Church divded by the help of Government

 

 

The Synod of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Tewahdo Church, the largest religious denomination in the country, has announced the revoking of spiritual titles of 28 breakaway clergy who were involved in the appointment of new so-called bishops without its knowledge.

The suspension includes three archbishops who had a leading role in designating new "bishops" in a small town situated in Oromia region, 110 km (68 miles) away from the capital Addis Ababa which is the seat of the Synod.

As a result they are prohibited from using their religious titles and any of the church’s resources.

The Synod, which is the highest decision-making body of the church, announced the decision on Thursday after holding an emergency meeting.

On Wednesday one of the breakaway bishops appointed was said to have apologised for his involvement and reversed his course.

The breakaway group has not commented on the decision yet but it earlier threatened to elect its own patriarch and run as a separate entity if the synod failed to endorse the appointments.

This is seen as a major challenge for the church after the renegade archbishops accused the synod of lacking diversity.

The Ethiopian Orthodox church says it is expanding religious facilities and services aimed at reaching its followers in multiple languages. It also denounced the move as an attack on the church’s unity.

Some of the faithful see the latest controversies as a reflection of the country’s widening ethnic rifts, while other say there are political actors involved in the move.

Ethiopia has five different major languages - Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali and Tigrinya.

dozens Orthodox christians killed by Ethiopian government

 

Dozens dead over Ethiopia church schism - BBC reports

More than 30 followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church have been killed over the last several days by security forces in the Oromia region amidst tension sparked by a breakaway faction, the privately owned Borkena news site reports.

 

The circumstances of the trouble are unclear, but local news site Addis Standard, quoting the police, reports that 19 people were killed during a confrontation with security forces.The church's leadership had called on followers to dress in black and observe three days of fasting and prayers after three archbishops in Oromia region dissented and announced the formation of a "new holy synod".

This new synod went ahead and anointed 26 bishops in Oromia.

More than 20 priests and those supporting the position of the main church were arrested in Oromia region's Arsi Negele Zone, privately owned Addis Maleda online TV reported on Monday.

The main church has sued the Oromia regional government, the federal and Oromia police commissions to stop the setting up of a separate holy synod.

A federal court is expected to make a ruling on Wednesday over the matter.

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has also accused the government of "meddling" in its internal affairs after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed instructed his cabinet ministers to keep out of the matter, saying the church should solve the problem through its internal mechanisms.

The church had wanted the government to take its side.

There is anxiety about the future of one of the world's oldest churches, as both the holy synod and the breakaway group have called for separate rallies in the capital, Addis Ababa, next Sunday.

 

Mai Kadra massacre

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Mai Kadra massacre
Location	Mai Kadra, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Date	9–10 November 2020
Target	Locals and migrant workers (Amhara and Tigrayans per Amnesty;[1][2] Amhara and Welkait per EHRC;[3] Tigrayans per refugees[4][5])
Attack type	Mass killing Ethnic cleansing
Deaths	at least 700 civilians
Perpetrators	Samri kebele youths (per Amnesty, EHRC, EHRCO)[6][3][7] forces loyal to TPLF (per Amnesty, EHRC)[6][3] Ethiopian National Defence Force (per FT, AP, AFP)[5][1][8] Amhara Region Special Force (per Reuters, Vice, FT, AP, AFP);[4][5][1][9][8]

The Mai Kadra massacre was a series of ethnic cleansing and mass murders carried out on 9–10 November 2020 in the town of Mai Kadra in the Tigray Region of northwestern Ethiopia, near the Sudanese border.^[10][11] Responsibility was attributed to youths from the Samri and other kebeles loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front, in preliminary investigations by Amnesty International (Amnesty), the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO);^[2][3][7] and to Amhara militias, in interviews conducted in Sudan by Reuters and the Financial Times^[4][5] and to both Amhara militias and the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) by Associated Press (AP), Vice, Agence France-Presse (AFP) and AfricaNews.^{[1][9][8][12]}

The killings took place amidst an armed conflict between the TPLF-led regional government and the federal government. Depending on sources, the killings occurred either before the troops of the ENDF entered the town^[2][3] or after the ENDF entered.^[13]

The victims have been described as "civilians, who appear to have been migrant laborers in no way involved in the ongoing military offensive," particularly those hailing from outside the area.^[2]

The total death toll remains unclear, but according to Amnesty International, "likely hundreds" were killed.^[6] Two videos, which were analyzed by Amnesty International to prove that the massacre had taken place, show dozens of corpses with injuries caused by bladed weapons, like machetes. According to the EHRC, which described the massacre as a "widespread and systematic attack directed against a civilian population" at least 600 people were killed; EHRCO counted 1100 deaths. Most of the victims were Amhara according to the EHRC and EHRCO reports;^[2][14][7] refugees state either that the victims were Tigrayan^[4][5] or both Tigrayan and Amhara.^[13]

Contents

• 1 Background
• 2 Killings
  • 2.1 Preparations
    • 2.1.1 Claim: Samri kebele perpetrators
    • 2.1.2 Claim: Amhara militia/ENDF perpetrators
  • 2.2 Attacks
    • 2.2.1 Claim: Samri kebele perpetrators
    • 2.2.2 Claim: Amhara militia/ENDF perpetrators
  • 2.3 Casualties
• 3 Wider region
  • 3.1 Humera massacre
  • 3.2 Federal government point of view
• 4 Aftermath
• 5 Investigations
  • 5.1 EHRC and EHRCO
  • 5.2 Ethiopian Federal Police
• 6 References

Background

Main article: Tigray conflict

Throughout 2019 and 2020, tensions progressively increased between the Ethiopian federal government, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and the local government of the Tigray Region, led by Chief Administrator Debretsion Gebremichael, over allegations that members of the ruling Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which was the dominant force in Ethiopian politics after the fall of Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991, were being unfairly targeted for prosecution by the central government, and misgivings of the Eritrea–Ethiopia peace deal, which the TPLF viewed as endangering its security.

