Amnesty (AI) Has ‘COMPELLING EVIDENCE’ of Russian War Crimes – But ‘ALLEGED’ War Crimes in Ethiopia

💭አምነስቲ ኢንተርናሽናል (AI) ስለ ሩሲያ የጦር ወንጀሎች ‘በቂ/አስገዳጅ ማስረጃ’ አለው ፥ ግን በሰሜን ኢትዮጵያውያን ላይ በተፈጸሙት የጦርነት ወንጀሎች ላይ “ጥርጣሬ” አለው

🛑 የ፪/2 ወር የናቶ እና የሩሲያ ጦርነት በዩክሬን

“የሩሲያ ወታደሮች የጦር ወንጀሎችን እንደፈጸሙ የሚያሳይ አሳማኝ ማስረጃ ነበር.”

🛑 የፋሽስቱ ኦሮሞ አገዛዝ በአክሱም ትግራይ ላይ ለ፲፰/18 ወራት በሚፈጽመው የዘር ማጥፋት ጦርነት ላይ ግን:

“ሊጣሩ የሚገባቸው ክሶች!”…” “ምን አልባት የጦር ወንጀል፣ እና ‘በሰው ልጆች ላይ የሚፈጸሙ ወንጀሎች…ብላብላ…’ ይለናል።

💭 ከሲቢሲ ቻነል የተመረጡ አስተያየቶች፡-

• ➡ ” ዋው ይህ ከ 2020 ጀምሮ ነው እና ስለ ጉዳዩ ስንሰማ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ ነው… በሉ አሁን ወደ ዩክሬን ጦርነት ተመለሱ!”
• ➡“የህክምና ፓኬጆችን ወደ ኢትዮጵያ ስለመላክ ማንም አይናገርም። ሎል.. ግን ለዩክሬን ማገናኛዎች ልገሳ ማግኘት ይችላሉ urrwhere”
• ➡” ካናዳ ከኢትዮጵያ የተፈናቀሉ ዜጎችን እንደ ዩክሬን ለምን አታመጣም? እነሱ እንዳሉት ለሰው ልጅ ከቆሙ

👉 Amnesty International said on Friday (May 6, 2022) there was compelling evidence that Russian troops had committed war crimes, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, when they occupied an area outside Ukraine’s capital in February and March.

👉 Exactly a month ago, April 6, 2022

“We Will Erase You from This Land” Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray Zone.

The report states that both Tigrayan and Amhara communities in Western Tigray were forcibly displaced, that the Tigrayan population was significantly affected, and that the forced displacements in Tigray ‘MAY AMOUNT’ to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Wow this has been going on since 2020 and this is the first time we hear about it Now back to the Ukraine war

🛑 A 2-month NATO vs. Russia war in Ukraine.

“There was COMPELLING EVIDENCE that Russian troops had committed war crimes.„

🛑 An 18-month genocidal war against Axum, Tigray by the fascist Oromo regime of Ethiopia:

“ALLEGATIONS!„ …” ‘MAY’ amount to war crimes

and crimes against humanity…blabla…

💭 Selected comments from CBC:

• ➡“Wow this has been going on since 2020 and this is the first time we hear about it Now back to the Ukraine war„
• ➡“No one is talking about sending care packages to Ethiopia. Lol.. but you can find donate to Ukraine links urrrwhere„
• ➡“Why Canada don’t bring displaced people from Ethiopia too like Ukraine ? if they stand for humanity as they said„

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UK Dumps African Refugees in Rwanda — Ukrainian Refugees Welcomed With Open Arms

👉 ብሪታኒያ አፍሪካውያን ስደተኞችን እንደ ባሪያ/ቆሻሻ በሩዋንዳ ትጥላቸዋለች፣ በሌላ በኩል ግን ለዩክሬን ስደተኞች እጆቿን ዘርግታ አቀባበል ታደርግላቸዋለች።

👉 የዩናይትድ ኪንግደም መንግስት ጥገኝነት ጠያቂዎችን ወደ ሩዋንዳ ለመላክ በማቀዱ “ዘረኛ” እና “ኢሰብአዊ” ነው ተባለ።.

💭 U.K. government blasted as “racist” and “inhumane” for plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda.

👉 Rwanda is The Most Densely Populated Mainland African Country.

