Abrupt release of Ethiopian bloggers and journalists, an '#ObamaEffect'?

Photo by FissehaFantahun

On the same day (July 8, 2015), and just few hours before this unexpected action which stunned the defendants; their attorney and the whole world, a story was running about jailed journalists Edom Kassaye under the title "An Ethiopian Journalist Jailed for Her Integrity". And a rumor surfaced on the social media around 7 o'clock (Ethiopian local time)  in the evening about the release of Edom Kassaye, Mahlet Fantahun, Asmamaw Hailegiorgis and Tesfalem Woldyes. 

#ዘላለም_ክብረት #ተስፋለም_ወልደየስ እና #አስማማው_ሃይለጊዮርጊስ የክስ ፋይላቸው ተዘግቶ ተፈቱ የሚል መረጃ እየሰማሁ ነው። የቅርብ ወዳጆቻቸው ቢያረጋግጡት መልካም ነው። #FreeZone9Bloggers #Ethiopia

— abraham ab™ (@abrahamabr2) July 8, 2015

The mood was mixed among twitters: confusion, happiness, disbelief, suspicion just to mention but a few. Around 8 o'clock, the news was broken by wazema, an Ethiopian diaspora podcast in Sweden which is run by Mesfin Negash et. al. who was an ex managing editor of AddisNeger and convicted by Ethiopian government with terrorism charges.

[Wazema Alerts] ጦማሪ ዘላለም ክብረት፣ ጋዜጠኞቹ ተስፋለም ወልደየስ እና አስማማው ሃይለጊዮርጊስ ከእስር መፈታታቸው እየተሰማ ነው። "የክስ ፋይላችሁ ተዘግቷል፣ አሁኑኑ... http://t.co/Ufi35CzY3h

— Wazema Radio (@Wazemaradio) July 8, 2015

However, there was no word from the government media until the next day. The government affiliated 'private' broadcaster Fana revealed that 'Five so-called bloggers in the Soliana Shimelis et-al case released in Ethiopia'.

Photo by FissehaFantahun

Some were jubilant while others were cautious and skeptics of Ethiopian government's abrupt move which happened after the court has finished hearing evidences and was due to deliver a guilty-not-guilty verdict the coming week. Some even considered it as an 'Obama effect' where Ethiopian officials are in a preemptive charm-offensive ahead of US President's official visit to the country. It is to be recalled that a few days before this sudden action of the Ethiopian government, thousands of expat Ethiopians in the US made a huge protest in front of White-House demanding Barack Obama not visit Ethiopia.

#zone9bloggers were not released randomly. They appealed to the Supreme Court against their charges and won. Now they can sue #ethiopia govt

— Ember Tegadelay (@ember_tegadelay) July 9, 2015

If one dissects these various approaches, it appears that there are two main camps: pro-government groups on one side and the rest on the other side;the former is defending/justifying the Ethiopian government's action while family members and friends of the released/jailed bloggers and journalists; international media outlets; net-citizens and international human-rights and freedom of expression watchdogs who demand the government to release all Ethiopian prisoners of conscience. Members of the net-citizens continue to include the hash-tag #FreeZone9Bloggers in their social media posts and recommended others to do the same until everybody is free.

FYI, the hash #FreeZone9Bloggers is still in play, until all are out. Don't forget to use it while tweeting about today's releases.

— Amanuel  Tesfaye (@ethio_style) July 8, 2015

As result, #FreeZone9Bloggers, continued to be trending and has become the second largest hash-tag mentioned on twitter, at least here in Sweden.

In an exclusive with VOA Amharic, the released bloggers and journalists as well as father/attorney of columnist Reeyot Alemu expressed their mixed and shocking feelings towards the abrupt government's action. Zelalem Kibret a.k.a Zola said he has this survivor's guilt for being released because his four colleagues who were accused with the same charges still remain behind bars. A pro-government Facebooker replied to him in a cruel manner. 

“nobody is holding you back to go back [to the prison]. The food, the drinks and the rent are free. It's better for you there especially at this time when life is very expensive in the country.”

Meanwhile aigaforum, an Ethiopian diaspora pro-government media in the US made a complaint against CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists) for taking sides with the groups which it alleges are terrorists not journalists.

Well, others are urging Mr. Obama to visit Ethiopia as often as possible so that all Ethiopian prisoners of conscience could be released.

"ፕሬዝደንት ኦባማ - እባክህ ኢትዮጵያ ተመላለስና እስርቤቱን ባዶ አርግልን" :-)

— Fisseha Tegegn (@total_433) July 8, 2015

According CPJ's latest reports, Ethiopia ranks the second journalists' jailer in Africa after to Eritrea and is listed among the top ten censored countries in the world. 
Our message, nobody is free until everybody is free! Free Eskinder Nega, Woubshet Taye, Abel Wabela, Befqadu Hailu, Atenaf Berhane, Andualem Aragae, Zelalem Werqalemahu and thousands Ethiopian prisoners of conscience who are being incarcerated for exercising their constitutional and birth-rights.  

 

እውነቱ ይውጣ! (ፕ/ር መስፍን ወልደ ማርያም)

ለመሆኑ ሊቃነ ጳጳሳት፣ ጳጳሳት፣ መነኮሳት፣ ቀሳውስት — ሼሆች፣ ሽማግሌዎች በአገሩ የለንም?
መስፍን ወልደ ማርያም
ሴቶችን በወንዶች ፊት፣ ወንዶችን በሴቶች ፊት ልብስ እያስወለቁ የአካላቸውን ክፍሎች ሁሉ ለማየት የሚያስችል አንቅስቃሴ አንዲሠሩ ማስገደድ በሽተኞችን ያስደስታል፤ የምርመራ ዘዴ ግን አይደለም፤ ውርደት እንዲሰማቸው ከሆነ በወራዶች ሰዎች ፊት የምን መዋረድ አለ? ወራዶች እነሱ ደረጃ ላይ ከእነሱ ጋር ያስተካክላሉ አንጂ አያዋርዱም፤ በሌላ አነጋገር ወራዶች አያዋርዱም፤ ወራዶቹ ደንቆሮዎችም ሆነው ነው እንጂ ልብስ የሚያስወልቁ እነሱ ብቻ አይደሉም፤ ሀኪሞችም ልብስ አስወልቀው፣ አጋድመው በጣታቸውም ሆነ በመሣሪያ የፈለጉትን የአካል ክፍል አንደፈለጉ ያደርጉታል፤ ወራዶቹና ደንቆሮዎቹ ከሚያደርጉት የሀኪሞቹ የሚለየው ሀኪሞቹ ሰዎችን ለማዳን ሲሉ ነው፤ ወራዶቹና ደንቆሮዎቹ ግን የራሳቸውን ሱስ ለማርካት፣ የራሳቸውን ህመም ለማስታገስ ነው፤ ወራዶቹንና ደንቆሮዎቹን ከመለዮአቸው አራቁቻቸዋለሁ! ከነውር በቃላት ወደነውር በተግባር፣ ያውም በመሥሪያ ቤት! ዱሮ ዱሮ ከቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ ቲያትር ፊት ለፊት የአንድ ኢጣልያዊ ቡና ቤት ነበር፤ እዚያ ውጭ ተቀምጠን ቡና ስንጠጣ አንዲት ውብ ሴት ወደጸጉር መሥሪያው ቤት ስትመጣ የሁላችንም ዓይኖች እየዘለሉ እስዋ ላይ ዐረፉ፤ ከሦስታችን አንዱ ስለሴትዮዋ የወሲብ ችሎታ በዝርዝር መናገር ሲጀምር ሁለታችን ተያየንና አፈርን፤ ጨዋታው የጣመለት መስሎት ሲቀጥል የሕግ ባለሙያ የሆነ ጓደኛዬ አቋረጠውና ‹‹ስማ! ይህን ጊዜ እናትህ

