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10/20/11

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Swedish Journalists Plead Not Guilty to Ethiopian Terrorism Charge

Swedish Journalists Plead Not Guilty to Ethiopian Terrorism Charge

By Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa

VOA News


Two Swedish journalists arrested in Ethiopia's volatile Ogaden region have pleaded not guilty to charges of involvement in terrorist activities. The pair maintain they were in the Ogaden to investigate the activities of a Swedish oil firm.

The charge read to a packed courtroom Thursday accuses freelance journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson of involvement with the rebel Ogaden National Liberation Front, which Ethiopia has labeled a terrorist group.

The three-count indictment says the two Swedes used journalism as a cover for their real mission of working with ONLF fighters to plot terrorist attacks against sensitive oil and gas installations.

A government spokesman says the pair face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

Defense attorney Abebe Balcha says Schibbye and Persson strictly maintain their innocence on all terrorism charges.

"The only mistake they have done is entering the country without proper documentation," said Abebe. "Other than that they are not guilty of any of the charges framed against them. Not any of the counts."

After hearing the charges and the not guilty pleas, the trial was adjourned until November 1 to give attorneys time to prepare.

The case is receiving wide attention in Sweden, where Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is accused of not doing enough to secure the journalists' release.

Eighteen Swedish journalists attended the first two days of the trial, partly in a show of solidarity with their colleagues.

Media reports have suggested Bildt responded cooly to requests for help because the journalists had been investigating allegations of human rights abuses by Ethiopian troops protecting oil exploration teams in the region. Ethiopia denies the allegations.

Bildt formerly served on the board of a Swedish oil firm that at one time had indirect ties to oil exploration in the Ogaden. He has previously called the allegations part of a political campaign against him.

Sweden's ambassador to Ethiopia Jens Odlander told VOA by phone Thursday there is still hope for a negotiated settlement of the case.

"When we talk with the Ethiopians we still argue for an informal solution," said Odlander. "On the levels of the politicians in Sweden they have expressed that they are convinced these are bona fide journalists and there was a mistake being done by police and other authorities in the beginning here in Ethiopia."

As the case was being heard in Ethiopia's federal high court Thursday, it was also being discussed in parliament, where Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was answering questions.

In an earlier interview with a Norwegian newspaper, Mr. Meles rejected the two Swedes' claim to be journalists. He said, “at the least they were messenger boys of a terrorist organization."

Speaking to lawmakers Thursday, the prime minister argued that no one would have raised the issue of human rights if the journalists had been caught crossing into the United States from Mexico in the company of terrorists. He said “sometimes it seems as if terrorism is seen differently, depending on whether the victims are white or black.”

Mr. Meles told parliament he does not differentiate between the ONLF, which Ethiopia recently labeled as terrorists, and the internationally recognized al-Shabab terrorists in neighboring Somalia. He said the only difference he sees between the two is that the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab fighters are professionals while the ONLF are amateurs.

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23 comments

Comment from: Ras Thomas and Associates. [Visitor] Email
*****

Everybody who support in battle or
in propaganda war to terrorists is one of them.
Ethiopia is sovereign independent country. We don't care if they are
Swedes or Italians or Arabs or Eriterians we will catch anybody who
cross our boarders illigaly and shot
them.
We say load and clear convict death or long jail time. That will send a message to all future invaders.
There is no law that permits journalist to invade the boarders without proper visa.
Nobody is above the law. is we forgive them it will open the door more to advantage of our mercy.
Convict them
We say hail to Ethiopian militery who catch them.
10/20/11 @ 19:53
Comment from: Ewnetu [Visitor]
I observed some of Meles' response to the only questioner who had anything worthy to say. That would be Girma Seifu, the sole MP representing the opposition.

He was as usual small and vindictive all the so called MPs (the herd) could do was laugh as he insults Girma. What a shame-- such a small minded person would be called a leader of 90 million people. I thought he has controlled his potty mouth as he aged. Clearly not.
10/20/11 @ 22:38
Comment from: john john [Visitor]
*****
This is no new and they will never admit becuase they expect the Western will use their power for some sort of immunity etc...
10/20/11 @ 23:54
Comment from: Gobezew [Visitor]
These journalist will be free after little court spectacle, unless Meles wants to end up like Gadaffi, and Meles knows this better than anyone!
10/21/11 @ 00:57
Comment from: C'est moi senait [Visitor]
Mr. Thomas

