DigEthiopia - Stories tagged with opposition parties

opposition parties

የአገር ቤት ጋዜጠኞች ምን ጻፉ? (መጋቢት 26- ሚያዚያ 2፣ 2003)
published 302 days, 21 hours, 18 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 302 days, 21 hours, 20 minutes ago
Monday, April 11, 2011 5:04:04 AM GMT Monday, April 11, 2011 5:02:52 AM GMT
አቶ መለስ የማስፈራራት መብት አላቸው? “ፍትሕ” ጋዜጣ በህትመት ዋጋ መወደድ ሳቢያ ‘ከምድረ ገጽ ይጠፋል’ ተብሎ ሲጠበቅ ዋጋውን ወደ 6 ብር ከፍ በማድረግ መንግሥትን የሚተችበትንም ቋንቋ በዚያው መጠን አሳድጎታል፡፡ ባሳለፍነው ሳምንት “የመለስ ሥልጣን ማስፈራራትንም ይጨምራልን?” በሚል ርእስ በርዕሰ አንቀጹ ባሰፈረው ጽሑፍ አቶ መለስ ያለገደብ በዜጎች ላይ የሚሰነዝሩትን ዛቻና ማስፈራርያዎች እንዲያቆሙ ጠይቋል፡፡ “ከ80 የማያንሱ ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲዎች ባሉበት አገር የተቃዋሚ ፓርቲ አባላት በሙሉ አሸባሪዎች ናቸው ማለት ከአገሪቱ ሕዝብ ግማሹ አሸባሪ ነው ብሎ እንደመወንጀል ነው፡፡” ካለ በኋላ “ፍትህ ጋዜጣ ጠ/ሚኒስትሩ በሕገ መንግሥቱ እና በሌሎች አዋጆች ከተሰጣቸው ሥልጣን ማለፋቸው አጥብቃ ትቃወማለች፤” ሲል አሳስቧል፡፡ —— “የሱዳኑ ባለሀብት የአንድ ቢልየን ብር የኢንቨስትመንት ፕሮጀክቶችን አ... (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: addisnegeronline.com tags: addis zema, bewketu seyoum, Meles Zenawi, opposition parties

እዚህ ብርሃኑ፤ እዚያ መለስ | Addis Neger
published 302 days, 21 hours, 18 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 302 days, 21 hours, 38 minutes ago
Monday, April 11, 2011 5:04:04 AM GMT Monday, April 11, 2011 4:44:03 AM GMT
እዚህ፣ አሁን እየሆነ ያለው በምንም መልኩ እዚያ አሁንም ሆነ በቅርቡ ሊካሄድ የሚችል አይደለም። እዚህ ሰውየው በሚያራምደው ሐሳብ ምክንያት በወንጀልኝነት አይፈረጅም፤ እዚያ ግን የሞት ፍርድ የተበየነበት ተፈላጊ “ወንጀለኛ” ነው። አድማጮቹና ተወያዮቹም እንዲሁ እዚህ በወንጀል ተባባሪነት የሚከሳቸው የለም፤ እዚያ ግን በአቶ መለስ ፍርድ ቤት በአባሪነት ሊከሰሱ እንደሚችሉ ያውቁታል። ዶ/ር ብርሃኑ ነጋ፤ ስቶክሆልም መጋቢት 3፣ 2003 ይህ የስዊድን ዋና ከተማ ስቶክሆልም ነው፤ ሰውየው ዶ/ር ብርሃኑ ነጋ፤ አድማጮቹና ተወያዮቹ ደግሞ እዚህ የሚኖሩ “የግንቦት 7” አባላት፣ ደጋፊዎች እና ሰውየውን ለመስማት የተሰበሰቡ ሌሎችም ኢትዮጵያውያን ናቸው። ያ ደግሞ የእነዚህ ሰዎች ነፍስና ደም የታተመበት አገር ነው- ኢትዮጵያ። ሆኖም እነርሱ እዚህ አሁን ስለሚነጋገሩበት ጉዳይ እዚያ በአደባባይ መነጋገር የሚታሰብ... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: addisnegeronline.com tags: addis neger, Birhanu Nega, Ginbot 7, Ginbot seven, Meles Zenawi, opposition parties

Oromo Prisoners to Be Charged as Terrorists
posted by adminadmin 303 days, 3 hours, 1 minute ago
Sunday, April 10, 2011 11:21:04 PM GMT
The government said Thursday that it was preparing to charge more than 100 prisoners with terrorism, and dismissed calls by a rights groups to release them immediately. The government said it had arrested 121 people in March and accused them of being members of the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front rebel group. Human Rights Watch said the government (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.nytimes.com tags: eprdf, news about ethiopia, OLF, opposition parties, Oromo, Politics

