Washington Post

By Greg Miller and Greg Jaffe

President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said that Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State.

The information Trump relayed had been provided by a U.S. partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government, officials said.

The partner had not given the United States permission to share the material with Russia, and officials said that Trump’s decision to do so risks cooperation from an ally that has access to the inner workings of the Islamic State. After Trump’s meeting, senior White House officials took steps to contain the damage, placing calls to the CIA and National Security Agency.

“This is code-word information,” said a U.S. official familiar with the matter, using terminology that refers to one of the highest classification levels used by American spy agencies. Trump “revealed more information to the Russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies.”

The revelation comes as Trump faces rising legal and political pressure on multiple Russia-related fronts. Last week, he fired FBI Director James B. Comey in the midst of a bureau investigation into links between the Trump campaign and Moscow. Trump’s subsequent admission that his decision was driven by “this Russia thing” was seen by critics as attempted obstruction of justice.

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One day after dismissing Comey, Trump welcomed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak — a key figure in earlier Russia controversies — into the Oval Office. It was during that meeting, officials said, that Trump went off script and began describing details about an Islamic State terrorist threat related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft.

For most anyone in government discussing such matters with an adversary would be illegal. As president, Trump has broad authority to declassify government secrets, making it unlikely that his disclosures broke the law.

“The president and the foreign minister reviewed common threats from terrorist organizations to include threats to aviation,” said H.R. McMaster, the national security adviser, who participated in the meeting. “At no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed and no military operations were disclosed that were not already known publicly.”

The CIA declined to comment and the National Security Agency did not respond to requests for comment.

But officials expressed concern with Trump’s handling of sensitive information as well as his grasp of the potential consequences. Exposure of an intelligence stream that has provided critical insight into the Islamic State, they said, could hinder the United States’ and its allies’ ability to detect future threats.

“It is all kind of shocking,” said a former senior U.S. official close to current administration officials. “Trump seems to be very reckless, and doesn’t grasp the gravity of the things he’s dealing with, especially when it comes to intelligence and national security. And it’s all clouded because of this problem he has with Russia.”

In his meeting with Lavrov, Trump seemed to be boasting about his inside knowledge of the looming threat. “I get great intel. I have people brief me on great intel every day,” Trump said, according to an official with knowledge of the exchange.

Trump went on to discuss aspects of the threat that the United States only learned through the espionage capabilities of a key partner. He did not reveal the specific intelligence gathering method, but described how the Islamic State was pursuing elements of a specific plot and how much harm such an attack could cause under varying circumstances. Most alarmingly, officials said, Trump revealed the city in the Islamic State’s territory where the U.S. intelligence partner detected the threat.

The Washington Post is withholding most plot details, including the name of the city, at the urging of officials who warned that revealing them would jeopardize important intelligence capabilities.

“Everyone knows this stream is very sensitive and the idea of sharing it at this level of granularity with the Russians is troubling,” said a former senior U.S. counterterrorism official who also worked closely with members of the Trump national security team. He and others spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the subject.

The identification of the location was seen as particularly problematic, officials said, because Russia could use that detail to help identify the U.S. ally or intelligence capability involved. Officials said that the capability could be useful for other purposes, possibly providing intelligence on Russia’s presence in Syria. Moscow and would be keenly interested in identifying that source and possibly disrupting it.

Russia and the United States both regard the Islamic State as an enemy and share limited information about terrorist threats. But the two nations have competing agendas in Syria, where Moscow has deployed military assets and personnel to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

“Russia could identify our sources or techniques,” the senior U.S. official said. A former intelligence official who handled high-level intelligence on Russia said that given the clues Trump provided, “I don’t think that it would be that hard [for Russian spy services] to figure this out.”

At a more fundamental level, the information wasn’t the United States’ to provide to others. Under the rules of espionage, governments — and even individual agencies — are given significant control over whether and how the information they gather is disseminated even after it has been shared. Violating that practice undercuts trust considered essential to sharing secrets.

The officials declined to identify the ally, but said it is one that has previously voiced frustration with Washington’s inability to safeguard sensitive information related to Iraq and Syria.

“If that partner learned we’d given this to Russia without their knowledge or asking first that is a blow to that relationship,” the U.S. official said.

Trump also described measures that the United States has taken or is contemplating to counter the threat, including military operations in Iraq and Syria as well as other steps to tighten security, officials said.

The officials would not discuss details of those measures, but the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed that it is considering banning laptops and other large electronic devices from carry-on bags on flights between Europe and the United States. The United States and Britain imposed a similar ban in March affecting travelers passing through airports in 10 Muslim-majority countries.

Trump cast the countermeasures in wistful terms. “Can you believe the world we live in today?” he said, according to one official. “Isn’t it crazy.”

Lavrov and Kislyak were also accompanied by aides.

A Russian photographer took photos of part of the session that were released by the Russian state-owned Tass news agency. No U.S. news organization was allowed to attend any part of the meeting.

Senior White House officials appeared to recognize quickly that Trump had overstepped and moved to contain the potential fallout.

Thomas P. Bossert, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, placed calls to the directors of the CIA and the NSA, services most directly involved in the intelligence-sharing arrangement with the partner.

One of Bossert’s subordinates also called for the problematic portion of Trump’s discussion to be stricken from internal memos and for the full transcript to be limited to a small circle of recipients, efforts to prevent sensitive details from being disseminated further or leaked.

Trump has repeatedly gone off-script in his dealings with high-ranking foreign officials, most notably in his contentious introductory conversation with the Australian Prime Minister earlier this year. He has also faced criticism for lax attention to security at his Florida retreat Mar-a-Lago, where he appeared to field preliminary reports of a North Korea missile launch in full view of casual diners.

U.S. officials said that the National Security Council continues to prepare multi-page briefings for Trump to guide him through conversations with foreign leaders but that he has insisted that the guidance be distilled to a single page of bullet points, and often ignores those.

“He seems to get in the room or on the phone and just goes with it — and that has big downsides,” the second former official said. “Does he understand what’s classified and what’s not? That’s what worries me.”

Lavrov’s reaction to the Trump disclosures was muted, officials said, calling for the United States to work more closely with Moscow on fighting terrorism.

Kislyak has figured prominently in damaging stories about the Trump administration’s ties to Russia. Trump’s initial national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was forced to resign just 24 days into the job over his contacts with Kislyak and misleading statements about them. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was forced to recuse himself from matters related to the FBI’s Russia investigation after it was revealed that he had met and spoke with Kislyak despite denying any contact with Russian officials during his confirmation hearing.

“I’m sure Kislyak was able to fire off a good cable back to the Kremlin with all the details” he gleaned from Trump, said the former U.S. official who handled intelligence on Russia.

The White House readout of the meeting with Lavrov and Kislyak made no mention of the discussion of a terrorist threat.

“Trump emphasized the need to work together to end the conflict in Syria,” the summary said. Trump also “raised Ukraine” and “emphasized his desire to build a better relationship between the United States and Russia.”

Julie Tate and Ellen Nakashima contributed to this report.

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መስቀሉ አየለ

እንደ ዳይኖስረስ እራሱን በራሱ በመብላት ሂደት ውስጥ ስላለው የትግራይ ገዥ ጉጅሌ መዘገብ ከጀመርኩበት ግዜ ጀምሮ ሂደቱን እግር በእግር እየተከታተልኩ ለማሳየት እየሞከርኩ መሆኑ የሚታወቅ ሲሆን በባለፈው የሶስተኛው ምእራፍ ላይ ያጠቃለልኩት ባጭሩ በሳሞራ የሚመራው የወታደሩ ክንፍም ይሁን በጌታቸው የሚመራው የደህንነቱ ክንፍ ሁሉም በየፊናቸው የመንግስትን ስልጣን ለመቆጣጠር በሚያደርጉት ግብግብ በክልልና በወረዳ ደረጃ ያላቸውን መሰረት በማጠናከርና ከማእከላዊ መንግስቱ ገንጥሎ በማዳከም ብሎም የራሳቸው አሻንጉሊት በማድረግ አይናቸውን በማእከላዊ መንግስቱ ላይ ማፍጠጣቸውን፤ ይኽም የመጨርሻው ምእራፍ መቃረቡን እንደሚያሳይ ገልጠን ወደ ወሳኙ ምእራፍ ለመሸጋገር ግን ሁለቱም በየፊናቸው ከተጻራሪ ወገን ጀርባ ያለውን የፖለቲካውን ድጋፍ ሰጭ ሃይል በመምታት ላይ ተጠምደው እንደሚገኙ ገልጨ ነበር፤

መሰረቱን በዋሽንግተንና በአምስተርዳም ባደረገው ኢሳት ቴሌቪዥን ባለፈው የተገለጠውና አንጃዎቹ መሃል የተፈጠረውን ቅራኔ በገለልተኛ ሽማግሌዎች ለመፍታት እየተደረገ ነው የተባለው ጥረት እውነተኛ መሆኑን እኔም በሌላ ምንጭ የማውቀው መሆኑን አረጋግጣለሁ፤ ይልቁንም መረጃው ወደ ህዝብ ጆሮ መድረሱ በሽምግልናው ሂደት ላይ ከባድ ቀውስ ማስከተሉን ወትሮም በቋፍ የነበረውን ሂደት ከድጡ ወደ ማጡ እንዳደረገው እየታየ ነው።
እዚህ ላይ የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ማወቅ ያለበት ቁልፍ ነጥብ ወያኔ ባለፈው አራት አስርተ አመታት የመጣበት የውስጥ ቀውሱን ይፈታባቸው የነበሩት “ግምገማ፣ግለሂስና ተሃድሶ” የሚባሉት ሶስት ነባር ልምዶቹ የራሳቸውን ሂደት ጨርሰው የነፈሰባቸው (ፌዝ አውት) ያደረጉ መድሃኒቶች መሆናቸውንና ይኽ ነው የሚባል የችግሩን ውስብስብነትና የአደጋውን ጥልቀት የሚመጥን ሌላ አማራጭ መፍቻ መንገድ ያልተገኘ መሆኑ ብቻ ሳይሆን ሊገኝ የማይችል በመሆኑም ጭምር ነው ወደ ሽማግሌዎች ትከሻ ላይ ለመጫን የተገደዱት ፤

ይሕ የትግራይ ገዥ ጉጅሌ በዘር ተደራጅቶ የፈጸመው ስንት ውስብስብ ብሄራዊ ወጀል እንደ መኖሩና ከላይ እስከ ታች ያሉት ባለስልጣናት በግል የገቡበት ስር የሰደደ የዘረፋ ወንጀል ውስጥ በተዘፈቁበት ሁኔታ የነሱን ዘር በማይወክሉ ሃይሌ ገብረስላሴና ፕሮፌሰር ይሳሃቅ ኤፍሬምን የመሳሰሉ የሰውነት ወዝ የሌላቸው ድኩማኖች ሽማግሌ አድርገው ለማየት ስብሰባ ሲቀምጡ የቱን ሚስጥር ተናግረው የቱን መደበቅ በማይችሉበት ሁኔታ ውስጥ ከሚደረግ ሽምግልና የሚገኝ ውጤት ሂደቱን ሳይወለድ የጨነገፈ አድርጎታል።

