Friday, November 18, 2011

Smiling Aberash!

(16 Nov 2011, Capital)--Aberash Hailay, on Monday November 14, returned after an intensive treatment in Bangkok and thanked the Ethiopian Women Lawyer’s Association (EWLA), Sheik Mohammed Al-Amoudi who covered her treatment costs, her Airline colleagues, to members of the media and the Ethiopian public for their support, in a press conference held at the Sheraton Addis. 

Ethiopian maid chops off head of bride-to-be with axe

(Nov 18, 2011, Digital Journal)--On Tuesday an Ethiopian housemaid died after her Kuwaiti employer beat her for a week. In a completely separate event on Thursday, an Ethiopian housemaid murdered her young Kuwaiti employer who was due to be a bride the next day. 

Yenesew's self-immolation, an ultimate call for justice (by Jawar Mohammed)

(Friday, 18 November 2011, opride)--The self-immolation of Ethiopian high school teacher, Yenesew Gebre, 29, signals a clear message to Ethiopian leaders and their international supporters. In Ethiopian politics, practically everything is contested, a contest that has often taken an ugly face leading to arrests, tortures and disappearances of dissidents.