ጀርመናዊዉ የመቀሌ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ፕሬዚዳንት በወያኔ ጫና ስራቸዉን ለመልቀቅ መገደዳቸዉ ተሰማ

                                                       March 19, 2013

የመቀሌ ዩኒቨርሲቲን ለረጂም ግዜ በፕሬዚዳንትነት የመሩት ጀርመናዊዉ ፕሮፌሰር ዩኪአም ሄርዚግ ከፍተኛ የወያኔ ባለስልጣኖች በስራቸዉ ላይ ጣልቃ እየገቡ ስላስቸገሯቸዉ የስራ መልቀቂያ ደብዳቤ ባስገቡ በሦስት ቀን ዉስጥ መቀሌን ለቅቀዉ ወደ አገራቸዉ መጓዛቸዉን መቀሌ ዉስጥ የሚገኙ ዘጋቢዎቻችን ከሰሞኑ በላኩልን ዜና ገለጹ። ፕሮፌሰሩ ለምክትል ጠ/ሚነስተር ደመቀ መኮንን ባስገቡት የስራ መልቀቂያ ደብዳቤ ላይ ስራቸዉን የሚለቅቁት ባጋጠማቸዉ የጤና ችግር ምክንያት እንደሆነ ቢገልጹም ለመቀሌ ዩኒቨርስቲ ቅርበት ያላቸዉ ብዙ ዉስጥ አዋቂ ምንጮች እንደሚሉት ከሆነ ፕሮፌሰር ሄርዚግ ከኃላፊነታቸው የተነሱት በቅርቡ ዩኒቨርሲቲው ዉስጥ በተካሄደ የእድገትና የትራንስፎርሜሽን ዕቅድ ግምገማ ፕሬዚዳንቱ ሀላፊነታቸዉን አልተወጡም በሚል በተደረገባቸዉ ግፊት እንደሆነ ለማወቅ ተችሏል።
ፕሮፌሰር ዩኪአም ሄርዚግ ከዚህ ቀደም በሁለት የዩኒቨርስቲዉ ምክትል ፕሬዚዳንቶች አሿሿም ላይ ዩኒቨርሲቲውን በበላይነት ከሚመራው ቦርድ ጋር አለመግባባት መፍጠራቸው የሚታወቅ ሲሆን ሁለቱን ተሿሚዎች በተመለከተ ለቦርዱ የጻፉትን ደብዳቤ በአስቸኳይ እንዲቀለብሱ ማስገደዱ ይታወቃል። አንድ ስማቸዉ እንዳይገለጽ የጠየቁ የዩኒቭርሲቲዉ ከፍተኛ ባለስልጣን ቦርዱ ፕሮፌሰር ሄርዚግ ለምክትል ፕሬዚዳንትነት ያጩዋቸውን ግለሰቦች ሳይቀበልና በጉዳዩ ላይ ውሳኔ ሳይሰጥበት ለሦስት ወራት ያህል ቆይቶ አሁን ግን ሃያ አራት ሰአት በማይሞላ ግዜ ዉስጥ ተጠባባቂ ፕሬዚዳንት ለመሾም መቿኮሉ የሚገርመና ግራ የሚያጋባ ነዉ ብለዋል።
በሌላ በኩል ደግሞ የመቀሌ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ቦርድ ሊቀመንበር አቶ ቴድሮስ ሓጎስ ለዩኒቨርስቲዉ ተጠባባቂ ፕሬዚዳንትነት በጻፉት ደብዳቤ ላይ እንደገለጹት ፕሬዚዳንት ሄርዚግ ከኃላፊነታቸው የተነሱት የትራንስፎርሜሽኑን ዕቅድ በሚገባ በስራ አልተገበሩም በሚል እንደሆነ ሲሆን ከእሳቸዉ ሌላ የዩኒቨርሲቲው ማኔጂንግ ዳይሬክተርና የትራንስፎርሜሽን ዕቅድ ምክትል ፕሬዚዳንት ወልፍ ቫን ፊርክስንና በመቀሌ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የኢትዮጵያ ቴክኖሎጂ ኢንስቲትዩት ዳይሬክተር ዶክተር ዩአኪም ሌንገርትን ቦርዱ ከኃላፊነታቸው ማንሳቱን ምንጮች ተናግረዋል፡፡ ሁለቱም ጀርመናውያን ከኃላፊነታቸው የተነሱበት ምክንያትም የአቅም ማነስና የአፈጻጸም ችግር የሚል መሆኑንም የዩኒቨርሲቲው መምህራን ገልጸዋል፡፡

 

Diaspora TPLF Moles’ secret Weapon: The Use of Ad Hominem argument –Prof. Dr. Tesfatsion vs. Asteway

