Hana’s parents broke down in tears as they get maximum sentences (+video)

• Larry and Carri Williams of Sedro-Woolley, Washington were found guilty of neglecting, abusing, and ultimately killing 13-year-old Hana Williams
• The couple left Hana to die from hypothermia and starvation in their backyard in May 2011
• Step-brother Immanuel testified he and Hana were beaten with sticks, hosed down, forced to eat frozen food and locked in closets
• Larry accusing his wife of being the ‘primary actor’ in the abuse

By DAILY MAIL REPORTERS
PUBLISHED: 20:59 GMT, 29 October 2013 | UPDATED: 12:18 GMT, 30 October 2013
A Washington couple accused of starving, beating and forcing their adopted daughter to stay outside as punishment have been sentenced to spend decades in prison for her death.
Larry and Carri Williams were convicted on September 9 and sentenced on Tuesday for the manslaughter in the death of a teenage girl they adopted from Ethiopia.
Carri Williams was also found guilty of homicide by abuse.
Hana Williams was found dead May 12, 2011, in the backyard of the family home in Sedro-Woolley, about 60 miles north of Seattle.

Sentenced: Cari Williams (left) faces just under 37 years behind bars and her husband Larry (right) was sentenced to just under 28 years for their abuse of their adoptive daughter

Hana Williams was found frozen and starved to death in the yard of her adoptive parents’ Washington home in 2011. They were given maximum sentences today for causing her death

The autopsy said she died of hypothermia, with malnutrition and a stomach condition as contributing factors.
Carri Williams was sentenced Tuesday to just under 37 years, the top of the standard sentencing range, by Judge Susan Cook who said she probably deserved more time in prison, the Skagit Valley Herald reported. Her husband received a sentence of nearly 28 years.
Cook vacated Carri Williams’ manslaughter conviction because she was convicted of homicide by abuse for the same conduct.
Both also were found guilty of assault of a child for punishing a boy they adopted in 2008 from Ethiopia at the same time as Hana.

Carted away: During the trial, Larry Williams turned on his wife Carri and said that she was the main force behind the abuse of their adopted children

Shaming: The judge spoke out against the couple, saying that they deserved more than the maximum sentences

Both appeared in court in red jail uniforms and were led away in handcuffs after the sentencing.
The boy from Ethiopia testified that the parents used sticks or belts to beat him all over his body as punishment.
He also described being sprayed with a water hose if he wet his pants.
After the arrests, the boy and six biological children were placed in foster care or with relatives.
The courtroom was filled with many Ethiopians and nine of the jurors who convicted Larry and Carri Williams after a seven-week trial in Skagit County Superior Court.

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Abusing mother speaks as community pray for tragic Hana

Wasting away: Hana, pictured left sometime after her arrival in the U.S., lost nearly 30lbs between 2009 and 2011, and had her head shaven when she was found dead in the backyard

Angelic: Hana, pictured second left, seen as a young girl with her family back in Ethiopia

Cause of death: An autopsy showed that the 13-year-old died from hypothermia exacerbated by malnutrition and gastritis

Defense lawyers told jurors that questionable parenting practices didn’t necessarily amount to a crime.
On the rainy night Hana died, Carri Williams called 911 and reported Hana was not breathing, saying the girl had refused to come into the house.
Hana was found face-down in the backyard with mud in her mouth.
Hana is believed to have been 13, but no documentation of her birth in Ethiopia was available.
The trial was postponed several times, and her body was exhumed in January.

Manslaughter: Larry Williams (left) was sentenced to 28 years and Carri Williams to 37 years after being found guilty of manslaughter in the death of their 13-year-old Ethiopian adopted daughter

Dragged away: Carri Williams is taken into custody last month after a jury deemed her guilty of the 2011 death of her daughter. She was also found guilty of homicide by abuse

Tests on her teeth and bones gave varying estimates, and experts were unable to agree on her age. Her age was significant because the homicide by abuse charge applies only if the victim was younger than 16.
During the trial, Larry Williams turned on his wife and blamed her for the child’s death.

