethiopia.

The London-based Media Legal Defence Initiative, has joined forces with DC-based Freedom Now and appealed their case to the African Commission of Human Rights. They have filed a brief arguing that Reeyot and Eskinder’s case is emblematic of a wider pattern of repression of the independent media in Ethiopia – since the 2009 Anti-Terrorism Proclamation was adopted, at least 15 journalists have been prosecuted for ‘terrorism’ and over 14 news outlets have been shut down – and that the matter is declared a systematic violation of the rights of independent journalists in Ethiopia.

MLDI’s legal team, which includes Korieh Duodu alongside MLDI’s Nani Jansen and Patrick Griffiths for Freedom now, give their time pro bono – but they are seeking funding to cover costs before the African Commission and Court of Human Rights. There will be significant expenditure in attending hearings, translating numerous legal documents and other court-related expenses.

MLDI is asking for donations to help cover these costs and has started an appeal for donations on a new crowdfunding website for independent media, http://indievoic.es/index.php. As little as $25 will help make a difference. Please give generously. To make a contribution or for more information, please click here or contact the Media Legal Defence Initiative.

Source: International Forum For Responsible Media Blog

Saudi-Arabia, #1 Freedom-Expression's Predator

To show how some predators of freedom of expression really think, Reporters Without Borders - one of the biggest freedom of expression watchdog- have presented their innermost thoughts in the first person. They had to use a little imagination, of course, but the facts alluded to conform to reality. Here's one of their well-thought and sarcastic depiction of Saudi-Arabia's King Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz Al-Saud. Enjoy!

Almost 90 years old, I am Saudi Arabia’s sixth monarch and the third most influential person in the world. That’s the opinion of Forbes magazine, not my own.

Since I acceded to the throne in 2005, I have hesitated between openness and

Kebour Ghenna of Ethiopia Tells Oil-Reach Saudi Monarchs, Change is Inevitable!

Kebour Ghenna, Ethiopia's entrepreneur and businessman Op-ed his brutal critic on the Ethiopian business weekly CapitalEthiopia, concerning the recent crackdown on the so-called "illegal" migrant workers especially Ethiopians by  Saudi government and its disgruntled youth. Here is the full text of his thought provoking and daring messages.  

Saudi Arabia: A Dying Ancient Regime

 

The House of Saud (Read ‘The House of Satan’) is desperate.

IOM aids over 21,000 Ethiopian returnees from Saudi Arabia

IOM Ethiopia has assisted over 21,000 Ethiopian returnees arriving home on Ethiopian government charter flights from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) over the past 12 days, following a KSA crackdown on undocumented migrants.
Ethiopia began bringing migrant workers home from the KSA on November 13th. It is now flying up to 12 charters a day from the KSA to Addis Ababa.
Four processing points have been set up by the government, with support from IOM, to assist the returnees. IOM provides them with overnight accommodation, food, water, shoes and money for transport to their places of origin.

IOM indicated that it will need approximately

Infographics about Global Ethiopians' Demonstration against Saudi's Brutality

The protest started in the Saudi-Arabia on November 9/2013, a hell on earth for many migrant workers, by Ethiopians who resisted Saudi's police brutality who inflicted an imaginable pain. This sparked a global protest by Ethiopians around the globe to urge Saudi authorities to stop such gross human right abuses, killings and rape against helpless and defenseless migrant workers with the pretext of regularizing "illegal" migrants workers in that country. Ethiopians from Edmonton, Canada to Soul, South Korea; from Melbourne, Australia to Washington D.C., USA; from Addis Abeba to London, UK went to the streets of their respective cities to express their outrage. So far, roughly thirty thousand Ethiopians and origin of Ethiopians have participated, the majority, obviously in North America. November 18/2013 was the largest crowd recorded, nearly ten thousands Ethiopians in various countries around the world said LOUD & CLEAR to stop Saudi-Arabia its barbaric practices against Ethiopians. Ironically, hundreds of our compatriots in Ethiopia, who tried to show their solidarity with fellow suffering citizens in Saudi-Arabia, were beaten and then arrested by the ruling TPLF. However, Ethiopians who live abroad vowed to go and make noise at Saudi Embassies everywhere in the world until that country stops its crimes.      