Federal-state relations deteriorated considerably after the region held local elections in September 2020, which the TPLF claimed to have won in a landslide, despite the Ethiopian government having postponed elections until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[15] After the elections, both sets of governments proclaimed the other illegitimate and illegal; the federal government maintaining that the regional elections had been extra-constitutional and neither free nor fair, and the regional government insisting that the federal government did not uphold the constitution which stated that elections should occur every 5 years and that its mandate had expired, rendering its authority null and void.^[15]

In November 2020, open conflict broke out between the two governments when Tigray Region security forces allegedly attacked the headquarters of the Northern Command of the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) in Mekelle.^[2] The federal government quickly launched an offensive to restore its authority, in concerted effort with regional security forces from the Amhara and Afar Regions. The Ethiopian government shut down communications in Tigray, access to the Internet was blocked, banking was closed for residents of Tigray, as was transportation to and from Tigray. The central government also imposed tight restrictions on access for aid and humanitarian agencies.^[16] Despite these calls,^{[clarification needed]} the Ethiopian government prioritized securing of the region's border with Sudan and the border town of Humera, thereby forestalling any possibility of TPLF forces opening a cross-border supply route.^[17]

Killings

Preparations

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, an Ethiopian government agency, published its preliminary findings on 24 November, reporting that a few days before the attack, local militia (or "special force") and the police barred all exit points from Mai Kadra. Migrant workers, who mainly hailed from the neighboring Amhara Region, were additionally prohibited from going to their places of work or moving about the town.^[3] Checkpoints were established at the four main exit points by Tigrayan youths from the Samri and other kebeles in Humera. Residents who attempted to flee the town to the outlying farmlands or across the border to Sudan were forced back by the local security foces.^[3][18][7]

Claim: Samri kebele perpetrators

According to the EHRC and EHRCO reports, on the morning of 9 November, local police began going door-to-door in certain neighborhoods, particularly those where migrant workers lived, checking identity cards to identify non-Tigrayans, detaining at least 60 people who were found to be in possession of Sudanese SIM cards in their mobile phones.^[3][a] According to survivors, this was done to prevent calls for help or other communications once the attack had started, as the federal government had already shut off Internet and mobile services to the region, meaning Ethiopian SIM cards did not work.^[6] Ethnic Tigrayan women and children were also told to leave the town shortly before the massacre.^{[citation needed]}

Claim: Amhara militia/ENDF perpetrators

According to 24 refugees from Mai Kadra interviewed by former journalist Millete Birhanemaskel, the ENDF entered Mai Kadra on 9 November, prior to the massacre.^[13]

Attacks

Reports on the attacks include two primary claims: that of local youth perpetrators loyal to the TPLF;^[3][2][7] and that of Amhara militia perpetrators.^[4] December reports suggest that both groups, plus Ethiopian federal forces, may have been involved in a series of massacres.^[1]

Claim: Samri kebele perpetrators

The killings started in the early afternoon of 9 November, at 11:00 in some areas,^[7] and in others around 15:00, when a former militiaman who had refused to get involved as tensions mounted was killed by a former colleague and his body burned along with his house, according to survivors, including the militiaman's wife.^[3][18] After this incident, the Samri kebele youths, in groups of 20 to 30 each, accompanied by 3 or 4 members of the local police and militia, went house-to-house killing people who had already been identified as ethnic Amharas or other minorities, "beating them with batons/sticks, stabbing them with knives, machetes and hatchets and strangling them with ropes", as well as looting properties.^[6] Because migrant workers were living up to 10 to 15 in a house, the death toll quickly escalated. Police and militiamen were posted at key street intersections, shooting anyone trying to escape the violence.^[3] Some people managed to survive by hiding in rafters, pretending to be dead, or successfully evading security forces and fleeing into the rural hinterland. Nevertheless, some people were followed into the outlying areas and killed there as well. Many ethnic Tigrayan residents however gave shelter to their neighbors, by hiding them in their homes, in churches and on farms.^[18] One woman first hid 13 people in her home, before leading them to a nearby farm, and another was struck by the Samri youths with a machete while trying to separate them from a man who had been lit on fire.^[3]

Fisseha Tekle was the Amnesty International researcher who first reported this massacre for Amnesty's preliminary report.^[19][12] Amnesty interviewed witnesses who had provided food to the ENDF. The witnesses said that forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) were responsible, apparently after they had fought against ENDF forces. Three people told Amnesty International that survivors of the massacre told them that they were attacked by members of Tigray Special Police Force and other TPLF members.^[2] According to witnesses interviewed by the EHRC, ethnic Amharas and local Wolkait people were the primary targets of the attack, but several members of other ethnic groups were also killed in the violence. Men were also specifically targeted over women and children, but many of them were physically injured and threatened with future attacks. The killings continued until the early hours of 10 November, when the perpetrators fled the town to avoid the advancing forces of the Ethiopian Army, which arrived late that morning.^[3]

Claim: Amhara militia/ENDF perpetrators

According to the refugees interviewed by Millete Birhanemaskel, the entry of the ENDF into Mai Kadra was followed by the entry of "200 to 300" gangs of Fano militia and another Amhara militia, Salug. The Fano and Salug were fought against by local Tigrayan forces, with many deaths, according to witnesses including Genet Haile, Teklehiwot Abraham, Haile Woldegiorgis, Amshalaka Woldegebriel and Abrahaley Yonas. Haile Woldegiorgis was taken from his home by the ENDF, who were convinced by 20–25 "gangsters who had bloody axes" to surrender him to them. Haile's ear was hit three times in the head with an axe by the gangsters, damaging his ear. He survived and left Mai Kadra.^[13]