Lingering fear: Foster mother Sheila Jackson, who took in Immanuel after the Williamses’ arrest, said the boy was very thin, always hungry and terrified to talk about his adoptive parents

Mr Williams said through his attorney that his wife should spend decades in jail because ‘she was the primary actor’ in all of the treatment of Hana and Immanuel, the Ethiopian boy.
A foster mother testified during the trial that the couple’s other adopted son Immanuel was rail-thin and covered in scratches when she took him in.
The testimony from foster mother Sheila Jackson came on day 18 of the Williams murder trial.
Jackson, who is deaf, told the jury in a Mount Vernon courtroom that when the Williamses’ son Immanuel, who was also adopted from Ethiopia, came to live with her, she could barely keep up with his demands for food.

In response to Temesgen Zewde’s “Let the people go!"

A feminist prospective
By Hirut Mesfin
I feel compelled to respond to this article. Whilst I am in agreement with the gist of Temesgen Zewde’s argument, about constitutional right to travel, the problem of unemployment and the lack of alternatives, I am deeply troubled with the underlying tone of the message which reveals indifference to the plight of young Ethiopian women. This attitude is not unique to the writer; it is manifested across the board. I had an opportunity to raise this issue with Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Tedros Adhanom. He too, pretty much concluded that it was “their right” to travel and no one can stop them. Nobody wants to address what these women are subjected to, before, in the run up to, during and after they travel- it is shocking. The whole thing is slavery dressed up as modern day travel in search of work.
This is an issue very close to my heart. As an Ethiopian woman and a lucky one to have gained a decent education from the start, I have been observing some disturbing elements about the raw deal the vast majority of Ethiopian women get both at home and abroad. Temesgen Zewde referred the government travel ban as “myopic, Stone Age and draconian”. Sir, what is myopic, Stone Age and draconian is a society and its government who accept the concept and practice of young, uneducated, ill equipped, ill informed desperate girls from poverty stricken families from Tigray in the North down to Arba Minch in the South are being shipped out of their country daily in their thousands to their demise in the Middle East! That should shame us all!
My issue with this article is, it wants to uphold the constitutional right to travel while ignoring the right of the individual/s basic need being trampled on. Why should disadvantaged sixteen, fourteen even thirteen year old girls who should be at school have to be the bread winners of their families in the first place? Why should they bear the brunt of economic upheaval of Ethiopia that claims to be growing 10 % per annum? Who is going to call for ban for this state and society sponsored gender specific abuse and neglect of women?

No easy way to democratize Ethiopia?

  Response to Tagel Getahun
By Andualem Tefera (Eskemeche

When I read Tagel Getahun’s article - Ethiopia: No Easy Way to Democratize Ethiopia, on one of the Ethiopian websites, I was shocked. Then I went to find out the original source of the article. Alas! – it was the REPORTER.

Taking it seriously, I figured this is not written by any lawyer ( Tagel Getahun Is a Lawyer. He Can Be Contacted At Tagelgbekele@yahoo.com ) or any one individual but by TPLF leaders, the governing body of the country. It is carefully planned, written, rewritten, reviewed, and collectively agreed upon by committee. The purpose of the article is to lay out the political calculation of TPLF leaders and tell Ethiopians where they stand. I understand you can read what is written and what is between the lines but I am going to give a reply with the understanding that it is an official TPLF article.

It starts with an unequivocal statement and continues:

 

“The business sphere and the powerhouse of the visionless Ethiopian oppositions must be corrected before it gets beyond repair.”

Who are they afraid of? Who is it targeting? In general it is the opposition and in particular it is:

“This is the simplest issue we need to sort out before judging the political choices that avail themselves on the national political scene.”

 “It is hard to say there is an opposition in the Ethiopian politics as the existing one is more of political speculators.”

“Though the majority of the opposition political figures are intellectuals, . . .”

“ . . . electoral resurgence of 2005, especially in Addis Abeba. Else, the only two interests they managed to represent are businessmen who love to lead the market place through oligopoly and the . . . urbanites that are opposed to the self-governance rights of every Ethiopian ethnic group.”

Why are business owners targeted?