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Ethiopian Returnees from Saudi-Arabia Recount their Horriffic Ordeals

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has repatriated over 350 Ethiopian migrants from Saudi-Arabia over the past few weeks. Three of these returnees told their horrific ordeals in Saudi Arabia to Abebayehu Gebyaw of Ethiopia's Amharic weekly AddisAdmas. Here's the translation of the Amharic version which was published on November, 18/2013. 

“I'd never go back [to Saudi], even if they say a gold is raining there”, Abdu Indris.

“Ethiopians are being incarcerated in Saudi prisons”, Indris Mohammed.

“They [Saudis] consider Abeshas (alternative term for Ethiopians) as cheap commodity.”, Indris Yousuf. 

Ethiopian Migrants Victimized in Saudi Arabia (GRAHAM PEEBLES)

In the last 10 days persecution of Ethiopian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia has escalated. Men and women are forced from their homes by mobs of civilians and dragged through the streets of Riyadh and Jeddah. Distressing videos of Ethiopian men being mercilessly beaten, kicked and punched have circulated the Internet and triggered worldwide protests by members of the Ethiopian diaspora as well as outraged civilians in Ethiopia. Women report being raped, many repeatedly, by vigilantes and Saudi police. Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT), has received reports of fifty

ከሳኡዲ የተመለሱ ኢትዮጵያውያን ሰቆቃ

ሰሞኑን በህገወጥ መንገድ ሳኡዲ አረቢያ ከገቡ ብዙ ሺ ኢትዮጵያውያን ወጣቶች መካከል ዓለም አቀፍ የስደተኞ ተቋም ከ350 በላይ የሚሆኑትን ወደ አገራቸው መልሷቸዋል፡፡ የአዲስ አድማሷ ጋዜጠኛ አበባየሁ ገበያው በተቋሙ መጠለያ ጣቢያ ያገኘቻቸውን ሦስት ተመላሾች አነጋግራለች፡፡
“ሳኡዲ ወርቅ እየዘነበ ነው ቢሉኝ አልሰማም” አብዱ እንድሪስ
“ኢትዮጵያውያን በእስር ቤት እየተሰቃዩ ናቸው” እንድሪስ መሃመድ
“አበሻ ለእነሱ ርካሽ እቃ ማለት ነው” እንድሪስ የሱፍ
አብዱ እንድሪስ እባላለሁ፣ ከኮምቦልቻ ተነስቼ ከጓደኞቼ ጋር ነው የሄድኩት---መንገዳችን ጥሩ ነበር፡፡ የመን ከዛም ሳኡዲ ደረስን። ከስምንተኛ ክፍል ነው የሄድኩት..ቤተሰቦቼ ድሆች ነበሩ --- የእነሱን ችግር እያየሁ መቀመጥ አላስቻለኝም፡፡

እ አ አቆጣጠር ከ 1999 እስከ 2013 በመካከለኛው ምስራቅ አገራት በኢትዮጵያውያን ላይ የተፈጸሙ ግፎችን የሚያሳይ አጭር ዘገባ

ከዚህ በታች የምትመለከቷቸው ካርታ እና ሰንጠረዥ እንደ አውሮፖውያን አቆጣጠር ከጥቅምት 1999 እስከ ጥቅምት 2013 በተለያዩ የአረብ አገራት በሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያውያን ላይ የተፈጸሙ ልዩ ወንጀሎችን በዝርዝር የሚያሳዩ ናቸው። ከእነዚህ ወንጀሎች መካከል ማሰቃየት፡ግርፊያ፡ድብደባ፡አስገድዶ መድፈር፡ባርነት፡የሰሩበትን መከልከል እና እራስን ማጥፋት ወዘተ የሚገኙ ሲሆን ወንጀሎቹ የተፈጸሙባቸው ወገኖች ስም፡ ቦታዎች፡ቀን እና ሌሎች ዝርዝር መረጃዎችም ተካተውበታል። 