                                    Kidane Leta, Ph.D

In introducing the most recent posting of Helen Epstein’s timely article, "Why Are We Funding Abuse in Ethiopia? " (originally published in The New York Review of Books, March 15, 2013), Ethiomedia has appended a note in which it called attention to a desperate act by the powers that be in Ethiopia. It elucidated:

The regime in Addis Ababa survives not by the support of the people but by the multitudes of spies or undercover agents under its payroll. The agents may range from the ordinary spy in the street in Addis up to those in the Diaspora. The job of the cyber agents in the Diaspora is to discredit any article critical of the regime in power. Their unique feature? They are ordered to respond en masse to create the illusion that the article is indeed opposed by the majority of Ethiopians. If scores have already tried to discredit the report by Dr. Epstein, it is not because they are honest but because they are paid cyber agents whose full-time job is to defend the tyrannical regime in Addis.

How true! Here is another case of a victimized scholar a la Dr. Epstein: Professor Dr. Tesfatsion Medhanie of Bremen University. In a harangue posted on www.ethiopatriots.com in response to Prof. Tesfatsion’s article regarding Eritrea which appeared in Ethiomedia, a person using the pseudonym Asteway Beqele posted a flyer entitled: "ፕሮፌሰር ተስፋጽዮን መድሃኔ ተብየው የኢትዮጵያ አካል በሆነችው በኤርትራ ብሔራዊ ጥቅማችን ላይ እንደነ ወልደአብ ወ/ማርያምና ስብሃት ነጋ በከረረ ጠላትነት የቆመ ቀጣፊ ባንዳ". On the face of it, this article has no substance whatsoever. It is the best example of the syllogistic argument of Ad Hominem.

For those not initiated into the structure of Aristotelian Syllogism, the Latin term Ad Hominem stands for "against the man". In other words, the statement has nothing to do with the argument of the person’ whose ideas he is opposing. Simply put, the statement is a brazen insult, what we call in Amharic not simply "sidib" but "tera sidib" As any person knows, "tera sidib" is resorted to in order to silence an opponent, rather than to refute the validity of an argument.

Ethiopia 'blocks' Al Jazeera websites

Traffic to English and Arabic websites has plummeted since the network aired coverage of protests in August last year.

Google Analytics shows the English website's traffic declined from 50,000 hits in July 2012 to 117 in September

Al Jazeera’s English and Arabic websites are reported to have been blocked in Ethiopia, raising fresh fears that the government is continuing its efforts to silence the media. Though the authorities in Addis Ababa have refused to comment on the reported censorship, Google Analytics data accessed by Al Jazeera shows that traffic from Ethiopia to the English website had plummeted from 50,000 hits in July 2012 to just 114 in September. Traffic data revealed a similar drop for the Arabic website, with visits to the site dropping to 2 in September from 5,371 in July. A blogger, who cannot be identified for his own safety, said Ethiopian censors had been targeting Al Jazeera since the Qatar-based network began airing coverage of ongoing protests against the way in which spiritual leaders are elected in the Horn of African nation. The steep decline in web traffic began on August 2 last year, the same day that Al Jazeera Mubasher aired a forum with guests denouncing the government's "interference" with Muslim religious affairs, and three days after Al Jazeera English published an article detailing deadly ethnic clashes between two of the country's southern tribes. Attempts by Al Jazeera to get an official response from authorities failed. Poor track record Ethiopia is ranked 137 out of 179 surveyed nations on the latest Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international advocacy group for press rights. Both RSF and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have tied Ethiopia's deteriorating media environment, in part, to a 2009 anti-terrorism law that has been used to sentence 11 journalists since its ratification. "The usage and practice of this law is illegal. It has a clause that makes whoever writes about so-called terrorist groups, which are mostly normal opposition groups, a terrorist," CPJ's East Africa Consultant Tom Rhodes told Al Jazeera. "Now it's got to the point that the law is being used to label those in the Muslim community conducting peaceful protests to defend their right to choose their spiritual leaders as terrorists. It's a sad state of affairs." CPJ says Ethiopia is the second-highest jailer of journalists in Africa after neighbouring Eritrea, were seven journalists are currently detained. Both the RSF and CPJ have expressed concern over reports that the country has begun using much more sophisticated online censorship systems over the last year, including ones that can identify specific internet protocols and block them. Since Ethiopia's government owns the sole telecommunications provider in the country, Ethio Telecom, it allows authorities to tightly control internet freedom. 442