The border crossing is not new, I guarantee you while we speaking,thousands nomads, smugglers and terrorist cross Ethiopian border from Somalia,Djibouti , Kenya, Sudan and even Eritrea. We have nomads who cross border for thousends years,and now refugees, relatives etc...from both sides . So, the question is not who is who but why these terrorist swed crossed inbreeded with terrorists? We know them from the past where swede used to the main financiers and supporters of shabia and weyannes. They are against Ethiopia unity. They do everything to distablize our poor Ethiopia at the same time they pretend to be a saviour of the starving childerens. They are a demon on human flash.Not to be trusted.
10/21/11 @ 01:47
Comment from: Tazeb [Visitor]
I agree with John John!! in addition juge and attorny are two opposite things when it comes denaying....I don't why people say the truth when come to juge...why do they start denaying, denaying, denaying. Is ''denaying'' tought by LAW? Is how people thought? YIGERMAL!!

how comes poorest country touch any crim person(s) from western or developed. has no logic at all.

Lemalet yefelegkut gilits naw...txs
10/21/11 @ 02:06
Comment from: jejigaw [Visitor]
hahaha i'm laughing so hard. did this journalist had different title with the one the ethiopian who is been jail before them or is it the matter of fact corruption as usual. how come ethiopian journalists doesnt have a chance to defend them selves. weyane zarem negem lezelealemu ke tenbe tigray ga abiro yewidam. i wish same fortune for melas as gedafi they all war criminals.
10/21/11 @ 04:52
Comment from: SF [Visitor]
@ Ras Thomas and Associates, john john and the cadres of WOYANNE

Weather you like it or not, the two Swedish journalists will be free tomorrow of the day after tomorrow.
You can talk what ever or insult everybody as usual, but the truth and the only truth is they are not terrorist.
Therefore the so called gov. will set them free by order from above.
Do you know who these people are?
They are the EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED STATES.


10/21/11 @ 05:23
Comment from: heny [Visitor]
Lock them behind the doors of the Kality. They were giving a coverage for the activities of the terrorists. The is a load of evidence against these terrorists. It will be made public soon.
To the Ethiopians who are siding with these terrorists, SHAME ON YOU. That is why we say Ethiopia is indeed a million times better without you.
10/21/11 @ 05:27
Comment from: guragew [Visitor]
woyane serrogates like heny & john john are always ready to do their duty , defend the tyrant rejime . u like it or not they will be freed soon ,, U DONT BITE THE HAND THAT FEED YOU ...
10/21/11 @ 06:45
Comment from: heny [Visitor]
jejigaw,
It is so sad that the name 'Tigray' is in your 'tinb af'. Gimatam. Go to the nearby river and wsh your mouth. gimaatam.
10/21/11 @ 07:13
Comment from: heny [Visitor]
SF,
"Weather you like it or not,"
What amazes me most is for ignorant people like SF to come here and mess about my fast growing country. What weather are you talking about you, loser? It is whether, not yours 'weather'. People we should mind what we write before we lick "send comment"
10/21/11 @ 07:19
Comment from: mebrek [Visitor]
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አቶ መለስ ትላንት ፓርላማ ነበሩ። ከልማት እና ልማታዊነት ጋራ የተያያዙትን ጥያቄዎች በተለመደው ካድሬያዊ ስብከታቸው ቀዝቀዝ ባለ ስሜት ሲያብራሩ ነበር። ከሽብርተኝት ጋራ ተያይዞ ለተነሳላቸው ጥያቄ መልስ ሲሰጡ ግን እልህ፣ ቁጭት፣ ድንፋታ፣ ዛቻ እና ማስፈራርያ የታከለበት ንግግር አስደምጠዋል። ጋዜጠኞቹም ኾኑ ፖለቲከኞቹ ወንጀለኞች ናቸው ሲሉ ደምድመው ተናግረዋል። በፍርድ ቤት በተጠርጣሪነት ተይዞ ጉዳዩን የሚከታተልን ግለሰብ ከወዲሁ ወንጀለኛ ሲሉ ያለመጠራጠር ተናግረዋል። በአንጻሩ ግን መረጃ ሳይዙ ጻፉ ያሏቸውን ጋዜጠኞች “ጋጠ ወጦች” ሲሉ ዘልፈዋቸዋል። ከሽብርተኝነት ጋራ በተያያዘ ያደረጉት ሙሉ ንግግር ከዚህ በታች ያለው ነው።

