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THE SIDAMA LIBERATION MOVEMENT WITHDRAWS FROM THE ETHIOPIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS AMID WIDESPREAD RIGHTS ABUSES

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ፎቶ ኣገሬሰላም ኣሮሬሳ(ፌስቡክ) Press Release United Sidama Parties for Freedom and Justice 14 April 2013 The 14 April 2013 local government elections in Ethiopia have been marred by widespread abuses of the representatives and supporters of the Sidama Liberation Movement (SLM), which remains the main opposition political movement in the Sidama region. The SLM accuses the regional and Sidama EPRDF cadres of continued intimidation, harassment and persecution of its representatives and supporters during the period leading up to the elections.  The SLM members in all 19 districts of the Sidama administration who were nominated to contest in the stated elections have often been arrested and imprisoned for prolonged period of time to intimidate them and deter them from contesting the elections. The elected SLM representatives were barred from freely campaigning in the Sidama region. To the astonishment of the Sidama people and in an outright contempt to any democratic principles,  Duka’l

በሲዳማ ብሔር ላይ እየደረሱ ያሉ ጭካኔ የተሞላባቸው አረሜናዊና ኢ-ሰብአዊ ድርጊቶች እንዲቆሙ የአለም-አቀፉ ማህበረሰብ ድጋፊ እንዲያደግርልን እንማፀናለን!!

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ከማህበራዊ መረብ ላይ የተገኝ ጽሁፍ በ  Sidaamaho Maganu No በሲዳማ ብሔር ላይ እየደረሱ ያሉ ጭካኔ የተሞላባቸው አረሜናዊና ኢ-ሰብአዊ ድርጊቶች እንዲቆሙ የአለም-አቀፉ ማህበረሰብ ድጋፊ እንዲያደግርልን እንማፀናለን!! በኢትዮጲያ ውስጥ የሕወኃት/ኢህአደግ ግፈኛና ቅኝ አገዛዝ ከተጀመረበት ከወረሐ ግንቦት 1983ዓ.ም እስከ ሚያዚያ 2005 ዓ.ም ድረስ ምርጫ ሳይሆን በየአምሰት አመት አንዴ ብዛት ያለው ወረቀት በአዲስ አበባ በሕወኃት ንግድ ድርጅቶች ታትሞ በካርቶኖች ታሽጎ በየክልሎች ከተከፋፈለ በኋላ የእለት ጉርስ ተሰፈሮላቸው ካድሬዎች ባቀረቡትና ማታ ላይ ይዘው በሚሸሹት ቦርሳ ውስጥ የሚከቱ ተቀጥሬው ምርጫ ቦርድ ወደሚባለው እሳት የላሱ የታጠቅ ካድሬዎች በየደረጃው በተሰገሰጉ መንጋ እየተላከ አራት ዙሪ ምርጫ መሳይ የእቃ እቃ ጨዋታ ሲጫወቱ አሳለፉ፡፡  በሦስተኛው ዙሪ ታፍኖ በብሶት ውስጥ ሆዱ እያረሬ የኖረው የኢትዮጲያ ሕዝብ ከዳር እስከ ዳር ተነቃንቆ አይቀጡ ቅጣት ሲቀጣው እራሱን ስዩሜ-እግዚአብሔር አድርጎ ሲንቀባረር የከረመው ዘረኛና ከፋፋይ የሕወኃት ባንዳ ቡድን ከረፈደ ባነነና በባዶ ጥላቻ በመነሳሳት በአዲስ አበባና በክልሎች ከትምህርት ቤት የሚመለሱ ጨቅላ ህጻናትን ጨምሮ ቁጥር ስፊር የሌላቸውን ህዝብ ህይወት አልባ አደረገ፡፡ "ጅራፍ እራሱ ገርፎ እራሱ ይጮሃል " እንዲሉ ሕዝብ የመረጣቸውን ተወካዮቹንና የህዝብ አይንና ጆሮ የሆኑ ጋዜጠኞችን ህገ-ወጥ በሆነ አካሄድ አስሮ አሰቃያቸው፤ ከሚወዱት ቤተሰባቸውና ህዝባቸው ለያቸው፤ የብዙዎቹን ቤተሰብ ለጎዳና ሕይወት ዳረጋቸው፤ የድራማ ድርሰት ተጻፈና የሀገር ሽማሌዎች የሚባሉ ገጸ-ባህሪያት በፕሮፌሰር ይስሃቅ ዋና ገጸ-ባህርነት ድራማው ለህዝብ ታዬና ብዙዎቹ አናዶ፤ ብዙዎቹ

bimba etnia Sidamo

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Electorates casting votes in South Ethiopia Peoples' State

Awassa April 14/2013 Electorates in Hawassa, Aleta Wondo and Dilla Towns as well as Bench Majji, and Wolaita Zones in South Ethiopia Peoples' State are casting votes for the elections, according to ENA's reporters stationed in the stated areas. Accordingly, voters in Hawassa Town said that the election process is transparent, free, fair and credible. They said that they cast votes for candidates, who will serve the public. Similarly, the election process is underway in peaceful manner at 15 polling stations in Aleta Wondo Town, according to the town election coordination office coordinator Mekuria Dima. Eligible voters in Dilla Town are also casting votes at 29 polling stations in peaceful and democratic manner. Some 19,720 voters are registered to cast votes in the elections, according to Head of Gedeo Zone Election Coordination Office, Kebede Tizazu. Likewise, electorates in Bench Majji Zone are casting votes at 381 polling stations as per the timetable set by the National El

When I Was Young in Awassa

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By Mahari J When I was young in Awasa my Dad would visit me on a special occasion because he was in the marines. One day a person came to my house and told me my father was dead. I was very depressed for many weeks. When I was young in Awasa me and my friends would make the trophy for our soccer championships. Me and my friend Dagam would always win the championship and get the trophy. When I was young in Awasa my mom got very ill. She stayed inside and stayed in bed feeling very ill. One day when I went in the bedroom I saw my mom with her eyes closed. I came closesr and felt her. Then I said to my friend's mom to come. My friend's mom came and felt my mom and she told me she was dead. I cried and cried that same day. I thought to myself God, why is this happening to me. My Aunt came to take care of me but every day there was a hole in my life. When I was young in Awasa my Aunt did every thing a mother could do. One day my Aunt thought it was the best for me to and