8 JOURNALISTS FREED

8 Ethiopian free press journalists who have been in jail since late 2005 and charged in fictitious genocide and treason have been freed today.Including journalists court ordered prison authorities to release 25 defendants.Beyond ordering prison officials to free them immediately there is no confirmation about their release.

These are the names of journalists;

1. Sisay Agena, 2.Eskinder Nega,3.Serkalem Fasil,4.Fasil Yenealem,5.Dereja Habtewold,6.Feleke Tibebu,7.Nardos Meaza,8.Zekarias Tesfaye.

Note from choreber: Previously, we observed some human rights activists,independent journalists,politicians and innocent citizens of the land were released to be rearrested while walking freely on the way home.I would like to say that do not do that again, please.

picture: Eskinder Nega,Serkalem Fasil and Sisay Agena.

Judges, people needs justice!!

Ethiopian court ruled that 41 leaders and members of the main opposition political party,CUD, and other defendants in the same charge file were to defend their case. Another 21 defendants were acquitted of the first charge out of six charges. Of another 29 whose case is being tried in absentia some were acquitted and suspended

Note from Choreber blogger: That is not good enough.You know these leaders of the people are innocent.These brave and highly effective human rights and development activists, politicians, best educated of the land and journalists should deserve justice.Let them go home today.

Pictured above : Dr.Taye Woldesemayat, president of Ethiopian Teachers Association, Mr.Aregawi Berhe, Political Party Leader,Professor Getachew Haile, highly educated Ethiopian, Mr.Kifle Mulat, President of Ethiopian Free Press Journalists Association, Dr.Negede Gobeze, Political Party Leader, and Famous Ethiopian Artist, Mr.Tamagne Beyene.

Ethiopian man wins $ 5 million in Georgia lottery
Choreber Blogger: Good for you.u.

Early this year over 20 Innocent Oromos Killed by Government

By all accounts,it is there,on Gaara Suufi (mountain) that the TPLF regime murdered 20 Oromos early this year.It looks like TPLF is determined to turn every inch of Oromo territory in to killing fields.Oromos, young and old,women,children and the elderly, are murdered every where; in school, on the street,in their homes,in detention camps and now on the mountain.

Ayisha Alii,( see picture) was fourteen years old.Her mother,Aadde Shamisii, described the events leading up to her daughters murder to Voice of America (VOA) as follows ......( click here to read full text)

The same old song by Ethiopian judges
(Concerning Prisoners of Conscience)

As Ethiopians,diplomatic missions and the international community expected the court ruled the defendants to defend their cases.This is the same old story we have observed for the last 15 years.Defendants should be go home freely than spending their precious time in jail with out any reason.people's need them.They are college lecturers,human and development activist,free media journalists and so on.If the judiciary system of the country moves freely these people should go home today.The same old trick on the same court and judges, every year ,to stay in power forever.Wow Ethiopian officials !!!!

Pictures of prisoners of conscience in Ethiopia : Dr.Birhanu Nega, Dr.Yacob Hailemariam, judge Birtukan Mideksa, Mr.Kifle Tigneh and professor Mesfine Woldemariam.

Endless accusations to kill beloved leaders of the people

On the endless trail of the main opposition political leaders, human and development activists and free press journalists of Ethiopia, the judges decided to adjourn the proceeding for tomorrow, April, 4,2007.

Source:Ethio-Zagol

Court adjourned for tomorrow

Ethio-Zagol April,2,2007

The court is adjourned again; this time for tomorrow.The briefings continued today with remaining part of the documentary evidence summarized.

Note from Choreber Blogger:These are ( not only these) journalists of the independent press in Ethiopia who have been in jail after the historic May 2005 National election.They are charged with fictitious genocide and treason, and on the process of fictitious trial for more than one year. Previously, government brought its well-trained and certified witnesses and they testified for the government side. But the people of Ethiopia knows about certified witnesses and no one get confused on this big national case.Genocide and treason is a common charge for independent journalists by selfish African unelected officials,especially; in Ethiopia.

Pictures:From left to right, Eskinder Nega,Mesfine Tesfaye,Dawit Fasil and Dawit Kebede.