“በቅርቡ ስለታሰሩ ሰዎች ከጸረ ሽብር ሕግ ጋራ ተያይዞ የተነሳው ጥያቄን በተመለከተ ወደ ዋናው ጥያቄ ከመግባቴ በፊት፤ ጋዜጦች ነገሩ በፍርድ ቤት ከመታየቱ በፊት ተከሳሾቹ ነጻ ናቸው ብለው ፈርጀዋል። እና መንግሥት የተፋጠነ ክስ ባለመመሥረቱ ለእንደዚህ ዐይነቱ ችግር አስተዋጽ አበርክቷል ተብሎ ጥያቄው ላይ ተቀምጧል ይኼ ስህተት ነው።

ጋዜጠኞች በፍርድ ቤት በተያዘ ጉዳይ ላይ ክሱን ሳያውቁ፤ ማስረጃውን ሳይሰሙ፤ በጭፍን ነጻ ናቸው ብለው መፈረጃቸው፣ ይኼን ማውጣታቸው ክሱ በወቅቱ ስላልተመሠረተ የተፈጠረ አይደለም። የጋዜጠኝነት ሀሁ የማይገባቸው ወይም እንዲገባቸው የማይፈልጉ ጋጠ ወጦች ስለኾኑ ብቻ ነው። መንግሥት በሕግ በተቀመጠው ቀነ ቀጠሮ፣ በሕግ በተቀመጠው ጊዜ ውስጥ እነዚህን ሰዎች ለፍርድ ያቀርባቸዋል፤ እያቀረባቸውም ነው። የጋዜጠኛ የመጀመርያ ስነ ምግባር የሁለቱን ወገኖች አስተያየት መስማት ነው። ነገሮችን በጥሞና ማጥናት ነው። ማስረጃዎችን መፈተሽ ነው። ይኼን ሳያደርጉ ዘሎ አለመጻፍ፤ አለመናገር ነው፤ የጋዜጠኝነት ስነምግባር የሚጠይቀው ይኼን ነው። ይኼን ስነ ምግባር አልፈው የሚንጣጡ ጋዜጠኞች ካሉ ችግሩ የራሳቸው ነው። የሚንጣጡ ጋዜጠኞች ካሉ ችግሩ የራሳቸው እንጂ ለፍርድ ቤት ማቅረብ ላይ መዘግየት ስለታየ አይደለም። እዚህ ላይ ግልጽ መኾን ያስፈልጋል።

ወደ ዋናው ጉዳይ ለመመለስ ባሁኑ ሰዓት በአገራችን የሚካሄደው የሽብር እንቅስቃሴ ሦስት ዋና ዋና ተዋንያን አሉት። አንደኛው እና ዋናው ሻዕቢያ ነው። የኤርትራ መንግሥት ነው። የዚህ ቡድን አቋም ምን እንደኾነ ሕብረተሰቡ የሚያውቀው ይመስለኛል። ያንን መደጋገም የሚያስፈልግ አይመስለኝም። አቋሙ አልተቀየረም፤ አሁንም፣ ዛሬም፣ ትላንትም ከትላንት በስተያም ይኼንኑ የማተራመስ ስትራቴጂ፣ ይኼንኑ የሽብር ስትራቴጂ ይዞ ነው እየሠራ ያለው።

ሁለተኛው ሻዕቢያ በቀጥታ የሚያሰማራቸው ነጭ ለባሾች ናቸው። አልሸባብን ይመለከታል፣ ራሱን ግንቦት ሰባት ብሎ የፈረጀውን ቡድን ይመለከታል። ኦነግን ይመለከታል፣ ኦብነግን ይመለከታል። ይኼ ፓርላማ ሽብርተኛ ብሎ ያስቀመጣቸው ድርጅቶች በሙሉ መናኸሪያቸው አሥመራ ነው። አሥመራ በተቀየሰው ስትራቴጂ መሠረት ነው የሚንቀሳቀሱት፤ ከአሥመራ በሚሰጣቸው ገንዘብ ነው የሚንቀሳቀሱት፣ ከአሥመራ በሚቸራቸው መሣርያ ነው የሽብር ተግባሩን የሚያከናውኑት። እነዚህ ሁለቱ በጣም የታወቁ ተዋንያን ናቸው።

