dance to the beat of freedom

Mass Ethiopian people have demonstrated against religious discrimination,human right vilotion ,restriction on the press and so on have taken place in Germany:Berlin November 6th,2012.
Almost 200 hundred people took part in these demonstration and i can say it was successful one .
Ethiopian refugees here in Germany and also some patriot Ethiopians took part in these great big protest against the current government of Ethiopian. the protest have started at 11:30 in Berlin from Alexander palatz and moved on until the main train station. on the way the Ethiopians have called for justice and freedom in Ethiopia.
These event took place after the German political party SPD have called and talked to an Ethiopian politician sebat nega that belong to the current Ethiopian political party. we the refugees in Germany stand against any kind of support that is made to the current Ethiopian government. we want to bring an awareness about the political crises that is going on in Ethiopia,even though the Ethiopian government have tried to hide its true colors from the world but it cant fool us and most of it cant fool the Ethiopians that is experiencing his cruelty first hand ,we the people that is forced out of our countries know the true side of the political system that is built on sand.
we wont sleep until the world knows the truth about about the political scam that is being orchestrated on the people. Because of these reason we have stood in front of the SPD office in Berlin to show our Resistance. we have shouted for almost an hour in front of the office and a letter from us have been passed to the SPD political official. they have agreed to read it and give there response in a short period of time.
The same ritual have taken place in front of the Bundestag and also the councils office,frau angela markel.
The Ethiopians demonstrators have made it loud and clear that
.journalism is not an act terrorism
.religion freedom movement is not terrorism
And have demanded;
.freedom for Ethiopia
.German stop supporting the Ethiopian undemocratic government
.Stop land garbing in Ethiopia
.free all political prisoners,
.we wont a president that is elected by the people for the people and so on.
It was such an organized protest and i hope something good can come out of it
even though the protesters have come from diffident part of Germany,the were so fit through the whole march.
All of the protesters were on the way to Berlin starting 3:00 in the morning ,and were sitting in a bus for more than 5 hours to get to Berlin. the protest and the march were almost the whole day in the street of Berlin,and then with the same bus that brought them there the protesters have boarded on it once again and began they way back to there cities,that means anther 5 to 6 hours. these clearly shows the determination of the Ethiopian people and their resistance to the Ethiopian government.
The demonstration was called by Ethiopian Democracy and unity force in Germany(EPCOU)……..

what goes on in our country affect us as it affect our brothers and sisters that still live there,and when and only when we work together as one then we can achieve to trow away the government that is so cruel to its own people and that is polluting the religious,political and ethic tolerance in Ethiopia. we are all Ethiopian and most of all human being ,and because of that we want freedom and peace………and we wont rest until we achieve that.

The words of EPCOU

“I want to invite all Ethiopian people for this demonstration. Please Ethiopian woman take part in these action, as Ethiopian government brutal governance harm as more next to children in Ethiopia.
Let’s be loud and be clear that we are human beings, women in Ethiopia are our sisters, and we want justice and freedom.

“~ There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Shall we instead choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? I appeal as a human being to human beings; remember your humanity, and forget the rest ~ “”

The young girl, 15 years old, sat with her back to the audience.

She wept many times and sometimes appeared to lose control.

But time and again, she would pick up from where she had stopped and continued to relate her night of terror.

“My name is Endieyewho Asmare. I am from Assosa,” she begun her testimony.

I kept on bleeding so they poured two jerry cans full of water over me and left”“

Endieyewho Asmare

“At the age of 13 I was married because my mother was ill.

“One night my husband came while I was asleep. He came with six other men and closed all the doors including the gate. Read More »

Women in Ethiopia are most likely to suffer violence at the hands of their partners, says the United Nations.
Nearly 60% of Ethiopian women were subjected to sexual violence, including marital rape, according to the Ending Violence Against Women report.

Almost half of all Zambian women said they had been attacked by a partner.

A leading UN official launching the report said domestic violence was a “pervasive phenomenon… that has to be addressed”.

“The report states that the major form of violence takes place at the domestic level, in the households… and it takes place in societies throughout the world,” said Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Jose Antonio Ocampo.

Laws ‘inadequate’

In addition to violence from partners, the report also condemned what it found to be high levels of institutionalised violence, such as female genital mutilation, estimating that 130 million girls and women had undergone this practice.

The report, compiled from a number of different studies conducted in at least 71 countries, added that many governments around the world were not giving women adequate protection.

It said some 100 countries had no domestic violence laws and marital rape could not be prosecuted in more than 50.

“On average, at least one in three women is subjected to intimate partner violence in the course of her lifetime.”

The report concludes that despite progress, “violence against women has not yet received the priority required to enable significant change”.

A journalist and blogger praised by international human rights groups for championing press freedom was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Friday after his conviction last month on terrorism charges. The journalist, Eskinder Nega, and more than a dozen others — most of whom had fled the country — were convicted of attempting to foment a revolution in Ethiopia, human rights advocates said. Two opposition figures received life sentences. Mr. Nega’s case stemmed from writings challenging the prosecution of fellow reporters and editors. Senator Patrick J. Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, strongly condemned Mr. Nega’s conviction in June, saying the Ethiopian government “misuses its institutions to silence its critics.” PEN International, which honored Mr. Nega with a press freedom award this spring, said Friday that it was “appalled” by the sentencing and called for his immediate release.

Condemn repression in Ethiopia and support the united struggle for democracy human rights and unity.
Ethiopian People’s Congress for United Struggle ”
In the last few days, Ethiopians and the international community have witnessed yet another repression and brutality perpetuated by the ruling TPLF/EPRDF.

On July 13, 2012, the TPLF/EPRDF controlled judiciary sentenced 24 political leaders and journalists to imprisonment ranging from 5 years to life.

Among the sentenced are Andualem Aragie, Vice Chairman and Public Relations Officer of the opposition Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ), Eskender Nega, journalist and 2012 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award recipient, exiled journalists Abebe Belew, Abebe Gelaw and others.

The sentenced were found guilty of the controversial charge of ‘terrorism’, which the Government is using as a cover up to silence its prominent critics. This is a pattern that has been documented in the past when the government accused the late Professor Asrat, a famous surgeon & opposition leader, Dr Taye Woldesemayat, former President of the Ethiopian Teachers Association, Mr Bekele Gerba, one of the leaders of Oromo National Congress (ONC) and many other prominent critics of the government with similar charges. Read More »

Ethiopia says Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is taking “sick leave” but will remain in power while he deals with an unspecified illness.

Government spokesman Bereket Simon briefed reporters Thursday in Addis Ababa, following media reports that the Ethiopian leader was critically ill at Saint Luc Hospital in Brussels, Belgium.

Bereket specifically denied reports on Ethiopian dissident websites that Meles has brain cancer. The spokesman did not identify the prime minister’s illness or say where he is being treated, but said he is in “good and stable condition” and remains in charge of the government.

A government statement said Mr. Meles’ sick leave was prescribed by his doctor, and noted he will resume work when he recuperates.