“በዜጎች ላይ የመብት ጥሰት እየፈጸሙ ያሉ የመንግስት ተቋማት አና አስፈጻሚዎች በህግ ሊጠየቁ ይገባል”

ከአንድነት ለዴሞክራሲና ለፍትሕ ፓርቲ(አንድነት) የተሰጠ መግለጫ

የአሜሪካ መንግሥት የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር መስሪያ ቤት እ.ኤ.አ በ2013 ዓ.ም በኢትዮጵያ ተፈፀሙ ያላቸውን የሰብዓዊ መብት ጥሰቶች ሪፖርትተመልክተነዋል፡፡ በሪፖርቱ የተካተቱት የመብት ጥሰቶች አንድነት ለዴሞክራሲና ለፍትሕ ፓርቲ በተደጋጋሚ ያጋለጣቸው እና ከፍተኛ ትግልእያደረግንባቸው የሚገኙ አስከፊ ተግባራት እንደሆኑ ቢታወቅም የቆምንለት ዓላማ እና እየታገልነው ያለው ስርዓት በሌሎች ዘንድም ድርጊቱ የታወቀመሆኑን ያረጋገጥንበት ነው፡፡ የዉጭ ጉዳይ መስሪያ ቤቱ በሪፖርቱ ያካተታቸው እንደተጠበቁ፣ የተፈጸሙ እና እየተፈጸሙ ያሉ የሰብዓዊ መብትጥሰቶች ከዚያም የላቁ እንደሆኑ አንድነት በተጨባጭ ያውቃል፡፡

የኢህአዴግ መንግሥት ዜጎችን በማፈን፣ ሚዲያዎችን በመዝጋት፤ ለህግ የበላይነት ቁብ በማጣት፤ ድብቅ በሆኑ እስር ቤቶች ዜጎችን በማጎር፤ በጥርጣሬያዝኳቸው የሚላቸውን ዜጎች በራሳቸው ላይ እንዲመሰክሩ በማስገደድ፤ በማሰቃየት፤ በማስፈራራት፤ በመግደልና አስገድዶ ከሀገር በማሰደድየተመሰከረለት ነው፡፡ ሀገራችን ኢትዮጵያ ከገዥው የኢህአዴግ መንግሥት የተለየ አመለካከት ያላቸውና ስርዓቱን የሚተቹ ዜጎች የመከራ ገፈትየሚጋቱባት ሀገር እንደሆነች መቀጠሏም ከዜጎቿም ሆነ ከዓለም አቀፍ ማህበረሰቡ የተሰወረ አይደለም፡፡

ቀደም ሲል በግፍ ታስረው ከሚገኙት የአንድነት ፓርቲ ምክትል ሊቀመንበር አንዷለም አራጌ እና ናትናኤል መኮንንን ከመሳሰሉ ብርቱ ሰላማዊታጋዬቻችን በኋላ እንኳን በቅርቡ የፓርቲያችን የቀድሞ ዋና ፀሐፊና የአሁኑ የብሔራዊ ም/ቤት አባል የሆኑት አቶ አስራት ጣሴ ሃሳባቸውን በመጽሔትጽፈዋል ተብለው ለእስር መዳረጋቸው የስርዓቱ አፋኝነት መቋጫ ያጣ መሆኑን የሚያረጋግጥ ነው፡፡ ሌላኛው አባላችን አቶ አለማየሁ ለፌቦ ከፓርቲውጠቅላላ ጉባኤ ማግስት ጀምሮ ወደ ደቡብ ክልል ሲመለሱ የፓርቲ አባል በመሆናቸው ብቻ ፍርድ ቤት ሳይቀርቡ ለ27 ቀናት መታሰራቸው፤ በኦሮሚያበደቡብ እና በሰሜናዊት ኢትዮጵያ በተለየ ሁኔታ አባሎቻችን በአመለካከታቸው ብቻ ከስራ እየተፈናቀሉ መሆኑ፤ ጋዜጠኞች እና የሙስሊሙማህበረሰብ የመፍትሄ አፈላላጊ ኮሚቴዎች ዛሬም በእስር ላይ መሆናቸው፤ ከዚህ በተጨማሪ ሙስና፤ የመሬት ቅርምት፤ የዜጎች መፈናቀል እና ህገ ውጥአሰራር በበኩሉ ከስርዓቱ ጋር የተገነባ መሆኑ ሀቅ ነው፡፡