The Tigrayans left the town centre to shelter in fields, while the Fano and Salug remained in the town centre, obtained medical and reported their version of the events.^[13]

A refugee, Barhat, aged 52, who had fled to Sudan and claimed to be present at the massacre recounted a different series of events to that initially reported by EHRC and EHRCO. She had fled from Mai Kadra and was interviewed by Reuters. Barhat stated that she fled after people from the Amhara region attacked ethnic Tigrayans. She stated that people from Amhara "killed anyone who said they were Tigrayan. They stole our money, our cattle, and our crops from our homes and we ran with just the clothing on our backs."^[4]

A Tigrayan student interviewed by the Financial Times after fleeing to Sudan, Abrahaley Menasew, had a head wound that he attributed to Amhara militias attacking him in Mai Kadra. Abrahaley stated that his head had been hit by an axe, that his "neck and wrist were slashed with a machete, ... and he almost lost his hand." He stated that the militia members "discussed whether to kill [him] or take [him] with them" before attacking him and believing him to be dead. Abrahaley stated that his Amhara friends had informed the militias of his location because of his Tigrayan ethnicity.^[5]

Twelve Tigrayan refugees interviewed by Associated Press stated that they had been attacked by both Amhara militias and the ENDF.^[1]

Messah Geidi, a refugee from Mai Kadra, attributed the killings to "the army", stating, "the army slaughtered the young people like sheep".^[20]

Casualties

According to Amnesty, "scores", likely hundreds, were killed. Local media reported at least 500 fatalities.^[2] While the EHRC was unable to independently confirm death tolls, local funeral committees estimated at least 600 people had been killed, taking three days to be buried in mass graves, and that this number did not include people who had been killed in the outlying areas and had yet be buried. Victims were being treated in hospital as far away as Gonder. While most victims were men, several women had "suffered physical and mental injuries".^[3] EHRCO estimated 1100 deaths based on its own observations and data collection during 3–11 December 2020 visit.^[7]

Wider region

Araqi Naqashi, a 48-year-old refugee stated that in an unnamed town, he "saw the bodies of people who had been slain thrown in the streets. Others who were injured were dragged with a rope tied to a rickshaw", further claiming that "the Tigrayans are being killed and chased down. Anything is looted, and our area was attacked with tanks".^[4] Local Sudanese in the vicinity claimed to have heard airstrikes, and witnesses said that some of the refugees were wounded and were getting medical help at a medical facility. One said that bombings had "demolished buildings and killed people" and that he "escaped, part running on foot and part in a car, afraid [that] civilians are being killed".^[4]

Humera massacre

Main article: Humera massacre

Refugees interviewed by the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The New York Times stated that on arriving in Humera in early November, Amharan militias, including Fano,^[21][22] and the ENDF^[23] carried out massacres and beatings of Tigrayans.

Federal government point of view

The Ethiopian government, which has repeatedly offered to shelter refugees internally, has suggested that such reports may be disinformation, similarly to how ethnic Hutus fled the country following the Rwandan genocide, including the Interahamwe which perpetrated the genocide, so too have members of the Samri and security forces and are seeking to mislead the international press by presenting themselves as victims.^[24][18][25] The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claimed that the refugees in Sudan who shared their accounts of the conflict consisted of only young men with no women or children present, and suggested that the men could the be perpetrators of atrocities.^[26] The UNHCR estimated that over 70% of the refugees were women, children and elderly.^[27] In early December 2020, the federal government refused to allow independent international investigations to be conducted by humans rights bodies, claiming that to assume that the government could not investigate the events was "belittling the government" and that Ethiopia didn't "need a babysitter".^[28]

Aftermath

A witness said that of those who fled, many were women and children. The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said that the fighting in Ethiopia had prompted more than 11,000 people to flee into Sudan so far.^[6] Amnesty International Director for East and Southern Africa, Deprose Muchena, urged the government to restore all communications to Tigray as an act of accountability and transparency for its military operations in the region and allow unfettered access to humanitarian organizations and human rights monitors. TPLF was also urged to make clear to their commanders that deliberate attacks on civilians are prohibited.^[2] Tigray's leader Debretsion Gebremichael denied responsibility in a statement to Reuters, saying that "This is unbelievable ... this should be investigated," and accused Abiy of "creating facts on [the] ground".^[6]

Investigations

EHRC and EHRCO

A group of investigators sent by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission visited Mai Kadra to investigate the mass killings^[29] between 14 and 19 November 2020, as part of its investigations into human rights violations after reports of ethnic cleansing.^[18] Its preliminary findings were released on 24 November.^[3] The EHRC report found that a massacre of civilians did indeed took place on 9 November, by a Tigrayan youth group from the Samri kebele aided by the then local administration security forces. EHRC Chief Commissioner Daniel Bekele said, "The unimaginably atrocious crimes committed against civilians for no reason other than their ethnicity is heartbreaking. Yet we are consoled by the stories of Ethiopians who saw beyond ethnic origin to come to the aid of their compatriots in their time of need. These stories keep the hope of a return to peaceful coexistence going. It is now an urgent priority that victims are provided redress and rehabilitation, and that perpetrators involved directly or indirectly at all levels are held to account before the law".^[14] The EHRC stated that the evidence "strongly indicate[d] the commission of grave human rights violations which may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes".^[3]

The Ethiopian Human Rights Council visited Mai Kadra and the surrounding regions during 3–11 December 2020. It drew similar conclusions to those of the EHRC, but estimated the number of victims as 1100 and clarified that the term Samri referred to the neighbourhood where most of the youths directly responsible for the massacre were from.^[7]

Ethiopian Federal Police

In mid-December 2020, the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP) detained Enkuayehu Mesele in a refugee camp and Tesfaye Kebede, Abadit Abrha and three others in Addis Ababa, on suspicion of involvement in the massacre. A military officer, Amanuel Belete, accused Enkuayehu of being the leader of the massacre.^[30] In late January, police spokesperson Zelalem Mengiste stated that police had investigated 117 burial sites and "finalised" investigations. The police issued 349 arrest warrants, among which 124 had been arrested. Agence de Presse Africaine reported Zelalem as stating that some of the suspects were "defeated" during the Tigray War.^[31]

ፈረንሳይ_ለጋሲዮን የምርጫ ክልል 12/13 ተወዳዳሪዎች ባልደራስ፣ ኢዜማ ብልጽግ ና

 

የ ኢዜማ ተወዳዳሪ ታዋቂው ታሳሪ ንቁ መሪ አንዷለም አራጌ ፤ ምርጫ ወረዳ 12/13 !