The Trial Postponed Again

Ethio-Zagol, March 30,2007

The trial of the main opposition political party leaders,civic activists and independent journalists postponed again.This time for Monday,April 2nd,2007.The court presented the summary of the audio,video and documentary evidence today.It said the rest of the prosecutor's evidence will be summarized and presented on Monday,April 2nd,2007.The court was packed,tens people couldn't get sits.The judges said that they wouldn't continue in the after noon as one of the judges was sick.

Note from choreber blogger: Nobody expect fair and true justice's from politically assigned judges who serves high level, corrupted and killer government officials than the country's law. Last week one of the judges didn't show up and the court hearing was ended up with in five minutes.Next Monday, really, we don't know who going to be sick!!!!! The country's justice system has been running like this for the last 15 years.

Pictures: Journalist & publishers , Mr.Sisay Agena and Mrs. Sekalem Fasil, among accused prisoners of conscience.

Helicopters fire on Somali market
BBC News, March 29, 2007

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Ethiopian helicopter gunships have fired at a market near an insurgent stronghold in the Somali capital.
The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassen in Mogadishu says hundreds of insurgents armed with rocket launchers and machine guns are battling Ethiopian troops.Ethiopian tanks are also deployed. Crowds dragged several dead bodies in uniform through the streets.The security crackdown in the south of the city is being billed as a three-day operation to restore order. ( to read full report click here)
picture by Daniel VDM,attack helicopter,made in South Africa.

Man tortured to death
By Ethio-zagol

Gonder resident Tsegaye Ayele was tortured to death by the Federal police.Tsegaye was arrested in December last year and taken to Addis Ababa's Maekelawi prison where he was severely tortured, resulting in series damage to his brain.He was hospitalized last month.All attempts by doctors at the Ras Desta Damtew hospital to save his life were in vain as he passed away today

We need peace for our country.
Peace and reconciliation.










Ignore all the ills and mistakes,blunders and ignorance in all the leaders/followers we have had for the years.Let us pick what is/was good and build on top of that.Let us get together and love each other,as we do not have any other choice left to pick.We picked all the other options and fought for the last 30 years.please,lets us not kill each other. ( Picture by jylcat)
Getachew T.A opinion (Nazret.com,March 23,2007)

Ethiopians in London at US Embassy
By Wondimu Mekonnen, March 23, 2007

Hush!Make no sound!
They will be back again in court,
Shackled,gagged and bound;
under menacing guards escort.
Kalashnikov in one hand,grenade in the other;
to kill to maim or to cause fatal wound.
Freeze!Don't move!Agaazi warn the prisoners;
Condemned to serve time,for an invented crime.

Universities with out books,libraries,professors and doctors are not University

Comment from: Lama [Nazret .com visitor] 03/18/07@02:24

You people, you are crazy and you don't know what you are talking about.The population of Ethiopia is 75 million.Among these 120,000 students attend University means nothing.Before we go too far, our neighboring ,country Kenya's population is less than 40 million and nearly half million students attend Universities.Kenyan Universities are equivalent to European Universities.Professors and doctors lead all Universities.All Universities run researches.Intellectuals are free.They have no problems to watch over their shoulders.The people are free.The country is free.

Woyane cadres give nonsense and cheap propaganda's about Ethiopian Universities.Universities with out books,with out libraries,with out professors and with out doctors are less than high schools.Also,how the worlds believe that poorest countries like Ethiopia could afford to build 11 Universities with full man power and materials at once?And,two million Tigreans are militia and depends on Woyane government.Ethiopia makes lecturers those who attended Universities for three years and have insurmountable problems to read and write.Unless they pick people from the streets of calcutta,India and call them lecturers and this is exactly what Woyane does.There are many highly educated Ethiopians in Diaspora.They are ready and happy to do every thing they could to help their country.The biggest obstacle is Ethiopians are not free.If you are Amhara,you have to join Amhara party which is a puppet or toilet cleaners of Woyane.If you are Oromo you have to join a puppet or a toilet and dish washers of Woyane OPDO.Many Ethiopian leave the country because they don't want to join those shit parties and carry their membership cards and pay membership fees.By Woyane hidden law any Oromos graduate from Universities or college should be a member of slave's party(OPDO) and pay party membership fees.Educated Oromos don't want to be a member of toilet cleaner's party and leave the country.This is a golden opportunity for Woyane and they gave and give the jobs for Tigreans.