Jailed #FreeZone9Bloggers demands John Kerry to Stop Supporting Ethiopia

Natnael Feleke has been imprisoned for a year without trial. In a letter smuggled out of jail, he asks the US secretary of state to stop supporting the regime
Dear John Kerry,
I first came to know about you back in 2004, during the US presidential election, when you were running for office against George Bush. At just 17 years old I knew little about US politics – or politics in general – but I discussed the campaigns with my schoolmates.
A year later, the historic 2005 Ethiopian national election took place. This election differed from previous votes in that the lead up to it was mostly democratic. This left many Ethiopians hoping they would witness the first elected change of government in the country’s history. But it was not to be.
After the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front realised they couldn’t win the election without rigging the vote, the true face of the regime emerged.
After polling day, we saw civilian bloodshed, and the arrest of thousands – including journalists and opposition leaders.
I was only young then, but the election gave me my first

Evidence Against #FreeZone9Bloggers & Journalists Doesn’t Back Charges

By William Davison

(Bloomberg) -- Ethiopian prosecutors have failed to present evidence relating to charges that a group of bloggers and journalists support terrorism, a defense lawyer at the latest court hearing said.

Six members of the Zone 9 blogging group and three freelance journalists were charged in July at the Federal High Court in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, for working with banned organizations such as the U.S.-based Ginbot 7, which the Horn of Africa nation categorizes as a terrorist group. A witness on Wednesday testified that police last year collected a political manifesto from a Health Ministry office, where one of the defendants worked, lawyer Ameha Mekonnen said.
“No witness is brought who has either direct or indirect knowledge of the material element of the charge,” Ameha said in an interview. “The witnesses are here to prove that there was no maltreatment or pressure when the search was conducted.”

The defendants are the latest government critics to be tried under Ethiopia’s 2009 anti-terrorism law, which the U.S. has said is being used to criminalize legitimate dissent.

Ethiopian officials reject the accusation.
The manifesto collected was for a “peaceful” political party led by the author Lencho Lata, a former head of the rebel Oromo Liberation Front, Ameha said. All of the other evidence filed to the court by prosecutors is of a similar public nature, he said. Prosecutors will get a final chance to present witnesses when the trial resumes on May 26, Ameha said.

Source: Nazret.com

Ethiopian Gov't Intensifies Digital Attacks: Human-Rights Watch

(New York) – The Ethiopian government has renewed efforts to silence independent voices abroad by using apparent foreign spyware, Human Rights Watch said today. The Ethiopian authorities should immediately cease digital attacks on journalists, while foreign surveillance technology sellers should investigate alleged abuses linked to their products.
Independent researchers at the Toronto-based research center Citizen Lab on March 9, 2015, reported new attempts by Ethiopia to hack into computers and accounts of Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) employees based in the United States. The attacks bear similarities to earlier attempts to target Ethiopian journalists outside Ethiopia dating back to December 2013. ESAT is an independent, diaspora-run television and radio station.
“Ethiopia’s government has over the past year intensified its assault on media freedom by systematically trying to silence journalists,” said Cynthia Wong, senior Internet researcher at Human Rights Watch. “These digital attacks threaten journalists’ ability to protect the safety of their sources and to avoid retaliation.”
The government has repressed independent media in Ethiopia ahead of the general elections scheduled for May, Human Rights Watch said. Many privately owned print publications heavily self-censor coverage of politically sensitive issues or have shut down. In the last year, at least 22 journalists, bloggers, and publishers have been criminally charged, at least six publications have closed amid a campaign of harassment, and many journalists have fled the country.
Many Ethiopians turn to ESAT and other foreign stations to obtain news and analysis that is independent of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front. However, intrusive surveillance of these news organizations undermines their ability to protect sources and further restricts the media environment ahead of the elections. Government authorities have repeatedly intimidated, harassed, and arbitrarily detained sources providing information to ESAT and other foreign stations.
Citizen Lab’s analysis suggests the attacks were carried out with spyware called Remote Control System (RCS) sold by the Italian firm Hacking Team, which sells surveillance and hacking technology. This spyware was allegedly used in previous attempts to infect computers of ESAT employees in December 2013. If successfully installed on a target’s computer, the spyware would allow a government controlling the software access to activity on a computer or phone, including email, files, passwords typed into the device, contact lists, and audio and video from the device’s microphone and camera.

Citizen Lab also found that the spyware used in the attacks against ESAT appeared to have been updated as recently as December 2014. On November 19, a security researcher, Claudio Guarnieri, along with several nongovernmental organizations, publicly released a tool called Detekt, which can be used to scan computers for Hacking Team RCS and other spyware. Citizen Lab’s testing determined that Detekt was able to successfully recognize the version of RCS used in a November attack, but not the version used in a December attack. Citizen Lab concluded that this may indicate that the software had been updated sometime between the two attempts.
These new findings, if accurate, raise serious concerns that Hacking Team has not addressed evidence of abuse of its product by the Ethiopian government and may be continuing to facilitate that abuse through updates or other support, Human Rights Watch said.
Hacking Team states that it sells exclusively to governments, particularly law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The firm told Human Rights Watch in 2014 that “we expect our clients to behave responsibly and within the law as it applies to them” and that the firm will suspend support for its technology if it believes the customer has used it “to facilitate gross human rights abuses” or “who refuse to agree to or comply with provisions in [the company’s] contracts that describe intended use of HT [Hacking Team] software.” Hacking Team has also stated that it has suspended support for their product in the past, in which case the “product soon becomes useless.”
Media reports and research by independent human rights organizations in the past year have documented serious human rights violations by the Ethiopian government that at times have been facilitated by misuse of surveillance powers. Although spyware companies market their products as “lawful intercept” solutions used to fight serious crime or counterterrorism, the Ethiopian government has abused its counterterrorism laws to prosecute bloggers and journalists who merely report on public affairs or politically sensitive issues. Ethiopian laws that authorize surveillance do not adequately protect the right to privacy, due process, and other basic rights, and are inconsistent with international human rights requirements.
Hacking Team previously told Human Rights Watch that “to maintain their confidentiality” the firm does not “confirm or deny the existence of any individual customer or their country location.” On February 25, 2015, Human Rights Watch wrote to the firm to ask whether it has investigated possible abuse of its products by the Ethiopian government to target independent media and hack into ESAT computers. In response, on March 6 a representative of the firm emailed Human Rights Watch that the company “take[s] precautions with every client to assure that they do not abuse our systems, and, we investigate when allegations of misuse arise” and that the firm is “attempting to understand the circumstances in this case.” The company also stated that “it can be quite difficult to get to actual facts particularly since we do not operate surveillance systems in the field for our clients.” Hacking Team raised unspecified questions about the evidence presented to identify the spyware used in these attacks.