“But the businessmen were doing every wrong in order to collect as much wealth as they could, using every means possible. Regrettably, instead of investing their returns on the manufacturing sector and expanding the local production of goods, they expatriated it.”

የተበተኑ የኢትዮጵያ ፍርስራሾች

ዳኛቸው ቢያድግልኝ
አገር ማለት ሕዝብ ነው ሕዝብም የሰዎች ስብስብ፡፡ መልክዐምድሩና የተፈጥሮ ሀብት ደግሞ የሰዎችን አኗኗርና አስተሳሰብ የሚቀርጽና ማንነትንም የሚያላብስ ነው። በየመንደሩና አካባቢው ያለው የተለያየ የአኗኗር ሁኔታ የቋንቋና የባህል መስተጋብር ደግሞ ትብብርንና አንድነትን የሚያወርስ እኔነትንና የእኔነትን የሚሰጥ ይሆናል። ኢትዮጵያዊነትም እንደዚያ ነው።
ኢትዮጵያና ኢትዮጵያዊነት ግን በሁሉም አቅጣጫ ጥቃት ተሰንዝሮባቸው ያቺ የሰውን ዘር ትልቅ የመሆን ተስፋን የሰነቀች ምንጭ ትደርቅ ዘንድ የራስዋ ልጆች እኔ እበልጥ እኔ እበልጥ እያሉ በፉክክር ሊያጠፏት ይሽቀዳደማሉ። የቀጨጨ ትውልድና የጫጨ አእምሮ ያለው ዘር ይጠፋ ዘንድ እውነት ነውና ኩራታችንን ተቀምተን አናሳና ሁዋላ ቀርነታችንን ተቀብለን እንድንጠፋ ተፈርዶብን መጥፋትንም ተለማምደን በዚህም ዳር እንቁም በዚያኛው እግር በእግር እየተጠላለፍን እንዘጭ እንዘጭ የምንልም በርካቶች ሆነናል። ከትናነንት በመማር ፈንታ በትናንቱ እያማረርን ቂም አርግዘን ሞት የምናምጥ በየጎጡ የሰፈርንም ብዙ ነን። “ለመጥፋት መጋፋታችን መቆም አለበት! መኖር ይገባናል! እኛ እኮ ምንጮች፤ የሰው ዘር፣ የእህል ዘርና የስልጣኔ ፈር ቀዳጆች ነን!” ብለን በነበረን ላይ ያለችንን አክለን “የነገን ተስፋ ብሩህ አድርገን ማለፍ የሚገባንና ጮክ ብለን የማሰብ ሃላፊነት ያለብን የኢትዮጵያ ልጆች ነን” የሚል መነሳሳት ያስፈልገናል። ኮሎኒያሊስቶች ባሻቸው ቀጣጥፈው የሰሯቸው አገሮች እንኳን አገር ነን ብለው በሚኮሩበት በዚህ ዘመን የፈረንጅ የእውቀት ቃርሚያ የቀመሱቱ የኛው ልጆች  ኢትዮጵያ የምትባል አገር እኮ አልነበረቺም እያሉን መቃብራችንን ሊያስቆፍሩን ይውተረተራሉ። ለመሆኑ ኢትዮጵያዊነት ምን ማለት ይሆን? ኢትዮጵያዊነት ለኔ እንዲህ ይገለፃል ወይም እኔ ኢትዮጵያዊ ነኝ ስል የሚሰማኝ ስሜት እንዲህ ነው።

“ከኢትዮጵያ አፈር ውሀና አየር የተሰራሁ፣ ማለትም የበላሁት የጠጣሁት፣ የተነፈስኩት አየርና የሞቅሁት ፀሀይ ያለኝን ተክለ ሰውነት እውነት ያደረገ፤ አስተሳሰቤን፣ ወግና ልማዴን ስነልቦናዬን ጭምር ያወረሰኝ፣ ሀሳቤን እግለጽበት ዘንድም አፍ የፈታሁበትን ቋንቋ የሰጠኝ የምንነቴ መገለጫ ነው”

ግን በዚህም አላበቃም ከዚህ በላይ የማንነቴ መገለጫ ትልቅ እውነትም አለና። ኢትዮጵያዊ ነኝ እንድል የሚያደርገኝ ሌላው እውነት ከውልደቴ በሁዋላ የተማርኩት ብቻ ሳይሆን በውርስ የተቀበልኩትምእኔነት ነው እላለሁ። ይህም ውርስ….

