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Gizaw Legesse retweeted
Ethiopia is about to hold another sham election. Real opposition parties face obstructions while fake opposition parties are allowed to flourish. trib.al/M0Tz3Y4
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በሚቀጥለው ሰኞ በሚደረገው አገራዊ ምርጫ ላይ ብልፅግና ፓርቲ ለአገራዊው ፓርላማ ውድድር በሚደረግባቸው 48 የምርጫ ወረዳዎች ውስጥ ዕጩ ተወዳዳሪ አላቀረበም። ለምን?
እንደ ህፃን ልጅ አፍንጫ ጠባብ በሆነው የኢትዮጵያ የፖለቲካ ምህዳር ውስጥ እንኳን ምርጫ ማሸነፍ ለምርጫ መቅረብም አስቸጋሪ እንደሆነ ብልፅግና በሚገባ ይረዳል። ስለዚህ ሁሉም ፓርቲዎች በእኩልነት መወዳደር የሚችሉበት ነፃ የፖለቲካ ምህዳር ከመፍጠር ይልቅ፣ የምርጫ ዘመቻ አካሄዱ አላካሄዱ፣ ፓርቲዎች ዕጩ ተወዳዳሪ እሰካቀረቡ ድረስ ብልፅግናን ምንም በማይጎዳ መልኩ ካለምንም ችግር ማሸነፍ የሚችሉበት የተወሰኑ መቀመጫዎችን እንዲያሸንፉ ለተቃዋሚ ፓርቲዎች ሜዳውን ለቆላቸው ወጥቷል። ደሞኮ 48ቱን የምርጫ ወረዳዎች ለቅቆ የወጣው የትኛውም ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲ እንዲያሸንፍ ሳይሆን፣የሚወዳቸውና የጭን ገረዶቹ የሆኑ ፓርቲዎች እንዲያሸንፉለት ነው።
የኢትዮጵያ ፓለቲካ ውሎ ባደረ ቁጥር የማያሰማን ጉድ የለም። እንዳሰኘው አገር የሚመራ ብልፅግና፣ ህግ የሚያወጣ ብልፅግና፣ህግ የሚያስፈፅም ብልፅግና፣ ህግ የሚተረጉም ብልፅግና፣አሁን ደሞ የፓርላማ መቀመጫ በችርቻሮ እሱ ለሚወዳቸው ታማኝ ፓርቲዎች የሚያድለው ብልፅግና ሆኗል. . . .. ነገ ምን እንሰማ ይሆን? የነገ ሰው ይበለን!
እቺን አንብቧት
ethioelections.com/2026/05/1…
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Gizaw Legesse retweeted
Three years ago, on May 6, Voice of Amhara journalist Gobeze Sisay was arrested in #Djibouti and transferred to #Ethiopia under unclear circumstances in a sweeping crackdown on reporting about conflict in the Amhara region. He remains behind bars on terrorism charges that carry a potential death sentence.
Gobeze is due to present his defense this month.
Gobeze’s continued detention, along with three other journalists also accused of terrorism — Genet Asmamaw, Meskerem Abera, and Dawit Begashaw — underscores the risks facing independent media in Ethiopia and the criminalization of reporting on matters of public interest.
@pressfreedom calls for Gobeze’s immediate release and for Ethiopian authorities to stop criminalizing journalism.
Read more: cpj.org/data/people/gobeze-s…
ስብሃት ነጋን ይፈታ ጌታቸው ረዳን ቤት መኪና የቸረ ይህችን ልጅ የሚያሰቃየውበሰራችውወንጀል ሳይሆን በማንነቷ ነው!!!
Three years ago, on April 6, #Ethiopia journalist Genet Asmamaw was arrested in a sweeping crackdown on reporting about conflict in the Amhara region. She remains behind bars on terrorism charges that carry a potential death sentence.
She is due to present her defense in May.
Genet’s continued detention, along with three other journalists also accused of terrorism — Meskerem Abera, Dawit Begashaw, and Gobeze Sisay — underscores the risks facing independent media in Ethiopia and the criminalization of reporting on matters of public interest.