ሦስተኛዎቹ ተዋናዮች ለእነዚህ ሽፋን የሚኾኑ በሰላማዊ መንገድ እንሠራለን ብለው፤ ያወጁ ድርጅቶች ናቸው። ቅድም ሲነሳ እንደነበረው መድረክ የተባለው ድርጅት በሰላማዊ መንገድ መሥራት ያምናል። ወሳኝ ነው ብሎ ያምናል ተብሏል፤ ጥሩ ሐሳብ ነው። ክፋቱ አንዳንድ የመድረክ መሪዎች (ስለ አባላት ብቻ አይደለም የማወራው) አንዳንድ የመድረክ መሪዎች ከእነዚህ ከሻዕቢያ ነጭ ለባሾች ጋራ በመተሳሰር በሕጋዊ ፓርቲ ሽፋን የእነ ኦነግ፣ የእነ ኦብነግ፣ የእነ ግንቦት ሰባት አባላት እና አስፈጻሚዎች ኾነው እየሠሩ ነው። በተጨባጭ!!!

አሁን የታሠሩ ሰዎች አሉ፤ እነዚህ የታሰሩ ሰዎች የአሸባሪ ድርጅቶች አባላት በመኾናቸው ብቻ አይደለም የታሰሩት፣ የአሸባሪ ድርጅት አባላት ስለመኾናቸው ፍርድ ቤት ሊያሳምን በሚችል ማስረጃ ስላረጋገጥን ነው የታሠሩት። የእነዚህ የሽብር ድርጅቶች አባላት መኾናቸውን የምናውቃቸው፣ እያወቅናቸው፤ እያወቅን፣ እያየን እንዳላየን ዝም ብለን የምናልፋቸው ግን ከእነርሱ በላይ ናቸው ቁጥራቸው። ዝም ብለን እያየን፣ እያወቅን፣ ማ የምን ድርጅት አባል መኾኑን በደንብ እያወቅን፣ ያላሰርንበት ምክንያት ምንድን ነው ቢባል ሁለት ምክንያት ነው። አንደኛው ሰዶ ማሳደድ ውስጥ ከመግባት የምንወስደውን ርምጃ በአደጋው ልክ ብናደርገው፣ በአደጋው ልክ ማለት፤ የኾነ የአሸባሪ ድርጅት አባል ኾኖ በተጨባጭ ወደ አደጋው ሊያደርስ ሥራ ካልሠራ፣ አባል መኾኑ ራሱ ወንጀል ቢኾንም በተጨባጭ ወደ ተግባራዊ እንቅስቃሴ ካልገባ ሰዶ ማሳደድ አያስፈልግም፤ ረጋ ብለን እንየው።