በእርግጥም ወያኔ ደጋፊዎቹ እንዲህ ገመናውን እያወቁለት ያለ ባህሪው ያውም ለራሱ ከሚሰማው እብሪት አንጻር በጣም በሚንቃቸው ሰዎች ፊት ” ለድርድር ለማቅረብ ዝግጁ ነኛ” ማለቱ በጣም አሳፋሪው የቁም ሞቱ ነው።
በሶስተኛው ምዕራፍ ላይ የነበረውን የሃይል አሰላለፍ ወደ ሚቀጥለው ምዕራፍ እንዲሸጋገር ካደረጉት ምክኛቶች አንዱ እስካሁን በነበረው አሰላለፍ ግራ ተጋብቶ እና የሚይዝ የሚጨብጠውን አጥቶ የሰነበተው ኃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ ዕመሃል ሰፋሪ በሁለት ጥይት ይመታልዕ እንዲሉ ከከላይ አክንባሉ ከታች ብረት ምጣድ አድርገው እንደገና ዳቦ ሲያንገበግቡት ከርመው እርሱ የሚመራውን የደቡብን ክልል ከነግሳንግሱ ይዞ ወደ ሳሞራ ክንፍ መግባቱ ነው፤ አንድ አመት ሙሉ ተጠና ስለተባለው የሙስና እና የጥልቅ ተሃድሶ ዶሴ በተመለከተ ዕየማውቀው ነገር የለምዕ በማለት ውሃ ያፈሰሰበትና የፈሪ ዱላ የሚመስል ነገር ለመወርወር የሞከረው ዕጌታዋን የተማመነች በግ ላቷን ከውጭ ታሳድራለችዕ አይነት መሆኑ ነው። በሌላ በኩል የኢትዮጵያን ቴሌቪዥንና ሬዲዮ የተቆጣጠረው ጌታቸው አሰፋ ኦሮሚያን በተመለከተ እርሱ የማይፈልገው ምንም አይነት ፕሮግራም እንዳይተላለፍ አደረገብን በሚል ችግሩ በጥርስ አልባው ፓርላማ ቀርቦ ተጣርቶ እንዲቀርብ የሚል ውሳኔ ሲወሰንበት የታየበት ድራማ ሁሉ በዚሁ ኦሮሚያ ለሳሞራ የኑስ በመገበሩ የተነሳ የመጣ ችግር መሆኑ ነው።
የጌታቸው አሰፋን ክንፍ በተመለከተ ዕጀነራልዕ ሰዓርን በሳሞራ ምትክ የኢታምሃዦር ሹም ለማድረግ ቢያስችለኝ በሚል በጀነራሎቹ መሃል የሃይል ክፍፍል እንዲፈጠር ለማድረግ እየሰራ ሲሆን ሳሞራ በበኩል አይታመኑልኝም የሚላቸውን እና ቁርጠኝነት የማያሳዩ ናቸው ያላቸውን ጀነራሎች ሁሉ ከፊት በማጽዳትና ታማኝ ሎሌዎችን በመሾም ላይ ተጠምዷል።
ሁሉ ቦታ አለሁ የማለት ጠባይ ያለውና ቀርበው ሲያዩት ከዲንጋይ የተጠረበና ህይወት አልባ የሚመስለው አረመኔው ደብረጽዮን ለግዜው አድፍጦ የሚሆነውን ከቅርብ እርቀት መከታተሉን የመረጠ ሲሆን ባልተጠበቀ ሁኔታ አርከበ እቁባይ ከዚህ የሃይል ክፍፍል በማፈንገጥና ሶስተኛ ክንፍ በመፍጠር ከተቻለ እራሱን ቀጣዩ ጠቅላይ ሚንስቴር ካልሆነም ከአንድ አሻንጉሊት ጠቅላይ ሚንስቴር ጀርባ ተቀምጦ ሁሉንም የሚዘውር “ኪንግ ሜከር” ለመሆን እየሞከረ ሲሆን የተቻለውን ያህል የህወሃት የመጨረሻው እርከን ድረስ በመውረድ የውስጥ ለውስጥ የፕሮፓጋንዳ ስራ በመስራትና ደጋፊ በማሰባሰብ ላይ ትኩረት አድርጎ እየተንቀሳቀሰ ነው።
በሃይል አሰላለፉ ውስጥ የታየው ሌላው ለውጥ የውጭ መንግስታት አቋም እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ አንጻራዊ በሆነ መልኩ ለነጌታቸው አሰፋ አንጃ አንጻራዊ ወገንተኝነት አሳይተው የነበሩት የምዕራባውያን መንግስትታ ሁኔታውን በጥልቀት በመገምገም የአቁዋም ለውጥ አሳይተዋል፤ ይኸውም ኮማንድ ፖስቱ ቃል በገባው መሰረት ችግሩን በመጀመሪያ ስድስት ወር ውስጥ መፍታት አለመቻሉ እንዲሁም እንደ ቀላል በኦሮሚያ የተጀመረው የአዲስ አበባን ማስተር ፕላን ምክንያት አድርጎ በኦሮሚያ የተነሳው ህዝባዊ እምቢተኝነት በሂደት ወደ ሰሜን መዛመቱ ብቻ ሳይሆን የትግሉ ባህሪ ወደ ነፍጥ ደረጃ ያደገና መሆኑ በዚህ እኩይ ስርዓት ተስፋ እንዲቆርጡ አድርጓቸዋል።

ዛሬ ለነሱ ማለት ወያኔ ማለት እንኩዋን የተነሳውን ችግር የመፍታት አቅም ሊኖረው ጭራሽ በራሱ ውስጥ ያለው ቅራኔ እንኩዋን አስታርቆ ወደ ፊት ለመሄድ ተስኖት እንዲህ ሲልፈሰፈስ ማየታቸውና ብሎም አቸናፊ ሆኖ ሊወጣ የሚችለውን አካል በቀላሉ መለየት የማይቻልበትን ሁኔታ ሲያዩ አይናቸውን ከወያኔ በመንቀል ሌላ ማረፊያ ቢፈልጉ የሚገርም አይደለም።ወያኔም ቢሆን በዲምፕሎማሲው ዘርፍ ጸሃይዋ እንደ ጠለቀችበት በደንብ አውቆታል። በዚሁም የተነሳ ምዕራባውያን ከዚህ በፊት ባልታዬ ስጋት በአገሪቱ ፖለቲካ ላይ ዳይናሚክስና ተጽእኖ ፈጣሪ ያሏቸውን ግለሰቦች እየመረጡ በሚስጥር በር ማንኳኳትና መምከር ከጀመሩ ሰነባብተዋል ።

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by Reeyot Alemu

My name is Reeyot Alemu. I am a journalist and former prisoner of conscience in Ethiopia. I was a columnist for Feteh (Justice) newspaper, editor for Addis Press and was also the founder and columnist of Lewt, (Change), a monthly magazine. Like the fate of any media outlets critical of the repressive government, all the aforementioned publications were forced to close down and most of the journalists who worked for them have been jailed, tortured or exiled.

The reason why I am writing to you today is not to express self-pity. It is because I strongly believe that the World Health Organization (WHO), an important global institution, is on the verge of falling into the abyss of scandal. I fear that WHO’s reputation will be tarnished and credibility questioned if it elects Dr. Tedros Adhanom. The fact that Dr. Adhanom, one of the top human rights violators making life miserable to the people of Ethiopia, has managed to be the last three candidates, bidding to take over the position of Director-General, is very troubling and alarming.

I was arbitrarily detained on June 21, 2011 until I was freed without explanation in July 2015, a few days before former U.S. President Barack Obama visited Ethiopia. Abused, tortured and mistreated, I spent over four years or 1480 days of my life in the notorious Kalati jail. Like most journalists thrown in jails, I was charged with “terrorism” offenses and was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment.

During my unjust incarceration and solitary confinement, I became gravely ill from an excruciating breast malignancy, which was feared to grow into cancer. But I was denied painkillers let alone getting medical care. They clearly wanted to break me both physically and mentally. Even if I was asked repeatedly to admit the crimes I didn’t commit and beg for forgiveness, I refused to compromise my convictions for freedom of expression.

As a result of the injustice I had faced for writing articles critical of human rights violations and abuse of power, I counted and calculated the 2,131,200 minutes I was forced to spend in the dungeons of injustice. With the burden of injustice and unimaginable pains I had to endure, each minute was like a long day.

As someone who deeply cares not only about the present generation but the generations to come, I believe that we need visionary leaders that truly care about the wellbeing, rights, peace and security of every human being on earth.

The facts I, a victim of Adhanom’s regime, know about him and the polished “visionary” that well-paid PR firms like Mercury Public Affairs are trying to sell at a global stage are totally different. The man I know is a human rights violator who is still a member of the Executive Committee of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). The nine-member executive committee is the most powerful group in the country that makes terrible decisions like mass detentions, extrajudicial killings, land grab and even who to label a “terrorist”, like most journalists in jail. As it is widely known, TPLF imposed highly discriminatory and destructive policies to implement its divide and rule policies in Ethiopia.

Dr. Adhanom was also a cabinet minister of the ruthless dictator Meles Zenawi for nearly a decade. Zenawi was not alone but used accomplices and enablers like Dr. Adhanom. After jailing opponents and crippled civil society, Dr. Adhanom has defended everything the regime has done as the foreign minister of this ruthless regime besides being accused of hiding cholera outbreaks during his ministerial tenures.

He is still a member of parliament. The 547-seat parliament is totally controlled by Dr. Adhanom’s oppressive ruling party. During the last election in 2015, the ruling junta claimed to have “won” by 100 percent of the stage-managed elections.

Dr. Adhanom, in tandem with Zenawi and other top members of the incumbent tyranny, played a key role in the promulgation and imposition of the so-called Anti-Terrorism Proclamation No. 652/2009 and Charities and Societies Proclamation No. 621/2009. The former was deviously crafted to punish dissidents and journalists and the latter has been effectively used to destroy civil society organizations including nonprofits that had growing influence in areas of human rights, accountability and justice.

Under Dr. Adhanom’s “anti-terrorism law”, no terrorist has been convicted. But thousands of activists, dissidents and journalists have been victimized by the unjust draconian law. I too was convicted of being a terrorist. The evidence they presented in their Kangaroo court was nothing but the pictures I took for the purpose of reporting and the crtical commentaries I published in newspapers. The fate of so many courageous journalists such as Eskinder Nega, Wubishet Taye, my friend and colleague, former editor of Fitih newspaper and publisher Temesgen Desalegn, who are still languishing in jail, is all the same.

I believe that appointing Dr. Adhanom, who is an active participant in human rights violations and crimes against humanity, is ignoring the pains and suffering of the oppressed people of Ethiopia. As you know, political violence has been one of the primary causes of illness, disability and death to people around the world. I know from my own painful experience that Dr. Adhanom, as a core member of the ruling tyranny, is responsible for the crimes being perpetrated against innocent and defenseless civilians. I do hope that he will be held to account to the crimes he has committed as key member of a tyrannical regime.

