The Q

(A note inspired by a Facebook post of Yemane Mitiku) The people in social media and beyond are perplexed about what is going on within EPRDF. Almost all assumptions are made based on the news that reached the public from what is happening behind closed doors. However, it can be reached at a point where we can be sure there is internal struggle which is manifested in a lot of issues that resulted in personal cults of team Lemma Megersa of OPDO and sometimes Gedu Andargachew of ANDM. Herebelow, I put what I have observed from commentators why people appreciate the sensational progress OPDO in standing against widely accepted TPLF's supremacy as well as why they reject it. Who Rejects Team Lemma and Why? 1. Those cadres who want to protect TPLF's supremacy within EPRDF and the Federal State; 2. Those OPDO cadres who want to submit to TPLF and replace current leaders of OPDO; 3. Those activists who don't know political games apart from their hates to ...

On 11th of October 2017, the State-run Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has written the long awaited  report  of its investigation of rights violation against  Qilinto Fire  defendants as per the request of the 19th Bench of Federal High Court at Lideta. On the five pages of report, EHRC revealed scars left after tortures during investigation against 16 defendants among 38 people charged under the same case. The report also revealed flogging marks left on the defendants’ backs, breaking of fingers, scars left after nail-pierced body parts and uprooted finger nails of multiple defendants. Here below I will jot down the torture scars listed in the report and will follow what the defendants have written in response: Kebede Chemeda – a scar on his right hand; breaking in his right hand thumb Ibrahim Khamil – a scar on his right leg; a scar on his left hand; scar-marked left from handcuffs Agbaw Setegn – large scar on his left leg thigh; a scar on his right ...