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Please correct your information, they are not just a protester they are elected parliament member. There crime is questioning the result of the election. They had been imprisoning with the blessing of US government. Shame on to the US government, shame on you British government given such a free raid for Melese regime… The same government who spent billion of dollar to maintain and spread democracy in the other part of the world, they ignore the cry of Ethiopian.

God help Ethiopia.

Just a little bit of a correction, The 38 were not political protesters, but rather Elected parliamentarian's human rights activists and journalists. The parlimentarians sweeped Addis which is the Capital from the incumbent, and this is a payback. The majority are elderly highly respected in their 70's who have been fighting for democracy and the rule of law. They are Lawyers, Judges, Engineers , University Professors, and well known Economists and Journalists that Ethiopia has nutured. These were elected leaders that the people voted for. They were arrested because the people who voted for them were angry when their votes were not respected and they went out and demonstrated in June and November of 2005. The result of which was the impriosnment of these leaders and about 30 thousands residents of the Capital, with the slaughter of over 200 by sharp shooters.

The trail was a sham and the verdict is an order by the government that is holding the country hostage, the sad thing is the rest of the world is ignoring this injustice, just as in the case of Rwanda. I do appreciate your show and NPR in addressing the issues. But the major net works will not even talk about it
although Ethiopains have appealed to them, have demonstrated infront of their buildings trying to get them to investigate the travesties being committed in Ethiopia. We are told that the regime is a freind and supports the "War on Terror" in other words it is okay if he terrorizes Ethiopians as long as he supports our cause we will look the other way.
All the talk about democracy around the world sound so hallow....

Shocking! isn't it? Just imagine! Other countries have laws just like this America has laws which, when violated, result in negative social consequences and court ordered punitive repercussions. Now granted that the result of being arrested in NYC as a black youth riding the subway on the way to a friends wake, wearing a tee-shirt depicting an image of the deceased will not be the death penalty, at least, not yet anyway. But who can say how far such fascistic laws will go if the object is to oppress African people and trample on their rights and freedom of expression while the majority culture, in whose name all this is done, remains serenely quiescent in it's covert approval. But thanks for "caring" about Africans on the far side of the continent anyway.

It's a travestiy to see the darling of the west
Meles in such a blatant human right violation and doesn't get a repremand from his masters the US and Britain. These Political prisoners are the elected officials of the Ethiopian people and to undermine the vote of the populace and still be considered as an allie of the west with the excuse of war on terrorism is absurd and hipocracy.