I now live in the United States as an exile. I am haunted by the flashback of the hellish experience I went through under Dr. Adhanom’s tyranny. I also feel the pain and suffering of my people enduring mass detention, torture, extrajudicial killings and all sorts of crimes against humanity by a regime that Dr. Adhanom is serving with unflinching commitment. All the crimes they are perpetrating are well documented by many global human rights organizations such as Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists. He does not represent anyone but a repressive regime. I am certain that this fact is unmissable to any responsible person.

The Constitution of WHO declares: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.”

As an active and willing participant of crimes against humanity, Dr. Adhanom’s record speaks for itself in that he has neither the commitment, integrity, heart nor moral compass to uphold such a high standard constitution. Entrusting a human rights violator to lead the WHO is like putting a stamp of approval to those who abuse their power and influence in the pursuit of their narcissistic and parochial interests.

I, hereby, appeal the World Health Assembly and leadership of the WHO to reject the candidacy of Dr. Adhanom. Someone like Adhanom, who played a key role in causing the suffering and abuse of fellow human beings can never have the caliber and integrity needed to lead a global institution whose mission is the attainment of the highest possible level of health by every human being.

After all, as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” We cannot overlook not only the injustices across the world but also the perpetrators and their enablers that cause so much pains and suffering.

I thank you so much for your attention!

With highest regards Reeyot Alemu

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“ዘጭ እንቦጭ”

መጽሐፉን ለማተም የሚደፍር ማተሚያ ቤት በድፍን ኢትዮጵያ ጠፍቷል

ፕሮፌስር መስፍን

ዋዜማ ራዲዮ-“ዘጭ እንቦጭ” የተሰኘ ርዕስ እንዳለው የተነገረና በፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወልደማርያም የተጻፈው ባለ ሦስት መቶ ገጽ አዲስ የመጽሐፍ  አታሚ ማጣቱን ለደራሲው ቅርብ የሆኑ ግለሰቦች ለዋዜማ ተናግረዋል፡፡ 

ባለፉት ሁለት ወራት መጽሐፉን ለማሳተም በከተማዋ የሚገኙ በርካታ ማተሚያ ቤቶች እንደተንከራተቱ የገለጹት ለፕሮፌሰሩ ቅርብ የኾኑ ምንጮች ኾኖም አታሚዎች ገና የደራሲውን ስም ሲመለከቱ ድንጋጤ ዉስጥ እንደሚዘፈቁ ተናግረዋል፡፡

‹‹አንዳንዶች ‹‹እባካችሁ ችግር ዉስጥ አትንከተቱን፣ ሠርተን እንኑርበት›› ይሉናል፤ “የከፈልነውን ቀብድ መልሰው የሚሰጡንም አሉ›› ትላለች ረቂቁን በማሳተም ረገድ ጥረት እያደረጉ ካሉ ወጣቶች አንዷ ለዋዜማ ስለሁኔታው ተጠይቃ ስታብራራ፡፡፡፡

ማተሚያ ቤቶች  በበኩላቸው የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጁን በምክንያትነት ይጠቅሳሉ፡፡ ከኮማንድ ፖስት ሴክሬቴሪያት “የይታተምላቸው” የድጋፍ ደብዳቤ ካመጣችሁ እናትምላችኋለን የሚሉ የማተሚያ ቤት ኃላፊዎች እንዳጋጠሟትም ይህቺው ወጣት ተናግራለች፡፡

50ሺህ ኮፒዎችን ለማተም ዝግጅት ተደርጎ በሰኔ ወር መጀመርያ አንባቢ እጅ እንደሚደርስ ታሳቢ ተደርጎ የነበረው ይህ የፕሮፌሰር መስፍን አዲስ መጽሐፍ ዋና ይዘት ምን እንደሆነ ለደራሲው ቅርበት ያላቸው ወገኖች ከመግለጽ ተቆጥበዋል፡፡ ኾኖም ወቅታዊውን የኢትዮጵያ አንድነት አደጋ ላይ መውደቅ የሚዳስስ ክፍል እንዳለው ፍንጭ ሰጥተዋል፡፡

ከቅርብ አመታት ወዲህ ፕሮፌሰር መስፍን አገቱኒ፣ የክህደት ቁልቁለት፣ መክሸፍ እንደ ኢትዮጵያ እና አዳፍኔ የተሰኙ አወዛጋቢና ሰፊ መነጋገሪያ መሆን የቻሉ መጻሕፍትን ለአንባቢ ማቅረባቸው ይታወሳል፡፡

ፕሮፌስር መስፍን ለረጅም ዘመናት በአደባባይ ተሟጋችነት የሚታወቁ በሀገር ጉዳይ “ያጋባኛል” የሚሉ በዚህ አቋማቸውም ወህኒ እስከመውረድ የደረሱ ምሁር ናቸው።

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የጤና ኤክስቴንሽን ባለሞያዎች በኢትዮጵያ

አድሃኖም ሃገሩን ሳያድን አለምን አያድን

የተጀመረው በሐምሌ ወር  2001 አ.ም በአዲስ አበባ ጤና ቢሮ አስፈፃሚነትና በፌደራል ጤና ጥበቃ የበላይ ተቆጣጣሪነት ነው::

ህወሓት/ኢሕአዴግ በጤናው ዙሪያ እመርታ አስመዘገብኩባቸው ብሎ ከሚላቸውና በውጭ እርዳታ ሰጭዎችም ዘንድ ሞገስን አገኘሁበት ብሎ የሚኩራራበት ይኸው የጤና ኤክስቴንሽን ጥራዝ (ፓኬጅ)ነው::

የጤና ኤክስቴንሽን ጥራዙ አስራ አንድ ዋና ዋና ዘርፎች ሲኖሩት: ለምሳሌም የአካባቢ ንፅህና እንዲጠበቅ ማስቻል: ያልተፀዱ አካባቢዎች ንፁህ ለኑሮና ለጤና ተስማሚ እንዲሆኑ ማስቻል ይገኙበታል::  ከተጠቃሚው ዘንድ የሚሰሙ ጤናን የሚመለከቱ መረጃዎችን እንደግብአት ወስዶ ቅደመ-ጥንቃቄ በማድረግ ማህበረሰቡን ጤናማ ማድረግ ቁልፉ የጥራዙ መርህ ነው::

መሬት ላይ የሚሰራው ግን ሌላ ነው:: ሁሉም አምባገነኖች እንደሚያደርጉት ዜጎቹ እለት በእለት የሚያስቡትን መከታተልና “ባቄላዋ ሳታድር መቆርጠም” የሚሻው ህወሓት/ኢሕአዴግ ከህዝብ በሚሰበስበው ግብር የጤና ኤክስቴንሽን ባለሞያዎችን በማሰማራት ሕዝቡን ያፍናል::

የህወሓት/ኢሕአዴጎቹ የጤና ኤክስቴንሽን ባለሞያዎች ለምርጫ ቅስቀሳና ለፖለቲካ ማስፈፀሚያነት ማገልገል ነው ዋነኛ ተግባራቸው:: እነዚሁ ባለሞያዎች የፖለቲካ ቅስቀሳ በማድረግ: ማህበሮችን (የሴት ልማት ማህበር ለምሳሌ): ሴቶች እርስበርሳቸው ስለጤናቸው እንዲወያዩ ያለመ ቢሆንም የኢህአዴግ አባላት በመመልመል: በእድር ለቅሶ ቤትና ሌሎች ሰዎችን የሚያሰባስቡ ሁነቶች ላይ አገዛዙን በመካብ ህዝቡ ዘንድ ጉጉት እና ቅዤት በመፍጠር ቀላል የማይባል አገልግሎት ይሰጣሉ-ለአፋኙ አገዛዝ::  ሴቶችን በልማት ሊግ ስም በአባልነት መዝግበው የገዥውን ፓርቲ አባልነት መታውቂያ ያድላሉ:: የኢህአዴግ አባላት ቁጥር በአንዴ እንዲያሻቅብ በማድረግ በኩል የጤና ኤክስቴንሽን ባለሞያዎች ድርሻ ቀላል አይደለም-በግዴታ የሚመዘገቡ አባላትን በማበራከት::

በዚሁ የቤት ለቤት ተግባራቸው የመቃወም አዝማሚያ የሚታይበትን እንዲሁም የገዥው ፓርቲ አሰራር ልክ እንዳልሆነ የሚያወራ ማንኛውም ሰው ይጠቆራል: ይታሰራል: ይታፈናል: ማስፈራሪያዎች ይደርሱታል: እንዲሸማቀቅና በቀጣይ ከአፉ ቆጠብ እንዲል ይደረጋል:: በአገርአቀፍ ምርጫ ወቅት  የጤና ኤክስቴንሽን ባለሞያዎች ከምረቃ እንደወጡ ዋና ስራቸው ቤት ለቤት እየዞሩ የስልለላና ኢህአዴግን ምረጡ የሚል ሰፊ ቅስቀሳን ማድረግን እንጅ ከጤና ጋር የተያያዘ ስራ መከወን አልነበረም::  ጎርቤት በጎረቤቱ ላይ እንዲመስክር ይበረታታል:: ህዝቡ እርስ በርሱ ተፈራርቶ በሕብረት እንዳይቆምና መሰረታዊዎቹን የንፁህ መጠጥ ውሃ እና የሽንት ቤት ፅዳትን በተመለከተ እንኳን ማውራትን እንዳይደፍር ማሸማቀቅ ይደርስበታል::

በቅርቡ አሰቃቂ አደጋ በደረሰበት በተለምዶ ቆሼ ተብሎ በሚጠራው አካባቢ ሃያ ሁለት የጤና ኤክስቴንሽን ባለሞያዎች ባለሞያወች ይንቀሳቀሳሉ-እስከአምና በነበረው ቁጥር:: ላለፉት ዘጠኝ አመታት እነዚሁ ባለሞያወች የቆሼን አካባቢ አሰቃቂ አደጋ ሊታደግ የሚችል ዘገባ አላቀረቡም:: ሰውን የሚቀርቡት ለሌላ አላማ ስለሆነ ገዥውን ፓርቲ ለማዳን ብለው ሕዝቡን አደጋ ላይ ጥለውታል::

ህዝቡ ደሞዛቸውን ይከፍላል: በምላሹም ሲሸማቀቅ ይውላል:: በአንድ ለአምስት አሰራር ተጠርንፎ ተቃውሞ ማሰማትን እንደጦር ይፈራል:: አዲስ አበባ አሁን ያለችበት የዝምታ ድባብ አንዱ ምንጭ የጤና ኤክስቴንሽን ባለሞያዎች ትሩፋት ነው::