Africans ( Former British Colonies)

Vs

Ukrainians (Never British Colony)

💭 Europe’s Approach to Ukraine Refugee Crisis Drawing Accusations of Racism

Poland Alone Has welcomed One Million Ukrainian refugees

European countries are welcoming most Ukrainian refugees with open arms, but people of colour say they are having a much more difficult journey.

💭 አውሮፓውያን ለዩክሬን ስደተኞች የሚያሳዩት የተለየና ሞቃታም አቀራረብ የዘረኝነት ክሶችን ቀስቅሷል

የአውሮፓ ሀገራት አብዛኞቹን የዩክሬን ስደተኞችን እጆቻቸውን ዘርግተው እየተቀበሏቸው ነው፣ ነገር ግን ነጭ ያልሆኑ ሰዎች የበለጠ አስቸጋሪ ጉዞ ያደርጋሉ። ፖላንድ ብቻ እስካሁን አንድ ሚሊየን ዩክሬናውያን ስደተኞችን ተቀብላ በማስተናገድ ላይ ትገኛለች። መላዋ አውሮፓ ለስደተኞቹ የምታሳየው አቀባበል የኤርትራ ስደተኞች በትግራይ ያዩትን ዓይነት ሞቅ ያለ አቀባበል ነው። የአውሬውን ኦሮሞ አገዛዝንና ኦሮሞራ ጭፍሮቹን ካስቀናቸውና ካስቆጣቸው ሁኔታ አንዱ ይህ በትግራይ የኤርትራውያን ስደተኞች ሁኔታ ነው። ኢትዮጵያዊውን እንግዳ ተቀባይነታችንንም ተነጠቅን ማለት ነው! በሂደት ግዕዛዊ ቋንቋችንንም፣ ክርስትናችንንም ኢትዮጵያ አገራችንንም ለመንጠቅ ነው ምኞታቸው። እኛ እያለን አይሳካላቸውም እንጂ!

💭 እንግዲህ እንደምናየው መላው ዓለም፤ ደቡብ አፍሪቃን እና እስራኤልን ጨምሮ፤ ከዩክሬይን ያመለጡ በሚሊየን የሚቆጠሩ ስደተኞችን (ዕቅዱ እስከ ሃያ ሚሊየን ዩክሬናውያንን ማስወጣት ነው) በደስታ በመቀበል ላይ ናቸው። ከስድስት ዓመታት በፊት ለሶሪያ መሀመዳውያን ስደተኞችም ተመሳሳይ አቀባበል ተደርጎላቸው ነበር።

ለአፍሪቃውያን፣ ለጥቁር ሕዝቦችና ለክርስቲያኖች ያላቸውን ጥላቻ ማሳየቱን አሁን ከመደበቅ ተቆጥበዋል። በዩክሬናውያኑ በኩል እያሉን ያሉት፤ “አንፈልጋችሁም! በአገራችሁ ቆዩ፤ ሕዝብ ቁጥራችሁ ከፍ ስላለና ለእኛ እያረጀ ላለው ሕዝባችን ለወደፊቱ አደገኛ ስለምትሆኑ እርስበርስ እናባላችኋለን! እየበከልንና እየመረዝን እንጨርሻችኋለን፤ ምናልባት አውሮፓ እና አሜሪካ የኑክሌር መሣሪያና ተመሳሳይ ጥቃት ሰለባ ከሆኑም አገሮቻችሁን እንረከብና ልጆቻችን አፍሪቃ እናሰፍራችዋለን” የሚለውን ነው። ይህ ሤራ አይደለም። ይህን ነው ያቀዱትና በወኪሎቻቸው በእነ ግራኝ አብዮት አህመድ አሊ በኩል እያስፈጸሙት ያሉት።

የእኛ ሰው ግን የሚረባ አይደለም። ይህን እንኳን ማየት ተስኖታል፤ ሲነገርም መስማት አይፈልግም። አለመታደል ሆኖ ከዚህ እውር፣ ደንቆሮ፣ ክፉና አረመኔ ትውልድ ጋር ኢትዮጵያን/አፍሪቃን መጋራታችን በጣም ያሳዝናል። ለዘመናት እየተራበና ደሙን እያፈሰሰ እነዚህን ምስጋና ቢስ አረመኔ የዋቄዮ–አላህ ጭፍሮችን ያኖራቸውንና ከሦስት አራት ሴት ልጅ እየፈለፈሉ የሕዝብ ቁጥራቸውን ያለ ለከት ይጨምሩ ዘንድ የረዳቸውን ጽዮናዊ ባለውለታቸውን መጨፍጨፍና ማስራብ ብቻ አልበቃቸውም፤ እንደ ዕድል ሾልኮ በ ሱዳን ድንበር ወይንም በቦሌ አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ በኩል ለመውጣት የሚሻውን ትግራዋይ እንኳን ይመልሳሉ፣ ያግታሉ፣ ይዘርፋሉ ይገድላሉ።