Ethiopia Accused of Detaining Activists to Deter Uprising
published 319 days, 21 hours, 58 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 319 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes ago
Friday, March 25, 2011 4:24:06 AM GMT Friday, March 25, 2011 4:14:35 AM GMT
Ethiopia has detained dozens of political activists as part of what opposition groups say is a crackdown aimed at preventing a North African or Middle Eastern style popular uprising. Our correspondent in Addis Ababa says the crackdown is focused on the politically sensitive Oromia region, home to more than one third of the country’s population. Oromo opposition leaders say as many as 100 of their party members have been arrested in federal police sweeps over the past two weeks. They say many of those de... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: nazret.com tags: Activists, eprdf, ethiopia, news about ethiopia, opposition parties, Oromo

Government Arrests Hundreds of Opposition Supporters
published 323 days, 19 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 323 days, 20 hours, 11 minutes ago
Monday, March 21, 2011 6:42:15 AM GMT Monday, March 21, 2011 6:11:51 AM GMT
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia's biggest opposition party, Medrek, said on Saturday that at least 200 of its supporters and members have been jailed in a crack down over the past ten days. Arena-Medrek chairman, Gebru Asrat told Sudan Tribune that most of the detainees were supporters and some were candidates in last year's national election in which the ruling EPRDF party won nearly 100% of the total votes. "Over 200 Medrek party members and supporters are arrested during the pas... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: allafrica.com tags: eprdf, Gebru Asrat, Medrek, Meles Zenawi, OFDM, OLF, opposition parties, wolega

Ethiopian court throws OLF members into jail for life
published 335 days, 18 hours, 51 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 335 days, 19 hours, 28 minutes ago
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 7:31:09 AM GMT Wednesday, March 09, 2011 6:54:24 AM GMT
Three Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) leaders have been imprisoned for life by the Ethiopian High Court after they were found guilty of carrying out terrorist attacks on innocent Ethiopians. Three members of the Oromo Liberation Fron (OLF) identified as "rebel commanders" were on Thursday February 3, 2011 sentenced to life prison terms by the third criminal bench of the Ethiopian High Court, read a statement released by the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice after the court ruling. The court convicted Jateni Ke... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.afrik-news.com tags: eprdf, Ethiopian Media, Meles Zenawi, OLF, ONLF, opposition parties, Politics

Ethiopia’s Best-Known Opposition Leader to Quit Politics
published 348 days, 19 hours, 20 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 348 days, 19 hours, 21 minutes ago
Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:02:26 AM GMT Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:01:57 AM GMT
Ethiopia’s best-known opposition leader has announced she is quitting politics, at least temporarily, and is going to the United States. Birtukan Mideksa’s departure will leave Ethiopia without a prominent female politician. Mideksa, the leader of Ethiopia's Unity and Democracy for Justice Party, or UDJ, returned home from prison last October to wild celebrations in her Addis Ababa neighborhood. There was hope that the charismatic former judge might provide the spark needed to revive the country’s moribu... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.voanews.com tags: Birtukan Mideksa, Burtukan Mideksa, opposition parties, Politics, udj

What’s next for Birtukan?
published 480 days, 19 hours, 16 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 480 days, 19 hours, 17 minutes ago
Friday, October 15, 2010 7:06:02 AM GMT Friday, October 15, 2010 7:05:23 AM GMT
The country’s main opposition leader Birtukan Midekssa reunited with her family on Wednesday after a government pardon put an end to her “very difficult and dreadful” jail term since December 2008. The international community has welcomed the release of Birtukan. “Ethiopian opposition leader is free!” twitted European Member of Parliament Thijs Berman who was chief observer of the EU mission deployed to observe Ethiopia’s May polls. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.capitalethiopia.com tags: Birtukan Mideksa, eprdf, opposition parties

A few minutes with Birtukan Mideksa
published 487 days, 8 hours, 42 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 487 days, 8 hours, 46 minutes ago
Friday, October 08, 2010 5:40:08 PM GMT Friday, October 08, 2010 5:36:33 PM GMT
'There was a pained expression on her face' Birtukan shook her head sideways as I spoke: "We are proud of you," I told her. "You are our hero." There was pained expression on her face. Something is visibly bottled up in her, pushing to explode. But there were too many people in her living room for an intimate conversation. She nodded when I finished, her head slightly inclined downwards to avoid eye ... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ethiomedia.com tags: Birtukan Mideksa, Burtukan Mideksa, Eskinder Nega, Meles Zenawi, opposition parties