በሪፖርቱ የተዘረዘሩትን የሰብዓዊ መብት ጥሰቶች መድገም ባያስፈልግም በዚህች ሀገር የተንሰራፋው ህገ ወጥነት ይቀየር ዘንድ ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲዎች፤የሲቪክ ተቋማት፤ ድፕሎማቲክ ማህበረሰቡ እና የሚመለከተቸው አካላት ህጋዊ በሆነ ሁኔታ በመንግሥት ላይ ጫና እንዲያሳድሩ ጥሪ እናቀርባለን፡፡የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት በበኩሉ ይህ ሁሉ የሰብዓዊ መብት ጥሰት ባለበት ‹‹ጤነኛ እንደሆነ መንግሥት ›› ራሱን ለመቁጠር እንደሚያስቸግረውእንረዳለን፡፡ በመሆኑም የፖለቲካ ምህዳሩን ለሁሉም እኩል በማድረግ፤ የፀረ ሽብር፤ የፕሬስ፤ የበጎ አድራጎት እና ማህበራት ማደራጃ፤ ህጎችን በመቀየር፤የሊዝ አዋጁን እና በተሻሻለው የወንጀለኛ መቅጫ የተካተተውን የፕሬስ ነጻነት የሚገፋ አንቀጽ በመሰረዝ፤ ከዴሞክራሲና የፍትሕ ተቋማት ላይ እጁንበማንሳት ከሚመጣበት የህዝብ ቁጣም ሆነ የታሪክ ተወቃሽነት ቢያመልጥ መልካም ነው እንላለን፡፡ አንድነት፣ በሀገራችን ያሉትን የፖለቲክ ችግሮችበዉይይት ለመፍታት በኢሕአዴግ እና በተቃዋሚዎች መካከል ሁሉም አሸናፊ የሆኑበትና ቅንነት ያለበት ውይይት እንዲደረግ፣ ፍላጎት እንዳለውበተደጋጋሚ በገለጸው መሰረት፣ ኢሕአዴግ ወደ መሃል ሜዳ መጥቶ ለዉይይት እንዲዘጋጅም እንጠይቃለን።

በሪፖርቱ የተዘረዘሩ እና ሌሎችም የሰብአዊ መብት ጥሰቶችን በሚመለከት ግን በተለይ የተወካዮች ምክር ቤት፤ የኢትዮጵያ ሰብዓዊ መብት ኮምሽንናየእንባ ጠባቂ ተቋማት ከፓርቲ ወገንተኝነት በፀዳ መልኩ መርምረውና አጣርተው የመብት ጥሰት የፈጸሙትን የመንግስት አካላት ለፍትህ ማቅረብግዴታቸው መሆኑን አንድነት ፓርቲ ያሳውቃል፡፡

ከሁሉም በላይ ዋነኛ የችግሩ ገፈት ቀማሽ የሆናችሁ በሀገር ውስጥም ሆነ ከሀገር ውጪ ያላችሁ መላው የሀገራችን ዜጎች ሰፊው ህዝብ የሉዓላዊ ስልጣንባለቤት እንጂ ከጥቂት አምባገነን መሪዎች መብት የሚለምን አለመሆኑን በመገንዘብ ከመቼውም ጊዜ በላይ ስርዓቱን ለመታገል በአንድ ድምጽ ከጎናችንእንድትቆሙ ጥሪያችንን እናቀርባለን፡፡

የአሜሪካ መንግሥትም ቢሆን አንዲህ ዓይነቱን ከአሜሪካ ባህልና እሴት ጋር የሚቃረኑ ዘግናኝ የሰብዓዊ መብት ጥሰቶችን በተደጋጋሚ በየዓመቱሪፖርት ከማውጣት ባሻገር ትርጉም ያለው ጫና በማሳደር ከኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ጎን ለዴሞክራሲያዊና ሰብዓዊ መብት መከበር ሊቆም ይገባል ብለንእናምናለን፡፡

ዘለዓለማዊ ክብር ለኢትዮጵያና ኢትዮጵያውያን!!!
አንድነት ለዴሞክራሲና ለፍትሕ ፓርቲ (አንድነት)
የካቲት 26 ቀን 2006 ዓ.ም
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The Battle of Adwa Changed Ethiopia and the World

Abebe Hailu, Special to The Washington Informer

Ethiopia, Yesterday and Today

Ethiopia has a significant history reaching over 3,000 years into the past. The word “Ethiopia” has become a term for the idea of African solidarity and freedom, not just the name of a nation or a region. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus noted the region of Ethiopia as home to “people with burnt faces.” During the Greek and Roman eras, everything south of the Sahara Desert in Africa was generally referred to as Ethiopia or Abysinnia.

