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News: U.S. Congress set to vote on resolution supporting human rights in Ethiopia
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, April 10/2018 – Despite a strong objection from Ethiopia, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a critical Ethiopia resolution 128 (HRes128) yesterday.In a letter addressed to the House of representatives, Kassa Teklebirhan, Ethiopia’s Ambassador to the United States, said the resolution “would be inappropriate and …

Detention Memoir: Eleven detainees, eleven days. What really happened
From left, journalist Zelalem Workagegnehu, blogger and rights activist Mahlet Fatahun and blogger/journalist/rights activist Befeqadu Hailu as pictured next to the police station where the eleven of them were detained for eleven days Befeqadu Hailu, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, April 09/2018 – Have you ever lived in …

Opinion: ‘Peace’ of the tormentor and resistance toward freedom
Alem Mamo, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, January 11/2018 – Fostering peace is much more abstruse than waging war or employing violence to address social woes. The multi-dimensional disposition of peace necessitates a wide-ranging approach that addresses all the underlying and deep-rooted factors interposed to the absence of peace …