@pressfreedom calls for all four journalists' immediate release and for Ethiopian authorities to stop criminalizing the press.
Read more: cpj.org/data/people/genet-as…
Gizaw Legesse retweeted
አራት ኪሎን የተቆጣጠሩ አምባገነኖች ሁሉ የየራሳቸው ቀልድ አላቸው፣ እንደ አቢይ አህመድ ግን ቀልደኛ የነበረ አይመስለኝም፣ካሁን በኋላም አይመጣም።
ብልፅግና ፓርቲ ፓርላማ ውስጥ ስንት ወንበር እንደሚይዝ፣ የብልፅግና ታማኝ ፓርቲዎች ስንት መቀመጫ እንደሚይዙ ባጠቃላይ የፓርላማው ጥንቅት ምን መምሰል እንዳለበት የሚወስነው ድምፅ ሰጪው ማሀበረሰብ ሳይሆን አቢይ አህመድ ነው። ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ በጉቦ መልክ ለታማኝ ፓርቲዎች እየተሰጠ የፓርቲዎችን አፍ የሚያዘጋ ነገር ቢኖር የፓርላማ መቀመጫ ነው
Gizaw Legesse retweeted
Three years ago, on April 9, #Ethiopia journalist Meskerem Abera was arrested in a sweeping crackdown on reporting about conflict in the Amhara region. She remains behind bars on terrorism charges that carry a potential death sentence.
She is due to present her defense in May.
@pressfreedom calls for Meskerem’s immediate release and for Ethiopian authorities to stop criminalizing journalism.
Read more: cpj.org/data/people/meskerem…
Gizaw Legesse retweeted
BREAKING: The United Nations has voted 123-3 in favor to condemn the enslavement of millions of Africans and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
The three countries voting against it?
🇺🇸 USA
🇮🇱Israel
🇦🇷 Argentina
Nearly all of Europe abstained.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Context: the resolution wasn’t just a condemnation of the slave trade; it also called for reparations and described slavery as “the gravest crime against humanity,” which some countries rejected as creating a hierarchy of crimes (over genocide, etc.).
wfsb.com/2026/03/25/un-…
bbc.com/news/articles/…
gov.uk/government/spe…
ይህን ስመታችኋል? ኢዜማ መንግስትን ለመጣል ነፍጥ ያነሱ ሃይሎችን ከመንግስት ጋር አብሮ እንደሚወጋ ሲናገር አዳምጡት
አማርኛ ጠፍቶኝ ከሆነ አርሙኝ!! ማመን ነው ያቃተኝ
@AdanechAbiebie sponsor is feuding with Egypt. US seems to exacerbate feud.
nytimes.com/2026/02/27/world…
Gizaw Legesse retweeted
Getachew Reda, in his own words, admitting that Tigrayans who settled in Welqayt and Humera were sent from the Adwa and Tembien districts during TPLF’s hegemony and apartheid regime.
Another fact who @AbiyAhmedAli is aiding to please his financier UAE
U.N.-backed investigators say Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces have carried out a campaign in el-Fasher that shows hallmarks of genocide against non-Arab communities. apnews.com/article/rsf-sudan…
Winston Churchill
"If Hitler invaded hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the Devil in the House of Commons."
Gizaw Legesse retweeted
Ethiopia is hosting a secret camp to train thousands of fighters for the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in neighboring Sudan, Reuters reporting has found, in the latest sign that one of the world’s deadliest conflicts is sucking in regional powers from Africa and the Middle East reut.rs/3ZnRcIu
Gizaw Legesse retweeted
I am concerned about reports of a UAE-linked training hub for genocidal RSF thugs in Ethiopia with possible supply routes via Somaliland. These moves would be escalatory and further reason to designate the RSF as an FTO, bringing consequences for this regional proxy support.
His answer began with a greengrocer. Every morning, this shopkeeper places a sign in his window: “Workers of the world, unite!” He does not believe it. No one believes it. But he places the sign anyway – to avoid trouble, to signal compliance, to get along.
And because every shopkeeper on every street does the same, the system persists.
Not through violence alone, but through the participation of ordinary people in rituals they privately know to be false.
Havel called this “living within a lie.”