Daily Archives: February 18, 2013

Odeessa Haala Rakkoo Yuuniversity Mattuu Damee Gambeela Keessatti Dhalatee

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Ethiopia: Changes without Improvements

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Ethiopia: Changes without Improvements

HRLHAThe Human Rights Situation in Ethiopia Deteriorated 

Rapidly After the New PM Came to Power

HRLHA Statement

Ethiopians and the friends of Ethiopia have recently witnessed two major changes taking place in the country particularly in relation to honouring and protecting human rights. One is the replacement of Mr. Meles Zenawi, whose government tightly restricted fundamental human rights and severely punished those who attempted to exercise some of their basic freedoms, by another prime minister. The other change is Ethiopias election to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Following those changes, again Ethiopians and their friends expected some kinds of improvements in terms of human rights situations in the country. There have been reasons why improvements were expected in both cases. Firstly, the new prime minster, Mr. Hailemariam Dessalegn, was believed to be much more and well educated person than Mr. Meles Zenawi, who was just a rebel leader and a first-year university drop-out before coming to power. Besides, contrary to Mr. Meles underlying political principles of racism and regionalism, Mr. Hailemariam was expected to be far from racial partiality, discriminations and political biases. Secondly, membership to the UN Human Rights Council comes with such obligations as holding the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe (UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251). Unfortunately, the expected improvements havent happened. Instead, we are witnessing the worsening of the human rights situations in the country. Good most recent cases in point are the Suri massacre in the Omo Valley, south-western Ethiopia, and racially motivated brutal crackdown against the students of Addis Ababa, Arat Kilo University, almost all of whom were Oromo nationals.

HRLHA Statement (12) – Surri.pdf

Gadaa.com Launches Monthly Newsletter, FinfinneTribune, Read/Share the First Edition

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February 18, 2013 

Gadaa.com, the online media outlet serving the Oromo nation as well as the Horn of African region, has launched a monthly bilingual electronic newsletter (e-newsletter, in PDF format) that covers community and civic topics that are relevant to the Oromo nation and the Horn of African region. The e-newsletter is named FinfinneTribune, and presents information in English and Afan Oromo.

Read/print/distribute/email FinfinneTribune 1st edition (Vol. 01, No. 01, Mar. 2013, Bitootessa 2013):
1) Low resolution file for email
2) high resolution file for printing

FinfinneTribune is delivered to its audience electronically through the email, or printed-on-demand by volunteers who would like to distribute the newsletter in the Diaspora or in Oromiyaa, where no single newspaper exists in the Afan Oromo language, despite the language being the third widely spoken in the entire Africa. FinfinneTribune’s distribution solely depends on volunteers to reach the wider audience, and it’s also EMAIL-on-Demand to reach the audience back home in Oromiyaa. FinfinneTribune will strive to serve the information-starved community with utmost professionalism and dedication.

Tips:
Gadaa.comFor best look, one can print FinfinneTribune on double-sided 11×17 (size) papers in color, preferably, and staple all papers together on the left top side.
Gadaa.comEmail the actual file (the PDF file) as an attachment, in addition to sending the secured link of the newsletter, to ensure end-users can access the newsletter from wherever they may be located at.

To submit materials for FinfinneTribune, please use the existing submission methods for Gadaa.com:
1) Email material to Contact@Gadaa.com (photos, videos, texts), or
2) Use the following page to send the message (text only): http://www.Gadaa.com/contact.html

In addition, the existing News Guidelines and Editorial Policy of Gadaa.com will also apply to theFinfinneTribune newsletter.

Read/share/print/distribute/email now: click here to get the first edition of FinfinneTribune (Vol. 01, No. 01, March 2013, Bitootessa 2013)