በጋዜጠኞቹና በጦማሪያኑ ላይ የቀረበው ክስ የሕገ መንግሥት ትርጉም ጥያቄ አስነሳ

‹‹የፀረ ሽብርተኝነት ሕግ ስለተጠቀሰ ብቻ ሽብር ተፈጽሟል ማለት አይቻልም›› የተጠርጣሪዎቹ ጠበቆች
ጋዜጠኞቹና ጦማሪያኑ የቀረበባቸው ክስ በሕገ መንግሥቱ የተሰጣቸውን ዋስትና የማግኘት መብት የሚጋፋ በመሆኑ፣ የሕገ መንግሥት አጣሪ ጉባዔ የሕገ መንግሥት ትርጉም እንዲሰጥበት የተጠርጣሪዎቹ ጠበቆች ሐምሌ 11 ቀን 2006 ዓ.ም. ፍርድ ቤትን ጠየቁ፡፡ 

የኢፌዲሪ ሕገ መንግሥት ዋስትና ማግኘት መብት መሆኑን ደንግጎ ሳለ፣ በጠቅላላው በሽብርተኝነት የተጠረጠሩ በመሆናቸው ዋስትና አይፈቀድላቸውም ማለት፣ ከሕገ መንግሥቱ ድንጋጌ ጋር ስለሚቃረን ወይም ስለሚጣረስ ሕገ መንግሥታዊ ትርጉም ሊሰጠው እንደሚገባ፣ ለሕገ መንግሥት አጣሪ ጉባዔ መላክ እንዳለበት ጉዳዩን ማየት ለጀመረው ለፌዴራል ከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት ልደታ ምድብ 19ኛ ወንጀል ችሎት ጠበቆቹ አቤቱታቸውን አቅርበዋል፡፡ 
በፀረ ሽብርተኝነት አዋጅ ቁጥር 20(5) በሽብርተኝነት የወንጀል ክስ የቀረበበት አካል፣ ፍርድ ቤቱ ክሱን ሰምቶ ውሳኔ እስከሚሰጥ ድረስ ተከሳሹ ማረፊያ ቤት እንዲቆይ የሚደነግግ ቢሆንም፣ በተጠርጣሪዎቹ ላይ የቀረበው ክስ ግን የሽብርተኝነት ወንጀል የሚጠቅስ ባለመሆኑ ዋስትና ሊከበርላቸው እንደሚገባ ጠበቆቹ ተከራክረዋል፡፡
የፀረ ሽብርተኝነት ሕጉ አንቀጽ 3 ድርጊቶችን ዘርዝሮ ያስቀመጠ መሆኑን ማለትም መደራጀት፣ ማቀድ፣ መፈጸምና ሌሎች ነጥቦችንም ያካተተ ቢሆንም፣ ዓቃቤ ሕግ የፀረ ሽብርተኝነት ሕግ አንቀጽ 4 ከመጥቀስ ሌላ፣ ተጠርጣሪዎቹ ምን እንዳደረጉ ጠቅሶ ያቀረበው ነገር ስለሌለ ዋስትና ሊከለከሉ እንደማይገባ አስረድተዋል፡፡

Durban 2014 Review: BETI AND AMARE Is A Bizarre Ethiopian Oddity

It is 1936 and Mussolini is on the move, the fascist leader's troops pressing into Ethiopia to increase their foothold in Africa. Fearing the worst teenaged girl Beti is sent away from the big city by her mother to live instead with her grandfather in his remote and isolated hut. Yes, it's a meager existence with just the old man and a sickly goat in a one room mud wall and straw roof hovel but if it keeps Beti safe from the imminent violence then it is surely worthwhile. But when the goat dies Beti is left alone as grandfather goes in search of new livestock to supply their basic needs and Beti is left alone to fight off loneliness and the advances of the trio of local thugs who have declared themselves the area's protectors from the Italian forces.

And then Beti has a dream. A strange dream about a young man - though possibly (probably) not actually a man - falling from the sky. And the dream comes true with Beti discovering a sort of meteor-egg by the local watering hole which the man - who she will dub Amare - emerges from, confused and incoherent and sporting a pair of very sharp teeth.

French firm puts new face on Ethiopian wine

The French beverage giant Castel, which bottled its first batch of Ethiopian wine this year, is helping change the way outsiders view the country and doing its bit to boost government hopes of attracting foreign investment.
Beyond the donkeys on a potholed road in southern Ethiopia, is an unexpected sight  -- vineyards bursting with merlot, syrah and chardonnay grapes ripening in the African sun.
The scene is more reminiscent of France's Beaujolais region than this corner of the Horn of the Africa, which for many still conjures images of famine, poverty and war.
"People outside Ethiopia may know of the drought 10 years ago," Industry Minister Ahmed Abtew told AFP. "But when they see wine with 'Made in Ethiopia' on it, their mind automatically changes."
The French beverage giant Castel, which bottled its first batch of Ethiopian wine this year, is helping change the way outsiders view the country. It is also boosting government hopes of attracting foreign investment, key to its plans to reach middle income status by 2025.
The country's growth rates are already among the highest in Africa, hitting 11.2 percent last year according to the government, although the International Monetary Fund puts the figure at 8.2 percent.
For Castel, the ambition is merely to produce good wine, and Ethiopia is an ideal -- if surprising -- place to do that.