Human Rights Watch also asked the company whether contractual provisions to which governmental customers agree address governments’ obligations under international human rights law to protect the right to privacy, freedom of expression, and other human rights. In a separate March 7 response from the firm’s representative, Hacking Team told Human Rights Watch that the use of its technology is “governed by the laws of the countries of our clients,” and sales of its technology are regulated by the Italian Economics Ministry under the Wassenaar Arrangement, a multilateral export controls regime for dual-use technologies. The company stated that it relies “on the International community to enforce its standards for human rights protection.”
The firm has not reported on what, if any, investigation was undertaken in response to the March 2014 Human Rights Watch report discussing how spyware that appeared to be Hacking Team’s RCS was used to target ESAT employees in 2013. In its March 7 response, the company told Human Rights Watch that it will “take appropriate action depending on what we can determine,” but they “do not report the results of our investigation to the press or other groups, because we consider this to be an internal business matter.”
Without more disclosure of how Hacking Team has addressed potential abuses linked to its business, the strength of its human rights policy will be in question, Human Rights Watch said. 

Sellers of surveillance systems have a responsibility to respect human rights, which includes preventing, mitigating, and addressing abuses linked to its business operations, regardless of whether government customers adequately protect rights.
“Hacking Team should publicly disclose what steps it has taken to avoid abuses of its product such as those alleged against the Ethiopian government,” Wong said. “The company protects the confidentiality of its customers, yet the Ethiopian government appears to use its spyware to compromise the privacy and security of journalists and their sources.” 
Source: Human Rights Watch

Ethiopia's imprisoned #FreeZone9bloggers have not been forgotten : BBC

In April 2014 BBC Trending covered the arrest of six bloggers and three journalists in Ethiopia. The bloggers are part of a group known as Zone 9, and are well known for campaigning around censorship and human rights issues in Ethiopia. Ten months on from their arrest, the hashtag #FreeZone9Bloggers continues to be used in the country as the trials continue.

That's not typical - campaigning hashtags often tail off over time. This one is being kept alive by activists both inside and out of Ethiopia who are challenging the government's decision. The total number of tweets is still only in the tens of thousands, but that is enough to be noticed on the global map (Twitter does not produce an official trending topics list for Ethiopia).

Why are they so focussed on social media? It certainly isn't the best way to reach the Ethiopian people: the internet is estimated to reach just over 1% of the population there. But it does allow them to network with the global blogging fraternity and the international media. Recently a blog began in support of the nine prisoners, and to report on the hearings. A campaign video has also been released in which complaints are raised over the conditions of Kalinto prison and Kality prison, where the bloggers are being held.

These complaints include torture, unlawful interrogation tactics and poor living conditions. The Ethiopian Embassy in London told BBC Trending that allegations of torture and unlawful interrogation tactics are unfounded, and that they have taken a series of measures "in collaboration with stakeholders, including civil society, to improve the conditions of prisons". They say the nine individuals are charged with "undermining the constitutional order, inciting violence and advocating the use of force to overthrow the legitimate government." They are also accused of working with an organisation proscribed by the Ethiopian Parliament as a terrorist organisation. However, activists in support of the group maintain that Zone 9's actions were constitutional.

Blog by India Rakusen

Source: BBC

የዛሬ የቂሊንጦ አጭር ቆይታ አብርሃን መጠየቅ ከጀርባ ሰው ያስከትላል (ከኤልያስ ገብሩ ጎዳና )

‹‹ዕድሜያችንን መቼ ሰራንበት፣ ልደት ማክበርም ያስፈራኛል፡፡
እንኳን ተወለድክ ላላችሁኝ በሙሉ ከልብ አመሰግናለሁ››

ጦማሪ እና ጋዜጠኛ በፍቃዱ ኃይሉ

ከዛሬ ከሰዓት በኋላ ከወዳጄ አቤል አለማየሁ ጋር ወደ ቂሊንጦ እስር ቤት አምርተን ነበር፡፡ አካሄዳችን በዞን ሁለት የሚገኙትን አብርሃ ደስታን፣ ጦማሪ እና ጋዜጠኛ በፍቃዱ ኃይሉንና ጦማሪ አጥናፍ ብርሃንን ለመጠየቅ ነው፡፡

የቃሊቲ እና የቂሊንጦ ጸሐይ ከረር ያለች ብትሆንም በቦታው ደርሰን ወደፖሊሶች ለምዝገባ ተጠጋን፡፡ ጠያቂና ተጠያቂ መዝጋቢ የሆነችው ሴት ፖሊስ ‹‹ማንን ነው የምትጠይቀው?›› ብላ አቤልን ጠየቀችው፡፡ በፍቃዱን እና አጥናፍን መሆንኑ ነገራት፡፡ መዘገበችውና ሂድ አለችው፡፡ ‹‹አንተስ ማንን ነው?›› ስትል ጠየቀችኝ፤ ‹‹አብርሃ ደስታን›› አልኳት፡፡ ቀና ብላ አየችኝና ‹‹ቆይ፣ ቁጭ በል›› የሚል መልስ መለሰች፡፡ ሌሎች ሰዎችን መመዝገቧን ቀጠለች፡፡ ‹‹ሰዓት እየሄደ ነው፣ ችግር አለ ወይ?›› አልኳት፡፡ ‹‹አይ ችግር የለም›› ካለች ከተወሰኑ ደቂቃዎች በኋላ ሌላ መዝገብ አምጥታ ፓስፖርቴን መዘገበችው፡፡ (መታወቂያዬ አልታደሰም) ከመዘገበች በኋላም ሌላ የፎርም መሙያ አውጥጣ በድጋሚ መዘገበች፡፡ ይሄንን ስትመዘግብ እኔ እንዳይባት ስላልፈለገች

Confessions of the Ex-‘Revo’: Befekadu Hailu

They are still indignant, confident and with unwavering devotion for human rights and the rule of law; the usual suspects, the one and the only ones- Zone9bloggers from the notorious Ethiopian prison still pen, criticize and inspire thousands regardless of the hardship they have to go through on a daily basis. I still couldn't believe this piece was written by someone who is being incarcerated for the crimes he didn't commit. Befqadu and his colleagues are critiquing the brutal and vengeful regime knowing that their shackles on their skinny arms and legs will be fastened harsh for such writings. I think, we are the ones who are in jail; THEY- the unbeatable young, fearless and innocent Ethiopians are sacrificing their lives to free us, AMEN!      