ይህንን መረጃ ያገኘሁት ከአንድ ሰለስደተኞች መብት ላይ ከሚከራከር ድርጅት ድረ ገጽ ላይ ሲሆን በመካከለኛው ምስራቅ ከሚኖሩ 

የውጭ አገር ዜጎች ኢትዮጵያውያን የእነዚህ ከላይ የዘረዘርኳቸው ወንጀል ግንባር ቀደም ተጠቂዎች እንደሆኑ ያሳያል። ለእዚህ ድርጅት በተጠቂ ወገኖቼ ስም ምስጋናዬ እያቀረብኩ በእነዚህ ዓመታት 86 ኢትዮጵያውያን የጥቃት ሰለባ መሆናቸውን በዓረብ የሚገኙ መገናኛ ብዙሃንን፡ ሆስፒታሎችንና ፖሊስ ጣቢያዎችን ምንጭ በማድረግ ይህ አጭር ዘገባ ያሳያል። ዘገባው በሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ ኢትዮጵያውያን ሰለባዎችን ሊያካትት ያልቻለው በመረጃ እጦት እንደሆነ እገምታለሁ። ሌሎቹ በዚህ ዘገባ ላይ ያልተካተቱን እና ህይወታቸውን ያጡ፡በእስር ላይ የሚገኙ፡ የት እንዳሉ የማይታወቁ፡ በየእለቱ ተገደው የሚደፈሩ፡ የሚራቡ የሚጠሙ፡ ቀን ከለሊት ከባርነት ባልተናነሰ መልኩ ያለምንም ክፍያ ወገባቸው እስኪጎብጥ የሚፈጉትን እህቶቻችን እና ወንድሞቻንን ቤቱ ይቁጠረው። እነዚህን ሰንጠረዡ ላይ የሚገኙ መረጃዎችን በዝርዝር ለማየት ከፈለጉ በስተቀኝ በኩል በሁለቱ ሰንጠረዦች መካካል የሚገኘው ትንሽ ሳጥን ላይ የሚገኙትን ትናንሽ ቀስቶች ወደ ፊት እና ወድ ኋላ እንዲሄዱ በመጫን መጠቀም የሚችሉ ሲሆን ከታች የሚገኘው ትልቅ ባለብዙ ቀለማት ሳጥን ደግሞ ወንጀሎቹ የተፈጸሙባቸውን አገራት እና ዓመታት፡ የወንጀሎቹን ዓይነት እና ምን ያህል እንደሆኑ የሚያመለክቱ ናቸው። እነዚህን መረጃዎች ለሌሎች በኢሜይል፡በፌስቡክ፡በትዊተር እና በሌሎችም ማህበራዊ ድረገጾች በማካፈል ይሄን ከእለት ወደ እለት በመካከለኛው ምስራቅ በተለይም በሳውዲ አረቢያ ግፈኞች በወገኖቻችን ላይ እየተፈጸመ ያለውን አስከፊ ወንጀል ለመላው ዓለም በማዳረሰ የበኩሉዎን የዜግነት እና የሰብዓዊነት ግዴታ እንዲወጡ በመጠየቅ መረጃዎቹን በተመለከተ ጥያቄዎች ካሎት በኢሜይል ወይም ከዚህ ጦማር በታች በሚገኘው የአስተያየት መስጫ ሳጥን ውስጥ ማስቀመጥ ይችላሉ።  

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Infograhpics about Violence against Ethiopian Migrant Workers in the Middle-East from 1999-2013

 The following graphics shows the various types of violence (rape, involuntary servitude, murder, assault, battery, suicide, physical abuse, etc) against Ethiopian migrant workers in the Middle-eastern countries from October 1999 - October 2013. This is just the tip of the iceberg; 86 cases were verified and approved so far but this data doesn't include hundreds if not thousands of nameless, faceless Ethiopians who had lost their lives, crippled, deformed, raped disappeared and imprisoned in various prisons of Oil & gas rich countries. Courtesy of this data is to domestichelpabuse.com  I'd like to thank them for their well researched and detailed data at this critical time where the lives of our compatriots are being at stake in the middle-eastern countries especially Saudi-Arabia. This infographics is very interactive and includes various inputs such as descriptions of the violence (name of the victims, the country where they were abused, time, date and year of the violence etc). There is a small button on the right side next to the the first legend where you can drag it or click the backward and forwards buttons to read details of the abuses. You can sort the information which you want to see by clicking on the legends on the right-hand side or by clicking on the maps and then choose to filter the data you want to explore. Please share this info and spread the word about this barbaric crimes against defenseless and helpless Ethiopians in the middle-east so that the world to act and safeguard the well-being of our citizens. If you have questions regarding this infographics, please don't hesitate to send them via e-mail or write them on the comment section at the bottom of this post.

