By T, Staffer of De Birhan Media 28 April 2012 The blockage/jamming of radio and Television media has been highly practised until the end of the cold war and fall of the German Wall by states and agencies. While most of the world has now respected freedom of expression, adopted democracy and openness, few despotic and tyrannous countries have escalated their censorship ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: April 2012
ህዝባዊ ዓመፀን በዲጅታል ዘመን ጥቅም ላይ ማዋል
ደ ብርሃን ሚድያ 26 April ፳፩፪ ገነ ሻርፕ (Gene Sharp ) ሃይል ያልተቀላቀለበትን ህዝባዊ አመፀ/ ንቅናቄ ካጠኑት ሰዎች ግንባር ቀደሙ ነው። አንድአንድ ሰዎች የሻርፕ መፀሃፍት በአለፉት ሃያ አመታት ወስጥ በነበሩት ለውጦች ወስጥ ሰፊ ሚና ነበራቸው ይላሉ፣ ከሚሎሶቪች አስከ ሙባረክ ውድቀት ድረስ። “ሃይል ያልተቀላቀለበት ንቅናቄ ዘዴዎች” በሚለው ማኗሉ ሻርፕ መቶ ዘጠናስምንት ዘዴዎችን ይዘረዝራል (list of 198 methods )። እነዚህ አምባገነን መንግስቶቺን መጣያ ዘዴዎች ደግሞ በሶስት ዋና ዋና ክፍሎች ... Read More »
Racial inequality really effects poverty
26 April 2012 De Birhan Media Editors Note : T, Staffer of De Birhan Media (banned in Ethiopia BTW since last week, I will say this everyday like Mamo Qilo), had been selected to participate on a young leaders Conference in South America in 2004/05. This speech was written and sent by T, in 2004 for the Conference, when he was a 2nd year University ... Read More »
A young man self immolates in Addis Abeba
24 April 2012 Addis Abeba – Reports coming from Addis Abeba indicate that a young man named Dawit has immolated himself with petrol around St. George Avenue, Piassa in Addis Abeba today at around 5pm local time. According to the Facebook update of Temesgen Desalegn, Editor-in-Chief of the sole Independent Amharic language Newspaper in Addis Abeba, Fieteh Newspaper, Dawit, 30, was rushed to ... Read More »
De Birhan blocked in Ethiopia
By T, Staffer of De Birhan23 April 2012 The Web address of De Birhan (http://www.debirhan.com/) has been blocked since Saturday night (21 April 2012) in Ethiopia. According to readers from Addis Abeba and the Website internal Audience Data Report, De Birhan was not accessible in Ethiopia for two days now. The regime in Addis Abeba has mastered the blocking of Websites, News and Information media since the 2005 ... Read More »
IPI World Press Freedom Heroes Condemn Imprisonment of Ethiopian Journalist Eskinder Nega
A Call for an End to the Persecution of Journalists in Ethiopia By: Naomi Hunt, Press Freedom Adviser for Africa & the Middle East VIENNA, Apr. 23, 2012 – Twenty international journalists who have been recognised as World Press Freedom Heroes by the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) have condemned the Ethiopian government’s decision to jail Eskinder Nega and other ... Read More »
OLF founders and veterans meeting in Oslo
By T, Staffer of De Birhan Media 21 April 2012 Founders and veteran leaders of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) are meeting in Oslo, Norway today 21 April 2012. According to sources, big names of the Front such as Lencho Leta, Dima Negeo and many others are attending the meeting. Following the program change of one of the OLF factions led ... Read More »
Goatherd’s goats
By T, Staffer of De Birhan Media 21 April 2012 Came across news of good deed where young Ethiopians who met on Facebook raised a good sum for the rehabilitation of the Alem Decahsa’s widower and her surviving children. This culture should be the identifying trademark of Ethiopia’s new generation. Despite the precautionary messages and credible news reports about the ... Read More »