Source: Al Jazeera

World Bank: Ethiopia Project Decision Postponed

                   By Human Rights Watch; March 19, 2013
A World Bank board meeting scheduled for March 19, 2013, to consider the recommendation of its Inspection Panel to investigate whether the bank has violated its policies in a project in Ethiopia has been postponed to an unspecified date. The project was linked to the Ethiopian government’s resettlement program, known as “villagization,” which Human Rights Watch has criticized for resulting in widespread human rights violations.Human Rights Watch has recommended that the World Bank’s board should support an internal investigation into allegations of abuse linked to the project. The villagization program involves the forced relocation of some 1.5 million Ethiopians, including indigenous and other marginalized people, and has been marred by violence.
The World Bank’s Promotion of Basic Services (PBS) project in Ethiopia, intended to improve education, health care, water and sanitation, agriculture, and rural roads, contributes to the villagization program by partially paying the salaries of local government officials who have been required to assist implementing it, Human Rights Watch said.“The World Bank’s president and board should support an internal investigation into the plagued Ethiopia project without delay,” said Jessica Evans, senior international financial institutions advocate at Human Rights Watch. “The longer the investigation is delayed, the longer the shadow of controversy will remain over this project.”                                      World Bank: Investigate ‘Development’ Project Abuses 
          Rigorously Apply Social Safeguards in Ethiopia

(Washington, DC, March 18, 2013) – The World Bank’s board should support an internal investigation into allegations of abuse linked to a World Bank project in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said today. The Inspection Panel, the World Bank’s independent accountability mechanism, has recommended an investigation into whether it has violated its policies in a project linked to the Ethiopian government’s resettlement program, known as “villagization.” Villagization involves the forced relocation of some 1.5 million Ethiopians, including indigenous and other marginalized peoples, and has been marred by violence. The board is scheduled to meet on March 19, 2013, to consider the Inspection Panel’s recommendation.“The World Bank’s president and board need to let the Inspection Panel do its job and answer the critical questions that have been raised by Ethiopians affected by this project,” said Jessica Evans, senior international financial institutions advocate at Human Rights Watch. “If the World Bank doesn’t support this investigation, its Ethiopia program will continue to be shadowed by controversy.”On September 24, 2012, several Ethiopians brought a complaint to the Inspection Panel, pressing the World Bank to apply its safeguard policies in an Ethiopia project. The safeguard policies are designed to prevent and mitigate undue harm in World Bank projects, including protecting the rights of indigenous peoples and preventing abuses related to involuntary resettlement. The World Bank went ahead and approved the project the next day and has not applied its safeguard policies to the project. The Inspection Panel, which reports directly to the World Bank’s board of executive directors, subsequently found that the complaint warranted a full investigation. This recommendation would have been endorsed by the board in February, but action has been delayed because the executive director representing Ethiopia has requested a discussion of the panel’s finding and recommendation. Human Rights Watch research has found that many of the largely indigenous communities being moved in Gambella, one region where “villagization” is being carried out, have not been consulted about the resettlement process and that the government responded with violence and arbitrary detentions when people have not agreed to move. A 20-year-old Ethiopian man who escaped to Kenya told Human Rights Watch, “Soldiers came and asked me why I refused to be relocated.… They started beating me until my hands were broken … I ran to tell [my father] what had happened, but the soldiers followed me. My father and I ran away.… I heard the sound of gunfire.” He heard his father cry out, but he kept running and hid from the soldiers in the bushes as he was “full of fear.” When he returned the next day, he learned that the soldiers had killed his father. Once forced into new villages, families have found that the promised government services often do not exist, giving them less access to services than before the relocation. The government has also failed to provide compensation. Dozens of farmers in Ethiopia’s Gambella region told Human Rights Watch they are being moved from fertile areas where they survive on subsistence farming, to dry, arid areas. Many villagers believe that the fertile land from which they have been removed is being leased to multinational companies for large-scale farms. The project in question is known as the Promotion of Basic Services (PBS) and is intended to improve education, health care, water and sanitation, agriculture, and rural roads. But, through this project, the World Bank is contributing to the salaries of local government staff who have been required to assist in implementing “villagization.”Despite the human rights risks that “villagization” presents for the World Bank’s project, it has not applied its own safeguard policies. Its policy to protect indigenous people has not been applied in Ethiopia because the government does not agree that it should apply. Nor has the World Bank applied its policy on involuntary resettlement, which requires consultation and compensation when people are resettled. The Inspection Panel recommended that it undertake a full investigation after a preliminary assessment that included interviewing Ethiopian refugees who have fled “villagization” and meeting with the Ethiopian government and donors. The Inspection Panel found the links between the World Bank’s basic services program and “villagization” to be plausible and to warrant investigation.“Ethiopia is in great need of development aid, and its people have urgent social and economic needs that the World Bank should work to address,” Evans said. “But development by force is not development at all and Ethiopia should not be an exception to the World Bank’s commitment to upholding its own policies.”

