በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ የሚዲያ እድገት እንዳይኖር እና እድገቱን በጊዜ ለማቀጨጭ ይቻለው ዘንድ ጋዜጠኞችን በተለያዩ ምክንያቶች በማንገላታት ከስራቸው ውጭ በማድረግ ላይ የሚገኘው የወያኔው መንግስት ዘንድሮም ሶስት ጋዜጠኞችን በአሸባሪነት ክስ አቅርቦባቸው ሁለቱ በእስር ላይ እንደሚገኙ መጠቆማችን የሚታወስ ነው እነዚህም ጋዜጠኞች ውብሸት ታዬ የአውራምባ ታይምስ ምክትል አዘጋጅ ፣ርእዮት አለሙ የፍትህ ጋዜጣ የአምድ ጸሃፊ እና ሶስተኛው ተከሳሽ ኤልያስ ክፍሌ በዋሽንግተን ዲሲ መሰረቱን ያደረገው የኢትዮጵያን ሪቪው ዋና አዘጋጅ ሲሆን አግባብነት የሌላቸው እና የአሸባሪነት ትርጉሙ ያልገባቸው የኢትዮጵያን መንግስት ባሳለፍነው ሳምንትም ሌሎች የውጭ አገር ዜጎችን ማለትም የስውዲን ጋዜጠኞችንም በአሸባሪነት በመክሰስ ፍርድቤት ማቅረቡ በውጭው አለም ዘንድ መሳቂያ እና መሳለቂያም ሊሆን ችሎአል ።
በአለም አቀፍ ዘንድ አሸባሪ የሚለውን ቃል የሚጠቀሙበት ከጦር መሳሪያ ጋር በተያያዘ መልኩ አጥፍቶ መጥፋት ሲያደርጉ ወይንም ሌሎችን ለጉዳት ሲጥሉ ሲሆን ይህም በከፍተኛ ደረጃ ላይ መንግስትን ብቻ ሳይሆን ሃገርንም ህዝብንም ለጉዳት እንደሚዳርግ ስለሚታመን አሸባሪነትን ለመከላከል ልዩ ዝግጅት ያደራሉ በዚህ የአሸባሪነት ሁኔታ በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ የሚፈረጁት ግን እስክሪፕቶ ይዘው ያዩትን የሰሙትን ..በአቅራቢያው በመሄድ መረጃ በማሰባሰብ ለህዝብ ጆሮ እንዲደርስ የሚያደርጉትን የጋዜጠኝነት ሙያ ያላቸውን ሰዎች መሆኑ እጅግ አሳፋሪ እንደሆነ ተገልጾአል ባሳለፍናቸው አምስት አመታት ወስጥ ከ125 በላይ ጋዜጠኞች በተለያዩ አገራት የተሰደዱ ሲሆን በአሁን ሰአትም ብዙዎቹ አገራቸውን ጥለው በስደት አለም ላይ ከፍተኛ ችግር እና መከራን እየተላበሱ ይገኛሉ ይህም የሚሆነው የፍትህ እጦት በሌለባት አገር የመገናኛ ብዙሃን እንደማያገለገል በመንግስታቶች ስለታወጀ ሳይሆን አይቀርም ። የወያኔ መንግስት ለምንድን ነው ህዝብን በሰቆቃ ማኖር የሚፈልገው ? ለምንስ ጋዜጠኞችን ማሰር አስፈለገ ? ለምንስ የወያኔ መንግስት የቤተመንግስት በር እንደሌሎች የአፍሪካ አገሮች ለጋዜጠኞች ክፍት አላደረገም ?ለምን ለግል ሚዲያዎች ቦታ አይሰጥም ብለን እንኳን እራሳችንን ብንጠይቅ በውስጣቸው የሚሰራው ነገር እንደሚጋለጥባቸው ስለሚያውቁት ከማናቸውም ነገሮች ለመሸሽ የሚያስችላቸው ቀላሉ ዘዴ ጋዜጠኞችን ከጥቅም ውጭ ማድረግ አንዱ ሲሆን ሁለተናው የስራው ባለቤት የሆኑትን ከንግዱ ማህበረሰብ የህትመት እቃወጭን ጣራ በመስቀል ከንግዱ ማሰውጣት መሆኑ ይታወቃል ።እናም ከዚህ በታች በተለያዩ ክሶች ተከሰው ከሃገር ውጭ ያሉ ጋዜጠኞችን ስም ዝርዝራቸውን እንዲህ አቅርበነዋል መልካም ቆይታ
Jailed:
Two Ethiopian journalists – Wubeshet Taye, the deputy editor of the weekly Awramba Times, and Reyot Alemu, a columnist for the Amharic-language weekly Fitih – were also formally charged under Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism law in a separate case the same day. They are all facing the possibility of life imprisonment.