የአንዲት የዋህ ፀሐፊ ገጠመኝ

ገዥው ፓርቲ መቶ ከመቶ መድፈን ልምዱ ስላደረገው የጤናው ዘርፍም የቁጥር ጨዋታው በተዋረድ ደርሶታል:: እቅድና ክንውን በሚመዘገብበት ወረቀት ያቀድኩትን በሙሉ አሳክቻለሁ በማለት እንድትሞላ የተነገራት አንዲት ካድሬ ወደ አንድ ጤና ጣብያ በመሄድ ፀሐፊዋን ሁሉንም መስመሮች መቶ ስትል እንድትሞላ: አድካሚ እንዳይሆንባት ግን አንድ ጊዜ መቶን ፅፋ የቀሩትን በአንዳፍታ የምትሞላበትን አሰራር ታሳያታለች:: ነገሩ ወዲህ ነው:  ቤት ውስጥ ስትወልድ የሞትች እናት እና በወሊድ ምክንያት የሞቱ ሕፃናት ቁጥርን በተነገራት መሰረት የታቀደው ከተሳካው  አንፃር መቶ እንደሆነ ሞልታ ዘገባውን ትልካለች:: ታዲያ ስኬት ማለት ሁሌ መቶ መድፈን ሳይሆነ ዜሮም ዋጋ እንዳላት ያልተረጠረችው ሰራተኛ በሌሎች የጤና ባለሞያዎች ዘንድ መደናገጥን ፈጥራ ነበር::

ወደቁምነገሩ ስንመለስ ገዥው ፓርቲ ግብረሰናይ ድርጅቶችን ከአገር በማስወጣቱ በጤናው ዘርፍ እየተከሰቱ ያሉ ክፍተቶችን በሌላ ፅሁፍ የምንመለስበት ቢሆንም የኤች አይ ቪ ከእናት ወደልጅ መተላለፍ: የእናቶች በወሊድ ወቅት መሞትና: የሕፃናት ከአምስት ዓመት በፊት ሞት መበራከት የጤናው ዘርፍል ላይ ከፍተኛ ስጋት ደቅነዋል::

ዶ/ር ቴዎድሮስ አድሃኖም ሀገራቸውን ሳያድኑ አለምን ለማዳን የምረጡኝ ዘመቻቸውን ባጧጧፉበት በዚህ ሰዓት የኮሌራ ወረርሽኝን በአተት ስም እያስቀየሩ የፈፀሙት የፓርቲ ታማኝነት ዋጋ ሊያስከፍላቸው እንደሚችል የዚህ ፅሁፍ አርቃቂ ቢያምንም: በቀሩት ጥቂት ቀናትም አገር ወዳድ ኢትዮጵያውያን የግለሰቡን ተያያዥ ወንጀሎች በማጋለጥና ሃገራት ድምፃቸውን ኢንዱነፍጉት ጥረቱ ይቀጥል እላለሁ::

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ከአክሊሉ ሀብተወልድ

ፓትርያርክ ቴዎፍሎስ

ሐምሌ 7 ቀን 1971 ዓ.ም ዕለተ ቅዳሜ ከታላቁ ቤተ መንግሥት ምድር ቤት እስረኞች መካከል የክርስትና እምነት ተከታዮች የሆኑት በጠዋት ተነስተው በአባቶች መሪነት ጸሎት አድርሰዋል፡፡ የቅድስት ሥላሴ ካቴድራል ደውል ድምፅ ሲያስተጋባ ሰምተዋል፡፡ ፈጣሪያቸውን አውቀው በድፍረት ሳያውቁ በስህተት የፈፀሙትን በደል ይቅር እንዲላቸው ተማጽነዋል፡፡ ከጸሎት በኋላ እስረኞቹ ጧት ጸሐይ ለመሞቅና አየር ለመቀበል የተፈቀደላቸው ለ45 ደቂቃ ጊዜ አጠናቀው ወደየክፍሎቻው ተመልሰው ተቆልፎባቸዋል፡፡ የሐምሌ ጸሐይ በቀዝቃዛው በታላቁ ቤተ መንግሥት ምድር ቤት ውስጥ የታጎሩትን ታላላቅ ኢትዮጵያውያን ለማጽናናት የተላከች ይመስላል ፤ ሰማዩን በጋረደው ደመና መካከል ብልጭ ድርግም ትላለቸው፡፡

ከቀኑ 6፡00 ሰዓት ላይ ከእስረኛ ክፍል ቁጥር 2 የሚፈለጉት ሰዎች ሥም ዝርዝር በመጥራት ‹‹ራቅ ወዳለ ቦታ ስለምትሄዱ ብርድ ልብስ እና ሶፍት ያዙ›› ተብሎ ተነገራቸው… በመቀጠልም ወደ ክፍል 1 በእስረኞች አለቃ አማካኝነት የሚፈልጉትን የእስረኛ ስም መጥራት ጀመሩ …

‹‹ልጅ ካሳ ወ/ማርያም ፤ ብ/ጀ ሳሙኤል አበበ !›› ከዚያም ‹‹ ወደ ውጭ ትፈለጋላችሁ ፤ የምትሄዱበት ራቅ ወደአለ ቦታ ስለሆነ የብርድ ልብስና የሽንት ቤት ወረቀት ያዙ ተብሏል›› አሉ፡፡

በዚህ ጊዜ ልጅ ካሳ ወ/ማርያም ወደ ፓትርያርክ ቴዎፍሎስ ቀርበው ፤

‹‹ አባታችን ሊገሉን ነው ፤ ይፍቱኝ ›› አሏቸው ፡፡ እሳቸውም ‹‹እግዚአብሔር ይፍታ ፤ አይዞህ አትፍራ ሥጋህን እንጂ ነፍስህን አይገድሏትም›› አሏቸው፡፡ ልጅ ካሳ ወ/ማርያም መስቀል ተሳልመው ከወጡ ከጥቂት ጊዜ በኋላ ፓትርያርክ ቴዎፍሎስ ስማቸው ተጠራ፡፡ ፓትያርኩ ስማቸው ሲጠራ ከደረጃው ሥር ወዳለው መኝታቸው በመሔድ የሚፈልጉትን ልብስ መርጠው ከለበሱ በኋላ ጸሎት ማድረስ ጀመሩ ፤ በዚህ ሁኔታ በርካታ ደቂቃዎች አለፉ ፤ የመንፈስ አባታቸው አቡነ ዮሐንስ ከዓመታት በፊት ‹‹.. ፍጻሜአቸው መከራ የበዛበት ይሆናል›› ብለው የተናገሩት ትንቢት ቀኑ ደረሰ፡፡

ከቁጥር 1 የተጠሩት ሌሎች እስረኞችና ከቁጥር 2 የተጠሩት አውቶማቲክ መሳሪያ ታጥቀው በተጠንቀቅ በቆሙ ወታደሮች እየተጠበቁ ቁጥር 1 በር አጠገብ ቆመዋል፡፡ የመቶ አለቃ ሚካኤል አመዴ ደጋግመው ፓትርያርክ ቴዎፍሎስን ይጣራሉ ፤ ‹‹ አባታችን እየተጠበቁ እኮ ነው !›› አሏቸው ፡፡ ፓትርያርኩ ጸሎታውን ካደረሱ በኋላ በእጃቸው የእንጨት መስቀል ጨብጠው 3 ዓመት ከ3 ወር ከ7 ቀን የቆዩባትን የደረጃ ስር ማረፊያቸውን ለቀው በዚያ ቁመታቸው አየሩን እየቀዘፉ ፤ በራሳቸው ላይ የመነኩሴ ቆብ አጥልቀው ፤ ከሀር የተሰራ ጥቁት የመነኩሴ ልብስ ለብሰው ፤ ከላይ ካባ ደርበው ፤ የቆዳ ነጠላ ጫማ ተጫምተውና በግርማ ሞገስ ቀና ብለው ወደፊት እያዩ ከማረፊያቸው ወጡ ፤ ዶ/ር አበራ ጀምበሬ እንደጻፉት መስቀላቸውን እያማተቡ ግርማ ባለው አረማመድ ወጡ – የሚያስቸኩል ምክንያትም አልነበራቸውም፡፡

በዚህ ጊዜ ፓትርያርኩ ላይ በፊታቸው ላይ የሚነበብ አንዳች ፍርሀት ፤ ጭንቀት ምልክት አልነበረም፡፡ ይልቁንም የሚታይባቸው የመረጋጋት ስሜት ነበር፡፡ በክፍሉ ውስጥ የነበሩት ቀሪ  ታሳሪዎች ፊታቸውን ቅጭም አድርገው ዓይኖቻቸውን ተክለው ይመለከቷቸው ነበር፡፡ የእሳቸው አይን ግን በማንም ላይ አላተኮሩም ነበር፡፡ አቶ ንጉሤ ሀብተወልድ ፓትርያርኩ ተጠርተው ሲወጡ  የነበራቸውን ሁኔታ ሲገልጹ ‹‹ ሠዓሊ ሆኜ በዚየ ቁመታቸው አየሩን እየቀዘፉ በመካከላችን አልፈው ሲሔዱ በስዕል ማስቀረት ብችል እንዴት ደስ ባለኝ ነበር›› በማለት ነበር፡፡

የቁጥር 1 እስረኞች እንግዳ እንደሚቀበል ወይም እንደሚሸኝ ሰልፈኛ በሁለት ረድፍ ቆመዋል፡፡ ቴዎፍሎስ በመካከላቸው ሲያልፉ የሚመለከቷቸው ለመጨረሻ ጊዜ እንደሆነ አልተጠራጠሩም፡፡ እሳቸውም የነገ ጠዋቱን 45 ደቂቃ ጸሐይ አብረዋቸው እንደማይሞቁ ተረድተዋል፡፡ ከአራት ቀን በፊት ሐምሌ 3 ጸሐፌ ትዕዛዝ ተፈራ ወርቅ ኪዳነ ማርያም ፤አቶ ሰይፉ ማኅተመ ሥላሴ ፤ ሐምሌ 5 ቀን ደግሞ አቶ አበበ ከበደ እና አቶ አሰፉ ድፋዬ በዚሁ ሁኔታ ተጠርተው ወጥተው ሳይመለሱ ቀርተዋል ፡፡ ዛሬ ደግሞ ሐምሌ 7 ነው፡፡

ፓትርያርኩ መደዳውን በቆሙት እስረኞች መካከል ሲያልፉ ‹‹ አይዟችሁ የሥጋ ሞት አትፍሩ ፤ የሚያስፈራ ዳግም ሞት ነው ፤ እግዚአብሔር ከዳግም ሞት ያድናችሁ›› ብለው እያጽናኑ መንገዳቸውን ቀጠሉ፡፡ ሞት ከእያንዳንዱ እስረኛ ከጥቂት ጫማዎች ርቀት ላይ ሆኖ ቢለዋውን እየሳለ ነበር፡፡ የማይታወቀው ቅደም ተከተሉ እንጂ ሁሉም ሞት ተደግሶላቸው ነበር፡፡

ፓትርያርኩ ቀደም ካሉት እስረኞች ጋር ከተቀላቀሉ በኋላ ከሚጠብቃቸው መኪና ላይ እንደተሳፈሩ አይኖቻቸውን በጥቁር ጨርቅ ሸፈኗቸው፡፡ መኪናው የታላቁን ቤተመንግሥት ግቢ ለቆ ወደ አራት ኪሎ አመራ ፤ አውቶማቲክ መሳሪያ የታጠቁ ወታደሮች በቅርብ ርቀት ላይ እስረኞችን መከተል ያዘች ፡፡ እስረኞቹ የተገኙበት መኪና ውስጥ ጸጥታ ሰፍኗል፡፡ እንዳያዩ አይኖቻቸው ተሸፍነዋል ፤ ጆሯቸው ግን በመንገድ ላይ የሚተላለፉ የመኪና ድምጾችን ይሰሙ ነበር ፤ መኪናዋ ፓርላማውን በቀኝ ፤ የነጻነት ሃውልትን በግራ ፤ የዳግማዊ ምንሊክ ት/ቤትን በቀኝ ፤ ፓትርያርኩ መንበረ ፓትርያርክ ቀድሰው ያቆረቡበት ፤ ቆመው ያስተማሩበት ፤ የፕትርክና ማዕረግን ያገኙበትን  በግራ አድርጋ ፤ አንበሳ ግቢን በቀኝ ፤ አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲን በግራ እያለች እንጦጦ ተራራን ሽቅብ ወጥታ ልዑል ራስ አስራት ካሳ ግቢ ደርሳለች ፡፡