“The Battle of Adwa” (Courtesy of A. Davey via Wikipedia)

Biblical references also label Ethiopia as Cush, Kesh, Ekosh and Shewa (Sheba) in the Hebrew language. These were the names used in Solomon’s courts when he received a visit from the Ethiopian Queen of Sheba. The biblical “Song of Solomon” praises her physical beauty. In modern times, especially since the battle of Adwa, Ethiopia has been seen as a de facto model of freedom for all black cultures sand societies world-wide.

This held true up until the time the current political regime came to power. At least this is a homegrown terror and not a conquering white European army. This renegade regime has been busy throwing fellow citizens off of their ancestral lands and leasing them to international corporations. Freedom of the press is nonexistent and journalists are jailed regularly. The current corrupt politicians have even set about the process of changing history by denying the importance of the Battle of Adwa, and mocking the reign of Menelik and Taytu.

Commemorating the Victory at Adwa

In an effort to head off the rewriting of history, Ethiopian-Americans and other members of the African diaspora will commemorate the Victory at Adwa at Veterans Plaza in the Silver Spring Civic Building in Maryland. Historians will be on hand to offer their take on the importance of the battle – and its global impact – at the gathering that will take place on Sunday, March 2, 2014. All citizens of the D.C. Metro area are encouraged to attend.

European Might is Turned Back at Adwa

King Menelik exposed the treachery and would have none of the treaty. The Italians, claiming that Menelik knew what he was signing, decided to use military power to force compliance. The Italians had about 18,000 men armed with around 56 pieces of artillery. King Menelik II was able to organize and structure an army within a very short period of time. Though the Ethiopian forces out-numbered the invaders, they lacked the technological advantage held by the Italians.

Command of the Ethiopian forces was split between Menelik, the Empress Taytu, and a number of other leaders. These forces positioned themselves on the hills overlooking the Italian-occupied Adwa Valley. By noon on March 1, 1896, the Italian army was in full retreat with a considerable number of casualties. The Italians left most of their military equipment while they fled and this allowed the forces of Menelik and Taytu to increase their armories considerably.

Taytu, an Empress at War and a Wily Politician

Before the battle, the Empress Taytu had held a hard line against the Italians at the Ethiopian Imperial Court. When talks over the spurious treaty broke down, Italy assembled a force to invade Ethiopia. Empress Taytu joined her husband.

Among Taytu’s army was a force of cannoneers that rained fire down onto the Italians in the valley of Adwa. After their kingdom was secured, during their reign the king played the good and beloved king. The empress played the strict monarch. This good cop/bad cop division of duties and politics helped ensure their long reign.

Adwa Affected America

The unexpected victory at Adwa spurred the birth of a Pan-African solidarity that was evident in America. The African-American Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois was a major spokesman for freedom for Black Africans. He also edited the “Crisis” magazine, the voice for the NAACP. He devoted a whole chapter of his book, “The World and Africa,” to a history of Ethiopia as a state, while promulgating Ethiopia as an idea of global African unity.

In 1936 there were some so-called black riots in Harlem. These were really just demonstrations against the treatment of Ethiopia by the Western powers. No property damage or casualties were declared. John Hope Franklin wrote a book, “From Slavery to Freedom,” that helped Black Americans to become more worldly in their politics. African-American communities adopted the words “Ethiopia” or “Abyssinia” to rename their churches to push the idea of black global unity.

“… Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands …”

These words are from the biblical Psalm 68:31 and seem to reflect the modern global rise of a Pan-African vision of freedom. After the success of Ethiopia against colonial rule, some began to think of forming a United States of Africa. Others broadened their political views to include black societies throughout the world, as well as members of the African diaspora. A racial Pan-Africanism began to grow around the globe.

Ethiopia, as an idea of black solidarity, did indeed stretch forth her hands. Pan-African conferences were called in America and England during the early 1900s. Ethiopia grew in esteem among the global community upon her admittance to the League of Nations in 1923. This also thwarted any future movement by Europeans to colonize the nation, and shattered the centuries old negative myths that Africans were no better than “savages.”

The victory at Adwa helped produce a new phase of Pan-Africanism. It planted the seed of unity and cooperation of blacks throughout the world. It helped to break the yoke of colonialism in a united way. The African-American abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, summed up the forces unleashed by the victory at Adwa, and could have used his famous quote to fit the Ethiopian struggle: “It’s better to die free, than live as a slave.”

Federal police scrambled to arrest female activists [pictures]

The notorious Ethiopian government federal police scrambled to arrest female activists, during protest broken out at women’s 5km run. Some of the arrested women are Negest Wondyfra, Woynshet Molla, Weyni Neguse, Emebet Girma, Meron Alemayehu and Mignot Mekonnen are some of the arrested Semayawi party members and supporters (both are female activists).

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