ከእናቴና አባቴ እኩል በእኩል በተቀበልኩት ክሮሞዞም ይት ድርና ማግ የተሸመንኩ ‘ጂን’ በሚሉት ዝንጉርጉር የዘርማንዘሮቼ አሻራ  ጥበብ የደመቅሁ አንድም ብዙም ሰው መሆኔም ጭምር ነው። አያቶቼን፣ ቅም አያቶቼን ከዚያም በፊት የነበሩትና የመጀመርያው ለተከታዩ ሲያወርሱት የቆዩት አሻራቸውን ሁሉ መረከቤና የዚያም ነጸብራቅ መሆኔ ነው ኢትዮጵያዊነቴ።  ከኔ ጋር በአካል ምንም ግንኙነት ሳይኖራቸው ሳላያቸው ሳያዩኝ ግን እነሱን እንድመስል የሚያደርጉኝን መሰረታዊ የሆኑ ባህርያት የተረከብኩበት መገለጫዬ ነው ኢትዮጵያዊነቴ።”

ስለዚህ እያንዳንዳችን የተሸከምነው ጓዝ ብዛቱ የትየለሌ በመሆኑ ግለሰብም ሕዝብን (ያሉትንና የነበሩትን) ይወክል ዘንድ እውነት ነው።  ዘር ከልጓም ሲሉ፣ የእናት ሆድ ዥጉርጉር ሲሉም ያንን ትልቅ እውነት በሀገራዊ ብሂል የሚገልጹበትና ሳይንሱም ይህንን እውነት የሚመሰክርበት ነው። ለዚህም ነው በሌላ ሀገር ተወልደው፣ የሌላ አገር ማንነትን ይዘው ነገር ግን ምንነታቸውን በሰጣቸው የጂን አሻራ ምክንያት ኢትዮጵያዊ የሚያስብሉ ባህርያትን የሚያንጸባርቁ ወገኖችን የምንመለከተው።
እንዲያም ሆኖ ግን እኔ የተሰራሁበት አፈር፣ ወሀና አየር የኢትዮጵያው ስለሆነ ዛሬ በዐለም ዙርያ በመዞሬ ያካበትኩት እውቀትና ልምድም ተጨምሮበት እንኳን ኢትዮጵያ ከውስጤ ከወጣች ባዶዬን የምቀር ነኝ። መሰረቴ ሀገሬ በመሆንዋ ያለሀገሬ ባዶ ነኝ። ብዙዎች ላይ የሚነበበውና ምትሀታዊ ሀይል የሚመስለው እውነትም ይኸው ነው። ስለዚህ ሀገራችን ከሌለች ሀገርም ከሌለን የኛ መኖር ካለመኖራችን ጋር አንድ ነው። ጎዶሎ ስሜት ያልተሟላ ማንነት ይዞ መንገታገት! በስደት አካላዊ ምቾት እንኳን ቢኖር የተሰበረ ቅስም የመያዛችን ትልቁ ምክንያትም ይኸው ይመስለኛል። ለዚህ ነው አገር አልፈረሰችም ሲሉኝ ስብርባሪዎችዋን ተበታትነው እያየሁ እንደምን አልተነካችም ልበል? አገር ሕዝብ ከሆነ ሕዝብ ሲበተን አገር እየፈረሰ ነው ማለት ምን ውሸት አለው? የሚያሰኘኝ።
የኢትዮጵያ ጠላት ኢትዮጵያን ካስተዳደረ፣ የኢትዮጵያ ምሁራን ለሕዝባቸውና ለወገናቸው ማገልገል ተስኗቸው በስደት ለአፍሪካ ሀገሮች፣ አውሮፓና አሜሪካ እውቀታቸውን የሚሰጡ ከሆነ፣ የነገ ሀገር ተረካቢዎች የሆኑ ወጣቶች በተገኘው ቀዳዳ ሁሉ “በሀገር ተዋርዶ ከመኖር እየሄዱ መሞት” ብለው የሚሰደዱ ከሆነ፤ ወይዛዝርቶች  ወደ አረብ ሀገር ለባርነትና፣ ለግርድና ሲያቀኑ ባዕድ ሀገራት ለም መሬታችን እየተሰጣቸው