ምርጫ ወረዳ 12/13 ፡ በፈረንሳይ፣ ቤላ፣ ሚኒሊክ፣ ቀበና፣ ስድስት ኪሎ... ከወረዳው የኢዜማ እጩ አይበገሬው አንዲ ጋር በመሆን የተሳካ የጎዳና ላይና የቤት ለቤት የማስተዋወቅ ፤ እንዲመዘገቡና ኢዜማን እንዲመርጡ ቅስቀሳ አድርገዋል!

ንቁ ዜጎች መዝነው ይመርጣሉ ኢትዮጵያ ታሸንፋለች! 

 

ወረዳ 13 ለህዝብ ተወካዮች !

~ ሙአዘ ጥበባት ዲያቆን ዳንኤል ክብረት ( በግል)

~ አቶ አንዱዓለም አራጌ ( ኢዜማ)

~ ባልደራስ ( መሶበ ወርቅ ቅጣው )

~ ብልጽግና ( እጩ ተወዳዳሪ ይፋ አልሆነም)

የካ ክፍለ ከተማ ወረዳ 13 የምርጫ ክልል ከፍተኛ ፉክክር እንደሚኖር ከወዲሁ የሚጠበቅ ነው ።

#ማስታወሻ ፦ " የተፋጠነ የፍትሕ ሥርዓት ይሰጠን ፤ ለምርጫ የሚጠብቀን ህዝብ አለ ፤ ህዝብ በምርጫ ካርድ ይዳኘን " በማለት ለባለፉት 8 ወራት በተደጋጋሚ በፍ/ቤት አቤቱታ እያቀረበ የሚገኘው ፤ የባልደራስ ፓርቲ ፕሬዝዳንት እስክንድር ነጋ ውልደት እና እድገቱ በምርጫ ወረዳ 12/13 አካባቢ መሆኑ የሚታወቅ ነው።

 

 ፈረንሳይ_ለጋሲዮን የምርጫ ክልል 12/13

የአምባገነኖች ሥርዓት በእውነተኛ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሥርዓት ለመተካት ምርጫው ቁልፍ መሣሪያ ነው !!

መሶበወርቅ ቅጣው እባላለሁ። የባልደራስ ለእውነተኛ ዲሞክራሲ ፓርቲ በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ የምርጫ ክልል 12/13 የፌደራሉ የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት እጩ ነኝ።

በኢትዮጵያ ቋንቋዎችና ሥነ ጽሑፍ - የመጀመሪያ ዲግሪ እና በኢትዮጵያ ሥነ ጽሑፍና ፎክሎር - የማስተርስ ዲግሪ አለኝ። በአሁን ወቅት ደግሞ የፎክሎር የፒ. ኤች. ዲ. ተማሪ ነኝ።

በዜጎች ላይ ማንነታቸውን እና ሀይማኖታቸውን መነሻ በማድረግ እየደረሰባቸው ያለውን የዘር ማጥፋትና ኢሰብአዊ ጭፍጨፋ ፓርቲያችን ባልደራስ አጥብቆ ይቃወማል።

በመዲናችን አዲስ አበባ ዘርን መሠረት በማድረግ እየደረሱ ያሉ በርካታ ችግሮችን አሰወግዶ ሰላም፣ እኩልነት እና ዲሞክራሲያዊ አሠራር እንዲሰፍን ባልደራስ ጠንክሮ እየሠራ ይገኛል።

በሀገርና በሕዝብ ላይ እየደረሰ ያለውን አስከፊ የአምባገነኖች ሥርዓት በእውነተኛ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሥርዓት ለመተካት ምርጫው ቁልፍ መሣሪያ ነው።
የተወደዳችሁና የተከበራችሁ ወገኖቻችን!!! ህልውናችንን ለማስከበር ወሳኝ የሆነውን የምርጫ ካርድ ጊዜው ሳያልፍ እንድታወጡ በትህትና እጠይቃለሁ።

ድል ለእወነተኛ ለዲሞክራሲ

ኢ/ር ጌታነህ ባልቻ አባላለሁ:: በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ ምርጫ ወረዳ 1እና 9 የህዝብ ተወካዮች ም/ቤት ዕጩ ተወዳዳሪ ነኝ። አዲስ አበባን ማዳን ኢትዮጵያን ማዳን ነው

 አዲስ አበባን ማዳን ኢትዮጵያን ማዳን ነው !!