ፓትርያርኩ የሚገኙበት መኪና ልዑል ራስ አስራት ካሳ ግቢ ዋናው በር ላይ ተጠግቶ ቆመ ፤ በሩ ላይ ቆሞ የነበረው ተረኛ ወታደር ጠጋ ብሎ የሥራ ባልደረቦቹ እንደሆኑ ካረጋገጠ በኋላ በሩን ከፈተ ፤ መኪናዋም ሰተተ ብላ ገብታ ቆመች፡፡ እስረኞቹም ከመኪኖቻቸው ከወረዱ በኋላ አይናቸው ላይ የተጋረደባቸው ጨርቅ ተፈታላቸው፡፡ ግቢው ግርማ ሞገስ የተላበሰ የተንጣለለ በአታክልት የተሸቆጠቆጠ ነበር ፤ ፍጹም ሰላም የሰፈነበት ግቢ ፤ እስረኞቹም ይህ ግቢ ከዚህ በፊት ግብዣ ተጠርተው በልተው ጠጥተው ተደስተው ወጥተውበት ነበር ፤ ዛሬ ግን ሌላ  ግብዣ አዘጋጅቶ ታዳሚያን አድርጎ ጠርቷቸዋል፡፡ የግቢው ባለቤት ሕዳር 14 ቀን 1967 በግፍ ከርቸሌ ግቢ ውስጥ የኃይለስላሴ  ባለስልጣናት ጋር ከተረሽኑት አንዱ ናቸው፡፡

በግቢው ውስጥ በእጃቸው መሣሪያ ያልያዙ ፤ አካላቸው የደነደነ ወታደሮች ውር ውር ይላሉ፡፡ ልዩ ሃይል(Special Force)  ወይም ‹ተወርዋሪ ኃይል› ጦር አንዱ ክንፍ የሚኖረው እዚህ ግቢ ውስጥ መሆኑን እስረኞቹ አያውቁም፡፡ የወታደሮቹ ብዛት 60 ነው፡፡ ይህ ግቢ መንግሥት ከወረረሰው በኋላ የኩባ ሰራዊት ይኖርበት ነበር፡፡ የኩባ ሰራዊት ወደ ሐረርጌ ከሄደ በኋላ ልዩ ሃይል(Special Force) እንዲኖሩበት ተደርጓል፡፡ የሰፈሩት የጦር አባላት አሰልጠኝ ኮ/ል ዘርይሁን አጋፋሪ ሲሆን ወታደሮቹን እንዲያሰለጥን የመደበው ደግሞ የሕዝብ ደሕንነት ሚኒስትሩ ኮ/ር ተስፋዬ ወ/ሥላሴ ነበሩ፡፡ ኮረኔሉ እናታቸው ያወጣችላቸው ስም ‹‹ዘርይሁን›› ነበር ዛሬ ግን ዘር ለማጥፋት ሰዎችን ወደ ሞት እየገፉ ነበር፡፡

ከቤተ መንግሥት የመጡ እስረኞች ዓይኖቻቸውን አፍጥጠው ቀድሞ በቦታው ከነበሩ ሰዎች ጋር ተቀላቀሉ ፤ እነርሱም ከተለያዩ ቦታ የሞት ፍርድ የተፈረደባቸው እስረኞች ነበሩ ፤ የሚያነክሱ ፤ በእጃቸው ብርድልብስ የያዙ ፤ ትናንሽ ቋጠሮዎችን ያዘሉ ፤ የተቦጫጨሩ ሰዎች….አብዛኞቹ እስረኞች ይተዋወቃሉ ፤ ነገር ግን ቀጥሎ ያለውን ድርጊት ስለማያውቁት ፈገግታ የከዳውና ጉም የለበሰ ፊት ተሸክመዋልለለ ፤ አንዳንዶቹ ከፓትርያርኩ መስቀል ቀረብ ብለው ይሳለሙ ነበር ፤ ተራማጆች ነን የሚሉ ደግሞ በመጨረሻዋ ሰዓት እንኳን ፊታቸውን ሊፈቱላቸው ፍቃደኞች አልነበሩም፡፡

ኮ/ል ዘርይሁን አጋፋሪ ወታደር ዘውዱን ጠርቶ ወደ ቢሮው ወሰደው ፤ ከጥቂት ደቂቃዎች በኋላ  ወታደር ዘውዱ የ15 ሰዎች ሥም ዝርዝር ያለበትን ወረቀት ከውስጥ ይዞ ብቅ አለ፡፡ ለወታደሩ የተሰጠው ትዕዛዝ ወረቀቱ ላይ ያሉትን ሥሞች በቀደም ተከተላቸው እየጠራ ወደ ውስጥ እንዲዘልቁ ማድረግ ነበር፡፡ በመጀመሪያው ረድፍ ላይ የፓትርያርኩ የአቡነ ቴዎፍሎስ ስም ነበር፡፡ ወታደሩ እስረኞቹ ከቤቱ በስተግራ በኩል እንዲሰለፉ አዘዛቸው ፤  በዚሁ መሰረት  ስማቸው ሲጠራ ቋጠሮቻቸውን እንደያዙ የተተከሉትን አታክልት ተጠግተው ከፓትርያርኩ ጀርባ ተሰልፈው ቆሙ ፤ ቀጥሎም ‹ስማችሁ ሲጠራ የያዛችሁትን ቋጠሮ እዚሁ ትታችሁ ወደ ውስጥ ትገባላችሁ› የሚል መመሪያ ከሰጠ በኋላ ፡፡ ወታደር ዘውዱም በመጀመሪያ ‹‹ አቡነ ቴዎፍሎስ ..ይግቡ›› አለ፡፡ ፓትርያርኩም ቀና ብለው ካዩት በኋላ ደረጃውን እየተራመዱ ወጡ፡፡ በዚያች ቀን እድሜያቸው 69 ዓመት ከ 2 ወር ነበር ፡፡

ፓትርያርክ ቴዎፍሎስ ከውጭ ወደ ቤቱ የሚያስገባውን ደረጃ ወጥተው ሳሎኑን አቋርጠው ወደ ኮሪደሩ የሚወስደው በር ላይ እንደደረሱ ኮ/ል ዘርይሁን ‹‹ወደዚህ ..ወደዚህ አላቸው›› ፤ ወደተባሉበት ቦታ አመሩ ኮ/ል ዘርይሁን ፊትለፊት ተቀምጦ ታያቸው ፤ አጠገቡ ሊደርሱ ትንሽ ሲቀራቸው ‹‹ እዚያው ይቁሙ›› የሚል ትዕዛዝ ተላለፈላቸው፡፡ ፓትርያርኩ ትኩር ብለው ያዩት ነበር ፤ ኮረኔሉም ትኩር ብሎ አያቸው ፤ ያውቃቸዋል ….በደንብ ያውቃቸዋል…

‹‹አዎን አንድ ጊዜ ታላቁ ቤተመንግስት በነበረበት ጊዜ አይናቸውን ታመው ክቡር ዘበኛ ሆስፒታል ለሕክምና ሲላኩ አጅቦ አድርሶ መልሷቸው ነበር ፤ ሁኔታውንም እንዲህ ነበር

ፓትርያርክ ቴዎፍሎስ ታላቁ ቤተመንግሥት እስር ቤት ከገቡ በኋላ ዓይናቸውን ለመታከም ጃል ሜዳ ክቡር ዘበኛ ሆስፒታል ይባል ወደነበረው የሕክምና ተቋም ሲላኩ ኮ/ል ዘርይሁን አጅቦ ሲሄዱ አራት ኪሎ ይደርሳሉ ፤ ቅድስት ማርያም ቤተ ክርስቲያን አጠገብ እንደደረሱ ፤ የሁለቱ መንታ ሕንጻዎች መገንባት ፍጥነቱን ተመልክተው ..

‹‹ጎሽ ! ጎሽ እነዚህ ሰዎች ሰውን ማሰርና መግደል ብቻ ሳይሆን ሥራም ያውቃሉ ማለት ነው›› ብለው ሲያበቁ ዞር ብለው ኮ/ልን

‹‹አንተ ሀገር የት ነው ?›› አሉት

ኮረኔሉም ‹‹ማቻክል›› ብሎ መለሰ

እርሳቸውም ‹‹ ታዲያ የማቻክል ልጅ ከሆንክ እስከ ዛሬ ለምን አልጠየከኝም? ›› አሉት

እሱም ‹‹ ዛሬ እኮ እንዳጅብዎት የተመደብኩት ለዚህ ነው አላቸው››

‹‹ደግ ይሁን ›› አሉ..

ኮ/ል ዘርይሁን ከዚህ በፊት በእንዲህ አይነት ሁኔታ በደንብ ያውቃቸው ነበር ፤ ዛሬ ግን በቀነ ጎዶሎ  ሊገደሉ ከፊቱ ቆመዋል፡፡

ኮ/ል ዘርይሁን በስህተት ሌላ ሰው እንዳይገድል በመጠንቀቅ ፤ የስም ዝርዝር የተጻፈበትን ወረቀት ከተመለከተ በኋላ ቀና ብሎ ‹‹ አቡነ ቴዎፍሎስ ነዎት አላቸው ›› ፤ እርሳውም ‹‹አዎን›› አሉት ፤ በማስከተልም ‹‹ወደ እኔ ጠጋ ይበሉ አላቸው›› ፤ ፓትርያርክ ቴዎፍሎስም ወደፊት በመራመድ ላይ እንዳሉ ከጨለማው ቦታ ውስጥ ቆሞ የነበረው ወታደር ወፍ ለመያዝ አድብታ እንደምትጠብቅ ድመት ከተደበቀበት ድንገት ተወርውሮ በሁለት እጆቹ ላይ ጠምጥሞ አጥብቆ የያዘውን ገመድ በአንገታቸው አስገባ ፤ ገመዱም እንዲሸበብ ከጉልበቱ ሸብረክ በማለት በራሱ ዙሪያ ተሸከርክሮ በማጎንበስ ነፍሳቸው እስክተወጣ በጀርባው ተሸከማቸው ፡፡ ነፍሳቸው መውጣቷን ሲያረጋግጥ ከአለቃው ፊት እንደ ግንድ ወረወራቸው ፡፡ ከዚያም በመሬት እየጎተተ ለሬሳ ማከማቻ ወደተዘጋጀው ክፍሎ ወሰዳቸው ፤  መጀርባም ዘረጋቸው…..

