New "anti-terror" bill threatens opposition

By   Barry Malone   A draft Ethiopian law could define criticism of the government as a "terrorist act" and be used to crack down on the opposition if it is passed by parliament, a rights group said on Tuesday.
The draft "anti-terrorism proclamation" was drawn up after Africa's second most populous country said it faced threats from several internal rebel groups.
A group of 32 mostly former and serving military officers are on trial accused of planning to topple the government of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. [More]
 

• US official demands release of Birtukan [Peter Heinlein]

• The naked lies of Sebehat Nega [Robele Ababya]

• The way forward for Ethiopia and Eritrea [Dawit Woldegiorgis]    

• Hero vs. zero [Prof. Al Mariam]

• Ethiopia PM's words and actions not in step [Mohamed Hassim Keita]   

• Meles bored with resignation talk [Reuters]  

• Seizing the moment to end TPLF's misrule [Robele Ababya]

• Hot air at Arat Kilo [Yilam Bekele]

• Ethno-fascism in Ethiopia [Seifu Tsegaye]

• Anatomy of Sebhat Nega's lies [Fekade Shewakena]  

• UDJ celebrates first anniversary [PR]

• Torture Inc. (Ethiopia) [Prof. A Mariam]

• Ethiopia and Zenawi's gangster capitalism [Abebe Gellaw] 

• Poor Ambassador Berhanu Kebede lies [Wodimu Mekonene]

• Election season that shouldn't have been seasonal [OMFEU]

• Crime by food deprivation [W Zeleke]

• In Ethiopia fear and cries of army brutality [Jeffrey Gettleman]

• Obituary: Commander Zeleke Bogale [Sources]

• Aboy Sebehat speaks to VOA [Yilma Bekele]   

• 'Coup plot' suspects tortured, say relatives [Reuters]    

• Echo chamber for dictatorship [Prof. Al Mariam]

• The mighty opportunists defending TPLF [Zeg Fanta]   

• Open letter to my fellow Tigrians [Obang Metho]  

 • The imperative for engaging with Eritrea [Neamin Zeleke]

 • Exiled journalists determined for change [By Amel Ariqi]  

 • My brave sister Serkalem Fassil [Yilama Bekele]

 • Fighting for a country [Obang Metho]

 • Sibehat Nega's capitalism and power [Tedla Asfaw]

 • The two women of courage [Girma Kassa]

 • Ethiopian scientist wins World Food Prize [AP]

 • Film producer exposes Zenawi's tyranny [Selam Beyene, PhD]

 • Inside the barley republic [Prof Al Mariam]

 • Anti-terror law violates human rights [Kirubel Tadesse]

 • Dead aid: Why aid did not help Africa [Fekadu Bekele]

 • Sebhat Nega: An interpreter we could not understand [OMFEU]

 • Weyane charges 46 with assassination plot [AFP] 

 • New tools to fight genocide... [Obang Metho]

 • New bill ready to award corruption [Reporter]

 • Sebhat Nega from defender to doctor of Eritrea [Tedla Asfaw]

 • 'Migration of beauty' exposes decent to tyranny [David Caleja]

 • Endgame for tyranny [Prof.  Alemayehu G. Mariam]

 • VOA correspondent in detention [PANA]

 • Ethiopia faces $1 billion export revenue shortfall [IANS]

 • President Obama goes to Africa [Yilma Bekele]

 • UDJ accuses TPLF of banning public gathering [ST]

 • Minority ethnic domination of the army [Neamin Zeleke]

 • Standing ovation for Dambisa Moyo [Belayneh Abate]

 • Ending the culture of impunity [Prof Al Mariam]

• Statelessness and state succession [Katherine Southwick]

• In recognition of my fellow Ethiopians [Obang MethoI]   

• Free press in exile [Jim Bettinger]

• Elias Kifle's mission to Eritrea [Assta B. Getu]

• Somali insurgents attack AU peacekeepers [Reuters]

• Africa hunger tied to failed leadership [Reuters]  

• Beating drums on behalf of Isaias Afeworki [Mintesinot Haile]

• Eritrean leader admires Cuba [Reuters]

• Crimes of wilful ignorance [Prof Al Mariam]

• Democracy at bay [Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam]

• Minority domination and ethnic federalism [Berhanu G. Balcha] 

• Coup arrest chronicle and twists [T Lemma]

• Opposition group says coup plot invented [Reuters]

• The real story behind the coup plot [Ginbot 7]

• A spiralling crack in EPRDF's core [Zeinab Amde]

• Journalist slams PM for censorship [H Daniel]

• Terminal Paranoid! [Alemayehu G. Mariam]

• Landlocked Ethiopia feels port strangle [Tesfa-Alem Tekle]

• Weyane arrests more army general [APA]

• Foreign media echoing disctator's lies? [Media Watch]

• Ethiopians in Sweden rally for freedom [AV/AI]

• Change of story: It wasn't a coup plot [VOA]    

• TPLF's bogus charges and zero sum game [Zeinab Amde]

• New problems, old solutions [Yilma Bekele]

• Swine flu dominates conference in Ethiopia [Reuters]

• Professor can't go back home [Tricia Pursell] 

- Andargachew Tsigie on DW Amharic
- Dr. Berhanu Nega on  BBC | Addis Dimts  VOA Amharic |

• Kin of Ginbot 7 leaders charged with coup plot [VOA]

• Message in a bottle [Prof Al Mariam]

• SMNE on recent arrest of 'coup plotters' [PR]

• Meles regime arrests 35 for 'coup plot' [Anita Powel]

• Gimbot 7 responds to coup accusation [PR]

• The tears of a fallen giant [Golto Aila]   

   • Open letter to Genocide Watch President [Obang Metho]

• A humble plea for the release of Bertukan [Rev. Tegga Lendado, PhD]

• Ethiopians mourn at Tilahun's state funeral [VOA]

• Dedication to Tilahun Gesesse [Daniel Tilahun]

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Cabdriver kicks DLA Piper where it hurts most

An Ethiopian cabdriver in Washington DC. has caused DLA Piper serious embarrassment by displaying an effective ad on top of his cab. "DLA Piper shares blood money with Ethiopian dictators," reads the ad. The unusual ad has already attracted media attention and the story has been widely circulating in cyberspace. DLA Piper is paid $50,000 a month and has already helped the Meles regime to block the passage of HR2003, which has practically died in the US Senate. Other Ethiopian cab drivers are said to have been following suit. "I admire the creative cab driver who has highlighted the plight of his people by exposing unscrupulous DLA Piper," said Tesfa Kebede a DC resident. "It will be more effective if other cab drivers join the campaign. Besides exposing DLA Piper, they can help make Birtukan's case well-publicized."  In response to the ad, DLA piper issued a statement which says it advised the "democratically elected government of Ethiopia." Surprise! [More]