![]() Spring Awakening How an Egyptian Revolution Began on Facebook By JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS Published: February 17, 2012 In the embryonic, ever evolving era of social media — when milestones come by the day, if not by the second — June 8, 2010, has secured a rightful place in history. That was the day Wael Ghonim, a 29-year-old Google marketing executive, was browsing Facebook in his home in Dubai and found a startling image: a photograph of a bloodied and disfigured face, its jaw broken, a young life taken away. That life, he soon learned, had belonged to Khaled Mohamed Said, a 28-year-old from Alexandria who had been beaten to death by the Egyptian police. At once angered and animated, the Egyptian-born Ghonim went online and created a Facebook page. “Today they killed Khaled,” he wrote. “If I don’t act for his sake, tomorrow they will kill me.” It took a few moments for Ghonim to settle on a name for the page, one that would fit the character of an increasingly personalized and politically galvanizing Internet. He finally decided on “Kullena Khaled Said” — “We Are All Khaled Said.” ![]() December 28, 2013 HRLHA’s 2014 New Year Message Dear friends, Time does seem to pass ever more quickly. Has it really been a year since the HRLHA office last shared its thoughts on the occasion of the 2013 New Year? The fact is our attention is totally consumed by the job we are doing. For those who are languishing in prisons simply because they hold different political views from those of the ruling party of Ethiopia, for those Ethiopians and others who escaped from fear of persecution and are in refugee camps or live on the streets of the countries they took asylum in looking for their daily slice of bread, even a minute is too long. Soon we all will be joining together to welcome a new year with another new hope to do better. We must recognize the fact that doing better doesn’t happen simply because we wish it to be true. Rather, first we need to take our time and assess this year’s achievements or losses and compare them against the promises we made as this year began. In short, it is a time for “self-analysis”. ![]() Mudde 27, 2013 Ummata Oromoo Afrikaa Kibbaatti argamtan maraaf, KABAJA GUYYAA WBO Gaafa 12/01/2014 sirna miidhagaan waan kabajnuuf guyyaa kana Galma: Johannesburg, Mayfair Cultural Centre 177 8th Avenue Shoprite fuulduratti akka nuuf argamtan kabajaan waamicha Oromummaa isiniif Dabarsina. WBOn Abdii Ummata Oromoo fi Gaachana Oromiyaati!!! Yeroon: 1:00pm Odeeffannoo Dabalataaf: 078 748 1318/073 089 9410/072 798 5559. Koree Qopheessituu. human rights watch report: harsh decline in freedoms of expression and association in ethiopia26/12/2013 Ethiopia: UPR Submission September 2013
November 14, 2013 Ethiopia’s human rights situation since 2009 has been marked by a harsh intolerance for any criticism of government actions and a sharp decline in freedoms of expression and association. Critics of government policy continue to be subjected to harassment, arbitrary detention, and politically motivated prosecutions. Two repressive laws passed in 2009—the Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSO law) and the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation—have been used to decimate independent media and civil society organizations. Political space has also constricted as the ruling party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has consolidated control, the EPRDF officially won 99.6% of the votes in the 2010 parliamentary elections after intimidating political opponents, restricting media, and ensuring political support through its control of access to government services and other resources. Over the past five years most legitimate political avenues for peaceful protest have been shut down and opposition leaders, civil society activists, and independent journalists have been jailed or forced to flee.
|
Author
I am an oromo nationalist who is trying to make our poeples voice heard all over the world! Archives
October 2015
External Links
Human Rights Groups |