There was a time in my life when I used to think a lot about revolution in Ethiopia. In fact, in 2011 during the so called ‘Arab Spring’ I wrote a rejoinder article when Ethiopian democracy activists (especially those who are based in diaspora) planned a ‘Day of Rage’ using

የቀድሞው “የአብዮት አድናቂ” ኑዛዜ በፍቃዱ ዘ ኃይሉ

ወይ ጥንካሬ፡ ወይ ብስለት፡ ወይ የዓላማ ጽናት እንጂ ሌላ ምንም ሊባል አይችልም፡ይህንን የበፍቄን በሳል እና ትንተና የተሞላበት ደብዳቤ ለሚያነብ ሰው፡ በርግጥ፡ አንድ፡ ባልሰራው ወንጀል ቁምስቅሉን ከሚያይ እስረኛ የተጻፈ ነው ብሎ ለማመን እጅግ ይከብዳል። ዛሬም ይጽፋሉ፡ ይተቻሉ ያላንዳች ፍራቻ፡ ምንም እንኳን እንዲህ ዓይነቱ አልበገር ባይነት ተመርኩዞ በቀለኛውና ጨካኙ መንግስት የነገው ህይወታቸውን እንደሚያጨልመው እና በነዛ ቀጫጭን እጆቻቸው ላይ ያጠለቀውን ካቴና የበለጠ እንደሚያጠብቀው ቢረዱም። የታሰርነው፡ እኛ እንጂ እነሱማ ነጻ ናቸው።  
ርዕሱን  አላስታውሰውም ‘ንጂ እ.ኤ.አ በ2011 Arab Uprising በመባል የሚታወሰውን አብዮትተከትሎ፣ ኢትዮጵያውያን ፌስቡከኞችም (በተለይ ዲያስፖራ የሚገኙ) ግንቦት 20 ላይ (ልክ በኢሕአዴግ የ20ኛ አገዛዝ ዕድሜ)   “Anger day” በሚል በፌስቡክ አብዮትመጥራታቸውን ተቃውሜ አንዲት ጽሑፍ ጽፌ ነበር፡፡ በዓመቱ ደግሞ ‹‹ አብዮት ወረት ነው›› በሚል ርዕስ በፌስቡክ አብዮት ለማስነሳት ፍላጎት ያላቸው በርካቶች እንዳሉ ገልጬ ነገር ግን ይጎድላቸዋል የሚባሉትንነገሮች ዘርዝሬ ጽፌ ነበር፡፡ በነዚህ ሁለት ጽሑፎች ላይ፣ ላዩን አብዮትን የተቃወምኩ ቢመስልም እውነታው ግን ጽሑፎቹ በተጻፉበትወቅት ሕዝቡም፣ ተቃዋሚ ልሂቃኑም፣ ሁኔታዎቹም ለአብዮት ዝግጁ አይደሉም የሚል ዝንባሌ ማሳየቱ ነበር፡፡

ከሌላ ዓመት በኋላደግሞ ‹‹ስለለውጥ›› በሚል ርዕስ ተከታታይ ጽሑፎችን በ‹‹ዞን 9›› ላይ በግል ተነሳሽነት ማስፈር ጀምሬ ነበር፡፡ ጽሑፉን የጀመርኩት ‹‹ኢሕአዴግ ሥልጣኑን በምርጫ ይለቃል?›› በሚል ጥያቄ ነበር፡፡ ‹‹አይለቅም›› የምልባቸውን ምክንያቶች ካስቀመጥኩ በኋላ የለውጥ አማራጭ የምላቸውን (አብዮት፣ሰላማዊ አለመታዘዝ /civil disobedience/ የመሳሰሉትን) በየዘርፉ እየቀነጫጨብኩ ለማሳየት ነበር ዓላማዬ ከዚያም ‹‹የለውጥ ፍርሃት››፣ ‹‹የሥርዓት ለውጥ እና ሃይማኖት››፣ ‹‹የ1966ቱ የኢትዮጵያ አብዮት እና የማኅበራት ሚና›› የሚሉ ርዕሶችን በማንሳት በሐሳቦቹ ላይ በሐቀኝነት ለመከራከር ጥረት አድርጌያለሁ (ከዚህ በላይ አልገፋሁበትም እንጂ)፡፡ በበኩሌ ስለአብዮት በደንብ ያነበብኩትም፣ ያሰብኩትም፣ የጻፍኩትም፣ የተረዳሁትም ያኔ ነበር፡፡ ያኔ በአብዮት ላይ የነበረኝ እምነት ተሸርሽሮ ግማሽ ደርሶ ነበር፡፡ ተንጠፍጥፎ ያለቀው ግን

ክሶቼ የቅጣት ጣሪያቸው እስከ ሞት ድረስ ነው። በእስር ላይ የሚገኘው የህግ መምህሩ እና ጦማሪው ዘላለም ክብረት

ብርቅዬው የኢትዮጵያ ልጅ ዘላለም ክብረት እግር ተወርች እየማቀቀ ከሚገኝበት እስርቤት ስለእስሩ፡ስለአሳሪዎቹ እና በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ያሉት የህግ አስፈጻሚዎች፡ ተርጓሚዎች (ለመሆኑ ግን ህግ የሚባለው ነገርስ አለ) እና  ሌሎች ባለጊዜዎች የህጎች ሁሉ የበላይ ህግ ነው የሚባለውን ህገመንግስት በመጣስ በእሱ እና በሌሎች በሺህ የሚቆጠሩ ኢትዮጵያውን ወገኖች ላይ የሚፈጽሙትን ለህሊና የሚዘገንን ድርጊት ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ በከተበው ሃያል ብእሩ እነሆ  ብሎናል። ከዘላለም ደብዳቤ ምን ያህል የመንፈስ ጥንካሬ እና ለሰው ልጆች መብት መከበር ያለውን  ተጋድሎ እና  እስርቤት እንኳን ሆኖ  ገዢዎቻችን  የጤፍ ቅንጣት ያህል እንደማይፈራቸው ለመገንዘብ  ይቻላል። ሌላው በጣም  ዘላለምን ልዩ  የሚያደርገው እንደዚያ ባለ አሰቸጋሪ ሁኔታ ላይ ሆኖ የደረሱበትንና እየደረሱበት ያሉትን ኢሰብዓዊ በደሎች እያዋዛ በመጻፍ ለተደራሲ ማቅረብ መቻሉ ነው።   የዘላለም የህግ እና  የሰብዓዊ መብቶች እውቀት በስልጣን ላይ ያለው መንግስት በዜጎቹ ላይ እየፈጸመ ያለውን ቅጥ ያጣ የሰብዓዊ መብት ረገጣ ርቃኑን አውጥቶታል። በዚህም የተነሳ ይህ በቀለኛ  መንግስት ዘላለምን ለወራት እንዲያም ሲል ለዓመታት እንደ እነ እስክንድር ነጋ፡ ርዕዮት ዓለሙ፡ በቀለ ገርባ እና ሌሎችም እንዲማቅቅ  እንደሚፈርድበት ሳይታለም የተፈታ ነው።

መንግስቴ የ 15 እና የ14 ዓመት ልጆችን በአሸባሪነት ጠርጥሮ እንደሚያስርም ለመረዳት ችያለሁ፡፡ ዘላለም ክብረት

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ተፃፈ ከስድስተኛ ተከሳሽ

በዘላለም ክብረት

ወዳጄ ልቤ ከቶ እንደምንድን ነሽ? እውን እኔና አንቺ በአለም ስንኖር ሌላ የመገናኛ ዘዴ አጥተን ወደ snail mail እንመላለሳለን ብለሽ አስበሽ ታውቂያለሽ? ለማንኛውም እንዲህ ሆነ፡፡ ጥጋበኛ ሰው ያስቀናኝ ጀምሮልሻል፣ ጥጋበኛ እንዲህ የሚለው ትዝ አለኝ፡፡

‹‹ ….ደብዳቤ ቢጽፉት እንደ ቃል አይሆንም፣

እንገናኝ እና ልንገርሽ ሁሉንም….››

የደላው! ቢያሻው በደብዳቤ፣ ሲፈልግ በአካል እያማረጠ እኮ ነው፡፡ ለእኔ አሁን ባለሁበት ሁኔታ ሁለቱም ቅንጦት ነው (ወይ ደብዳቤው አይደርስሽም ወይም አንቺን ማየቴ ሊገደብ ይችላል)፡፡ ቆይ ትንሽ የጎን ወሬ ላዋራሽና ምክንያቱን እነግርሻለሁ፡፡ ‹‹አንቺ›› ተብለሽ በዚህ ደብዳቤ ስለተጠቀስሽው ‹‹አንቺ››ና ይሄን ደብዳቤ ለሚያነቡ ወዳጆች የዕምነት ክህደት ቃሌን በትንሹ ላስፍር፡፡