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በኢጣልያ፤ ከሮማ ወደ ምሥራቅ ደቡብ በምትገኝ፤ አፊሌ በምትሰኝ ትንሽ ከተማ፤ “የኢትዮጵያ ጨፍጫፊ” ለተሰኘው፤ ለሮዶልፎ ግራዚያኒ ነሐሴ 4 ቀን 2004 ዓ/ም የቫቲካን ተወካይ በተገኙበት የተመረቀለትን የክብር መታሰቢያና መናፈሻ በመቃወም፤ እስከ የኢጣልያ ኤምባሲ ድረስ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ለማከናወን መጋቢት 8 ቀን 2005 ዓ/ም ስድስት ኪሎ የተሰበሰቡትን 43 ሰዎች፤ ዶር. ያዕቆብ ኃይለማርያምን ጭምር፤ ፖሊስ አፍሶ ማሰሩና በማግስቱ፤ መጋቢት 9 ቀን 2005 ዓ/ም መልቀቁ ታውቋል።
አንድ ሚሊዮን ኢትዮጵያውያንን፤ ከነዚሁ ውስጥ በሶስት ቀኖች ብቻ፤ በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ 30፣000 ሕዝብ ላስጨፈጨፈው፤ እነአቡነ ጴጥሮስን፤ የደብረ ሊባኖስን መነኮሳትና ሌሎችንም በጭካኔ ለረፈረፈ፤ እንዲሁም 2000 ቤተክርስቲያኖችንንና 525፣000 ቤቶችን ላስወደመው፤ በተጨማሪም በብዙ አይሮፕላኖች ባስነሰነሰው የመርዝ ጋዝ ብዙ ሕዝብ ከመግደሉ በላይ እጅግ የከፋ የአካባቢ ብክለትና 14 ሚሊዮን እንስሶችን ላወደመው የጦር ወንጀለኛ፤ ለሮዶልፎ ግራዚያኒ የተሠራውን መታሰቢያ መቃወም ለሐገር የሚያኮራና የሚያስመሰግን እንጂ የሚያሳስር አይደለም።
እንደሚታወቀው፤ ለዚህ ዓመት የየካቲት 12 ክብረ-በዓል፤ የፋሺሽቶችን የጦር ወንጀልና የግራዚያኒን መታሰቢያ በመቃወም በዓለም አቀፍ ደረጃ፤ 30 ከተሞች፤ ማለት፤ ሮማ፤ ኒውዮርክ፤ ዋሺንግተን ዲ.ሲ.፤ አትላንታ፤ ቴል አቪቭ፤ ወዘተ. የሚገኙ የብዙ ሐገሮች ዜጎች፤ ኢጣልያውያን ጭምር፤ ሰላማዊ ሰልፎች፤ ስብሰባዎች፤ ጸሎቶች አከናውነዋል። አዲስ አበባም የከተማው አስተዳደርና የኢትዮጵያ አርበኞች ማሕበር በእለቱ ለክብረ-በዓሉ መታሰቢያ ማከናወናቸው ታውቋል።
ስለዚህ፤ በኢጣልያ ለጦር ወንጀለኛው ለግራዚያኒ መታሰቢያ እስከ መሥራት የደረሰ የፋሺሽት መንሰራራት ሊያሳስበንና ሊያስቆጨን የሚገባው፤ ዋናዎቹ የግፉ ተበዳዮች የሆንነው እኛ ኢትዮጵያውያን በመሆናችን፤ ሐገራችን አሁንም እየጠበቀች ያለችውን ፍትሕ እንድታገኝ በሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ለኢጣልያ መንግሥት ማስገንዘብ የሚደገፍ እንጂ የሚያሳስር መሆን የለበትም።
በመጨረሻም፤ ኢትዮጵያ ለተፈጸመባት እጅግ መራርና ከባድ ግፍ እስካሁን ድረስ ተገቢውን ፍትሕ ስላላገኘች፤ ድርጅታችን ለሚከተሉት ዓላማዎች እየተንቀሳቀሰ ነው፤
(ሀ) የኢጣልያ መንግሥት፤ የጦር ወንጀለኛውን የግራዚያንን መታሰቢያ እንዲያስወግድ፤
(ለ) በቫቲካንና በኢጣልያ መንግሥቶች ይዞታ የሚገኙ የኢትዮጵያ ንብረቶች እንዲመለሱ፤
(ሐ) የኢጣልያ መንግሥት ለኢትዮጵያ ተገቢውን ካሣ እንዲከፍል፤
(መ) ቫቲካን፤ ከፋሺሽት ኢጣልያ ጋር ተባብራ በተፈጸመው ወንጀል፤ የኢትዮጵያን ሕዝብ ይቅርታ እንድትጠይቅ፤
(ሠ) የተባበሩት መንግሥታት ድርጅት የጦር ወንጀሉን እንዲመዘግብ ነው።
ሐገራችን ላይ ለተፈጸመው የጦር ግፍ በሰብአዊ መብት መከበር የሚያምን ሁሉ በሚያከናውነው የተባበረና የጠነከረ ጥረት ተገቢው ፍትሕ ይገኛል