Please,Nazret.com don't bring such useless propaganda's for comment.Ethiopian people won't be dumped by Woyane's empty hope.This site is visited by many foreigners.And if they come across the above mentioned figure of students attend Universities is shame.Ethiopia supposed to send three million students o Universities.The number of people in jails is eight times greater than the number of students attend Universities.

Some blind folded useless Woyane supporters call this economic development.In countries like Sweden,Norway,Denmark who their population is less 12 million,from one state more than 125 thousand students attend Universities.My message to Woyane supporters is,Shut up and eats a left over you get from Woyane.To Woyane,a time will come when you defecate what you did to Ethiopia.Whether you like or not you will face it.

Love struck stalker spills acid on young beauty

Kamilat Muhisin,21,lies at the Yekatit 12 Hospital,her face,chin,neck and chest severely disfigured from acid burns a result of an acid attack by a man whose romantic advances were not reciprocated by Kamilat.(To read full report click here)

The family of Kamilat Muhisin has opened a bank account for those who are interested in helping to pay Kamilat's medical fees abroad. The account number is at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Paulos Branch account number 27645.

IFJ calls for the release of journalists imprisoned in Eritrea and Ethiopia

"Eritrea and Ethiopia are both creating a lasting legacy of human rights abuse and intolerance for free expression that is not just taking a toll on society but also on the health and well being of the journalists they have detained for an unconscionably long time," said Gabriel Baglo, director of the IFJ Africa office. ( to read full report click here)

Grand Rapids Celebrated Adwa

March 4, 2007 (Choreber)

The 111th anniversary of the victory of Adwa celebrated by Ethiopians residing around the Greater Grand Rapids area on Saturday, March 3, 2007.

On March 1896, invader Italian forces leaded by professional military generals, well-trained and experienced troops and organized by heavy and sophisticated weapons had tried their best to occupy the whole Ethiopia but, the invading war plan didn't work as planed. Because, Emperor Menelik II and his wife Empress Taitu were at the war front of Adwa to lead the freedom lover and unconventional freedom fighter patriots of Ethiopia who were mobilized and volunteered from every corner of the country under one oath- Unity and Freedom.

The main cause of the battle of Adwa was the aim of the Italian government who had wider and longer dream of occupying of the land of Ethiopia as many African nations who were under colony of different European powerful countries.

Chairperson of the Association,Mr. Bayei Desta said interms of freedom the victory of Adwa have been playing a signifant role not only for Ethiopia but also for entire Africa.

The Adwa anniversary of Grand Rapids was organized by Ethiopian Community Association of Greater Grand Rapids. Participants of the event were served by poem, video, food, beverages and live music band at the gathering hall.

Urgent Help for Independent Journalists

EMF, Ethio Media Forum, calls all concerned Ethiopians, friends of Ethiopia and supporters of the free press to help Ethiopian independent journalists who were fighting for a better peaceful future, human rights and genuine democracy in Ethiopia, and had been targeted by the brutal Ethiopian government because of their journalism profession for the last 15 years.

According to EMF web site, some are very sick and need medical assistance and others are compelled to beg on the streets to survive.

Hard snow blowing

Difficult and harsh snow blowing in the State of Michigan has continued for the second day. Moving here and there for daily necessities getting hard. Residents, especially ; in Grand Rapids and Kentwood area confined in their apartment or house for safety. Officials from law enforcement department advised peoples to stay at home , and several churches and schools are closed weekend schedule. Some employers allowed their staff to go home.

An Ethiopian man holding snow brush in his right hand, heading to clean his vehicle before driving to job.This picture was taken and forwarded to choreber blogger by Worku who lives in Wingate apartment complex which located closer to Gerald Ford International Airport.

Worku, thank you.

Picture by fahrenheit45(Atlanta skyline)

Kifle Mulat's speech in Atlanta

EMF, January 11, 2007

A human rights symposium in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birth day has started on Thursday , January 11,2007 in Atlanta-Georgia-USA.