ኢ/ር ጌታነህ ባልቻ አባላለሁ:: በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ ምርጫ ወረዳ 1እና 9 የህዝብ ተወካዮች ም/ቤት ዕጩ ተወዳዳሪ ነኝ።

አዲስ አበባን ማዳን ኢትዬጵያን ማዳን ነው ! ብለን የጀመርነው ጉዞ ብዙ ርቀትን ተጉዘንበታል ። አዲስ አበባን ከተረኞች ጉያ ፈልቅቀንም አናወጣለን!! አዲስ አበበም በእውነተኛ ልጆችዎ እንድትመራና ለዘመናት የደረሰባትን የኢኮኖሚ፣የማህበራዊ፣ የፖለቲካዊ እና ህጋዊ ስብራት እንድትታከም፤ የህዝቡም ጥያቄዎች በአግባቡ እንዲመለስ ለማድረግ የመጨረሻ ምዕራፍ የደረስንበት ግዜ ላይ እንገኛለን።

ስለዚህ ባለፈው ሁለት አመት ጉዟችን አብራችሁን የነበራችሁ በመንገዳችን የደገፋችሁን፣የመከራችሁን፣አዲስ አበባን በሰላማዊ መንገድ ብቻ ለማዳን የተጋችሁ የከተማችን ነዎሪዎች በሙሉ የትግላችን ማሳረጊያ የሆነውን ምርጫ ለማከናወን የመራጮች መመዝገቢያ ጥቂ ቀናት ብቻ ቀርቶታል።

በመሆኑም አዲስ አበባን ለማዳን የምርጫ ካርድ መያዝ ወሳኝ ጉዳይ በመሆኑ እንድታወጡ፤ በምርጫው እለትም ባልደራስ ያቀረባቸውን የከተማው ነዎሪ ህዝብ እውነተኛ እጩ ተወካዬች በመምረጥ ሀገራዊ ግዴታዎን ይወጡ ዘንድ በአክብሮት መልዕክቴን አስተላልፋለሁ።

ድል ለእውነተኛ ዲሞክራሲ

Stop the Amahra genocide in Ethiopia Demonstrations worldwide

 

በ ለንዶን የተደረገ እማራን መግደል ይቁም ሰልፍ

Another horrific day in the #NewEthiopia
STOP THE STATE SPONSORED GENOCIDE AGAINST #AMHARA IN #ETHIOPIA!!!
#ኢትዮጵያ

#Metekel
#Wollega
#MaiKadra
#Shashemene
#WollegaMassacre
#StopAmharaGenocide
#StopEthiopianGenocide
#StopGenocide
#ChristianPersecution
#SaveEOTC
#VoiceForAmhara
#PrayForEthiopia
#DoesBlinkenKnow 

Über das Mittelmeer bis nach München :SPIEGEL intervirew mit ein 14-Jähriger junge aus Eritrea

Geflüchteter über libysche Gefangenschaft "Selbst wenn die Menschen die Flucht überleben, stirbt etwas in ihnen"
Filimon Mebrhatom brach als 14-Jähriger aus Eritrea nach Europa auf. Er verdurstete fast, wurde von Schleppern gequält, dann in libyschen Gefängnissen gefoltert. Nun hat er seine Geschichte aufgeschrieben. 

Ein Interview von Maria Stöhr


 

Filimon Mebrhatom, heute 20 Jahre alt, flüchtete vor dem Regime in Eritrea Foto:


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"Ein alter sudanesischer Mann kam auf mich zu und flößte mir langsam und behutsam drei Verschlusskappen Wasser ein. Das half mir, obwohl es nur so wenig war. Als die Menschen, die rund um mich saßen, das sahen, schienen auch sie zu bemerken, wie schlecht es um mich stand. Sie schickten sich nun an, aus ihrer Kleidung einen Sonnenschutz für mich zu bauen."



Es fällt leicht wegzuschauen, wenn die Geschichten fehlen. Zwar gibt es die Bilder und die Videos von afrikanischen Geflüchteten, sie zeigen die Flucht über das Mittelmeer, das Ankommen an griechischen und italienischen Stränden. Oder das Sterben. Aber es gibt wenige Bilder und Geschichten davon, was diese Menschen davor erlebt haben, in der Wüste, auf den Jeeps und Lastwagen der Schlepper. In den Gefängnissen von Libyen.

Filimon Mebrhatom hat seine Geschichte aufgeschrieben. In einer Januarnacht 2014 brach er auf, als 14-Jähriger, von seinem Heimatland Eritrea, zunächst nach Äthiopien, dann in den Sudan, irgendwann durch die Sahara, Richtung Libyen. Wie er sind in den vergangenen Jahren Hunderttausende aus Eritrea geflohen. Mebrhatom vertraute sich Schleppern an, er verdurstete ein paar Mal fast, so schreibt er es.
Er landete in mehreren libyschen Gefängnissen, in den Händen einer Dschihadistenmiliz. Das einzige Zeugnis seiner Herkunft, ein Schülerausweis, wird in der Zeit verbrannt. Fast ein Jahr später landete er auf einem Schiff Richtung Italien und kurz darauf in München, wo er blieb.





Im Alter von 15 Jahren kommt Filimon in einem italienischen Hafen an und wird von dort in eine Unterkunft gebracht. Er macht sich allein auf den Weg Richtung Norden Foto: 

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Mebrhatom, heute 20 Jahre alt, wurde in Deutschland als Flüchtling anerkannt. Er beendete die Schule und eine Ausbildung zum Cutter und Kameramann. Er will die Mittlere Reife nachholen, sagt er, unbedingt studieren. "Ich will doch nur frei sein" heißt sein Buch, es erscheint am 24. August; Ausschnitte daraus zitieren wir im Text kursiv. Der SPIEGEL kann seine Erinnerungen nicht in Gänze verifizieren, wir haben jedoch keinen Anlass, an deren Richtigkeit zu zweifeln. Das Interview führten wir mit Mebrhatom am Telefon.



SPIEGEL: Was nimmt man aus seiner Heimat mit, wenn man für immer geht?

Filimon Mebrhatom: Mein Cousin und ich sind gemeinsam aufgebrochen. Wir hatten etwas Geld dabei, sonst nichts. Das haben wir uns in die Kleidung genäht. Mit Gepäck ist es schwer, die Grenzen zu passieren. Man fällt auf. Wird vielleicht angeschwärzt. Ohne Gepäck kann man leichter rennen, wenn man verfolgt wird.

