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Ethio-American Muslim Ad-Hoc committee: No to Violations of Ethiopian Muslims Right by the Ethiopian Government!
Urgent Media Release
Ethio-American Muslim Ad-Hoc committee
Contact: Sadik Ahmed, Public Relations
Phone: +1-202-569-8455
E.Mail: fhfhumanright@gmail.com
No to Violations of Ethiopian Muslims Right by the Ethiopian Government!
We, the Ethiopian/American Muslim Community in the Washington Metropolitan Area, are gravely concerned about the Ethiopian government’s interference in Ethiopian Muslims’ religious affairs by imposing a religious sect of its choice.
According to different media outlets and Ethiopian government officials, the government sponsored Lebanese and Syrian nationals who are alien to Ethiopian Muslims’ religious cultures and ways of life started the indoctrination of the Muslim populace with the choice of theology of the government’s like. Lately, the violation of Ethiopian Muslims’ religious rights intensified in most public spheres. Officials who work closely with the government informed the media in Ethiopia about the plan to train (indoctrinate) close to 30,000 imams throughout the country by violating its own constitution as a secular government and forcing students and their parents sign documents agreeing not to wear the religiously mandated head scarf (Hijab) or perform the religiously mandated prayers even though the official stated policy permits them to do so. As part of this plan of intimidation, the government announced the arrest of over 500 Muslims religious leaders and activist in the town of Assandabo in Oromia region. Continue reading this post »
Ethiopia charges six journalists with terrorism
New York, November 11, 2011–A judge in Ethiopia’s federal high court charged six journalists with terrorism on Thursday under the country’s antiterrorism law, bringing the number of journalists charged under the statute since June to 10, CPJ research found.
Twenty-four people, including imprisoned dissident blogger Eskinder Nega and five other journalists critical of the government who work online and in exile, were charged, according to the court charge sheet obtained by CPJ. Nega, a contributor to U.S.-based Ethiopian diaspora news websites; editors Mesfin Negash and Abiye Teklemariam of the U.S.-based Addis Neger Online; Abebe Gellaw of the U.S.-based Addis Voice; Abebe Belew of the U.S.-based radio station Addis Dimts; and Fasil Yenealem of Netherlands-based station ESAT were charged with providing support to Ginbot 7, a banned opposition movement that the government formally designated a terrorist entity under the sweeping 2009 antiterrorism law this year, the charge sheet said. The law criminalizes any reporting that authorities deem “encourage” or “provide moral support” to groups the government has labeled terrorists. The five journalists in exile were charged in absentia. Continue reading this post »