ሕዝባቸውን ሲመግቡ እንደሞኝ እየተመለከትን እድሜ የምንገፋ ከሆነ አገር ምንም አልሆነች ማለት እንደምን ይቻለናል? እንደ መለስ ዜናዊ “መሬቱ እኮ እዚያው ነው ሱዳኖች መጥተው አረሱት እንጂ” አይነት አባባል እኛም “ኢትዮጵያ እኮ አለች ሕዝብዋ እየተሰደደና እየተፈናቀለ ነው እንጂ …” ብለን በራሳችን ካልቀለድን በቀር እየፈረሰች ያለች አገር ናት።
ይህንን ጽሁፍ ለመጻፍ ስንደረደር የካፒቴን ተሾመ ተንኮሉን ቃለመጠይቅ ኢሳት ላይ እየተመለከትኩ ነበር። የደረሰበት በደል በጫካ ሕግ ላይ የተመሰረተ የጠላትነትና የማንአለብኝነት ተግባር ነበር። ለማመንም ለመቀበልም እጅግ የሚያዳግት ነው። እስከዛሬው ቀን ድረስ ለተቀበለው ስቃይ ምክንያት ምን እንደሆነ አልተነገረውም። ሀገሩን ማፍቀሩና ማገልገሉ በወያኔ ዘንድ እንደ ከባድ ጥፋት ከመቆጠሩ በስተቀር። ከዚያ በደል ሁሉ በሁዋላ ደግሞ አገርህ ትፈልግሀለች መባሉ ይበልጥ የሚያቆስል ነው። እንደ ካፒቴን ተሾመ ተንኮሉ አይነት ኢትዮጵያ በከፍተኛ ወጪ ያስተማረቻቸውና የሀገር መከታ የሆኑት ሁሉ ተሰደው የእለት ጉርሳቸውን ለማግኘት የተገኘውን ስራ እየሰሩ ተበትነው ይኖራሉ። በሙያቸው እየሰሩ ያሉትም ቢሆኑ ለመኖር እንጂ ሀሴትን ለማግኘት እንዳልታደሉ ይታወቃል። በ42 ፕሮፌሰሮች መባረር የተጀመረው ዘመቻ ዛሬ ከየተቋማቱ አገር ጥለው የሚኮበልሉ ምሁራን ቁጥር ከግምትም በላይ ነው። የመውጫ ቀዳዳ አበጅተው አገሬን የሚለውን በርካታ ወገን ከሀገሩ አስጨንቀው አስወጥተውታል እያስወጡም ነው የምንል ከሆነ በዚያች አገር መኖር የሚችለው መከራን ለመቀበልና ለመጋፈጥም ዝግጁ የሆነና ባርነትን በግዱና ምርጫ በማጣት የተቀበለው ነው ማለት ነው። ባለሀገር ነን ባዮቹና የሀገሪቱን ጸጋ እየተቀራመቱ ያሉት ጥቂት የወያኔ አባላትና ተላላኪዎቻቸው ብቻ ናቸው። እነርሱም የቆቅ እንቅልፍ የሚተኙና ሀብት የሚያሸሹቱ ይበዙባቸዋል።
ትውልድን የሚያንጽና የሚቀርጽ አካል ከሌለ የሚጠብቀን ለባርነትና ለውርደት የተመቸ ዜጋን መተካት ግድ ይሆናል።ሀገረገዢዎቹ ደግሞ ከነርሱ የተሻለ የሚያስብ እንዲኖር አይሹም እንዲሁ እየተንገታገቱ ልጆቻቸውና የልጅ ልጆቻቸው ለዘመኑ የሚመጥን እውቀትና ሀብት ይዘው የሚፈነጩበትን አገር እየሰሩ ነው። በቁም መፍረስና መሞት ማለትም ይኸው ነው። በተለያየ የሙያ ዘርፍ በከፍተኛ ደረጃ የሰለጠኑ ወገኖች በውጭው አለም ከእውቀታቸውና ከልምዳቸው ጋር የማይመጣጠን ስራ ሲሰሩ ማየት ትልቅ የሀገር ሀብት ከንቱ መቅረቱን መመስከር ስለሆነ ያማል። በሙያቸው የሚሰሩትም ቢሆኑ ለሀገርና ለወገን የሚገባውን ማድረግ ካልቻሉ በደሉ ያው ነው። በጥቂት የወያኔ ባለስልጣኖች ባለንብረትነት የሚገነባው ሕንጻ ሽቅብ ሲወጣና ወደ ጎን ሲሰፋ ኢትዮጵያዊነት ግን ቁልቁል ሲሄድና የሃገሪቱም ጠረፍ ወደጎን ሲጠብ ማየትስ ምንኛ አሳዛኝ ነው?
