የተረሱት የመንግስት ጋዜጠኞች

ሌሊሴ ወዳጆ የህሊና አስረኛ  

አገራችን ከቅርብ አመታት ወዲህ እድሜ አሁን በህይወት ለሌሉት ባለራዕዩ ልማታዊ መሪያችን እና ፓርቲያቸው፡ በተለያዩ ምክንያቶች ታዋቂነቷ እየገነነ መጥቷል።ሌላ ሌላውን ትትተን በፈረንጆቹ የ2012 ዓመት በዓለም ዓቀፍ ደረጃ ጋዜጠኞችን በማሰር ሁለተኛነትን ስተቀዳጅ፡አንደኝነቱን ግን ጎረቤታችን ኤሪትርያ ነጥቃናለች፡ወይ ነዶ፡እንዴት ተድርጎ። ምስጋና ለታላቁ መሪያችን ነፍሳቸውን ይማረውና (ይቅርታ ተዳፈርኩ አይደል፡ለካ አልሞቱም የሚሉ አንዳንድ ወገኖች እንዳሉ ዘንግቼው ነው)፡ አገራችን ባለፉት አስርተ ዓመታት ጋዜጠኞቿ እንዲሰደዱ በማድረግ በከፍተኛ ደረጃ ከሚጠቀሱት አገሮች ተርታ ውስጥ ትገኛለች። ከቅርብ ዓመታት ወዲህ ደግሞ በእስር ላይ የሚገኙ ጋዜጠኞቿ በማሸለም ታዋቂ ሆናለች። የሩቁን ትተን በዚህ ዓመት ብቻ ሁለት በሽብርተኝነት እና አገር በመካድ ወንጀሎች ተፈርዶባቸው ቃሊቲ በእስር ላይ የሚገኙት ጋዜጠኞቿ ማለትም እስክንድር ነጋ እና ርዕዮት ዓለሙ ከሁለት የተለያዩ የዓለም ዓቀፍ ሃሳብን በነጻነት የመግለጽ መብት ተሟጋች ድርጅቶች ተሸላሚ ሆነዋል። አብዛኛውን ጊዜ የመገናኛ ብዝሃንም ሆነ በመብት ተሟጋች ድርጅቶች በግሉ የሚዲያ ዘርፍ የሚያገለግሉ ጋዜጠኞች ሲታሰሩ በብዛት የሚያሰሙት ድምጽ

FairTrade Activists demand H&M to be FAIR

More than half a dozen activists of a local NGO called FairTrade made a protest by laying themselves down outside at the H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) head office in Stockholm yesterday afternoon ( October 25, 2012) to show their solidarity with workers who're alleged victims of bad working conditions and low wage by its garment factory in Cambodia. Christopher Riddselius, an organizer of the protest told me that the purpose of today's protest was also to demand H&M and other garment companies to improve the existing working conditions and poor salary to their workers in Cambodia and other Asian countries. Riddselius added that consumers, other governmental and non-governmental actors also have responsibilities to put pressure on companies like H&M to be fair to the people who produce their commodities in other countries. The protest which was held at the such cold weather lasted for 30 minutes.

I'm "SMART" & blending in with the crowd now

My stone-aged:-) crappy Sony-Ericsson cellphone which (heaven knows how old it was) I've been getting in touch with rest of the world, got nuts a few weeks ago for some unknown reason. Honestly, I was really sad for very wrong reasons:-)(don't laugh please) first and for most it used to bring me attention or should I say envious stares from fellow commuters or any hype smartphone users every time I flashed her to do the usual errands you know just strictly making/receiving phone calls and text messages; no surfing, no FaceBooking, no tweeting, no gaming, no iTunning, no face checking etc hahaha. My second reason was that she was really easier to operate and I neither need gazillion time to find and punch the keypads to send text messages nor had a hard time to find out how to save/delete contacts. Last but not least, she saved me from being excessively anti-social; what is there more irritating than two lovers gazing for hours and hours on their individual toys when it supposed to be "just the two of us" dinner date.

I'm not sure if I'm gonna be obsessed with this new gadget which I got it for free the day before yesterday from a very special friend who could have sold it for a few thousand Swedish Kroner; thanks my dear, you're one good reason to believe in the existence of humanity in a town where  I thought it was full of human mannequins. Voila, I'm now blending in with the crowd and saying goodbye to my dummy-phone which I honestly believe she wasn't. Well, I'm gonna miss my uniqueness until the crowd comes with something "smart", "cool" or whatever it is. One thing I'm sure is that I'll be nostalgic of the simplicity of old-fashioned communication, you know that adrenaline rushes which bumps into you whenever you feel like in the middle of going somewhere but you have to stay at home/office not to miss that phone-call from a new or ex-lover or your boss or from the job-interview, etc. Please share your first time experience of smartphone and how it changed your life afterwards.