SPIEGEL: Wie haben Sie sich von Ihrer Familie verabschiedet?

Mebrhatom: In der Nacht meiner Flucht habe ich nicht bei meinen Eltern übernachtet. Ich ging abends zu Bett, am nächsten Morgen ging ich, ohne ein Wort. Ich habe mich nie von meiner Mutter verabschiedet. Ich konnte meinen Eltern nicht sagen, dass ich sie verlasse. Denn meine Schwester ist kurze Zeit vorher auf der Flucht gestorben.


Vom Sudan durch die Wüste Richtung Libyen

"Die Schlepper begannen ein zynisches Spiel: Für einen Schluck Wasser verlangten sie Geld und wollten uns nichts geben, bevor wir nicht bezahlt hätten. In unserem Zustand hatten wir keine Kraft zu diskutieren.

Als unser Pickup wieder einmal stecken geblieben war, waren die Fahrer besonders sauer und ließen ihre Wut an uns aus. Sie zwangen uns dazu, mit unseren bloßen Händen die Reifen frei zu graben. Der Sand drang dabei unter unsere Fingernägel, und wir schürften uns die Hände blutig."

SPIEGEL: Sie sind im Sudan auf den Jeep von Schleppern aufgestiegen und mit ihnen durch die Wüste Richtung Libyen gefahren. Sie beschreiben Hunger, Durst, Folter. Was hat Sie davon abgehalten umzukehren?

Mebrhatom: Ein Leben in Eritrea wäre keine Option gewesen. Ich wusste schon, dass die Flucht gefährlich sein würde, aber ich sah keine andere Möglichkeit als aufzubrechen. In Eritrea wird man gefoltert, wenn man ein Leben führt, das der Regierung nicht gefällt. Man wird unterdrückt. Ich hätte in den Militärdienst gemusst. Das ist kein gutes Leben, kein freies. Und ich wollte meine Eltern im Alter unterstützen, das wäre mir in Eritrea nicht gelungen.



"Selbst wenn die Menschen die Flucht überleben, stirbt etwas in ihnen, denn sie sehen Unmenschliches."


Filimon Mebrhatom



SPIEGEL: Warum sind die Schlepper so brutal?

Mebrhatom: Es ist ihre Art zu überleben. Das sind Menschen, die nie etwas anderes gelernt haben, als ihre Waffe zu benutzen, um Geld zu erpressen. Sie haben diese Prioritäten von klein auf so gelernt. Jeder, der eine Waffe hat, nutzt diese Macht, um andere Menschen zu unterdrücken, zu verkaufen, zu behandeln wie Sklaven. Wenn du in der Hand der Schlepper bist, wirst du wie ein Tier behandelt.

SPIEGEL: Sie schreiben, dass auch Mädchen und Frauen bei der Überfahrt in der Wüste dabei waren. Wie ist es ihnen ergangen?

Mebrhatom: Manchmal haben die Schlepper die Frauen aus dem Innenraum des Wagens zu sich nach vorn befohlen. Sie wurden dann angefasst, manche wurden während unserer Pausen in der Wüste vergewaltigt. Einige wurden schwanger. Wir konnten gar nichts tun, ich konnte sie nicht beschützen. Manchmal haben wir ihre Schreie gehört.

 




Titel: Ich will doch nur frei sein: Wie ich nach Unterdrückung, Gefangenschaft und Flucht weiter für eine Zukunft kämpfe
Herausgeber: Komplett Media GmbH
Seitenzahl: 256
Autor: Mebrhatom, Filimon

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In Libyens Gefängnissen

"Hier im Lager gab es noch andere Jungen in meinem Alter. Um uns die Zeit zu vertreiben, spielten wir Schach. Schachbrett und Figuren bastelten wir uns aus Papier und Baumharz selbst.

Abends bekamen wir eine spärliche Menge einer Art Nudeleintopf, von dem wir nicht wussten, was er enthielt. Beim Kauen knirschte es zwischen den Zähnen, und manchmal biss man auf Steine. Auch bei der Essensausgabe wurden Menschen wahllos geschlagen."

SPIEGEL: Nur selten erfährt die Öffentlichkeit, wie es in den libyschen Gefängnissen zugeht. Wie war es dort?

Mebrhatom: Es stank, die Menschen können sich nicht waschen. Es gab fast keine Toiletten. Tausende Menschen saßen eng gedrängt. In einem Lager musste ich, als ich nachts ankam, über die Menschen regelrecht drübersteigen, über Beine und Köpfe, so dicht lagen sie da. Wenn die Wärter kamen, war da immer die Hoffnung, dass wir weitergelassen werden Richtung Mittelmeer. Aber meistens kamen sie und schikanierten uns. Es herrscht Bürgerkrieg in Libyen, niemand muss sich an ein Gesetz halten.
 

which is better ChromeCast Vs. Amazon Fire Stick Vs. Roku Stick?

ChromeCast Vs. Amazon Fire Stick Vs. Roku Stick:
 Initially one can only stream all the content available on the internet on devices like computers, tablets, and smartphones . But since those have smaller screens compare to your TV, It didn’t provide the best experience for watching videos, movies and also to play games. Streaming media players like the Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, and Chromecast act as a bridge between the Internet and your TV and convert your normal TV into a Smart TV. By using one of the device, you can connect it to your Internet router via WiFi or Ethernet cable available in your home and then to your TV via HDMI port . So, movies and TV shows which can previously only watch on your computer or mobile device can now be watched on your TV, it makes a great experience with a larger screen and with louder voice.




