Author Archives: helina nikodimos

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 […]

“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. “~ […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“I know we will overcome. I know there are better days ahead. Let us keep striving, let us keep struggling, let us keep climbing to that promised land of a nation and a world that is more fair and more just.”—President Obama