እመቤት ሲልቪያ ፓንክረስት የኢትዮጵያ ፍቅረኛ (Ethiopian by choice) ዱቼ ሞሶሎኒ ኢትዮጵያን በወረረ ጊዜ፤ ወራሪው ሃይል በመላው ኢትዮጵያ ‹‹ የኢትዮጵያን ስም እያነሱ መፃፍ ክልክል ነው›› የሚል ያልተፃፈ አዋጅ አውጆ እንደነበር ይነግሩናል፡፡ በዚህም ምክንያት ፀሀፍቱና አዝማሪያኑ ስውር መጠሪያ መጠቀም ስላስፈለጋቸው እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ ተወዳጁ ሕዝባዊ ዘፈን አንቺ ልጅ አንቺ ልጅ እንደ ስውር የፍቅር ዘፈን ተበርክቷል፡፡ በዘፈኑ ‹‹አንቺ ልጅ ›› የተባለችውም ኢትዮጵያ ናት፡፡ እኔስ በዚህ ዘመን ‹ይድረስ ለባለ ታሪኩ›፣ ‹ይድረስ ለባለ ንብረቱ›… እንደሱ የሀዘን ደብዳቤ ርእስ ‹ይድረስ ለኢትዮጵያ › በማለት ፋንታ ‹ይድረስ ለአንቺ› ለማለት ስውር መጠሪያ ተጠቅሜያለሁ? ፤ በፍፁም! ጌቶች እንደሚሉት ሕገ መንግስቱ የመናገር ነፃነቴን ሙሉ ለሙሉ አስከብሮልኛልናi

ቧልቱ ይቆየንና በዚህ ደብዳቤ ርዕስ ዙሪያ ያለማንም አስገዳጅነት የእምነት ክህደት ቃሌን ላስፍር አንቺ የተባለችው ኢትዮጵያ አይደለችም፡፡ ‹አንቺ› የኔዋ ሀቢቢ ግን ባለሽበት ይድረስሽ፡፡ ውዴ እንግዲህ በዚህ ደብዳቤ ያለፈውን

Ethiopian Court Denies Bail to 3 Journalists & 6 #FreeZone9Bloggers: RSF

Reporters Sans Fronetiers (RSF), one of the International Freedom of Expression watchdogs disclosed this today following yesterday's orchestrated trial held in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. Since the prosecutor couldn't corroborate the fabricated charges against these innocent citizens who did nothing but exercised birthrights, it repeats the two decades tradition by denying bail and adjourning the trial for the 8th times. Here's the details of RSF's reportage about the "hearing".   

Three journalists and six bloggers who have been held for the past five months were denied bail by a federal court in Addis Ababa yesterday after the prosecution argued that article 3 of the 2009 anti-terrorism law, under which they are detained, precludes release on bail.

The defence said article 3’s bail prohibition does not apply because none of them has been individually charged with a specific crime under the anti-terrorism law. The defence also argued that article 3 violates the constitutional guarantee of the right to release on bail.

The three journalists are

"We gave our Confession after being Brutally Treated" Leaked Letter by jailed Zone9 Blogger

Befeqadu Hailu, Zone9 Blogger

First of all I'd like to thank Mahilet Solomon, for her tremendous job in translating this leaked letter by one of the members of Zone 9 bloggers aka Befeqadu Hailu, just a day after it was published. It shows not only her translation skill but also her unparalleled devotion to the freedom of expression, and above all her care for thousands of fellow Ethiopians who are being incarcerated for the crimes they didn't commit. Befqadu also should be commended for penning this very troubling and obvious account under such brutal circumstances where he, other members of Zone 9 bloggers, journalists, opposition party leaders and their followers have to go through everyday and night in present day Ethiopia. What Befqadu wrote is not something new, however it helps to open our eyes about the alarming situation with regard to the human-rights abuses in Ethiopia especially against those under police custody. The Ethiopian government denied and is still denying all these allegations, even though firsthand experiences by the likes of Befqadu and research documents by other human-rights watchdogs reveal these broad-light gross abuses against innocent and unarmed Ethiopians who did nothing but exercised their constitutional and birthrights. I hope, one day all the culprits of these heinous crimes will be brought to justice and eventually innocent victims of this brutal system will be freed. Here's the full excerpt of the English version of Befqadu's leaked letter from one of Ethiopia's notorious prisons called Kilinto.       

"Dear Hyena no need for excuses just eat me” - Ethiopian Proverb By BefeQadu Hailu

Translated by Mahilet Solomon

"So what do you think is your crime?" I was asked by one of my interrogators while I was telling him about what I did as a blogger, an advocate and an activist. Later on, after I was allowed to meet with my "collaborators" according to my prisoners and asked each other, we found out we were all asked this same question “what do you think is your crime”? This describes the overall outcome of our interrogation. Since they couldn’t figure out what our supposed crime was or what law we were suspected of violating, we were asked

‹‹አያ ጅቦ ሳታመኻኝ ብላኝ›› በጦማሪው በፍቃዱ ሃይሉ ተጽፎ ከቂሊንጦ እስርቤት ሾልኮ የወጣ ጽሁፍ

ይህ በቅርቡ በተለያዩ ድረገጾች እና የማህበራዊ መገናኛ ብዙሃን ይፋ የሆነው የዞን ዘጠኝ ጦማር አባል የሆነው እና ከሌሎች አምስት ባልደረቦቹ እና ሶስት ጋዜጠኞች ጋር በህውሃት የጸጥታ ሰራተኞች  ታግቶ ላለፉት ሶስት ወራት ያለምንም ክስ እና ወንጀል በቂሊንጦ ምርመራ ክፍል ላይ ባለሰራው ወንጀል ፍዳውን የሚያየው የጦማሪ በፍቃዱ ሃይሉ አጭር ጽሁፍ፡ አገራችን ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ያለውን ኢፍትሃዊ ስርዓት እና አምባገነንት በመጠኑም ቢሆን ያሳያል። እዚህ ላይ መታወቅ ያለበት ግን፡ ሌሎች በሺህ የሚቆጠሩ ወገኖቻችን ተመሳሳይ ወይም ከዚህ የከፋ ወንጀል እየተፈጸመባቸው ሲሆን እነዚህን በደሎች እንደበፍቃዱ ለህዝብ የሚያደርሱባቸው መንገዶችም ሆነ ችሎታውም እንደሌላችው መገንዘብ ይገባል። ህውሃት፡ ይህን መሰሉን ኢሰብዓዊ ድርጊት ሲፈጽም የመጀመሪያው አይደለም የመጨረሻውም አይሆንም። የበፈቃዱ  ሃይሉ፡የአቤል ዋበላ ፡የአስማማው ሃይለጊዮርጊስ ፡የናትናኤል ፈለቀ፡የዘላለም ክብረት፡የኤዶም ካሳዬ፡የማህሌት ፋንታሁን፡የተስፋለም ወልደየስ፡የእስክንድር ነጋ ፡የርዕዮት ዓለሙ፡የውብሸት ታዬ፡የአንዷለም አራጌ፡ የበቀለ ገርባ እና የሌሎች በሺሆች የሚቆጠሩ ንጹሃን ኢትዮጵያውያን ወንጀል፡ ለአገራቸው መቆርቆራቸው እና በስልጣን ላይ ያለውን መንግስት ህጸጾች ለማጋለጥ መድፈራቸው ብቻ ነው። 