ሁለተኛው አሸባሪ መኾኑን እያወቅን እኛ ማወቃችን ብቻ በቂ አይደለም። በፍርድ ቤት ተቀባይነት ያለው ማስረጃ ማቅረብ መቻል አለብን። በፍርድ ቤት ተቀባይነት ያለው ማስረጃ ከሌለን የትም ቦታ አንደርስም። በዚህ ምክንያት በፍርድ ቤት ሊቀርብ የሚችል ማስረጃ ስላላገኘንባቸው ዝም ያልናቸው አሉ። ማስረጃ እስኪገኝ ድረስ ዝም ያልናቸው አሉ። እስካሁን ከታሰሩት ግን የአሸባሪ ድርቶች አባላት ለመኾናቸው አሳማኝ ማስረጃ የሌለበት አንድም ሰው አልታሠረም። አንድም፤ ሰሞኑን ፍርድ ቤት ይቀርባሉ። እነዚህን ሰዎች ለማሰር ብንፈልግ፣ ዓላማችን እነዚህን ሰዎች ማሰር ቢኾን ኖሮ ስለ ሽብር ስለምናምን ማውራት አያስፈልገንም ነበር። ብዙዎቹ እነዚህ ሰዎች በምህረት የተለቀቁ ናቸው። በምህረት ሲለቀቁ የገቡት ቃል አለ። ይቺን ቃል ተላልፈን ከተገኘን ምህረቱ ይሰረዛል፤ እስር ቤት እንገባለን የሚል ፈርመው ነው የገቡት። በቅድመ ኹኔታ ነው የተፈቱት፤ እያንዳንዳቸው በየቀኑ የገቡትን ቃል እያፈረሱ ነው የሚውሉት። በሚሰጡት መግለጫ፣ ሁሉንም ጥፍር አድርገን እስር ቤት ማስገባት እንችላለን። ሕጉ ይፈቅድልናል። እነሱ ራሳቸው የፈረሙት ሰነድ ያረጋግጣል። ሕገ መንግሥታዊ ሥርዐቱን፣ በሕገ መንግሥቱ የተደራጁትን ተቋማትን አከብራለሁ፣ ምን አረጋለሁ፣ ምን አረጋለሁ ብለው ቃል የገቡት በየቀኑ ሲሽሩት መዐት ማስረጃ አለ፤ በየጋዜጣው። ፍርድ ቤት መሄድ አያስፈልግም፤ በቀጥታ ወደ ይቅርታ ቦርድ ተወስደው ይቅርታ የተሰጠበትን ሥርዐት ጥሰዋል አልጣሱም የሚለውን ማረጋገጥ ብቻ ነው። ይኼን ማረጋገጥ በጣም ቀላል ነው። ይኼን በማረጋገጥ የመድረክን ከፍተኛ ክፍል፣ አመራሩን ማስገባት እንችላለን እስር ቤት። ስለ ሽብር ስሌላ ሳናወራ። ይኼን አላደረግንም። ይኼን ያላደረግንበት ምክንያት አሁንም በሂደት እየረገቡ፣ እየገባቸው ይሄዳል። ሰዶ ከማሳደድ እንቆጠብ። ከግለሰቦች ጋራ አታካራ መግባት አያዋጣንም፤ አጠቃላይ ኹኔታውን እንይ፣ አጠቃላይ ሥርዐቱን ጥቅም እናስቀድም በሚል ነው። አለበለዚያ እነዚህ ድርጅቶች በተለይ የተወሰኑ የመድረክ አባል ድርጅቶች ውስጥ ያሉ አመራሮች፣ ማ የየትኛው አሸባሪ ድርጅት አባል እንደኾነ በዝርዝር ነው የምናውቀው። በምናውቀው ልክ ርምጃ አንወስድም!!! በምናውቀው ልክ ርምጃ ያልወስደነው ቅድም እንደገለጽኩት ነው።

በተመሳሳይ አንዳንድ ጋዜጠኞች ከየትኛው የአሸባሪ ድርጅት ጋራ እንደሚገናኙ፣ ምን ዐይነት መመርያ እንደሚሰጣቸው፣ ምን ዐይነት አቅጣጫ እንደሚቀየስላቸው፣ እናውቃለን። እያወቅን በምናውቀው ልክ ርምጃ አልወሰድንም። በተመረጠ አኳኋን ግን ርምጃ ወስደናል። እነዚህ ሰዎች ምን እንደሠሩ፣ እንዴት እንደሠሩ፣ በጣም በቂ ማስረጃ አለን። ባለፈው ጊዜ ሻዕቢያ የተወሰኑ የኦነግ ሰዎችን ልኮ አዲስ አበባን ባግዳድ አደርጋለሁ ብሎ በሚንቀሳቀስበት ወቅት ተመሳሳይ ጥያቄ ተነስቷል። ነገር ግን በእጃችን የነበረው ማስረጃው ስፍር ቁጥር የሌለው ማስረጃ ነበር፤ ፈንጁም ትጥቁም ምኑም በሙሉ በእጃችን ነው የገባው።

አሸባሪዎቹ ከኤርትራ ሐላፊዎች ጋራ የሚያደርጉት ግንኙነት ጭምር በእጃችን ነው የገባው። ይህን ማስረጃ ነው ለተባበሩት መንግሥታት አሳልፈን የሰጠነው። የተባበሩት መንግሥታት በዚህ ማስረጃ ላይ ተመስርቶ ነው (ለምሳሌ አንዱ ጠመንጃ ከሮማንያ የተገዛ፤ የኤርትራ መንግሥት ከሮማንያ የገዛው መኾኑን አጣርቶ መሣርያው ከኤርትራ መንግሥት ብቻ ነው ሊሸጥ የሚችለው፤ ቁጥሩ አለ ምኑ አለ፤ የተሠራው ሮማንያ እንደኾነ አረጋገጡ፣ ጠየቁ ሮማንያ ለኤርትራ ይኼን መሣርያ በዚህ ጊዜ ሸጥንላቸው ብለው ሰነዱን አመጡ፤ በዚህ ሰንድ ላይ ተመስርተው የኤርትራ መንግሥት ኢትዮጵያን በሽብር ለማተራመስ ሠርቷል ብለው የተባበሩት መንግሥታት ተቆጣጣሪ አካል ነው በይፋ ሪፖርት ያደረገው። በእንደዚህ ዐይነት መረጃ ላይ የተመሠረተ ሥራ ነው እየሠራን ያለነው።

