March 7, 2010
How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab
John Vidal - The Observer
An Observer investigation reveals how rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to guarantee supplies for their citizens read...
March 3, 2010
Ethiopia famine aid 'spent on weapons'
Martin Plaut - BBC World Service
Millions of dollars in Western aid for victims of the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85 was siphoned off by rebels to buy weapons, a BBC investigation finds.
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March 2, 2010
Statement on the Fragile State of Democracy in Africa
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold - For the Congressional Record
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February 26, 2010
Land leasing in Ethiopia: a shameless land grab by the rich or an opportunity for the poor?
Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab/BBC World Tonight read and listen...
February 26, 2010
Ethiopia's human rights record
BBC iPlayer
The report covers the human rights abuses leading up to the 2010 Elections and discusses the role of the British government. Please forward to 31:55 minutes. listen...
January 30, 2010
The new breadbasket of the world?
The Irish Times
As swathes of their country’s land is leased, cleared and prepared for food production by foreign companies, Ethiopians are divided over whether this constitutes ‘agro-colonialism’ or much-needed development, writes MARY FITZGERALD Foreign Affairs Correspondent read...
View
a video clip of the DVD release: Betrayal of
Democracy: Ethiopia
Canada
denies entry visa to Gambella Genocide suspect
- Ethiomedia, June 9, 2008
Ethiopian
governor denied entry into Canada - Canwest News
Service, June 7, 2008
Ethiopians
up in arms against governor's visit - Calgary
Herald , June 6, 2008
African
politician linked to massacre to speak in Calgary
- Canwest News Service, June 5, 2008
An
Ethiopian strongman meets the Minnesota Anuak
- The McGill Report, June 4, 2008
A
Genocide Planner to Meet His Minnesota Survivors
- The McGill Report, May 29, 2008
Open
Letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Anuak Justice Council, July 18, 2007
Unusual
Attack on Anuak Raises Questions of EPRDF Involvement,
- Anuak Justice Council, April 26, 2007
Letter
to Secretary of State, Ms. Condoleezza Rice, from members
of the U.S. Congress (PDF), - U.S. Congress,
March 13, 2007
Open
Letter to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, - Anuak
Justice Council, February 20, 2007
The
Other War in Ethiopia, - TCS Daily, December
29, 2006
Suppressed
UN Report Documents Government Role in Destabilizing
Region While New Threats of Genocidal Violence Arise,
- All Things Pass Journalism, December 13, 2006
Download
96 page report (PDF)
Soldiers
in the Ethiopian military have killed, raped, and otherwise
abused hundreds of Anuak civilians in the Gambella region
of the country, - International Human Rights
Clinic at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, December
13, 2006
Download
62 page report (PDF)
Obang
urges love over hate as film premiers in L.A.,
- Ethiomedia, September 18, 2006
EPRDF
Government Displaces Anuak in Over 12 Anuak Villages—Is
the End of this Regime Near?, - Anuak Justice
Council, August 19, 2006
Address
to Ethiopian community at Tsehai Conferences at Antioch
University, Los Angeles, CA, - Obang Metho, Anuak
Justice Council, July 5, 2006
Local
testimonies of bus ambush on June 11 near Gambella,
Ethiopia, Anuak Justice Council, June 15,
2006
30
killed following ambush in Gambella, Ethiopia declares
curfew, Sudan Tribune, June 12, 2006
Exploration
oil drilling in Gambella turns up dry, allAfrica.com,
May 29, 2006
Amid
protests, the World Bank resumes and redirects Ethiopian
assistance, Washington Post, May 26, 2006
Ana Gomez:
Message of solidarity, sympathy and hope to the Ethiopian
people, Ethiomedia, May 14, 2006 High
speed, Dial
up
Ethiopian
Politics interviews Obang Metho, Ethiopian
Politics, May 12, 2006
Anuaks
Suffer as Ethiopian Defense Forces Approach Refugee
Camp in Sudan, Anuak Justice Council, April
14, 2006
Ethiopian Army Murders,
Rapes, and Kidnaps Sudanese Anuaks, Genocide Watch, April 15, 2006
Anuaks in Southern
Sudan threatened by Ethiopian Military, Aegis, April 12, 2006
Open letter to Ambassador Fesseha Asghedom Tessema from the AJC
board, Anuak Justice Council, April 10, 2006
Open letter to Representative Christopher Smith,
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa (pdf), Anuak Justice Council, April 10, 2006
Anuak
Share Tales of Rich Culture and Uphill History,
Minnesota State University, April 4, 2006
US
House Subcommittee ponders Ethiopia’s Troubled
Internal Situation (pdf) , Ethiomedia,
March 31, 2006
Brief commentary and summary of witnesses' testimonies.