ያለው መንግስት ባመነው መሰረት ብቻ እንኳን በሁለት አመት ውስጥ አራት መቶ ሺህ ዜጎች በሕገወጥ መንገድ ተሰደዋል የሚል ዜና ሰምተናል። ምናልባትም ተመሳሳይ ቁጥር በህጋዊ መንገድ ከሀገር ለቀው ወጥተዋል ይህ ከቶ ምንን ያመለክታል? የኢትዮጵያ ወጣቶች ደም የሰሃራ በረሃን እያጠጣው ነው፣ የውቅያኖስ አሳዎችን እየቀለበ ነው። በየመን ሞት ነው፣ በሊቢያም ሞት ነው። በኬንያ፣ ታንዛንያ፣ ማላዊ፣ ዚምባብዌ፣ ሞዛምቢክ የኢትዮጵያ ወጣቶች እስርቤቶችን አጨናንቀውታል። የአለም ደቻሳ የጣር ድምጽ ዛሬን ድረስ ይሰማል። በፈላ ውሃ የተቃጠለችው ሸዋዬ ሞላ ምስል አሁንም አለ፤ የሚደርስላት ጠፍቶ አስፋልት ላይ ደሟ የተነዠቀዠቀው ወጣት ምስል በሃሳባችን ወስጥ ትኩስ ሀዘን አስፍሯል። ኤምባሲዎቻችን ሱቅ በደረቴዎችና ሰላዮችን እንጂ ኢትዮጵያን ጉዳዬ የሚሉ ሰዎችን አልያዘም። ወደ ሞታቸው እየተጋፉ መርከብ ወይም ጀልባ የተሳፈሩ ወጣቶች በላምባዱዛ መርገፋቸው አንገት ያስደፋል። በአንድ ዘመን አረቦች በመላው ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ተሰደው እየኖሩ የእለት ጉርሳቸውን ያገኙ እንዳልነበር ዛሬ አረቦች በጋጠወጥ ድርጊት ልጆቻቸንን እህቶቻቸንን ሚስቶችንም ጨምሮ እንደ አሻንጉሊት እየተጫወቱባቸው ነው። ቀኑን በስራና በችጋር ለሊቱን በመደፈር እያሳለፉት መጨረሻቸው እብደትና ሞት ሆኗል። በዚህ አይነት መከራ የሚመጣ ገንዘብን የሚጠብቁ ተጧሪዎች ደግሞ ልጆቻቸውንህቶቻቸውን ወንደሞቻቸውን እና ሚስቶቻቸውን ለዚህ መከራ አሳልፈው ከሰጡ በርህራሄና በመተሳሰብ የሚታወቀው ኢትዮጵያዊነት አብቅቶለታል።  መከታነት አጋርነትም በችጋር ምክንያት ተሟጥጦ ሄዷል፣ ክብርም እንዲሁ። ወጣቶቻችን እንደ ባርያ እየተሸጡ ነው፣ የኛው ጉዶችም ባርያ ፈንጋይና ደላሎች ሆነው ወገኖቻቸውን  ያሻሽጣሉ። እንዲህ ከዘቀጥን እውነት ኢተዮጵያ የምንላት ሀገር አልፈረሰችምን? በትክክል እየፈረሰች ነው የሚያሰኘኝ የተበታተኑ የኢትዮጵያ ፍርስራሾች በመላው አለም መበተናቸውን መመስከሬና አንዱም እኔው መሆኔ ነው።