እነዚህም ተመሳሳይ ማስረጃ አላቸው። ሰሞኑን ለፍርድ ይቀርባሉ፤ ለነገሩ ለመጀመርያ ጊዜ ፍርድ ቤት ከቀረቡ ቆይተዋል፤ ነገር ግን ክሱ በቅርቡ ይመሠረታል ብዬ ነው የምገምተው፤ እና ጉዳዩ በተከታታይ የሚታይ ይኾናል ማለት ነው። ስለዚህ ከዚህ ጋራ በተያያዘ ምህዳር ለማጥበብ፣ ምን ለማድረግ ምን ለማድረግ እየተባለ የሚደረገው ጨኸት የቁራ ጩኸት ነው። በትክክል በዚህ ሥራ ላይ ለተሰማሩ ሰዎች ግልጽ መልእክት ነው ለማስተላለፍ የምፈልገው። ማሰር ብንፈልግ ከመጠን በላይ በቂ ምክንያት አለን። ለማሰር ማ የየትኛው ድርጅት አባል እንደኾነ በዝርዝር እናውቃለን። ስለታገስን ያላወቅን የሚመስላቸው ካሉ እየተሳሳቱ ነው። መርጦ ርምጃ መውሰድን ስለመረጥን ብቻ ነው። ምናልባት መንግሥት ማስረጃ አይኖረም ይኾን ወይ ብለው በንጽሕና የሚጠራጠሩ ካሉ ደግሞ ትንሽ ይታገሱ። አንድ ሁለት ሳምንታት ይታገሱ፤ ማስረጃ እስኪቀርብ ድረስ። አሳማኝ ማስረጃ ሳይዝ መንግሥት በዚህ ጉዳይ ላይ ጣልቃ አይገባም። ባለፈው ጊዜ እንደነበረው ሁሉ አሳማኝ ማስረጃ ይዞ ነው የሚገባው። የሚሠሩት ድራማ በዝርዝር መገለጹ አይቀርም። ለነገሩ የቁርጥ ቀን ሲደርስ ከዚያ በፊት ሲፎክር የነበረ ሰው በሙሉ እንደፎከረ ይቀጥላል ማለት አይደለም። ቁርጥ ቀን ሲደረስ፣ በማስረጃ እጅ ከፍንጅ ሲያዝ መዝፈን የሚጀመር ሰው ይኖራል፤ ስለዚህ ዘፈኑም ፉከራውም በዝርዝር ይቀርባል። ትንሽ ትዕግስት ብቻ ነው የምንጠይቀው።
10/21/11 @ 15:52
Comment from: Tulu Proud ET [Visitor]
Who cares about the two culprits, Meles and Sweden?

They are both criminals and troublemakers to peaceful country and people.

Today Meles becomes Sweden’s target but Sweden use to support Meles and Shabia back in his rebel days.

Sweden is always looking for any troublemaker, "lf" in Africa specially to Ethiopia.

Sweden wants Ethiopia or Africa weaker and cut into small fragments while building its own country bigger and stronger.

Sweden is not a country that no one should trust.
10/21/11 @ 16:56
Comment from: Nesanet Ethiopia [Visitor]
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A terrorist govt.claming journalists to be terrorists. What a ridiculous charge. It is a polically motivated charge, the Capo di Capo Legesse Zenawi, aka known as Meles is hitting back for Sweden critics on Eth. human rights record.
10/21/11 @ 17:16
Comment from: anon [Visitor]

Just wait a minute until these guys are out we will summon them on our side to turn the table of the DEDEBIT Graduates. These two journalists, together with Ethiopian opposition will campaign about Legate’s censorship, and media block out in Ethiopia. We will continue to expose together the fascist Tigray People's Liberation Front and her ethnic militia’s atrocity against innocent Ethiopians. No problem they will be out tomorrow and they will be lethal force against the racist regime.
10/21/11 @ 17:39
Comment from: zenebe [Visitor]
Meles is playing with fire and he knows it. All this hupla is just a window dressing show to get attention but too much attention may come back to bite you in the ass. The west can turn away from him in a heart-beat the could lead him to dig his own grave.