One of guests invited by the Martin Luther King Jr. Africa/African American Renaissance March Committee, Kifle Mulat, exiled president of the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists Association took an opportunity to address the audience about the plight of Ethiopian Free Press Journalists and current conditions of Freedom of the Press in Ethiopia.

" Thanks to CPJ and diplomatic pressures, charges filed against Voice of America journalists are already dropped ; but journalists in diaspora still charged in treason and asked to be extradited to Ethiopia.Other sixteen (16) of the journalists charged are in custody. Many members of our association ,EFJA , have gone in to hiding,fearing arrest.More than ninety (90) journalists are forced to flee the country to save their neck " said Kifle Mulat at his speech to the symposium participants. (To read full text click here)

Picture by guuleed, April 26.2006

Meles Zenawi,Dollar thirsty-in a new style of begging under the name of Somali people

By Hellen Kasu Mitto
January 06,2007

Armed war lords and clan leaders,who became unelected King of the Somali people,by the help of killer weapons under the name of Union of Islamic Courts(UIC),who knows about tomorrow,temporarily driven out of the capital and other cities and has gone far to the jungle with in two weeks of conventional war. Those,the so-called leaders of the UIC,were able to run the Somali people under the shadow of new governing method or principle (no movie,no foot ball/soccer,no mirra/chat) for about six months. That principle and technically mounted heavy machine gun pick up trucks has destroyed by invader Ethiopian army and Transitional Federal Government of Somali forces. All human beings brain doesn't working in the same way or direction,and we heard "thanks" words from supporters of the TFG,and different attitude from others who opposes invasion of neighboring countries. I do not worry about that. Because both sides has their own reason.

Backed by heavily armed and well-trained Ethiopian army,the TFG, controlled all the country,except Somaliland and Puntland,and has started functioning or acting as a government in the middle of its own people and land. What's next for the TFG is,unfortunately, accepting Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi as Somali's saver and giving green light for his unsuccessful ruling strategy that has been rejected and failed on his country,Ethiopia,for the last fifteen years. That would be a big mistake in Somalia's government history if it continue on Meles's track. Because democratic process based on Somali's people culture and way of life is better than any foreign ideology that could create national disaster and identity crisis. Specially,as a concerned blogger,I would like to advise that,not allow and copy Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's well-poisoned and full of hate political picture for Somali's democratization foundation. Meles Zenawi is a moderate fascist in a modern or new era in Africa.

On Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's side,already he got an opportunity of begging dollars under the name of Somalia peace and stability in a new style of begging. Everyone as remembered,after Kismayu(Somalia)on his press conference and Parliament meeting he mentioned openly with out any diplomatic words the words " We are poor",and " We need money",several times. In my understanding that is shame. Invading ,someone's country for a dollar is shame. No body has the right to trespass a private property,not country, if there is human beings law that could protect or treat all man kinds equally,and before getting inside Somalia cities or interfering in someone's national issue please get fix your political problems in your country. Go ahead Kaliti,Dedessa,Tolay, Ziway,Maekelawi and other concentration camps. These camps are closer to your palace than Mogadishu or Kismayu,and watch your country 's pocket than begging foreign currency in the name of an innocent poor Somali's soul.

Conclusion: Please,don't use Somali's problem to extend your ugliest ruling age as tablet.Give Ethiopians politics for the new democrat generation and get your prison time,exile or retirement session.Ethiopia's tired about you.15 years as King of Kings dictator leader, oh my God ! ..... more than 25 years as political party leader , and on killing chair.....wow !!

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Originally uploaded by mdziedzic.

EPRDF,a danger to Ethiopian's national interest

(CUDP/Kinijit - PRESS RELEASE)
January 4th , 2007

The primary mission of Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (CUDP/Kinijit) , has been and will always be the protection of Ethiopia's national interest. After defiantly rejecting for 14 years the sinister ethnic and religious divide and rule policies of EPRDF , the Ethiopian people voted overwhelmingly for CUDP/Kinijit in the historic May 2005 election because they believed in its sacred mission of........ ( To read full text click here)

(Picture by mdziedzic on Dec.2005)