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ህውሃት በሪያድ የሚገኘውን ቆንስላ በመዝጋት በሺህ የሚቆጠሩ በሳውዲ የሚገኙ ወገኖቻችንን ለአስከፊ አደጋ አጋለጠ

ውሻ በበላበት ይጮሃል

 

እንደሚታወቀው ኑሯቸውን ለማሻሻል በሚል ከአፍሪካ እና ከእስያ የተውጣጡ በሚሊዮኖች የሚቆጠሩ ዜጎች በየዓመቱ በህጋዊ እና ኢህጋዊ በሆኑ መንገዶች ወደ መካከለኛው ምስራቅ አገራት በተለይም ሳውዲ አረቢያ ባህር አቋርጠው፡ድንበር ተሻግረው አየር ሰንጥቀው ጉዟቸውን በየእለቱ ያቀናሉ። ይህ በእንዲ እንዳለ፡ የሳውዲ መንግስት ፖሊስ እና ወጣት ወንዶች ኢትዮጵያውያን ላይ ያነጣጠረውን መጠነ ሰፊ፡ዘግናኝ እና ኢሰብዓዊ ወንጀል ከመቼውም ጊዜ በበለጠ በማጠናከር እና በማስፋፋት ላይ እንደሚገኙ ከሰሞኑ ከዚያች አገር በተለያየ መንገድ የሚወጡ መረጃዎች ያሳያሉ። እህቶቻችንና እናቶቻችን ይደፈራሉ ወንድሞቻችን ይገደላሉ፡በአደባባይ ይደበደባሉ ሌሎች ደግሞ በእነዚህ ጋጠወጥ ጎረምሶች ታፍነው ወደ አልታወቀ ቦታ ተወስደው ለከፋ ስቃይ እና እንግልት ተዳርገዋል። ይህ በሳውዲ ዜጎች ያስቆጣው ርህሩህ ልማታዊ መንግስታን ደግሞ የረባ አገልግሎት ሰጥቶ የማያውቀውንና በዚች ቀውጢ ጊዜ እነዚህን ወገኖች ለመታደግ ባለፈው እሁድ በሪያድ የሚገኘውን ቆንስላ ላልተወሰነ ጊዜ መዘጋቱን አስታውቋል። እነዚህ ወገኖቻችን ሳውዲ ውስጥ ለመቆየትም ሆነ ወደ አገራቸው ለመመለስ የሚያስፈጓቸው የመጓጓዣ ሰነዶች የሌላቸው ሲሆኑ የቆንስላው መዘጋት ህይወታቸው ከመቼውም በበለጠ ለከፋ አደጋ እና ችግር ተዳርጓል። እንዲህ ነው እንግዲህ ለወገን ተቆርቋሪ እና አሳቢ መንግስት፡ ዛሬ በሺህ የሚቆጠሩ ልጆቻችን፡እህቶቻችን፡እናቶቻችን፡ወንድሞቻችን፡ እና አባቶቻችን ህይወት በእነዚህ ጨካኝ፡ አረመኔ እና ለሰው ልጅ ህይወት ደንታ በማይሰጣቸው የሳውዲ ፖሊሶች እና ጎረምሶች ቁጥጥር ስር የሚገኝ ሲሆን አራት ኪሎ ምንይልክ ቤተመንግስት የሚገኙት ገዥዎቻችን ጭራሽ ይባስ ብለው የሳውዲ መንግስት በኢትዮጵያውያን ላይ የሚደረገውን ዘመቻ ከማሞካሸት አልፈው አገርቤት ይህ ድርጊት ያስቆጣቸው እና የእነዚህን የተቸገሩ ወገኖቻችንን ድምጽ ለማሰማት ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ የወጡ ንጹህ ኢትዮጵያውያንን