A third Ethiopian journalist, Elias Kifle, the editor of the Washington-based Ethiopian Review website, was charged in absentia with terrorism as the other two Ethiopians. He lives in the United States and is the only one of the five journalists who is not currently detained in Ethiopia.
Released on Bail:
Editor Haileyesus Worku and producer Abdulsemed Mohammed of the ruling EPRDF-controlled national broadcaster Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA) from Kality Prison on bail of 5,000 birr (US$290) each.
See Attached PDF document which contains updates of exiled journalists.
At least 121 free press journalists and 50 government journalists are known to have been exiled in the last 4 years for fear of persecutions.
Below is list of journalists victimized after the May 2005 elections:
which contains updates of exiled journalists.
At least 121 free press journalists and 50 government journalists are known to have been exiled in the last 4 years for fear of persecutions.
1 Eshetu Geletu Ethiopian radio
2 Eyader Addis Ethiopian radio
3 Daniel Amare Ethiopian radio
4 Tigst Asfaw FM97 1 radio
5 Selome Desta FM97 1 radio
6 Nigussei Kibru Ethiopian news agency(ENA)
7 Worku Chala ENA
8 Teshager Shiferaw ENA
9 Sileshi Tessema ENA
10 Eliyas Amare Ethiopian tv(ETV)
11 Ashenafi Berihun ETV
12 Abnet Bekele ETV
13 Zelalem Gudeta ETV
14 Fikadu Damte ETV
15 Bereket Teklu ETV
16 Habtamu Bogale ETV
17 Samuel Fikre ETV
18 Endale Zewde ETV
19 Genet Abebe ETV freelancer
20 Hailegebriel Endashaw Ethiopian Press Agency(EPA)
21 Berhanu Assefa EPA
22 Tsige Gebreamlak EPA
23 Abebech Wolde EPA
24 Letekidan EPA
25 Daniel Mekonnen EPA
26 Zenebe Wella EPA
27 Gashaw Melese EPA
28 Kersima Musien EPA
29 Matha Hailu EPA
30 Melaku Adela EPA
31 Hassen Ousman EPA
32 Eskinder EPA
33 Getachew Shiferaw EPA
34 Solomon Getachew EPA
35 Yalew Aklilu EPA
36 Tewodros Atlaw EPA
37 Eskinder Merhatsaedik
38 Journalist Tesfaye defected
39 Martha Beley
40 Abebe Feleke
41 Tesfahun Demissie Dargie
42 Dereje Tedla Ethiopian Press Agency
43 Million Balkachew Erthiopian News Agency
44 Mesfine Masresha Erthiopian News Agency
45 Yohanns Alemayehu Radio Fana
46 Anteneh Zewdie Ethiopia Radio
47 Tamiru weldemichael Ethiopian Press Agency
48 Hirut Gebreamlak Ethiopian Television
49 Nebiat Gebissa Ethiopia radio and television Agency (ERTA)
see Below is list of journalists victimized after the May 2005 elections:
No Full name Media name Country Remark 1 Nebiyou Eyassu Afrika Kend USA Resettled 2 Metsafe Sirak Muday USA (passed away) 3 Mulugeta Lule Tobia USA Resettled 4 Elias Wondimu Moged USA Resettled 5 Nayk Kassaye Beza USA Resettled 6 Nega Tariku Kiyit USA Resettled 7 Aklilu Tadesse Maebel USA Resettled 8 Andualem Mohamed Kiyit USA Resettled 9 Fisseha Tadesse Tarik USA On process 10 Dawit Kebede Weyessa Fiameta USA Resettled 11 Moges Kebede USA Resettled 12 Dereje Degefa USA Resettled 13 Abiy Afework Tequami/Fetash Australia Resettled 14 Messele Haddis Aimiro USA Resettled 15 16 Tedbabe Tillahun Aimiro USA Resettled 17 Nigusse Ayele Lucy USA Resettled 18 Dereje Desta Reporter USA Resettled 19 Gamachu Melka Urji Canada Resettled 