July 1, 2015
ለዋይት ሃውስ ይደውሉ፣ ፋክስ ይላኩ (የመጀመሪያ ዙር)
እንደሚታወቀው የአሜሪካኑ ፕሬዚዳንት ባራክ ኦባማ በዚህ ወር መጨረሻ ለጉብኝት ወደ ኬንያ ሲሄዱ ኢትዮጵያ ጎራ የማለት እቅድ እንዳላቸው ተገልጿል። ይሁንና የፕሬዚዳንቱ ጉብኝት ለአብዛኛው ኢትዮጵያዊ ከጥቅሙ ጉዳቱ የሚያመዝን በመሆኑ ነጻነት ናፋቂ የሆነውና በአለም ዙሪያ ተበትኖ የሚገኘው ኢትዮጵያዊ ሁሉ ወደ ዋይት ሃውስ በመደወል እንዲሁም ፋክስ በማድረግ
በትህትና ፕሬዚዳንቱ ለዜጎቿ ምድራዊ ሲኦል እንድትሆን የተደረገችውን አገራችንን መጎብኘት አንባገነኖችን እንደማበረታታት ሊቆጠር ስለሚችል ድምጻችንን በስፋትና በተከታታይ እናሰማ። ከዚህ በታች ያለውን ደብዳቤ ስምና አድራሻችሁን በመጻፍ ፋክስ ብታደርጉ፣ እንዲሁም በማህበራዊ ድረገጾች በስፋት በማሰራጨት ትብብር እንድታደርጉ በትህትና እጠይቃለሁ።
ስልክ ለመደወል በስራ ሰአት በ +1 (202) 456–1414 ይደውሉ ask to talk to Denis McDonough, The President’s Chief of Staff / or leave a message
ስልክ ለመደወል በስራ ሰአት በ +1 (202) 456–1414 ይደውሉ ask to talk to Denis McDonough, The President’s Chief of Staff / or leave a message
ፋክስ ለማድረግ +1 202-456-2461 በመጠቀም መልእክትዎን ያድርሱ።
Also call the U.S. State Department and ask to talk to Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (phone no. 202-647-4440) Also fax: 202-647-3344
Abebe Gellaw
Fax Zero https://faxzero.com/
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Dear President Obama,
I am writing to express my deep concern over your planned visit to Ethiopia amidst worsening human rights violations and political repressions.
As you may know, the TPLF-led ruling junta has recently declared to have “won” 100 percent of all parliamentary and regional seats. Ironically, this cruel electoral joke that has never been seen in any democratic elections, has only revealed that they have completely hijacked the whole electoral process and installed oppression as an institution. It is another testimony to the fact that the brutal minority junta has completely shut out the majority from democratically and peacefully participating in the political process of their country.
Against the backdrop of this shameless tyrannical travesty, I fear that your visit can be counterproductive as it can be misconstrued by the TPLF-led regime as your administration’s endorsement and seal of approval for the sustenance of the crimes, atrocities, abuses, extrajudicial killings, torture and corruption that they are committing with impunity.
Scores of journalists, bloggers, activists, religious, political party and civil society leaders, as well tens of thousands of ordinary citizens that have never committed any crimes, are languishing in hellish jails across the country. As a result of the land grab policy, millions of poor peasants are being displaced to give way to corrupt oligarchs and their local and foreign business partners.
A cursory look at the annual U.S. State Department human rights report can even reveal a litany of disturbing atrocities being perpetrated against defenseless civilians. “The most significant human rights problems included: restrictions on freedom of expression and association, including through arrests; detention; politically motivated trials; harassment; and intimidation of opposition members and journalists, as well as continued restrictions on print media,” the report reads.
