Al Jazeera had an interview with Soliana Shimeles the co-founder of Zone 9 Bloggers who are in exile.

     On february 17,2015 Al Jazeera had an interview with Soliana Shimeles the co-founder of Zone 9 Bloggers who are in exile. One of the victim of threats by Ethiopian government ,charged with terrorist action.

  In April,2014 the Ethiopian government imprisoned nine journalists, bloggers from Zone 9, in one of the worst crackdowns against free expression in the country. Ethiopia is the second worst jailer of journalists in Africa according to CPJ research
After the bloggers held in detention since April have been charged with terrorism by a court in the capital, Addis Ababa.

  The three journalists and six bloggers who are known as the Zone 9 bloggers started blogging in 2012 they have been doing a lot of reporting on human rights issues. they are an online media group that had been trying to give a fact-based narrative of the Ethiopian situation, on human rights, economic and political issues.They had the experience of doing advocacy on human rights issues and also they had four campaigns, one on the Ethiopian constitution, the second one was about censorship,the third was about demonstrating, the right to demonstrate, and the last one was about creating a better Ethiopia.

  This Bloggers had been receiving a lot of threats and harassment from security people, and they always threaten them individually by telling them they should stop what they re doing and that its better for them they should support the government.
And because the bloggers did not stopped by the threats so they get arrested by the criminal regime in Ethiopia who contradicts and violate its own constitution.

 The bloggers and journalists are accused of connections to Ginbot 7 and the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), two of five organizations designated as terrorist organizations in 2011 by the House of Representatives, the Ethiopian parliament.
On February 17,2015 Al Jazeera had an interview with Soliana Shimeles the co-founder of Zone 9 Bloggers who are in exile. One of the victim of threats by Ethiopian government ,charged with terrorist action.

http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201502171427-0024564

The 60th Birthday celebration of Andargachew Tesige in Oslo Norway

On february 14.2015 was a big day for DECSON celebrating our Hero Andargachew Tesige 60th birthday prepared by  (Democratic Change in Ethiopia Support Organization Norway)
As its known its has been almost 8 month since the brave hero and freedom fighter Andrgachew Tsgi has been kidnapped and arrested by the criminal regim TPLF.

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 Andargachew Tsige, secretary-general of Ginbot 7 has been labelled as a terrorist and labelled as working in a terrorist organisation by the Ethiopian government) only because He and his organization movement is a threat to the regime.

The 60th birthday celebration of Andargachew Tsige was world wide and here in Oslo celebrated  with warm cermoney presented about Andargachew's  previous life history in a projector, like his educational background, where  he studys and also his struggle for freedom. In additional there was a poem and birthday song.

Their was an invited gusts out of Norway who attend the celebration. People who love him and knows him were presented a speech about his patriotism and honest struggle. They called Him a true Ethiopian and the father of Ethiopians.
We Ethiopians can learn from Andargachew Tsige that freedom can not come without struggle and sacrifice.
Even though he is facing hard time in  Ethiopia he is remebered by the people who cares about him and will never stop pressing for his release until justice is served.

Hi is our hero and symbol of struggle that shows us commitment,devotion who cares for his motherland over his family. who never deserve to be in prison instead he deserves rewards for heroism.


Daniel Alebachew