20 Seifu Mekonnen Mebreq Canada Resettled 21 Moges Meskelu Ethiop Canada Resettled 22 Habtamu Kebede Fiameta Canada Resettled 23 Fresew Feleke Canada Resettled 24 Dawit Demissie Tikur Dem Canada Resettled 25 Bruk Kebede Fiameta Canada Resettled 26 Atkilit Assefa Feleg Canada Resettled 27 Yohanes Assegid Goh Netherlands Resettled 28 Kefale Mammo Ruh Netherlands Resettled 29 Kibret Mekonnen Aimiro Netherlands Resettled 30 Kinfu Assefa Moged Netherlands Resettled 31 Tefera Asmare Ethiopis Netherlands (Passed away) 32 Yoseph Yetemgeta Mahlet Netherlands Resettled 33 Tewodros Haddis Aimiro/Moged Netherlands Case 34 Sisay Gebrelul Admas Netherlands Accepted 35 Temesgen Afework USA Resettled 36 Asrat Damtew Muday Germany Resettled 37 Girma Endrias ZenaAdmas/Ruhama/ /Referens/Ethiop Norway Resettled 38 Dereje Birru Tequami Norway Resettled 39 Biniam Tadesse Agere England Resettled 40 Abebe Gelaw Express/Habesha England/USA Resettled 41 Melaku Tsegaye Muday/Ethiopis Canada Resettled42 Kassahun Seboka Tomar Australia Resettled 43 Tilahun Asrat Hilina Egypt Unknown 44 Tewodros Haile Bekele Maebel USA Resettled 45 Sintayehu Birro Tikuret Canada Resettled 46 Berehanu Liyew Kiyet/Irkata Canada Resettled 47 Seleshi Tegegn Gemoraw S.Africa (Passed away) 48 Lulu Kebede Niqa Canada Resettled 49 Maeregu Muluneh Zegabi Kenya Unknown 50 Wondwossen Melesse Tarik/Kiyit Kenya Unknown 51 Yohanes Abebe Goh USA Resettled 52 Anteneh Merid Tobia Canada Resettled 53 Girma Degefa Nazrawit USA Unknown 54 Yared Berhanu Nazrawit Canada Unknown 55 Nega Getahun Marathon Canada Resettled 56 Samson Sahele Aimiro/Mogad South Africa Unknown 57 Getahun Bekele Tarik South Africa Unknown 58 Akalu Atlaw Agere USA Unknown 59 Kasahun Tadesse Gennanaw USA Resettlement 60 Israel Seboka Seyefe-Nebelebal Canada Resettled 61 Samson Siyum Goh /Ethio-Time USA Unknown 62 Alemayehu Mahitemwork Gennanaw (Addis) Unknown 63 Girmay Berhe Reporter Norway Resettled 64 Abel Fikregnoch USA Resettled 65 Tesfaye Deressa Urji Canada Resettled 66 Garuma Bekele Urji Canada Resettled 67 Solomon Namara Urji Canada Resettled 68 Wondwossen Teklu Goh Kenya Under UNHCR 69 Yidnekachew Chane Maebel Canada Resettled 70 Abebe Bazezew Kibrit Sudan Unknown 71 Abreham Belay Kibrit Kenya Unknown 72 Abera Wogi Maebel USA Resettled 73 Azmeraye Daniel Kibrit Australia Resettled 74 Zerihun Damtew Fetash USA Resettled 75 Kedria Hussein Fiameta UK Resettled 76 Yared Kinfe Nigat Sweden Resettled 77 Zelalem Gebre Minelik USA Resettled 78 Kifle Mulat) ZenaAdmas/Lisane Hizb (EFJA) USA Resettled 79 Tamiru Geda (EFJA) UK Unknown 80 Feseha Alemu Tarik USA Resettled 81 Elias Lemma Maebel Kenya Under UNHCR 82 Kasahun Lemma Zegabi USA Resettled 83 Kedushabt Belachew Lisan-Hizb Australia Resettled 84 Habtamu Assefa EFJA Executive USA Resettled 85 Tamrat Serbessa Askual Yemen Under UNHCR 86 Daniel Gezahgn Moged Yemen Under UNHCR 87 Henok Alemayehu Medina USA Resettled 88 Befikadu Moreda Tomar USA Resettled 89 Sileshi Woldeyes Tomar/ Ze- Press UK Resettled90 Abebe Demeke Abay/Kibrit/ Norway Resettled 91 Abera Lemma Aimiro Norway R
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