‹‹ታዲያ ጥፋቴ ምንድን ነው ትላለህ?!››፣ ብሎኛል አንዱ መርማሪዬ ስለዞን ዘጠኝ እና እኔም እራሴ እንደጦማሪም እንደአራማጅ ተራማጅም ሠራሁ የምላቸውን ነገሮች ዝርዝር ነግሬው ሳበቃ፡፡ በኋላ ላይ በእስር ቤት ቋንቋ ከ‹‹አባሪዎቼ›› ጋር መገናኘት ከተፈቀደልን በኋላ ስንጠያየቅ ለካስ ሁላችንም ይቺኑ ጥያቄ ተጠይቀናል፡፡ ይኼ ነው እንግዲህ የምርመራችንን ሒደት የሚገልፀው ጥያቄ፡፡ ‹‹ተጠርጥረን›› የተያዝንበትን ጉዳይ የሚያረጋግጥ ሥራ ሠርተን ባለመገኘታችን

ከ ስድስቱ የዞን ዘጠኝ ጦማርያን እና ሶስቱ ጋዜጠኞች ጠበቃ ጋር የተደረገ ቃለ ምልልስ

‹‹ከቅዳሜ አራት ሰዓት ጀምሮ ደምበኞቼ በህገ ወጥ መንገድ መታሰራቸው መታወቅ አለበት ››
‹‹የአካል ነጻነታቸው እንዲከበርም ክስ እንመሰርታለን››
የአራዳ የመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ፍርድ ቤት ለመጨረሻ ጊዜ ከሚል ማስጠንቀቂያ ጋር ለፖሊስ የሰጠው የ28 ቀን ቀጠሮ ቅዳሜ የሚያበቃበት በመሆኑ የዞን ዘጠኞችና የጋዜጠኞቹን ጉዳይ ሲከታተሉ የቆዩ ቤተሰቦች፣ ወዳጆችና ጋዜጠኞች ቀደም ብለው ፍርድ ቤቱ ቅጥር ግቢ ደርሰዋል፡፡ምን ይወሰን ይሆን? በሁሉም ልብ የሚመላለስ ጥያቄም ነበር፡፡ከዘጠኙ ታሳሪዎች መካከል ስምንቱን በፍርድ ቤት ሲወክሉ የቆዩት ጠበቃ አምሀም ከወትሮው በተለየ ሁኔታ ቀደም ብለው ቅጥር ግቢው ተገኝተዋል፡፡

አራት ሰዓት እንደሚጀመር የተገመተው ችሉቱ እስከ አምስት ከሩብ ድረስ በሌሎች ጉዳዩች ተወጥሮ ቆይቷል፡፡ከማዕከላዊ ወንጀል ምርመራ ነፍጥ ባነገቱ ወታደሮች ታጅበው መምጣት የነበረባቸው ኪቦርድ አንጋቾች እስራት ያልበገረውን ተስፋቸውን እየዘሩ ሊመጡ አልቻሉም፡፡ሁኔታው አግራሞት የፈጠረባቸው የተወሰኑ ጋዜጠኞች ወደ መዝገብ ቤት በማምራት መረጃ ጠየቁ፡፡የተሰማው በግቢው ውስጥ የነበሩትን ጠበቃ አምሀ መኮንንን ጨምሮ ያስገረመ፣ ያሳዘነና ያሳፈረ ነበር፡፡ከጠበቃው ጋር ዳዊት ሰለሞን ያደረገው አጠር ያለ ቃለ ምልልስ እንደወረደ እነሆ፡፡

ጥያቄ---ወደ ፍርድ ቤቱ ሲመጡ በአእምሮዎ ያመላልሱት የነበረው ነገር ምንድን ነው?
ጠበቃ አምሀ---ምናልባት ምርመራ ባለመጨረሳችን ተጨማሪ ጊዜ ይሰጠን ይላሉ እያልኩ ነበር፡፡ይህንን ጥያቄ ፍርድ ቤቱ በምን አይነት መንገድ እንደሚመልስ ለማወቅም ፈልጌ ነበር፡፡የሆነው ግን በፍጹም ያልጠበቅነው ነገር ነው፡፡ ወደ መዝገብ ቤት ያመሩ ጋዜጠኞች ‹‹የልጆቹ መርማሪ ነኝ ያለ ሰው ምርመራዬን በመጨረሴ ለአቃቤ ህግ አስተላልፊያለሁ›› በማለቱ መዝገቡ እንደተዘጋ እንደተነገራቸው እንደነገሩኝ እውነት መሆኑን አጣርቻለሁ፡፡
ጥያቄ --- ሁኔታውን እንደሰሙ ምን አደረጉ?
ጠበቃ አምሀ -- እኛ ከቀጠሮው ሰዓት ቀደም ብለን ግቢው ውስጥ ተገኝተን መርማሪው እንዲህ ዓይነት ነገር ሲያቀርብ መስማት ነበረብን፡፡ በፍጹም እንዲህ አይነት መደረግ እንደሌለበት ቅሬታ እንደተሰማንና የተፈጸመው ነገር ህገ ወጥ መሆኑን ለዳኛው ተናግረናል፡፡
ጥያቄ -- ህገ ወጥ የሆነው ምንድን ነው?
ጠበቃ አምሀ --ለፖሊስ ልጆቹን ለተጨማሪ 28 ቀናት እንዲያስር ፈቅዶለት የነበረው ፍርድ ቤቱ ነው፡፡እስካሁን ድረስ ደምበኞቼ የታሰሩት በፍርድ ቤት እውቅና ነው፡፡ከዛሬ አራት ሰዓት ጀምሮ ግን ደምበኞቼ የታሰሩት ያለ ፍርድ ቤት ትዕዛዝ በመሆኑ እስራታቸው ህገ ወጥ ነው፡፡ፖሊስ ልጆቹን ፍርድ ቤት አቅርቦ ምርመራውን መጨረሱን ማስረዳትና ክስ የሚመሰርት ከሆነም ማሳወቅ ይገባው ነበር፡፡የሚመሰርተው ክስ ዋስትና የሚያስከለክልና የማያስከለክል መሆኑን መወሰን የነበረበት ፍርድ ቤቱ ነው፡፡ይህ ሳይደረግ መዝገቡ ተዘግቷል መባሉ ህገ ወጥ ነው፡፡
ጥያቄ -- ከአሁን በኋላ ለደምበኞችዎ ሊያደርጉ የሚችሉት ነገር ምንድን ነው?
ጠበቃ አምሀ -- ሰኞ ወይም ማክሰኞ የደምበኞቼ የአካል ነጻነት እንዲከበር ክስ እመሰርታለሁ፡፡ሰኞን የምንጠብቀው እንደተናገሩት ክስ የሚመሰርቱ ከሆነና የት እንደሚመሰርቱ ለማጣራት ነው፡፡
ጥያቄ --በ‹‹ሃብየስ ኮርፐስ›› ደምበኞችዎ ፍርድ ቤት እንዲቀርቡ ክስ የምትመሰርቱት በየትኛው ፍርድ ቤት ነው?
ጠበቃ አምሀ --ክሱን የምንመሰርተው በከፍተኛው ፍርድ ቤት ነው፡፡ጥያቄ --ደምበኞችዎን በማዕከላዊ በወዳጅ ዘመዶቻቸው እንዲጎበኙ ተፈቅዶላቸዋል፡፡ነገር ግን እስካሁን ድረስ አቤል ዋበላን ሰዎች ማግኘት እንዳልቻሉ እየተናገሩ ነው ምክንያቱን ለማጣራት ሙከራ አድርጋችኋል?