Ethiopia frees life sentenced opposition leader - Birtukan Mideksa
published 489 days, 4 hours ago posted by adminadmin 489 days, 4 hours, 9 minutes ago
Wednesday, October 06, 2010 10:22:30 PM GMT Wednesday, October 06, 2010 10:13:06 PM GMT
Ethiopia freed opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa on Wednesday, saying it had granted a plea for pardon from her. The 36-year-old Union for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) leader was first jailed in 2005 when the opposition protested poll results that year, leading to unrest that resulted in the death of some 200 people. Birtukan and other opposition figures were charged with plotting against the constitution in connection with those skirmishes, but were released in 2007 after being pardoned. But she was sen... (more)
Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: news.yahoo.com tags: Birtukan Mideksa, Burtukan Mideksa, ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, opposition parties

Birtukan Mideksa - Prominent Ethiopian Opposition Leader Released From Prison
published 489 days, 4 hours ago posted by adminadmin 489 days, 4 hours, 16 minutes ago
Wednesday, October 06, 2010 10:22:30 PM GMT Wednesday, October 06, 2010 10:06:33 PM GMT
Prominent Ethiopian Opposition Leader Released From Prison ... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.voanews.com tags: Birtukan, Birtukan Mdeksa, Burtukan Mideksa, eprdf, Meles Zenawi, news about ethiopia, opposition parties

Ethiopia ‘pardon’ for opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa
published 489 days, 4 hours ago posted by adminadmin 489 days, 4 hours, 18 minutes ago
Wednesday, October 06, 2010 10:22:30 PM GMT Wednesday, October 06, 2010 10:04:03 PM GMT
Ethiopia yesterday freed opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa, saying it had granted a plea for pardon from her. The 36-year-old Union for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) leader was first jailed in 2005 when the opposition protested poll results that year, leading to unrest that resulted in the death of some 200 people. Birtukan and other opposition figures were charged with plotting against the constitution in connection with those skirmishes, but were released in 2007 after being pardoned. But she was sent b... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.gulf-times.com tags: Birtukan Mideksa, Burtukan Mideksa, news about ethiopia, opposition parties

Ethiopia Election Board Rejects Call for New Poll
published 607 days, 19 hours, 11 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 607 days, 19 hours, 15 minutes ago
Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:11:11 AM GMT Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:07:35 AM GMT
Ethiopia’s elections body has rejected opposition calls for a re-run of last month’s parliamentary poll, won by the ruling party in a landslide. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ethioforum.org tags: election 2002, Medrek, Meles Zenawi, news about ethiopia, opposition parties

Sudan hands 48 rebels to Ethiopia
published 615 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 615 days, 23 hours, 52 minutes ago
Wednesday, June 02, 2010 2:38:44 AM GMT Wednesday, June 02, 2010 2:30:08 AM GMT
Sudan has handed over 48 Ethiopian rebels to the authorities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s national TV reported. The rebel members who were trained in Eritrea were arrested on May 17 as they were trying to enter to Ethiopia via Sudanese border. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.mathaba.net tags: Addis Ababa, addis ababa in ethiopia, addis ethiopia, ethiopia, news about ethiopia, opposition parties, Sudan

የመርህ ይከበር 12 አመራር አባላት ታሰሩ
published 648 days, 19 hours, 16 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 648 days, 19 hours, 20 minutes ago
Friday, April 30, 2010 7:06:28 AM GMT Friday, April 30, 2010 7:02:14 AM GMT
አውራምባ ታይምስ (አዲስ አበባ)፡- አንድነት ለዴሞክራሲና ለፍትህ ፓርቲ ከስምንት ወር በፊት ከአባልነት ያሰናበታቸውና እርምጃውን በመቃወም ‹መርህ ይከበር› በሚል ስም ሲንቀሳቀሱ የነበሩት 12 አባላት በትናንትናው ዕለት መታሰራቸውን የቡድኑ ም/ሰብሳቢ አቶ የሽዋስ አሰፋ ለአውራምባ ታይምስ ገለጹ፡፡      ባለፈው ሳምንት የመርህ ይከበር ቡድን በአዲስ አበባ-ኮከበ ጽባሕ ትምህርት ቤት ጠቅላላ ጉባኤ በማካሄድ በአንድነት አመራር አባላት ላይ ሹም ሽር ማድረጉና በኢ/ር [...] (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: election 2002, Meles Zenawi, news about ethiopia, opposition parties