Freedom for Ethiopian anti-poverty campaigners- February 25, 2008 CIVICUS & GCAP Press Release28 March 2008 After a long two years and five months in prison, the two Ethiopian anti-poverty campaigners Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie were released from prison this afternoon.We are thrilled that Daniel and Netsanet have finally been released from prison. It has been a long wait for them and their families, but finally freedom and justice is theirs. The release is a testament to Daniel and Netsanets contributions to human rights and poverty eradication..http://ethiounited.blogspot.com/2008/02/freedom-for-ethiopian-anti-poverty.html Ethiopa's war on its own- February 25, 2008 DADAAB, KENYA -- The bullet tore through Ibrahim Hamad's torso and lodged in his hip. The 26-year-old teacher was at home with his elderly father when government forces swept through his town in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, burning huts and killing civilians. "The young girls were the first to die. The soldiers shot them and gathered the bodies and burned them," he said. The troops demanded that surviving men join their ranks, threatening those who refused with torture, imprisonment and...http://ethiounited.blogspot.com/2008/02/ethiopas-war-on-its-own.html Ethiopians for Obama raised fund- February 5, 2008http://ethiounited.blogspot.com/2008/02/ethiopians-for-obama-raised-fund.html |