Cases of Zone9 Bloggers & Journalists referred to the Court in the Absence of both the Defendants & their Lawyer

The first instance court of Arada bench was expected to wrap up the pre-trial ‘hearing’ which took more than 70 days and yet the bloggers were not even brought before the judge. Mr.Amaha Mekonnen, a lawyer defending the bloggers & journalists who are detained on unclear but shaping up to be on terrorism charges expected the first instance court at Arada bench to rest the pre-trial procedure last Saturday. The court had set the 12th July hearing for closing arguments but with an extraordinary move the police referred the case to the Federal High Court without even the presence of neither the defendants nor their defense lawyer himself. The shift overlooked the court and contravenes even the standard procedure of the biased justice system. The lawyer speaks to Dawit Solomon, a journalist based in Addis Ababa about the issue. Here are the translated excerpts from the interview.

DAWIT: What were your thoughts on your way to the court for Saturday’s procedure?

Amaha Mekonen Defense Lawyer of Zone 9 bloggers & Journalists

AMAHA: I expected the police might demand for more time to wrap up their interrogation as usual. I also sought to see how the court would reply to this repeated claim of the police. Nevertheless, to the shock of me and all people who were here what unfolded was really baffling. Since the detainees were not brought to the court some journalists went straight to the court’s registrar to ask about the case. Then a person who claimed himself as “the detective” of the case told the journalists since he is done with the interrogation he submitted the case for a prosecutor. He further claimed that the case is closed. This was what I was told by the journalists then I also went in to verify which I found it true. They closed the case without the presence of neither my clients nor me who is representing them.

DAWIT: What action have you taken after you heard?

AMAHA: We have been to court’s compound way earlier than the scheduled time of the hearing. When the detectives/police officers presented their arguments it should be in our presence. I have tried to explain our disappointment to the judge. This is basically a grave breach of law.

DAWIT: So what is the encroachment? Where is the breach of the law?

የዞን ዘጠኝ ጦማሪዎች እና ሶስቱ ጋዜጠኞች በሌሉበት መዝገባቸው ተዘጋ

ሁለት ወር ከሃይ ቀናት በእስር ያሳለፉት ስድስቱ ጦማርያን እና ሶስቱ ጋዜጠኞች በሶስት የጊዜ ቀጠሮ መዝገብ፡በሰንበት ሲመላለሱ ከርመው ትናንት ቅዳሜ በሌሉበት መዝገቡ ለዓቃቤ ህግ መተላለፉን በቦታው ተገኝታ የነበረችው ጋዜጠኛ ጽዮን ግርማ ዘገበች። ሃምሌ ዓምስት ተቀጥረው የነበሩት ጋዜጠኞች ተስፋለም፡ወልደየስ፡ አስማማው ኃይለጊዮርጊስ፡ኤዶም፡ካሳዬ እና የህግ መምህር እና የዞን ዘጠኝ ጦማሪ ዘልዓለም ክብረት፡ እንዲሁም የዞን ዘጠኝ ጦማርያን ናትናኤል ፈለቀና አጥናፉ ብርሃነ፡በአጠቃላይ ስድስቱ ተጠርጣሪዎች ፍርድቤት ይቀርባሉ ተብሎ እስከ ጠዋቱ አምስት ሰዓት ተኩል ድረስ ሲጠብቅ የነበረው ችሎት ተከታታይ በመጨረሻም ችሎቱ ማብቃቱ ተነግሮታል። ቆይታው ግራ ያጋባቸው፡ጠበቃው አቶ አመሃ መኮንን ሁኔታውን ለማጣራት ችሎት፡ገብተው ሲጠይቁ፡ "ውይ አለቀኮ"፡ የሚል ምላሽ ተሰጥቷቸዋል። "እዚህ ውጭ ቁጭ ብለን እየጠበቅን እንዴት ነው አለቀ የሚባለው"፡ ብለው ላነሱት ጥያቄም "ስንጠራችሁ፡ አልሰማችሁም፡ የሚል ምላሽ ተሰጥቷቸዋል"። "ግቢ፡ውስጥ ከሶስት መቶ ሰው በላይ ተቀምጦ የእነርሱን ጉዳይ እየጠበቀ፡ጠበቃቸው እዚህ እያለ እንዴት፡አልሰማችሁም ይባላል" ብለው ቢጠይቁም ጠበቃ አይስፈልጋችውም ነበር። የሚል ምላሽ ተሰጥቷቸዋል። "ተጠርጣሪዎቹስ መች ቀረቡ?" ብለው ሲጠይቁም "እነርሱ አይስፈልጉም ነበር፡ ፖሊስ ይህን መዝገብ ዘግቼ፡ጉዳዩን ለዓቃቤ ህግ፡ አስተላልፊያለሁ አለ። በዛ መሰረት መዝገቡ ተዘጋ" በማለት ምላሽ ሰጡት። 

ምንጭ: ኢካድፍ

የጦማሪው ማስታወሻ ለ78 ቀናት እና ማእልታት ምንም ዓይነት ክስ ሳይመሰርትባቸው የጓንታናሞ ታናሽ በሆነው ማእከላዊ እስርቤት የሚንገላቱት የኢትዮጵያ ተስፋዎች፡ ህይወት ላይ የምትጫወቱ ዳኛ፡ፓሊስና አቃቤህግ ተብዬዎች፡ታሪክ ፍርዱን ይሰጣችኋል። የትናንትናው የዞን9 ጦማርያን እና ጋዜጠኞች ጉዳይ የፍርድቤት ውሎ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ አለ የሚባለው የህግ ስርዓት፡ ለእነማን እና በእነማን ጠለላ ስር እንድሆነ ለ101ኛ ጊዜ ፍንትው ብሎ ያሳያል። እነ ጠቅላይ ምኒስትር  ደሳላኝ ሃይለማርያም  አለ የሚሉን ህግ ተርጓሚ እና አስፈጻሚ ሚና እንዲህ ተደበላልቆ ትርጉም ያጣበት ጊዜ ላይ መድረሳችን፡ የዚህች አገር እጣ ፈንታ ከድጡ ወደማጡ   እያዘገመ  መሆኑን :ጥሩ አመላካች ነው።

የዞን ዘጠኝ ጦማርያን የማዕከላዊ ፖሊሶች የእምነት ክህደት ቃል በኃይል አስፈርመውናል ይላሉ

ወከባው ቀጥሏል

የፌደራል የመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ፍርድ ቤት አራዳ ምድብ ችሎት በስድስቱ ጦማሪያንና በሦስቱን ጋዜጠኞች ላይ የፌደራል ፖሊስ የተለያየ ምክንያት እየሰጠ ቀጠሮ የሚያራዝመውን ሁለት መዝገብ አንዴ ሲያቀራርበው መልሶ ደግሞ ሲያራርቀው ቆይቶ አሁን ደግሞ መዝገቦቹን መልሶ አቀራርቧቸዋል።   