ከእሳቸውም ቀጥሎ እስከ 9፡30 ድረስ አንድ በአንድ ግቢው ውስጥ ያሉትን እስረኞች በዚህ ሁኔታ ጨረሷቸው ፤..

ኮ/ል ለገሰ በላይነህ ግድያው እንደመፈጸሙ ሪፖርት ከደረሳቸው በኋላ መጥተው ከባሕር እንደወጣ አሳ መደዳውን የተነጠፈውን የሟች አስከሬን በመመለከት ወሬ ወደውጭ እንዳይወጣ ትዕዛዝ ሰጥተው እዛው እንዲቀበሩ አደረጉ፡፡

ይህ የግድያ ቲያትር ላይ የተሳተፉ ወታደሮች በሚቀጥለው ቀን በማዕከላዊ ምርመራ ወጪ ሶደሬ ሔደው እንዲዝናኑ ተደረገ ፤ ዘግናኙን ድርጊት ረስተው ለተመሳሳይ ዘግናኝ ግድያ እንዲዘጋጁ ለማድረግ ፤ከዚያ ሲመለሱ ገመድና ጓንት ይታደላቸዋል .. ወደ ቀደመ ስራቸው በሌላ ተልዕኮ ይሰማራሉ ፤ የሰው ልጅ አንገትን እንደ ዶሮ እየሸበቡ ያሳርፋሉ ፤ ለእነሱ ሕይወት ማለት ይኽው ነው….. ዛሬስ ግፍ አድራጊዎች ሕሊናቸው በምን የጸዱት ይሆን? የትስ ሀገር ቢኬድ ከሕሊና ዳኝነት ማን ይተርፍ ይሆን? መፍትሄው እንደሰው ሆኖ በማሰብ ማድረግ እና መደረግ የሌለበትን ነገር መለየት ብቻ ነው …..

አቡነ መርቆሬዎስ ፓትርያርክ ከሆኑ በኋላ ቤተክርስቲያን ለሌ/ኮ መንግሥቱ ኃ/ማርያም እንዲ ብላ ላከች ፤ ‹‹ብጹዕ ወቅዱስ አቡነ ቴዎፍሎስ በሕይወት አሉ ወይስ የሉም? በሕይወት ከሌሉ ጸሎተ ፍትሀት ልናደርግላቸው ይገባናል፡፡››  ሌ/ኮ መንግሥቱም በቁጣ ‹‹ ምን አድርግ ነው የምትሉኝ? ይኽው ሁለት ጳጳሳት ፤ ሁለት የካህናት ተወካዮች ፤ ሁለት የምዕመናን ተወካዮች የፈረሙበት ወረቀት …እርምጃ ይወሰድልን ብላችሁ የጠየቃችሁት እናንተ አይደላችሁም እንዴ? ››አሉ፡፡ ሚዛን የማያነሳ መልስ፣፣፣…ገነት አየለ ስትጠይቃቸውም ‹‹ይህን የሚያውቀው ተስፋዬ ወ/ሥላሴ ነው አሉ›› ነገር ግን የመጀመሪያ ልጃቸው በ1980ዎቹ መጀመሪያ አካባቢ በአንድ አጋጣሚ የቤተሰብ ወዳጅ በሆነ ሰው ቤት የአቡነ ቴዎፍሎስን ፎቶ ግራፍ አልበም ውስጥ አይታ ወደ ቤት ከተመለሰች በኋላ ‹‹እኒያ የድሮ ጳጳስ ዘመዳችን መሆናቸውን ታውቅ ነበር? ብላ ስትጠይቃቸው መንግሥቱም እየተርበተበቱ ‹‹ አይ አላቅም ነበር …ታዲያ …. እኮ… ጥፋተኛው እሳቸው ናቸው …. እኔ ምን ላድርግ? ›› ብለው ነበር፡፡ ኮ/ል ተስፋዬ ወ/ሥላሴ በገመድ አንቀው ሰዎችን የገደሉትን የልዩ ኃይል አባላት ሰብስበው እንዲያመሰግኑላቸው ሲያዟቸው  መንግሥቱ ሟቾቹ እነማን እንደሆኑ አያውቁም ነበር? ….

ምንጭ ፡- ቀዳማዊ ቴዎፍሎስ ፓትርያርክ (የሕወት ታሪክ)

ፀሐፊ – ታምራት አበራ ጀምበሬ

አዲስ አበባ

2009

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Addis Standard

Addis Abeba, May 16, 2017 – The Federal High court fourth criminal bench has today passed a guilty verdict against Yonatan Tesfaye, former opposition Blue Party public relations head.

Yonatan was first arrested in December 2015, barely a month after the first wave of a year-long #Oromoprotests erupted.  He was held incommunicado during the pre-trial weeks and was subsequently charged in May 2016 under Ethiopia’s infamous anti-terrorism proclamation (ATP).

Yonatan has been defending the charges against him since then. The charges of ‘encouragement of terrorism’, stipulated under article six of the ATP, were largely drawn from his Facebook activism during the protests. According to article six of the ATP, “Whosoever publishes or causes the publication of a statement that is likely to be understood by some or all of the members of the public to whom it is published as a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducements to them to the commission or preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism…” is subject to terrorism charges.

He had presented several defense witnesses, including prominent opposition party leaders from the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), Bekele Gerba and Dr. Merera Gudina, who are in jail at the time of their testimony fighting charges of terrorism and multiple criminal charges respectively, and journalist Eskendir Nega, who is serving 18 years in prison for terrorism-related charges.

In addition, Yonatan’s close friend Ephrem Tayachew, his father Tesfaye Regassa, and his sister Gedamnesh Tesfaye as well as academicians from the Addis Abeba University (AAU), including the outspoken philosopher Dr. Dagnachew Assefa and Dr. Yaqob Hailemariam have all appeared in court to testify in defense of Yonatan’s innocence.

However, this morning the court in its verdict overruled all defense testimonials by upholding prosecutors’ accusations. Yonatan’s sentencing is adjourned to May 25.

Yonatan could face from ten to 20 years rigorous prison term in a federal prison; however, the court ruled that he can appeal for a minimum sentence.

***According to new information Addis Standard received, after the sentencing is handed over, Yonatan’s defense team, led by his lawyer Shibiru Belete, is planning to object to the verdict and appeal for the charges to be reduced to criminal charges.

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(IRIN) — A woman with a pink cloth wrapped around her head climbs out of a window on the fourth floor of a residential building. She peers at the ground far below, clutching onto the window ledge as voices in the background yell at her to come inside. Instead, she jumps, her scream lingering for four seconds before she hits the ground.

The video was broadcast on Lebanon’s Al-Jadeed TV in March, with a voiceover explaining that the woman was an Ethiopian domestic worker in Khalde, an area south of Beirut.

According to statistics obtained by IRIN from General Security, Lebanon’s intelligence agency, migrant domestic workers in Lebanon are dying at a rate of two per week. Many of the deaths are suicides or botched escape attempts in which migrant women choose to jump off buildings rather than continue working in abusive and exploitative situations.

Human Rights Watch reported on the situation of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon in a 2008 report that put the death rate at one per week. Since then, heightened activism and advocacy on the issue seems to have had little impact. The bodies of 138 migrant domestic workers were repatriated between January 2016 and April this year.

Rights groups have been advocating for better protections of migrant workers in Lebanon for years and in 2014 domestic workers managed to found their own union – the first of its kind in the region. Yet little has changed. Women coming from Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Kenya, and other developing countries are still bound by the kefala (sponsorship) system, which gives employers total control over their lives.

Beaten and sexually abused

Yorda*, a 37-year-old from Eritrea, escaped after five years as a domestic worker for a wealthy family in Tripoli. She received no salary, no days off, and slept on the kitchen floor. She suffered beatings from her “madam” and sexual harassment from the woman’s husband. “It was hell,” said Yorda, who was not allowed to contact her family in Eritrea. Now she’s a registered refugee and is informally leading an Ethiopian migrant workers’ church in Beirut. She told IRIN that many of the women who come to her church feel trapped by the conditions of live-in domestic work. “Many are going crazy. Even when they run away, they live in rooms with six or seven people stuck together. That makes you crazy too,” Yorda said.

The increase in migrant workers’ deaths coincides with a decrease in public reporting and enquiry. The only NGO actively tallying migrant domestic workers’ deaths is KAFA, a Lebanese women’s rights group, which relies on local news reports to mapcases. They have found only 10 to 12 cases a year on average since 2010, and hadn’t detected the recent increase.

At a migrant community centre in Beirut, 37-year-old Ethiopian Rahel Zegeye, a volunteer with the pro-migrant rights Anti-Racism Movement, said that suicides are difficult to document because many women who die never left their employers’ homes. Zegeye has tried to follow up on several suicide cases but said: “I don’t have power to ask the government anything here.” She swiped through photos of injured Ethiopian domestic workers on her phone: some unconscious and bruised, others pregnant, sick, or bleeding on the floor – all of them women, many of whom Zegeye said had since died.

A hidden crisis

Ethiopia has banned labour migration to the Middle East, but migrant women continue to arrive illegally from there every day. Unseen and unrecorded, they are locked into work situations that often end in abuse, imprisonment, deportation or even death.

“So many Ethiopians come here… Why doesn’t the Lebanese government stop them?” said Zegeye. “Our young generation is dying here.”

KAFA communications coordinator Maya Ammar said her organisation had tried to gather more information about migrant deaths reported in the media from General Security, “but the file is closed after 24 hours, with no further investigation. We don’t know the girl, her name, her family or how to reach them. We ask the Ethiopian embassy, and they don’t cooperate much. No one is following up.”

General Security declined to comment on the causes of death and the Ministry of Labour could not be reached for comment.

Halima Mohamed, Ethiopia’s Consul General in Lebanon, refused to discuss details of deaths, saying there were only a few each year and that the embassy cannot pressure Lebanese authorities to investigate or prosecute. “If the girl dies, we are always looking for a report. But in a country where there is no rule of law or accountability, how do you trust [it]? You cannot verify anything,” Mohamed told IRIN. “These girls are locked into homes for years. They are young ladies with no knowledge who cannot protect themselves.”

Ineffective travel bans

Ethiopia’s approach of banning citizens from going to work in Lebanon has been tried by Nepal, the Philippines, and Madagascar at different times, and yet the number of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon rose from just under 130,000 in 2014 to nearly 170,000 in 2016, according to the Ministry of Labour – and that is excluding those who arrive without formal work permits. “We banned sending working girls to all of the Middle East years ago, but unofficially, there is trafficking,” Mohamed said. She explained that Ethiopians can easily come as tourists, or via third countries, and then obtain a work visa after arriving in Lebanon.

Zeina Mezher of the International Labor Organization said travel bans actually increase migrant workers’ vulnerability. “We’re not at all supportive of bans in countries of origin. They put migrants at more risk of exploitation and trafficking,” she told IRIN.

Instead, ILO advocates for comprehensive bilateral agreements between origin and destination countries to regulate recruitment, migration, and working conditions. Such agreements “should have the migrants’ rights at their heart”, said Mezher.

No legal standing

Farah Salka, executive director of the Anti-Racism Movement, said the Lebanese government has little interest or capacity to change its migrant labour system. “There is nothing called law for migrant domestic workers here. It’s not that there is bad law; there is no law,” Salka explained.

