Wednesday, May 1, 2013

THERE IS NO FREEDOM EXPRESSION IN ETHIOPIA

Lack of freedom in Ethiopia:
Out of five countries in the world showing the greatest aggregate declines in freedom from 2007-2011, Ethiopia was fifth according to the previously mentioned 2012 study by Freedom House.

In the case of Ethiopia, it is well known within the country that the ethnic-based Tigrayan Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF) not only controls the ruling party, the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), but it also controls every sector of society and every facet of life from the federal level to the kebele (neighborhood levels). This includes the parliament, civil service, the judiciary, the military, security forces, civic institutions, religious institutions, the economic system, the educational system and the administration of developmental aid; including the dispensation of food aid, fertilizers, seed and other developmental aid.

No independent judiciary in Ethiopia:
Judiciary serves the interest of corruption, cronies, silencing opponents, rewarding regime loyalists, impunity for human rights crimes, land and resource grabs, illicit financial transactions, complicity in illegal human trafficking of etc. Guilty are acquitted or never charged and the innocent are silenced, punished or flee the country—oftentimes suffering great risks on way. Many Ethiopian journalists, justice defenders, equality defenders, human rights defenders in Ethiopia in jail and no one speaking up for them.

Together, we must handle this fragile political situation with care, spreading principles of love, truth, responsibility, peace, justice and equality from person to person until it brings new light to every dark corner of our beautiful country.

May God help us to live out these principles "Humanity Before Ethnicity" or any other differences and "None of us will be freeuntil all are free” so we and others near and far are both blessed in a “ceremony of harmony, peace and inclusion” as we stand for love rather than hate, justice rather than injustice and equality rather than inequality.
Lack of freedom in Ethiopia: Out of five countries in the world showing the greatest aggregate declines in freedom from 2007-2011, Ethiopia was fifth according to the previously mentioned 2012 study by Freedom House. In the case of Ethiopia, it is well known within the country that the ethnic-based Tigrayan Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF) not only controls the ruling party, the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), but it also controls every sector of society and every facet of life from the federal level to the kebele (neighborhood levels). This includes the parliament, civil service, the judiciary, the military, security forces, civic institutions, religious institutions, the economic system, the educational system and the administration of developmental aid; including the dispensation of food aid, fertilizers, seed and other developmental aid. No independent judiciary in Ethiopia: Judiciary serves the interest of corruption, cronies, silencing opponents, rewarding regime loyalists, impunity for human rights crimes, land and resource grabs, illicit financial transactions, complicity in illegal human trafficking of etc. Guilty are acquitted or never charged and the innocent are silenced, punished or flee the country—oftentimes suffering great risks on way. Many Ethiopian journalists, justice defenders, equality defenders, human rights defenders in Ethiopia in jail and no one speaking up for them. Together, we must handle this fragile political situation with care, spreading principles of love, truth, responsibility, peace, justice and equality from person to person until it brings new light to every dark corner of our beautiful country. May God help us to live out these principles "Humanity Before Ethnicity" or any other differences and "None of us will be freeuntil all are free” so we and others near and far are both blessed in a “ceremony of harmony, peace and inclusion” as we stand for love rather than hate, justice rather than injustice and equality rather than inequality.
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