They are journalists and let them free, you have enough Ethiopian journalists in prison who couldn't defend themselves.
10/21/11 @ 18:14
Comment from: john john [Visitor]
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Dear
SF and guragew you guys try to defend those undercover criminal terrorist do you think Ethiopia's justice system simply fix it up for Western influence give me a break.
10/21/11 @ 22:18
Comment from: Dagnachew Koru [Visitor]
Mebrek (Tamagn Beyene)
Yes, Meles Zenawi will be in court in DC Ethiopian restaurant, Gonder, Bahirdar, and Menz; but he will never be in Addis, Harar, Gigiga, Awasa, Jima, Arbaminch, Neqemt, Gore, Afar, and Meqele court for the sake of feudal left over grandchildren. The DC dwellers and their TEJBET Azmariwoch drinking association discussed the matter day and night including you. But In May 2011 when you cut on electric pole in north west of the country, you and your likes are singing by saying “O! Ethiopia will be like Egypt or Libia, or Tunisia”. You guys are zero (bado) dreamers who have no real ball to defend yourself. No matter what, you guys are hated by the whole Ethiopian people including in Gondar and Gojam. No will trust you anymore, because where is the money which the opposition supporters raised which is about 1.2Million? At the end the balance was only 1200 and who is going to trust you? What kind of politics are you guys running by refusing the grand millennium dam? Politics without education or capital is zero.
Nobody will touch Meles, even if, he is walking in Merkato on his bare foot, instead do you know whom we are looking for? Tamagn Beyene, VOA, ONLF, OLF, GINBOT SEBAT, and yeneftegna rezirazc yederg Cadres who are in Vancouver BC, Seattle Washington and Ottawa Canada. Take Notice. Ethiopia will never go back to feudalism and its nasty tribalism. If you are not willing to recognize all Ethiopians tribe as the true citizen of Ethiopia then, you are in a big problem. All Ethiopian ethnic groups going to look like their own but they will not and never look like you anymore. If push the people in your path, you might lose everything which we inherited from you.
The Dc dwellers saying that the government in Ethiopia is ethnocentric, it is not true, the truth is, the Amhara people are the one who interested in dividing the country. Let’s see, from the time of Minilik up to now:- which tribe’s people went to good school for good education? Who was selected for good job? Who was getting all scholarships which were offered by foreign countries? Who was the one who benefited from minerals, land, and etc… by rewarding Tabot and Mesqel to the poor Ethiopian people?
Shame on you! You thought that you are out of touch, but history will never get rust, and one day we will see you in the court for all kinds’ human right violations. You are responsible for 2005 massacre; you and your likes agitated the innocent poor young people and put them in fire.
10/21/11 @ 23:27
Comment from: Dagnachew Koru [Visitor]
My above comment was not for Mr Mebrek, Sorry it was for SF( Tamagn)
10/21/11 @ 23:35
Comment from: African [Visitor]
Western countries have to realise that their so called journalists are out of controll and out of hand. They can not enter an independent country embeded with terrorists and claim to be a journalist. They can not shed crocodile tears when cought. They are not above the law of the land. Even poor countries like Ethiopia have equal prides as those in Sweden. If the Swedish government and the EU intimidates Ethiopians into releasing them regardles of the court outcome then every journalist becomes a nongrata individual who would better be killed than aprehend alive. Thank God the Ethiopians didn't kill them along the terrorists they were traveling with. The arogant Sweeds should be grateful that they are captured alive.

We all know Swedish and the rest Scandinevian countries foreign policy is anti Christians and anti teritorial integrity of any African country. I hope all African countries should expell all Scandinavian representatives in their countries. The almighty Lord one day shall destroy these arogant anti Africa racists from the face of the earth. Their countries are full of mohamedes and Abdulas these days. The day is not far when Sweden will be called Swedenistan.
Having said that, Ethiopians please free these clueless idiots because they ain't worth a dime.
10/22/11 @ 08:01
Comment from: visitor [Visitor]

Wait until Sweden threaten to cut off the annual handout it gives to this so called government in coordination with EU. The same way the British did to Essayas of Eritrea not long ago. Once this court drama is over, you will see the journalists put on the next available flight to Stockholm. Of course that will be called a pardon on” humanitarian ground”. wink wink
10/23/11 @ 02:19
Comment from: ameneshewa [Visitor] Email
I appreciate our PM Meles Bravo!!!!
tell them for those rubbish accusers
10/23/11 @ 10:57

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