Domestic workers are excluded from Lebanon’s labour law, which means they have no guarantees to a minimum wage, days off, or recourse in cases of withheld salaries, sexual, verbal or physical abuse. Instead, they have the kefala system, which stipulates that migrant workers must live with their employers, and cannot change workplaces without their employers’ consent.

Workers often try seeking help from their agencies, only to be ignored or further exploited. After being beaten and locked inside by her employer, 22-year-old Kenyan Tenesia* asked her agency to help her. Instead, they confiscated her passport and sent her to work for other families without pay. “The agent told me to wait and work, and he will get money for my ticket to go home,” Tenesia said. She worked another year and four months before getting in touch with the Kenyan embassy, which helped her escape to a women’s shelter run by Caritas. She still doesn’t have her passport or money for a flight home.

NGOs provide some assistance to migrant workers, but real changes to their conditions would require top-down policy change, which is not a priority for the Lebanese government according to Ammar of KAFA. “There’s no intention at all to reconsider any of the kefala system. The government and public security are convinced that it protects the worker by controlling them,” she commented. “There are lots of racist assumptions – that these women are weak and need to be kept with a family, for example.”

Speaking up

The domestic workers’ union was set up in late 2014 under the wings of the National Federation of Worker and Employee Trade Unions in Lebanon (FENASOL) with the aim of empowering domestic workers to protect and advocate for themselves, said Farah Abdallah, a FENASOL representative. But as migrants are not allowed to unionise under Lebanese law, the union’s president is Lebanese and it has primarily provided migrant domestic workers only with access to Lebanese people who can speak up on their behalf.

“We report problems to FENASOL, and they talk to the employers,” said 44-year-old Filipina Idan Tejano, president of the union’s general assembly. She came to Lebanon in 2012 as a migrant worker, but left her employer after six months because she wasn’t receiving her salary or any days off. Under the kefala system, she is now considered an illegal runaway. “We don’t have papers, so we cannot go to report our problems. If we tell the police that the employers did not give us salaries, they will arrest us,” Tejano said.

Last December, Lebanese authorities deported Nepalese migrant domestic worker and activist Sujana Raja on International Human Rights Day, expelling another Nepalese migrant domestic worker, Roja Limbu, a few days later. Both had legal status and work visas, but were also known union members and community organisers, which Human Rights Watch suggested was the reason for their deportation.

Fear of arbitrary detention and deportation has limited migrant workers’ ability to advocate for legal reforms and better working conditions. “No one wants to take risks in any kind of organising,” Salka said. Most migrant domestic workers who are still with their employers can’t leave the house, so those who can attend events like marches are mostly illegal “runaways”, and thus at risk. “What if we have a candlelight vigil with 20 workers, then police show up and take them? What can we do for them?” Salka asked. “Nothing.”

[TOP PHOTO: An Ethiopian migrant domestic worker holds a child during the annual Migrant Workers’ March, held in Beirut every year on Workers’ Day to advocate for better working conditions and accountability for migrant abuse and deaths. Credit: Anti-Racism Movement]

*Full names withheld for the source’s own safety 

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ስዩም ተሾመ

[አብርሃ ደስታ

ለዚህ ፅሁፍ መነሻ የሆነኝ የዓረና ትግራይ ፓርቲ አባል የሆኑት አቶ ዘነበ ሲሳይ በፌስቡክ ገፃቸው ላይ ያወጧት ፅሁፍ እና ይህን ተከትሎ ከፓርቲው ሊቀመንበር አቶ አብርሃ ደስታ የተሰጠው ምላሽ ነው። አቶ አብርሃ ደስታ በፌስቡክ ገፃቸው ላይ በሰጡት ምላሽ የግለሰቡ ተግባር ፍፁም ተቀባይነት እንደሌለውና ፓርቲውንም እንደሚጎዳ ገልፀው፣ በጉዳዩ ላይ ውሳኔ ለመስጠት አስቸኳይ ስብሰባ መጥራታቸውን አስታውቀዋል።

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ሠዓሊ አምሳሉ ገ/ኪዳን አርጋው

“ከእግዚአብሔር በታች የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተክርስቲያን ምእመናንን ወይም መንጋውን እጠብቅ ዘንድ ከእግዚአብሔር አደራ የተጣለብኝና ለተጣለብኝ አደራ የቆምኩ የቅድስት ቤተክርስቲያን ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ ነኝ!” ሐ.ሥ. 20 ፤ 28 የሚል አካል ካለ ሳይውል ሳያድር በአስቸኳይ ለዚህ የክህደት ተግባር አጸፋ መውሰድ የሚጠበቅበትን እርምጃ ወስዶ ለሕዝበ ክርስቲያኑ ይፋ ማድረግ ግድ ይጠበቅበታል!!!

ከታች በፎቶ (በምስለ አካሉ) ከቀረበው መረጃ ማረጋገጥ እንደሚቻለው የመናፍቁ የእነ አቦይ ማትያስ ቡድን ከመናፍቃን ጋር ባላቸው የእምነትና የዓላማ አንድነት ምክንያት በቅድስት ቤተክርስቲያን ላይ በድብቅ ሲፈጽሙባት ከቆዩበት የክህደትና የሸፍጥ ተግባር አልፈው ለእኛ ለሕዝበ ክርስቲያኑና ለእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ ቅዱስ ያላቸውን ንቀት ለመግለጽ በግልጽ በአደባባይ ሕዝበ ክርስቲያን በተሰበሰበበት በመሀከላቸው ያላቸውን የቃልኪዳን አንድነት በይፋ ለማሳየት በሰአሊተ ምሕረት ማርያም ቤተክርስቲያን ከፕሮቴስታንት መሪዎች ጋራ ቅብዓ ሜሮን እርስ በእርሳቸው እየተለቃለቁ ለሕዝበ ክርስቲያኑ በይፋ በመታየት የቅድስት ቤተክርስቲያንን ክብርና ቅድስና አጉድፈው ተዳፍረው በማሳየት አረጋገጡ!

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Lobbying Firms in the US are known to represent big corporations like oil, construction, food manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries, trying to persuade lawmakers to support business friendly legislations. As this is a controversial practice, politicians running for office do not want to be associated with Lobbying firms. In fact, it was a major discussion topic during the 2016 presidential election season for both candidates.

The main reason for politicians to discredit lobbying firms when they run for office is because most of the public considers lobbying as a form of legal bribery. While there is a difference between buying, and influencing votes, the truth is it may be very difficult to differentiate and the public has legitimate questions on why Lobby firms can organize fundraisers for elected officials and provide lucrative job offers to members of congress.

When thinking of lobbying firms, often, highly educated, and well paid lawyers come to mind. Some have graduated from respected educational institutions, having connections to senators, congressmen, and even the President’s office. Number of Lobby firms are led by former lawmakers or Presidential advisors who have proficient knowledge on the US government.

The former top aide to President Trump was at the helm of the so called “tortures lobby” who defended murderous dictators like Jonas Savimbi of Angola, Mobuto Sese Seko of former Zaire, Sani Abacha of Nigeria.  The fact that those leaders could buy US lobbying firms with blood money is a disgrace to this great nation as those dictators are known to have caused unbelievable suffering to their people.

A 1992 report from the center for Public Integrity listed the firm Manafort and associates own, as one of the lobbying firms that profited most by doing business with governments that violated their people’s human rights. Would it be a stretch to assume those business deals at the expense of millions of people may have elevated Mr. Manafort’s profile?

The dictionary definition of Lobbyist, is someone “employed to persuade legislators to pass legislation that will help the lobbyist’s employer”.  Therefore, by signing a contract with a corrupt and unethical government, a Lobby firm is entitled to be an employee of that regime.

At the center of this story is H. Res 128, a bill sponsored by congressman Bill Smith (R-NJ) and currently co-sponsored by more than twenty representatives who care about Ethiopia and Ethiopians.  The bill states, “supporting respect for human Rights and encouraging inclusive governance” calls for accountability, good governance, and encourages democratic elections in Ethiopia.

Ethiopians are not waiting or expecting for the United States of America to free them from a ruthless regime–– rather, they are truly fighting for their democratic rights as they sacrifice their lives every day.  Passage of H. Res 128 does not mean the urgent change that most Ethiopians want is going to happen immediately, however it does mean when US taxpayers money is going to be given to the current torturous government, the US should have a moral obligation to ensure that the aid money it provides is not being used for crimes committed on Ethiopians by their own government.

In trying to stop this bill, and in a desire to continue business as usual, the ethnocentric Ethiopian government found a friend in SGR lobbying firm and the TPLF ambassador recently signed a contract with the firm paying 1.8 million dollars. For most Ethiopian Americans who live in admiration of the political culture of this great country, the fact that a big lobbying firm in the US can be hired to defend interests of a tyrant regime is an extreme shock.  The sad reality is the same method was exploited well by the same regime in the recent past.  In 2008, another big lobby firms, DLA piper, and its partner and former house majority leader Dick Armey, did try to kill a similar bill entitled “Ethiopian Democracy and accountability act of 2007” which was on the floor after the same dictatorial regime stole legitimate votes and killed close to hundred student demonstrators.

The question most Ethiopians were asking at the time was how could Dick Armey, a respected legislator who served in house of representatives for eighteen years and who claims to be an engineer of the republican revolution in this great country, defend such a ruthless regime for money, or was he ok with the killings of student demonstrators as far as it is far away from the US.

The irony is, most of those highly educated, articulate and well-dressed lobbyists including former legislator Dick Armey grew in a country that protects individual freedom.  Those lawyers have grown up expressing their stand on issues, devoting their time and effort in demonstrations. A stark contrast in Ethiopia is the heinous torture story told by an opposition leader spokesperson, Mr. Habtamu Ayalew who was recently interviewed by the Voice of America Amharic program. According to Mr. Habtamu and International Human Rights Organization Accounts, torture is routinely practiced by the TPLF regime.

Discussions consisting of politicians getting rid of lobbying to fight corruption within the US government usually dies down after an election season.  While there may be a lot of work to do in that area, US lawmakers should at least consider banning lobbying firms from representing corrupt governments. They should inform those leaders that our lobbying firms may be for sale for big corporations that function within the US jurisdiction, but they are not for sale for leaders who abuse their power, labelled as such by well-respected institutions like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and even the US State Department.

Regarding tyrants like the TPLF, we believe that SGR lobbying firm has sold its soul for a few million dollars, money that is stolen from the mouths of destitute children who are calling for food, and taken from communities that were forced to live in dreadful conditions under city garbage and buried by it. The 1.8 million dollars in the SGR account is money obtained via corruption and extortion. It is an aid money given by western countries to help poor farmers.

The question is, why would SGR lawyers knowingly accept money stained with blood of peaceful demonstrators?  How could they go home and think, “I was busy at work, defending a government that only killed 800 peaceful demonstrators, and tortures its opponents”.  How could they in good conscious say they stand and defend the US constitution that declares and asserts, “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” When they take money from a government that exercises extreme cruelty by killing a young boy and beat his mom on his dead body in Dembi Dolo, south-western Ethiopia.  Again, those places may be very far away but don’t we share the same humanity?