There are many different types of devices now that can stream content to your TV, including set-top boxes, Blu-ray players, home theater systems, and gaming consoles. And Smart TVs can connect directly connected to the Internet without any of these devices. However, at the moment the dedicated streaming players generally have a better selection of supported content providers and are more reliable and easier to use than the other options. Most of the streaming applications like Vudu, Tvtap, Netflix and more can be supported in all the streaming devices available in the market. Now , in this article let us discuss about the three such streaming media devices such as Amazon Fire Stick, Roku and Google Chromecast.

Let us start with the chromecast streaming device.


Introduction
ChromeCast Vs. Amazon Fire Stick Vs. Roku Stick
Google Chrome Cast
Amazon Fire Stick
Roku Streaming Stick
Features of ChromeCast Vs. Amazon Fire Stick Vs. Roku Stick
1) USER INTERFACE
2) EASY ACCESSING
3) PROCESSING SPEED/POWER
4) GAMES ZONE
5) SEARCHING CONTENT
6) REMOTE CONTROL ACCESS
7) QUALITY CONTENT
Installation App on ChromeCast
Installation App On Amazon Fire Stick
Installation App On Roku


ChromeCast Vs. Amazon Fire Stick Vs. Roku Stick: Differents between
ChromeCast Vs. Amazon Fire Stick Vs. Roku Stick
Google Chrome Cast

Google Chromecast is nothing but a Streaming media device which is used for live streaming the videos, music and movies. By using ports available in it just plug it into your Television and provide an easy access to multiple streaming service providers, from Netflix and YouTube to Hulu and Google Play etc; by using your mobile phone, laptop or a tablet. One can even watch their favorite content or data from your Chrome browser to the big screen by accessing your home wifi network. But Chromecast is somewhat least performer in working the same way as competing devices like Apple TV or Roku. One of the reason is it can’t be accessed by a remote or any other device related to the Chromecast , it is must to have mobile, laptop or tab to access the content available on the internet. But it is not like that with either amazon fire stick and Roku. Anyway ,we are going to discuss about both the devices below in this article.
Amazon Fire Stick

The Amazon Fire TV Stick is a digital HD streaming media device that can be used to view photos and videos in HD quality. It can be connected to compatible devices via Bluetooth of your mobile phone or any other smart devices, USB, or Wi-Fi interface. Also, this media streamer mediates Internet access to your TV signals.The Fire Stick plugs into your TV’s HDMI port giving you access to your favorite TV shows, movies, subscription services, music, photos, and games by downloading such streaming media applications available on the internet.The Amazon Fire TV Stick comes with a voice remote. You can simply say the name of the content what you want to watch and the stick will play it for you on your Tv. It is one of the best streaming device and also the smart one compare to Google chromecast.
Roku Streaming Stick

A Roku is a streaming media device that streams media content such as movies, music, videos, tv shows and even one can play games from the internet to your TV. Roku media streaming devices incorporate an operating system (OS) that allows users to access and manage internet streaming content. It is mostly similar to the amazon fire stick , it also has an external remote with which we can operate TV while streaming content from the streaming applications available on the internet.

Now let us have an overview about the three streaming devices which have a merely differences which are mentioned below.
Google ChromeCast Google ChromeCast Ultra Roku Streaming Stick Roku Premiere Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K
COST OF DEVICE $35 $69 $60 $50 $50
VIDEO QUALITY 1080p 4K UHD 4K UHD 4K UHD 4K UHD
DEDICATED REMOTE ACCESS No No Yes Yes Yes
SUPPORTED OS Android, IOS, MacOS, Windows, Chrome OS Android, IOS, MacOS, Windows, Chrome OS Android, IOS, Windows OS on Phone, BB10 Android, IOS, Windows OS on Phone, BB10 Android ,IOS
VOICE SEARCH No No Yes Yes Yes, via app or remote
CROSS PLATFORM SEARCH Limited Limited Yes Yes Yes
DATA TRANSMISSION Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
BUYING OPTIONS Available in all the stores, online stores. Available in all the stores, online stores. Amazon , Roku Walmart Amazon


The above mentioned tabular form differentiates the three streaming media devices Google Chrome cast, Roku and Amazon Fire stick. Let us discuss some more factors between the three streaming devices.
Features of ChromeCast Vs. Amazon Fire Stick Vs. Roku Stick
1) USER INTERFACE

The Roku interface is extremely user-friendly and has a great UI which is easily access able by the users.The Amazon Firestick TV interface has a little more techno-flash, and has a great UI compare to the other two streaming devices. While we generally prefer the service-agnostic Roku interface, Amazon uses Alexa for all sorts of voice-control functions by using external remote access that Roku can’t compete with Amazon fire stick.


For its part, Chromecast does has decent functionality via the Home app, but it doesn’t really have a traditional user interface. Instead, you will be navigating apps and content libraries only through your mobile phone, tablet, or PC.
2) EASY ACCESSING

Even though the three devices let you access the same streaming media content available on the internet, the Chromecast and Chromecast Ultra function quite differently than the other devices. Since Chromecasts use your mobile phone or computer to cast content to your TV, they’re devoid of a traditional menu-based user interface, a remote control, and on-board storage. In fact, in a world of smart devices, the Chromecast is perhaps the dumbest of them all.But when it comes to simplicity and easily accessing, it stands on the top. Find what you want to watch or listen to on your personal device, “cast” it at the Chromecast by tapping a button, and you can watch it on your TV. That includes any content you can put on a Chrome browser window, i.e., anything on the web. It’s not that the other options here are complex — in fact, they’re all quite manageable — but the Chromecast takes the first place among the three devices.
3) PROCESSING SPEED/POWER

This factor varies from one device to another, based on the cost and newly released products will have a great advantage. Hence the latest streaming devices like ROKU premiere and Amazon Fire stick 4k is in the top place.
4) GAMES ZONE