One of the Tigrai People’s Liberation Front’s founder Sebhat Nega lying right through his teeth

by Ewnetu Sime

I listened the interview of Sebhat Nega on Sunday, October 20, 2013 with Dereje Desta of ZeEthiopia newspaper. In case you missed it visit http://zethiopia.com/Sibehat%20Nega%20Zethiopia%20interview

Sebhat Nega the pathological liar

During this interview, Sebhat brushed aside in his effort to deceive the hard truth of the past and present political events of Ethiopia. His outright denial of reality and his annoying gut during the entire interview period would drive listeners crazy. He spent his time trying to convince listeners that things are not really worse as they seem.
Sebhat is a political front man for TPLF. He denied that he was dismissed from ethnic-party owned EFFORT CEO Position with disgrace by aka “Queen of Corruption” Azeb Mesfin .  He denied that he openly blamed Meles for “killing TPLF” after Meles’s death, and the current conflict among TPLF/EPRDF officials that resulted into two Groups namely: Sebhat Nega’s and late Prime Minister Meles widow’s Groups. He further claimed that in TPLF’s struggle history, they never faced internal division, only had different opinions. Sebhat should be reminded that there were widespread reports by dissidents during his TPLF’s Leadership. He periodically ordered his party loyalist carried out torture or even execution of those he felt had crossed him.
As he continued the interview, he stated that the TPLF/EPDRF constitution is like a “bible” it is solid and respected by all. If that is the case, he was asked if the land giveaway to foreign investors is constitutional or not?. He chose to dodge the question and not answer it… But the fact is – not only violating their own constitution the regime officials (mostly his party members) benefit from land sales and secretive leasing agreements. When he was asked to explain about the urgent promoting of the thirty three (33) army generals after Meles’ death and prior installing the current Prime Minister, Sebhat said he has no recollection of the promoting of the thirty three army generals. The interviewer  then commented, it was announced by state’s media. Sebhat could not defend his denial. He also attempted to minimize embezzlement and  the fraud by saying Ethiopia with other Africans are better off and in real sense corruption does not exist in Ethiopia. As we all know, the embezzlement and fraud long went unpunished, particularly for those with high-level connections.  It is an open secret that Sebhat and cronies involved in corruption acquired lavish villas and the illicit outflow money at a massive scale out of the country.
These inconsistent statements clearly illustrate the character of Sebhat  . He is blind to truth and justice. Sebhat is a backbone of a brutal dictator and master of intrigue in Modern History. He is an old dog with old tricks and he will never learn from past mistakes. Sebhat has been travelling to USA several times for variety of reasons. He has been enjoying his stay in America. He is dining and wining in five star hotels and party inTPLF’s Embassy Receptions, Unless he is stupid, he has seen how the United States is an ethnically diverse nations.  It is said by many a “melting pot” of cultures from around the world where individual choices without the constraints of class, religion, race, or ethnic group. In fact most of us Ethiopian political asylees are attracted to this beautiful country as it promises life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Unfortunately, Sebhat and his loyalist TPLF’s Leaders are incapable understanding this concept, although they have been enjoying in US the fruit of freedom.. Our beautiful country also ethnically diverse country deserves same rights as the free world. But Sebhat and TPLF has chosen to do the opposite.
They maintained power through corruption, ruthlessness, and vote rigging system for winning elections they deployed as recently as 2010. They continue to rule with cruelty, including the murder of 198 peacefully protestors in 2005 (GC), and thousands of peace loving people all over the county. The patriotic journalists, opposition parties leaders, and other activities are still languishing in notorious jail system.
The Opposition parties and other activists group ought to know that the ordinary people will be less sympathetic to, supportive to, if they fail to put aside difference and stand united to advance a just struggle for freedom.  Justice would prevail as seen like many other countries, the powerful would be vanquished!!