If we divide the 1.8 million dollars SGR lawyers are getting paid by close to eight hundred dead Ethiopians brutally executed while peacefully demonstrating that will be ~2250 dollars per dead body.  If we consider the massacre perpetrated by TPLF over the years a total of the value may even go down to 10’s of dollars per body.  If we divide it to the five million Ethiopians currently starving while TPLF is bragging double digit growth, that may even be less than a dollar per starved body.  How much is an Ethiopian life, a life of a starving child, the lives of tortured and raped bodies in Africa worth for rich lobby firms like SGR in the US?  That is a disconcerting question and we will leave the answer to the SGR lobbying group. Maybe the smart, highly educated, articulate, well dressed and big school lawyers in SGR have an answer to that question.

Prepared by Ethiopian Task Force of NY/NJ

May 2017

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ግንቦት 09/2009

የህወሃት ከፍተኛ የተባሉና የተመረጡ ሚኒስቴሮች በሚኒስቴሮች ጽ/ቤት የመሰብሰቢያ ቢሮ በሚወያዩበት ተመሳሳይ ወቅትና ሰሃት የህወሃት ወታደራዊ ጄኔራሎችንም በተመሳሳይ አጀንዳ በመከላከያ ሚኒስቴር የመሰብሰቢያ ቢሮ መቀመጣቸዉ ታወቀ።

በመሆኑም  በ ወ/ሪት አይሻ መሐመድ የባሕልና ቱሪዝም ሚኒስቴር፣ በጌታሁን መኩሪያ የሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ሚኒስቴር፣ በደምቢቱ ሃምቢሳ የህጻናትና የሴቶች ሚኒስቴር፣ በበቀለ ቡላዶ የንግድ ሚኒስቴር፣

በነገረ ለንጭሆ የሐገር ዉስጥ ግንኙነት ሚኒስቴር እንዲሁም በከፍተኛ የሚኒስቴሮች ማእረግ ደረጃ በፈትለወርቅ ገብረ አግዚያብሐር ሰብሳቢነት የተካሄደዉ ምክክር ያለስምምነት ተጠናቋል።

በተለየ ሁኔታ የሐገሪቷን የባሕልና ቱሪዝም መድብል ታሪክ ከተበረዘና ዉጥንቅጡ ከወጣ ወዲህ ምን እንድናደርገዉ ትፈልጋላችሁ! በማለት የተሟገቱት ሚኒስቴር አይሻ ሞሃመድን ተከትሎ ሚኒስቴር ደምቢቱ ሃምቢሳም ህጻናትና ሴቶች፣፣፣፣ ሐገራዊ ታሪክና ባሕልን እንዲቀበሉ ለማድረግ ሌላ ትዉልድ ያስፈልገናል በማለት ተሳልቀዋል!

* ሐገሪቷን ለማዳን የመጨረሻ እርምጃ ያስፈልገናል *  በማለት የተጠራዉን ይህን ስብሰባ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ካፈረሳችሁት በኃላ እኛ ላይ ለመጫን የምትሞክሩት ጫናን እራሳችሁ ላይ ተሸከሙት…… እኛ ደግሞ የቻልነዉን እንሞክራለን ሲሉ ደምቢቱ ሐምቢሳ የህወሃት ነባር ሚኒስቴሮችን በቀጥታ ዘልፈዋል።

በተዘዋዋሪ መንገድ * ሐገሪቷን ለማዳን ምን እናድርግ በሚል * እርእሰ አጀንዳ የተሰባሰበዉ የህወሃት ወታደራዊ ወንጀለኛዉ ክንፍ በጄ/ አብረሃ አረጋዊ፣ አስራት ዶኖየሮ፣ ሃለፎም እጅጉ፣ ከዲር አራርሳ እና ጥጋቡ ይልማ እንዲሁም ሌሎችም የነበሩበት ሲሆን ሁሉም የተስማሙበት መሪ ሐሳብ ኤርትራ ዉስጥ የመሸጉትን የነጻነት ቀንዲሎች ለአንዴና ለመጨረሻ ግዜ ማጥፋት ነዉ የሚል ድፍረት እንደሆነ ታዉቋል።

አጠቃላይ ሐገራችን ኢትዮጵያን እዚህ አስከፊ አደጋ ላይ የጣልዋት እነዚህ ባለስልጣናት ከመጥፋታቸዉ በፊት ከፍተኛ ጥፋት ሊያደርሱ ይችላሉ የሚባልባቸዉን መንገዶች ሁሉ በመዝጋት ቅድመ ጥንቃቄ ማድረግ ያስፈልጋል ሲሉ ታምኝ የዉስጥምንጫችን ጥሪ አስተላልፈዋል።

ድል ለኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ!

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Russian president accuses Microsoft billionaire of NWO acts

By: Jay Greenberg  
NeonNettle on 13th May 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused tech billionaire Bill Gates of starting an Ebola epidemic in The Congo by “experimenting” on poor African villagers.Mr. Putin claims that the Microsoft founder has Congolese tribes with a rare strain of the Ebola virus as part of a research and development project into “bioweapons”.News reports from Western media are claiming that between one and three people have died since the outbreak of the Ebola virus was confirmed by the World Health Organization on Thursday, whilst doctors are confirming that victims were killed by the rare “Zaire strain” of the virus.YNW reports: While medical staff remain puzzled by the appearance of the deadly disease in Bas-Uele province, a previously unaffected and remote part of the Congo, a Kremlin report claims the Ebola virus is a “bioweapon” being tweaked as part of an elite global eugenics plan.

And the finger of blame is being pointed squarely at Bill Gates. It is understood the bioweapon is being developed by Gates, the richest man in the world, to achieve his self-confessed Illuminati goal of depopulating the globe.

According to the leaked confidential Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) report that has been read by sources in the Kremlin, it has been revealed that the virus was created by “world governments and non-government organizations.” It is understood the chief non-government organization behind the Ebola virus is Bill Gates’ own Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

President Putin is said to be “disturbed by the potential for worldwide harm.” There have been meetings in the past 24 hours regarding further sanctions on Bill Gates and his front companies, as well as plans to protect humanity from the “one man eugenics movement.”

In 2016 President Putin banned Gates and his company Microsoft from Russia, citing security and privacy fears. Though dismissed as “paranoid” and “weird” by Western media at the time, WikiLeaks revelations in 2017 regarding collusion between the CIA, Microsoft and Silicon Valley tech companies have proved Putin was one step ahead of the game.

In 2015 Bill Gates teamed up with Hollywood star Ben Affleck to request more money and freedom for the Gates Foundation to perform experiments in the Congo and other developing nations.

Since then, Gates has continued rolling out his biological and vaccination experiments around the developing world. But the world is slowly waking up to Gates’s sinister agenda.

India has shut down the Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation’s operations and kicked its management out of the country after grave concerns were raised about the foundation’s no-consent vaccination experiments on village girls.

Devastating health effects affecting 30,000 village girls led the Indian government to sue Bill Gates, a case that is still ongoing. But it was far from the first time Gates was exposed.In 2010, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded Australian research scientists to release GMO mosquitoes infected with a bacterium.That same year, Bill Gates confessed he wanted to depopulate the world – a key Illuminati goal.“The world today has 6.8 billion people; that’s headed up to about 9 billion,” he said during the invitation-only 2010 TED Conference. “Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, healthcare, reproductive health services, we lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent.”

Now those bacterium-infected GMO mosquitoes created by Bill Gates in 2010 are causing havoc in the Americas – with the whole globe at risk, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).The WHO is now convening an Emergency Committee under International Health Regulations concerning the ‘explosive’ spread of the Zika virus throughout the Americas. The virus reportedly has the potential to reach pandemic proportions — possibly around the globe.But understanding why the Zika outbreak occurred, and why the Ebola outbreak in the Congo is happening now, is vital to stopping these viruses being used as bioweapons.The finger of blame is pointing squarely at the richest man in the world. What are they going to do about it?

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The Bank has prioritized agriculture for its role in poverty reduction, overcoming hunger and food insecurity.

The 52^nd Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will be held on the 22^nd to 26^th of May 2017 in Ahmedabad, India. The Meetings will be held on the theme: “Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creation in Africa” reflecting the significance of agriculture in Africa and in the Bank’s development work. The Annual Meetings are the Bank’s largest annual event.

Agriculture has a fundamental place in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Reflecting the global and continental agenda, the Bank has prioritized agriculture transformation by designating it as one of its High 5s: Feed Africa. Agriculture is an important economic sector in Africa given its significance to poverty alleviation, food security and economic transformation.

Africa spends about $35 billion per year on food imports and this figure could rise to $110 billion by 2025. The potential of the continent is not fully realized, resulting in under performance and chronic food shortages. Climate change also poses a serious threat to traditional production methods which are widely used in Africa by small scale farmers.

Africa has the potential to become a global agriculture powerhouse and the setting of the next Green Revolution. Nigeria, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Senegal and Burkina Faso provide valuable examples of successful agriculture transformation towards this goal spearheaded by the Bank.

“The Bank has committed to invest $24 billion towards agriculture in the next 10 years, with sharp focus on food self-sufficiency and agricultural industrialization. The Bank has also launched a $500 million Fund for Energy Inclusion with $100 million seed capital, to provide affordable finance for companies investing in renewable energy,” says Mr. Gabriel Negatu, AfDB Regional Director for the East Africa Regional Resource Centre.

The Annual Meetings will bring together thousands of delegates and participants, and will feature a number of official, knowledge and side events. The Governors of the Bank are from the 54 regional member countries and 26 non-regional member countries. The Annual Meetings provide a unique forum for representatives of government, business, civil society, think-tanks, academia and the media from Africa and beyond to debate key issues on Africa’s development, and to discuss the Bank’s performance in delivering on its mandate.

India agreed to host the 2017 Annual Meetings last year and a Memorandum of understanding was signed in September 2016. Delhi joined the African Development Bank in 1982 making the country a key member of AfDB’s 24 Non-Regional Member Countries which support the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional resource window of the Bank. Bilateral trade between Africa and India stands at USD 57b per year as of 2016, and this is expected to double by 2018.

African Development Bank

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is a multilateral development finance institution established to contribute to the economic development and social progress of African countries. The AfDB was founded in 1964 and comprises three entities: The African Development Bank, the African Development Fund and the Nigeria Trust Fund. The bank’s mission is to fight poverty and improve living conditions on the continent through promoting the investment of public and private capital in projects and programs that are likely to contribute to the economic and social development of the region. The AfDB is a financial provider to African governments and private companies investing in the regional member countries (RMC).

AfDB developed the High 5s as accelerators for Africa to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations. The African Development Bank intends to scale up operations in the High 5 priority areas, consistent with the objectives of the Bank’s Ten Years Strategy. They are:

1. Light up and power Africa,
2. Feed Africa,
3. Industrialize Africa,
4. Integrate Africa and
5. Improve the quality of life for the people of Africa.

AfDB achievements in 2016

– 3.3 million Africans benefitted from new electricity connections

– 3.7 million Africans benefited from improved access to water and sanitation

– 5.7 million Africans benefitted from improvements to agriculture

– 9.3 million Africans benefitted from access to better health care services

– 7 million Africans benefitted from improved access to transport

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