All the three devices allows you to play games on your Tv. But among the three Amazon fire stick has a huge library of games which is more attractive. In Roku You can play some popular and interesting games like angry birds and many other. When it comes to google chromecast it also allows you to play some decent list of games on your Tv.
5) SEARCHING CONTENT

First One should decide what t watch on your Tv by setting up streaming devices. In Roku there are both the options , one can search the willing content to watch on your Tv by using Voice search option and also use text based searching option. In amazon Fire stick it only allows you to search by voice message. With Alexa available right on the remote, it’s pretty easy to use.Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa also now allows users to say things like “rewind 20 seconds” for more attuned searching, and the system will also show you where the video you want can be found. Still, Roku streaming is more easy in its search about price. Google Chromecast devices introduce text and voice search, but they’re still pretty far behind. Like the Firestick TV, however, google Chromecast search favors content from certain most used apps and better services, especially proprietary ones.
6) REMOTE CONTROL ACCESS

When it comes to the remote access, both the Roku devices and the amazon Fire TV offers the range of functionalities, including power and volume keys for your TV. However, Roku’s is a bit easier to use, including shortcut buttons to some of the most popular streaming apps for Netflix, Hulu, and others. Both platforms offer free remote apps for iOS and Android platforms, but here again, Roku slightly ranks more for better usability, as well as the ability to listen in headphones directly from your phone or tablet. As mentioned earlier, Chromecast devices don’t use a dedicated remote.
7) QUALITY CONTENT

In this factor all the three devices maintain a great HD quality. IN above tabular form it is clearly mentioned that all the three latest devices including google chromecast Ultra provides 4k UHD video streaming. The only device Chromecast third generation is in the least place when comes to the quality factor.

These are some of the extra factors need to be discussed for the sake of new users who want to choose the best among the three streaming devices for their Tv. Most of the influencing factors between the three devices are mentioned in the tabular form itself.

Let us discuss how to install an app on Google chromecast, Amazon fire stick and Roku.


Installation App on ChromeCast

Most of the live streaming viewers are aware of the VUDU app. Anyway briefly , VUDU is an online video-on-demand streaming service that provides access to movies and TV shows for the users. Now let us have a look how to install vudu app on google chromecast.

Initially one should set up google chromecast to your television and also to the home wifi network. Click on the link for Guidelines To set up google chromecast. After completing the process of connecting google chromecast to your television and home wifi network first, you can now get Vudu on chromecast and stream it on your television. One can use Pc, Laptop,mobile devices(Android/IOS) and even MAC. Below mentioned are the steps to do so.

Step-1 If you use a computer/laptop use the Chrome browser and visit vudu.com. If you are using mobile devices, get the VUDU App for Android or VUDU Player App for IOS available on the play store.
Step-2 Next click on the cast icon.
Step-3 Then you need to select a chromecast device, and choose your wished content (movie or tv show) and click on play button.
These are the simple steps to watch your favorite content on television which is available on the Vudu app for chromecast device by using different platforms.
Installation App On Amazon Fire Stick

Amazon fire stick which is a small device and can be connected to the television , in order to stream the movies, sports and videos from Netflix, Hulu , Youtube etc; It is similar to the chromecast. By downloading and installing Tvtap for fire stick one can enjoy the live streaming tv channels, movies, sports and many more categories with a high dimensional(HD) quality content for free of cost. But there is a paid version available in the market with the name TVTAP PRO which is the latest app.

Steps to install Tvtap app on amazon fire stick are mentioned below,

The downloading and installation process for firestick is very easy. It is same for fire tv also.

Step-1 First one should open amazon store to download apps for Firestick device.
Step-2 Search for FireDL app and start Downloading fireDL app from amazon store to install tvtap.
step-3 After downloading the app, Open FireDL app on firestick.
Step-4 Now search for the 085702(or Tvtap) and install apk file. The installation time is totally depends on your internet connection. make sure your internet connection is in great speed.
Step-5 After completing installation process, Open Tvtap app to stream live tv channels, music, movies, sports, and many more on tvtap application.

These are the downloading and installation steps for Tvtap application on firestick.
Installation App On Roku

Roku provides a large number of channels to add and watch. But most of the services are premium and few of them are free. So, people start installing the channels from unknown sources. TVTAP APK is one of the best live streaming channels for Roku.

To install the app to roku, follow the below mentioned steps.Before downloading it to your device one must enable unknown sources option to accept third party applications to your device.

To enable unknown sources , first go to settings>>security>>and then enable Unknown sources option for your Android box.It might be vary from one device to another.

Step-1 Initially, you should download the latest version of Tvtap app from the trusted pages available on the internet.
Step-2 Now make sure that the Roku TV and your Android device are connected to the same network.
Step-3 From your Android device, please navigate to Settings -> Display -> Cast Screen. Below the Cast Screen option, tap on ‘More Options’ and you will get to see ‘Enable Wireless Display’ , activate the same by marking the box.
Step-4 Now, you will be able to see the list of connected devices. Select Roku TV available in the list.
Step-5 After selecting Roku TV, your Android device will get synchronized with your Roku TV.
Step-6 Now , click on the app and enjoy live streaming movies , videos and many more on your television.

These are the installation steps for TVTap app on ROKU streaming device.

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CONCLUSION


All the above mentioned streaming devices take the entertainment sector to the other range of demand, by providing more and more options for the users. Anyway, you can choose one among all the streaming devices available on the market to stream movies, music, videos, games and many more on larger screen (TV). Go through the entire article and make sure that you are choosing the best for a reasonable price and makes your TV the smart one. According to me, ROKU premiere and Amazon Fire stick 4K are in the top priority.If you regularly use your phone, tablet, or computer for streaming, you might go for a Chromecast and streamline your viewing experience , chromecast ultra is also providing 4k UHD quality content with the lowest price among all the three. But one can choose according to their interest and priority based criteria.


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