tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23468861.post115438464094494942..comments2023-08-24T07:42:13.124-07:00Comments on Ethio-Zagol Post: The State of Ethiopia: Systematic harassment of the prisonersethio-Zagolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04487656486837688416noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23468861.post-1154550985262680142006-08-02T13:36:00.000-07:002006-08-02T13:36:00.000-07:00Dear Ethio-Zagol,You are absolutely right that you...Dear Ethio-Zagol,<BR/><BR/>You are absolutely right that your comparative advantage is information provision, and that it actually would have been incumbent on groups abroad to mobilise for action. However, to be effective in leveraging people action, it takes (a) giving action mobilisation high priority and attention (not just debate and writing opinion pieces), and (b) having the moral standingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23468861.post-1154490034767352202006-08-01T20:40:00.000-07:002006-08-01T20:40:00.000-07:00Jemaw:I think it would have been more prudent if y...Jemaw:<BR/><BR/>I think it would have been more prudent if you have checked with your base first before flapping your gums at ethio-zagol. Aiga Forum posted this information a couple of days ago. The link to Aiga Forum is not included here. I am sure you will be able to navigate your way to the site.<BR/><BR/>Thanks EZ for all the good work you are doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23468861.post-1154480397198339882006-08-01T17:59:00.000-07:002006-08-01T17:59:00.000-07:00how come you and ethiopian politics are the only o...how come you and ethiopian politics are the only ones talking about lidetu visiting US?<BR/>did you guys make it up?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23468861.post-1154478506410285902006-08-01T17:28:00.000-07:002006-08-01T17:28:00.000-07:00Dear Inde Hewan:thanks for your suggestion. I have...Dear Inde Hewan:<BR/>thanks for your suggestion. I haven't ventured into demanding specific actions as I felt there are enough organizations(political parties, advocacy groups etc) who can coordinate that. I thought because I have an advantage of being in Ethiopia and closer to political information, I would put out the news and the orgnaizations would use them for their works.<BR/>I will follow ethio-Zagolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04487656486837688416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23468861.post-1154419781894236482006-08-01T01:09:00.000-07:002006-08-01T01:09:00.000-07:00I don\'t see the moral of comparing EPRDF\'s priso...I don\'t see the moral of comparing EPRDF\'s prisons to a dergue. EPRDF threw thosands of people in campslike Dedesa where torture was practiced in other ways.Haven\'t you read stories of people losing half their wieght in a week, contracting serious diesease. The torture chambers of Maekelawi are still working. The EPRDF is not torturing(in the Maekelawi way) the Berhanu Negas as they are the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23468861.post-1154405971921724842006-07-31T21:19:00.000-07:002006-07-31T21:19:00.000-07:00Ethio-Zagol,I appreciate your focus on "simply rel...Ethio-Zagol,<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your focus on "simply relaying news". However: As one of the few (stunningly and sadly enough, indeed few) moral voices -- courageous, daring, and yet without debilitating ego -- I appeal to you to go beyond merely relaying news, to urging and appealing to your readers to take specific action. <BR/><BR/>Action can range from writing one's congressman, writing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23468861.post-1154404556551534022006-07-31T20:55:00.000-07:002006-07-31T20:55:00.000-07:00Have any of you chatterboxes ever endured prison l...Have any of you chatterboxes ever endured prison life during Derg? Do you even know how many youngsters made it through the torture chambers of Maikelawi. Let me tell you as a survivir, this is a walk in the park compared to Derg. We have seen worse. <BR/><BR/>The CUD leaders do not deserve to be in jail not because jail is no happy camp. They need to be free because they are inocent. You morons Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23468861.post-1154391833036024262006-07-31T17:23:00.000-07:002006-07-31T17:23:00.000-07:00Hello EZWhile it is good to know what the gangs of...Hello EZ<BR/><BR/>While it is good to know what the gangs of killers under Meles are always up to, it is at the same time sad the people of Ethiopia are taking all this destruction with a stride. They need to rise to the occasion and say no more to a killer regime. They are the only ones who can make a lasting change to the current situation. Sadly enough we seem to have an endless capacity to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com