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Amnesty’s “Free Birtukan!” campaign in Netherlands

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EMF (8 February 2010) As part of international campaign to demand the release of Birtukan Mideksa, charismatic leader of Ethiopia’s opposition UDJ, the Dutch chapter of Amnesty International held a colourful “Free Birtukan!” campaign programs on Sunday, 7 February 2010 in Abcoude, Netherlands. [Picture By meekspictures.nl, Nienke Meek] (more)

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San Diego and Los Angeles Rally for Birtukan Mideksa

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Students from San Diego State, UCSD, UCLA and UCR rallied on Saturday January 23, 2010 against human right violations and the unjust imprisonment of Judge Birtukan Mideksa, Ethiopia’s prominent opposition party leader.The students, activists, members of the San Diego [...] (more)

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Ethiopia: Seattle Free Birtukan Rally

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Seattle Free Birtukan Rally in Conjuction with the Annual Martin Luther King March Back to ecadforum home page (more)

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Update on EPPF’s London Events

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EPPF London Chapter had conducted its first meeting in the freezing London evening on Sunday 10th January 2010. The organizers invited through the telephone, the EPPF political representative, Arbegna Nurjeba who is based at the EPPF’s office in Asmara. Arbegna Nurjeba addressed the attendees and articulately elaborated on the background of EPPF, [...] (more)

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Ethiopian activists protest in Copenhagen

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Braving frigid weather unseen for over eight years, patriotic Ethiopians drove for several hours from all over Europe and descended on Copenhagen where they denounced genocide perpetrator Meles Zenawi, a pro-democracy website reported on Sunday. (more)

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Geneva events highlight human rights violations in Ethiopia

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Press Release, 11 December 2009 — The Ethiopian Association in Switzerland (AES) and Association for Justice and Accountability in Ethiopia (AJAE) have staged a demonstration and held a candle light vigil in Geneva. (more)

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MP Marita Ulvskog to join Copenhagen protest on Zenawi

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EMF - The honorable Marita Ulvskog, Swedish MP of the European parliament will join the ever strong rally to protest the presence of Ethiopia’s dictator, Meles Zenawi at Copenhagen UN Climate Summit on 17-18 December. Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia in Europe will be heading to Copenhagen to expose the Ethiopian despot in front of world leaders. (more)

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The Month of Prisoners of Conscience

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By Lij Tekle December 15 2009 to January 15, 2010 Marking Birtukan Mideksa’s one year in Prison On Sunday, December 28, 2008, a dozen of armed security men approached the president of the main opposition party in Ethiopia, Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ), Ms. Birtukan Mideksa and sent to jail. Planning for a month-long series of [...] (more)

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Ethiopians Appeal to US Administration In front of the White House

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Washington DC: November 29, 2009 an estimated more than 200 Ethiopians residing in Washington DC area have demonstrated a candle light vigil in front of the White House, requesting the assistance of US Administration to the release of jailed opposition party leader, Judge Birtukan Mideksa, chairwomen for the major opposition party known as Unity for [...] (more)

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HRW honors Ethiopian human rights activist Daniel Bekele

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An Ethiopian human rights activist who was jailed for 2 1/2 years said Friday that his country is less free today than it was during its disputed 2005 election. Daniel Bekele, 42, is crisscrossing the U.S. and Canada on a speaking tour after being honored for his human rights work by New York-based Human Rights Watch. The [...] (more)

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Activists held a hunger strike in London over brutal rule in Ethiopia Abbay Media: ‘The Ethiopian Information Bank’

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The Zenawi regime may have publicly exhibited its latest and additional trophy on television by parading Hailu Shawel as a loyal opposition but Ethiopians in London have decided to risk the freezing November cold by going out on hunger strike to remember the 2005 martyrs for freedom and democracy. (more)

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Ethiopians protest for jailed leader

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PITTSBURGH - Ethiopian activists took to the streets of Pittsburgh on Thursday and urged G-20 to stop supporting Meles Zenawi, and rather join the struggle to bring the dictator to justice for genocide and crimes against humanity. Meles Zenawi, who was attending the G-20 Summit, has during his nearly 20-year rule, reduced Ethiopia into the most famished and impoverished nation on Earth. Mark ... (more)

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