View Webcast Video of Hearing,
U.S. House Committee on International Relations, March 30, 2006
Mr. Metho's testimony begins at approximately 3:21:00. (Requires RealOne Player)
Also see: US House Subcommittee Archives
Congressional Hearing on Ethiopia’s Troubled Internal
Situation, Ethiopian Politics, March 29, 2006
A commentary praising Mr. Metho's testimony
Mr. Metho's testimony to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human
Rights and International Operations, “The Anuak Massacre of 2003”, Anuak Justice Council, March 28, 2006
Saskatoon
resident testifying in U.S., StarPhoenix, March 28, 2006
Congressman Chris Smith
on Ethiopia’s Troubled Internal Situation, Ethiomedia, March 29, 2006
Includes reference to the Anuak genocide of December, 2003
Read the testimonies of other witnesses/presenters at this hearing before the US House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human
Rights and International Operations:
Dr. Meqdes Mesfin, Daughter of Professor
Mesfin Wolde Mariam of Ethiopia (pdf)
Lynn Fredriksson, Amnesty International
USA (pdf)
Andargachew Tsege Member, Central
Council Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (pdf)
Deputy
Assistant Secretary Donald Yamamoto Bureau of African
Affairs * U.S. Department of State (pdf)
To
whom does Ethiopia’s Gambella oil belong,
Sudan Tribune, March 9, 2006
U.S. Releases 2005 Human Rights Report on Ethiopia,
US Department of State, March 8, 2006
Chinese Oil Company Starts Drilling in the Gambella
Basin, The Reporter (Addis Ababa), March 6, 2006
Britain cuts off aid to Ethiopian
government, CNN, January 18, 2006
Sixteen Anuak Leaders Released from Gambella Prison, Anuak Justice Council,
December 26, 2005
Ethiopia’s
Zenawi exploits the “War on Terror” (Anuak
reference), Sudan Tribune, November 26,
2005
EU to suspend aid to Ethiopia, Ethiomedia,
November 18, 2005
Armed Group Attacks Gambella Town Police Station,
Anuak Justice Council, November 4, 2005
Master Planner of the Anuak Genocide is the New Governor of Gambella: Omot Obang
Olom Is Rewarded for His Loyalty to the EPRDF, Anuak Justice Council, October 4, 2005
US Members of Congress send letter to
Meles, Ethiomedia, October 9, 2005
Another
Darfur Victim: The Anuak of Ethiopia, The McGill Report, September 6, 2005
Petronas Signs
Four-Year Oil Deal, Addis Tribune, August 1, 2005
(Video) HARDtalk interview on
July 4th, Stephen Sackur talks to Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, BBC HARDTalk, July 4, 2005
For crimes against humanity, a claim has been filed against the Ethiopian government at
International Criminal Court at The Hague, Netherlands, Anuak Justice Council, June 13,
2005
Human Rights Abuses and Political Repression in Ethiopia's
Oromia Region, Human Rights Watch, May 5, 2005
Ethiopia: The 15 May 2005
elections and human rights - recommendations to the government, election observers and political parties, Amnesty International,
April 29, 2005
McCain, Albright question Meles regime
over expulsions, Ethiomedia, April 15, 2005
HRW released a 64 page entitled “Targeting the Anuak: Human Rights Violations and Crimes against Humanity in Ethiopia’s
Gambella Region.” Human Rights Watch, March 24, 2005
Read a short summary of the report.
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maps 6.6 Mb
Interview
with the author of the HRW investigation report, Chris Albin-Lackey. National
Public Radio, March 25, 2005
U.S. pushes Ethiopia to punish Gambella violence
"The Ambassador stressed that, as promised by the Ethiopian Government, it was important that all those involved in the outbreak
of ethnic strife in the region in December 2003 and early 2004 should be brought to justice, including those in the government,
police, or military." United States Embassy Press Release, February 1, 2005
Read journalist Doug McGill's articles at The McGill Report.
*** Read the Anuak Justice Council's updates
on human rights abuses in Gambella.
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