World Eats: Ethiopian injera is no ordinary loaf of bread

Of all the countries in world, only one has a cuisine that relies on a type of bread that dates to pre-biblical times.
That cuisine is Ethiopian. Its bread is called injera.
Injera is no ordinary loaf of bread. It’s not a loaf at all. It’s a big disc, like a larger-than-life pancake made from a batter fermented like sourdough. The thick batter is poured onto a wide, hot griddle until little holes form and pop on top. This floppy pancake, sometimes called Moses bread, is spongy and dark with a vague purple cast. It’s set on a tray where the bread becomes a dinner plate upon which a variety of Ethiopian meat and vegetables dishes are set neatly on top, juices and all.
Ethiopians eat with their hands, so more injera is rolled up for the diner to tear into pieces. These bits are used by the right hand to pinch mouthfuls of the food, giving injera also the role of a fork.
Finally, at the end of the meal, anyone lucky enough to still be hungry finishes off the sauce-soaked injera.
Ethiopian cuisine is exotic and complex with flavors. Yet for a cook of modest abilities, Ethiopian lush chicken, lamb or beef stews and sautés are not all that complex to make once ingredients are gathered. Holding back the home cook is the long process that produces injera.
Making life easier is a store-bought injera. Called Nile Injera, it’s produced by Kedija Adam, 37, an Ethiopian woman who came to Sacramento eight years ago. She is licensed by Sacramento County to work in her tidy kitchen under the California Homemade Food Act.
“I was interested to have a business,” says Adam, mother of three ages 6, 4, and 3. “When I came here, I was working outside the home, and when I had a baby, I decided to stay home because I didn’t have any kin here to stay home.”

US FAA issues strongest aviation warnings for Ukraine, Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia

The US Federal Aviation Administration, in short FAA, has in their latest advisories and prohibition notices for US registered aircraft included Kenya as a potentially hostile region while Ethiopia is on the full prohibition list, after Somalia was already for a while on their no go board.
All of Ukraine was added yesterday following the shot-down of a Malaysian B777-200 with 298 on board by a surface to air missile from rebel held territory.
he following details were extracted from the latest FAA notice dated 18th of July and reads as follows:
ETHIOPIA
Flight operations are prohibited in Ethiopian airspace north of 12 degrees latitude. The FAA also warns that Ethiopian forces may fire upon aircraft crossing into Ethiopian airspace from northeastern Kenya.View document »
KENYA
The advisory states that “recent, credible information indicates a potential near-term terrorist attack against U.S. and Western interests in Kenya,” warning against attacks using MANPADS. View document »
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US Department of State Expresses Concern over Terrorism Charge against Ethiopian Bloggers and Journalists

The United States is deeply concerned by the Ethiopian Federal High Court’s July 18 decision to press charges against six bloggers and three independent journalists under the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation.
We urge the Ethiopian government to ensure that the trial is fair, transparent, and in compliance with Ethiopia’s constitutional guarantees and international human rights obligations. We also urge the Ethiopian government to ensure that the trial is open to public observation and free of political influence.
We reiterate Secretary Kerry’s May 1 call on Ethiopia to refrain from using anti-terrorism laws as a mechanism to curb the free exchange of ideas. The use of the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation in previous cases against journalists, activists, and opposition political figures raises serious questions and concerns about the intent of the law, and about the sanctity of Ethiopians' constitutionally guaranteed rights to freedom of the press and freedom of expression.
Freedom of expression and freedom of the press are fundamental elections of a democratic society. The arrest of journalists and bloggers, and their prosecution under terrorism laws, has a chilling effect on the media and all Ethiopians’ right to freedom of expression.
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Ethiopia 'determined to share Nile water'

"Although Ethiopia is the source of 86 percent of Nile water, it believes that the Nile is a common resource," Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said.

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said on Friday that his country was determined to share Nile River water with all riparian states.
"Ethiopia's stand with regard to Nile water is clear," Desalegn told a press conference for foreign correspondents at his office in Addis Ababa.
"Although Ethiopia is the source of 86 percent of Nile water, it believes that the Nile is a common resource," he said.
In recent years, tension has marred relations between Ethiopia and Egypt over the former's construction of a major dam project on the upper reaches of the Nile River, which represents Egypt's primary water source.
Ethiopia says the dam is necessary for its national development plans and insists the project won't impact Egypt's traditional share of Nile water, which has long been governed by a colonial-era water-sharing treaty that Addis Ababa has never acknowledged.
Desalegn said that Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan should join forces to utilize the Nile's potential through understanding and dialogue.