Former political prisoner says thanks - VIRGINIA BEACH
By DAVE FORSTER, The Virginian-Pilot © November 22, 2007
Yacob Hailemariam is thankful he is no longer a political prisoner, but he is far from satisfied. Hailemariam, 63, spoke Wednesday night at an interfaith Thanksgiving service of about 100 people at Congregation Beth Chaverim and thanked the community for its support for him while he was behind bars. The former Norfolk State University professor was freed in July after 21 months of imprisonment in Ethiopia after he advocated for democratic change and won a parliamentary seat there in 2005. Hailemariam wants to return to his homeland and continue the push for democratic reforms.( Read Full Text )

« የያሬድ ኑዛዜ » በሚል ርዕስ ከአራት ወራት በፊት ለንባብ የበቃው ባለ ስድስት ገፅ መጣጥፍ አራተኛው ገፅ የመጨረሻው ፓራግራፍ እንዲህ ይነበባል :: ….….. «  ለምክርቤቱ ጉባዔ መካሄድ የቀረበው ትልቁ ተቃውሞ ፣ « መሪዎቻችን ሊፈቱ ሳምንት ሲቀራቸው፣ ለአንድ ሳምንት ሥልጣን ምን አራወጣችሁ » የሚል ነው :: እርግጥ ነው የቀድሞው አለም አቀፍ አመራርም ሆነ የዛሬ ሳምንቱ የአለም አቀፍ አመራር ላዕላይ ምክርቤት የሥልጣን ምንጭ ቃሊቲ ነው :: ቃሊቲ ሲፈርስ ይፈርሳሉ :: ይህ ለጉባዔው ተሳታፊዎች በጣም ግልፅ የሆነ ጉዳይ ነበር ::» ......
ዶ/ር ታዬ እመራዋለሁ የሚሉት KIC ግን ዛሬ ቃሊቲ ከፈረሰ ከአራት ወራት በኋላም «አልፈረስኩም» ይለናል ???? ያሬድ ኑዛዜ ሙሉውን ፅሑፍ ለማንበብ እዚህ ላይ ይጫኑ ::

VOA interview with Ato Temesgen Zewde & Ato Ayele Chamiso
( Part 1 ) ( Part 2 )

ፖለቲካ በደቦ፣ ክብር በአግቦ (ታሪኩ አባዳማ )

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Muluneh sees a vibrant CUDP despite threats ( EM Staff Writer) BRUSSELS - A senior Ethiopian opposition leader called on Ethiopians to continue to support the struggle for the reign of democracy, the rule of law and the respect of human rights in Ethiopia, a country that has been under one-man dictatorship since 1991. (Full story)

Oklahoma Protest set for Nov 13

OKLAHOMA - Ethiopians and their friends will on November 13 hold a peaceful protest outside Senator Inhofe's Oklahoma Office. Human rights activists along with Ethiopian Americans oppose Senator Inhofe's campaign to block the passage into law of HR 2003, a bill that aims at promoting democracy and human rights in Ethiopia, which won a unanimous approval in the US House of Representatives but now faces a blockage by Senator Inhofe. Why? (Read Full Text )

Mulu Adrgen Audio poem ( Real audio ) for more Audio Poems Click here

10 Ethiopian students killed, 4 journalists attacked in Kenya
By Ethiomedia correspondent | November 5, 2007

(NAIROBI, Kenya ) At least 10 Ethiopian university student refugees were killed over the last two weeks in Kenya by security forces loyal to the government of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in Addis Ababa, Kenya's Citizen TV announced on Monday. Earlier on Saturday, unidentified armed men also held four exiled Ethiopian journalists at gunpoint, tied their hands behind their backs, dragged them out of their home when violence-wary neighbors cried out for help and stopped the progress of the crime. Is Kenya another death trap for Ethiopian refugees? asks our correspondent in Nairobi. ( Read More ):

Appeal letter from kinijit Europe Africa and Australia Council

Ato Tamrat Tarekegn - Paltalk Interview - (Part1 - Part2 )
(an informative interview with Ato Tamrat Tarekegn CUD council member. we apologize for the first few minutes which are inaudible due to bad telephone connection.)

Dr Berhanu Nega on Chicago Public Radio
A farewell to champions (Prof.Alemayehu G/Mariam)
«የነገይቱን ኢትዮጵያ በዛሬው ቅንጅት» (Audio)
......ብርትኳን ሚደቅሳ የቅንጅት ተ/ም/ል ፕሬዚዳንት
Press statement concerning current crisis within kinijit. .....(Kinijit Europe & Africa)
Toronto Welcomes the honorable Artist Debebe Eshetu
......and W/z Birtukan Midekssa..[Video 1 Video 2 video 3]