UA: 171/14 Index: AFR 25/003/2014 Ethiopia Date: 4 July 2014 URGENT ACTION ETHIOPIAN ACTIVIST AT RISK OF TORTURE Andargachew Tsige, an Ethiopian political activist in exile, appears to have been arrested in transit in Yemen on 24 June and forcibly returned to Ethiopia. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Andargachew Tsige is a British national of Ethiopian ... Read More »
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Ambo University fires one of the detained Zone 9 bloggers, lecturer Zelalem
De Birhan July 6, 2014 The letter, dated July 02, 2014, posted on Ambo University’s staff notice board states that Zelalem Kibert Beza, lecturer at the University and a member of the blogging collective, Zone 9, has been officially fired from his post as he “had not responded to two previous calls witten within the past couple of months to ... Read More »
Adeola of Sahara TV reports about Andargachew Tsige asks UK, Yemen
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Yemen kidnaps a sentenced Ethiopian opposition leader in transit & deports him to Ethiopia
De Birhan July 4, 2014 Andargachew Tsige In a very rare type of transcontinental kidnapping, Yemeni has kidnapped an internationally known Ethiopian originating activist, naturalized British citizen, Andargachew Tsegie (human rights defender and Secretary General of the Ginbot 7 Movement), and handed him over to Ethiopia when he departed Dubai and transited via Sanaa, Yemen on board a Senna bound Yemania Airways ... Read More »
Pressure grows on Yemen to release Ethiopian opposition group top official; G7 to give a presser on ESAT today
July 1, 2014 Pressure has grown on the Yemeni government from all fronts to release Andargachew Tsegie, the Secretary General of the Ethiopian opposition movement, Ginbot 7 , who was reportedly “abducted by four Yemeni Security personnel” while transiting via Sanaa on June 23, 2014. Hundreds of Ethiopians residing in Washington DC, U.S.A. have been phoning the Yemeni Embassy in ... Read More »
Ten Sudanese soldiers killed near Ethiopia border
Posted by: APA Posted date : June 29, 2014 Tension is brewing along the Sudan-Ethiopia border after ten Sudanese soldiers were killed in a skirmish with a militia group there on Saturday, the army and witnesses said. Sudanese farmers in Gedaref State told the {African Press Agency } on Sunday that another 13 soldiers were injured in the attack believed to have ... Read More »
How Andromeda, the Daughter of Ethiopian Royalty, Ended Up White
Image of the Week: A painted vase raises a question: Why did the Greeks choose to hide the mythological figure’s true origins? BY: IMAGE OF THE BLACK IN WESTERN ART ARCHIVE Posted: June 24 2014 3:01 AM The Niobid Painter, Sacrifice of Andromeda. Red-figure pelike, about 460 B.C.MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON his image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction ... Read More »
U.S. senators urge kerry to press Ethiopia respect human rights
June 21, 2014 In a letter written to U.S. Department of State, Senators Al Franken (D-MN) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Call on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to make Human Rights Issue more central part of US-Ethiopia relations. The Senators on their letter dated 19 June, 2014 urged the the Secretary to pay a heed to a multiplicand issues ... Read More »