ችሎቱን በፍርድቤቱ በመገኘት የዘገበችው ጽዮን ግርማ ለኢትዮጵያ ዛሬ ድረገጽ ከላከችው ዘገባ ለመረዳት እንደሚቻለው እስረኞቹ ራሳቸውን መከላከል በማይችሉበት ኹኔታ ፖሊስ ያረቀቀውን የእምነት ክህደት ቃል ተገደው እንዲፈርሙ አድርጓቸዋል። የሦስቱ ብሎገሮች አቤል ዋበላ፣ በፍቃዱ ኃይሉና ማኅሌት ፋንታሁን ቀጠሮ ሰኔ 22 ቀን 2006 ዓ.ም እንዲቀርቡ የሚል የነበረ ሲኾን ከጠዋት ጀምሮ ችሎቱን ለመታደም የመጣውን ቤተሰብ፣ ጓደኞቻቸው፣ ጋዜጠኞች፣ ዲፕሎማቶችና የወጣቶች ደጋፊዎች በአጠቃላይ ወደ ሦስት መቶ የሚጠጋ ሰው ከችሎት ውስጥ የሚሰማውን አዲስ ነገር ለመጠበቅ በግቢው ውስጥ ቆመው ነበር። ከጠዋቱ አራት ሰዓት አካባቢ

የዞን ዘጠኝ ጦማሪያን እና የሶስቱ ኢትዮጵያውያን ጋዜጠኞች የቅዳሜና እሁድ ውሎ በህውሃት የካንጋሩ ፍርድቤት

ጋዜጠኛ ጽዮን ግርማ በአራዳ ምድብ ችሎት በአካል በመገኘት እንደዘገበችው እንደዘገበችው  በዛሬው እለት የተከናወነው   የፍርድ  ቤት ድራማ ያው ህውሃት እንደለመደው በፍቃዱ ሃይሉ ማህሌት ፋንታሁን እና አቤል ዋበላ ላይ ፖሊስ ከትላንትናው ጋር ተመሳሳይ የሆነ የ28 ቀን ጊዜ ቀጠሮ የጠየቀ ቢሆንም ፍርድ ቤቱ 14 ቀን ፈቅዶለታል፡፡ፖሊስ የጸረ ሽብር አዋጁን በመጥቀስ በሽብር ክስ ለማቅረብ ስላሰበ 28 ቀን እንዲሰጠው የጠየቀ ቢሆንም ዳኛው ያለምንም የተለየ ተጨማሪ ነገር ከመነሻ ጥርጣሬ ለመቀየር ፖሊስ አሳማኝ ምክንያት ባለማቅረቡ 14 ቀን ተጨማሪ የምርመራ ጊዜ ብቻ ፈቅደዋል። የዛሬውን ውሎ ለየት የሚያደርገው፡ ፖሊስ የታሳሪዎቹ ቤተሰቦች እና ወዳጆችን እንዳያለቅሱ፡ለታሳሪዎቹ እጃቸውን 

እንዳያውለበልቡ እና ምንም ዓይነት ምስል በፍርድቤቱ ቅጥር ግቢ ውስጥ እንዳያነሱ/እንዳይቀርጹ መከልከሉ የአፈናውን 

መጠነሰፊነት ያሳያል። ይህንን ጉዳይ በተመለከተ በትዊተር ላይ ዜጎች በሚከተለው መልኩ ቁጣቸው እና ሮሮአቸውን ሲገልጹ ነበር።

“እጅ ማውለብለብና ማልቀስ የተከለከለ ነው:: ይኽን የሚያደርግ ሰው ይዘን እንኼዳለን::” ፖሊስ *መተንፈስ ክልክል ነው* pic.twitter.com/MooV7BOzIy
— Paliku Piluku (@PalikuPiluku) May 18, 2014

ህውሃት ኢትዮጵያውያንን መከልከል የቀረው መተንፈስ ብቻ ሳይሆን አይቀርም፡ ይሄንኑ በተመለከተ ደግሞ አንድ ፓሊኩ   የተባሉ ግለሰብ በሚከተለው መልኩ ገልጸውታል

ሁለት የዞን 9 ጦማርያን አባላት በማእከላዊ እስርቤት ፖሊሶች ድብደባ እንደተፈጸመባቸው ገለጹ

የዞን 9 ጦማርያንን የጊዜ ቀጠሮ ሊያይ በተሰየመው ችሎት ዛሬ ሌላ አሰቃቂ ዜና አብሮ ሰምቷል፡፡ ሁለቱ የዞን9 አባላት በፍቃዱ ሃይሉና አቤል ዋበላ በማእከላዊ እስርቤት ፖሊሶች መመታታቸውን እና ውስጥ እግራቸው ላይ ግርፋት እንደተፈጸመባቸው የገለጹ ሲሆን ፓሊስ ማስረጃ የላቸውም ሲል ተከራክሯል፡፡ ለክርክሩ ምላሽም ውስጥ እግራቸውን ለፍርድ ቤቱ ማሳየት እንደሚችሉ ተናግረዋል፡፡ ፍርድ ቤቱ ቶርቸር ህግ መንግስታዊ አይደለም ሲል "አስተያየቱን" ሰጥቷል፡፡ እንደትላንትናው ሁሉ በተመሳሳይ ምክንያቶች የተነሳ ተጨማሪ የጊዜ ቀጠሮ የተጠየቀባቸው ሲሆን ፍርድ ቤቱ ተጨማሪ 10 ቀናትን ለምርመራ ፈቅዷል፡፡

በዛሬው የፍርድ ቤት ውሎ ለተከሳሾቹ ጭብጨባ እና ፉጨት ማሰማት የተከለከለ ሲሆን ተከሳሾች ሲወጡ ባሳዩት አጋርነትም ከዛሬ በኋላ ካጨበጨባችሁ እንዳትገቡ እናደርጋለን የሚል ማስፈራሪያም ተሰጥቷል፡፡ ወ/ ሮ ስንታየሁ የተባሉ የሬጅስትራር ሰራተኛ ጭብጨባውን እና ፉጨቱን ለዳኛ በመንገር (በተለመደ ቋንቋ በማቃጠር) አጋርነት እያሳዩ የነበሩትን ወጣቶች ተግባር ለማስቆም ሞክረዋል፡፡

በድጋሚ የዞን 9 አባላት  የወሰዷቸው ምንም አይነት የአሸባሪነት ስልጠና እንደሌለ እያረጋገጡ በህገ መነግስቱ አንቀጽ 18 መሰረት ማንኛውም ሰው ጭካኔ የተሞላበት ኢሰብአዊ  በሆነ መንገድ ክብሩን ከሚያዋርድ አያያዝ ወይም ቅጣት የመጠበቅ መብት አለው ቢልም በታሰሩ አባላቶቻችን ላይ የደረሰውን ግርፋት አጥብቆ ያወግዛል፡፡

በሚከተሉት ስልክ ቁጥሮች በመደወል እንዲሁም ኢሜሎችን በመላክ ለሚመለከታቸው አካላት ጥያቄያችሁን በማቅረብ አጋርነታችሁን እንድታሳዩ እንጠይቃለን፡፡

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