የሚገርም ነው፤ ባለፈው ሳምንት እዚህ በምኖርባት ከተማ መንገድ ላይ የጩኸት ድምጽ ሰምቼ ወደ አንድ ሕንፃ ሳመራ፤ አንድ በስድስተኛ ፎቅ መስኮት ላይ ያለ ነጭ እራሱን ከፎቁ ወርውሮ ለመግደል አንድ ነጭ ነገር በአንገቱ አጥልቆ “እራሴን ልገድል ነው!” እያለ ሲጮኽ ሰማነው። እንደ አጋጣሚ ሆኖ አጠገባችን የነበረ እዚያው ሕንፃ ውስጥ የሚኖር ኤርትራዊ በሩን ከፍቶ ወደሰውየው ቤት ከገባና ሰውየውንም ካዳነው በኋላ፤ ሰውዬ ሐበሻውን “ለምን አዳንከኝ!” ብሎ መነጽሩ እስኪሰበርና ትንሽ እስኪቆስል በቦክስ ገጨው። ልክ በዚህ ወቅት ይህ ሁኔታ ምስጋና ቢሶቹን ኦሮሞዎች ነበር ያስታወሰኝ። ከትግራይ የመጡት ሕወሓቶች የማይገባቸውን ግማሽ ኢትዮጵያን ለኦሮሞዎቹ ቆርሰው ሰጧቸው፤ ከዚያም ጊዜው ሲደርስ፣ ታንኩንም፣ ባንኩንም ሜዲያውንም ግድቡንም በአዲስ አበባና ዙሪያዋ የሚገኙትን ጽዮናውያን ሁሉ አስረክበዋቸው ወደ መቀሌ አመሩ። ኦሮሞዎቹ እስከ መቀሌ ድረስ ተከትለዋቸው በመምጣት ባለውለታቸውን ተጋሩን ልክ እንደ ሰውዬው ጨፈጨፏቸው፣ አስራቧቸው፣ ሴቶቻቸውን ደፈሩባቸው። ታዲያ ይህ አያሳዝንም አያስቆጣምን?!

ባለፈው ዓመት ልክ በዚህ ወቅት ነበር ከሺህ በላይ የሚቆጠሩት የዋልድባ ገዳም አባቶቻችን ለዘመናት ለመላዋ ኢትዮጵያ ፀሎት እያደረሱ ሲኖሩባት ታሪካዊ ገዳም በግራኝና ጭፍሮቹ እንዲባረሩ የተደረጉት። እርግጠኛ ነኝ ትዕዛዙ የመጣውም በተለይ ከአሜሪካውያኑ የፋሺስቱ ኦሮሞ አገዛዝ ሞግዚቶች ነው። የዚህ ጽንፈኛ ተግባር ዓላማም። ስውር መንፈሳዊ ውጊያ እየተካሄደ ነውና፤ በጸሎታቸው አውሎ ነፋሳቱን/ሃሪኬኖቹን/ቶርናዶዎቹን የሚያስነሱት አባቶችን በማፈናቀልና ወደ አክሱም ወስዶ ለረሃብና ለክትባት በማጋለጥ ከመላው የትግራይ ሕዝብ ጋር በጅምላ አብሮ በመጨረስ የበቀል እርምጃ ለመውሰድ ነው። መንፈሳዊ ውጊያውን አልቻሉትምና! ድራማ እየሠሩ ያሉትም ጊዜ ለመግዛት ነው።

ደካማው የመኻል አገር ወገናችን ግን በግድየለሽነትና ከእግዚአብሔር ሕግጋት በመራቅ፤ “እኛ እኮ ተቻችለንና ተፋቅረን ነው የምንኖረው!” እያለ የሚመጻደቀውና ዛሬ ለነገሠው የኢትዮጵያ ዘ–ስጋ ባሪያ በመሆን ከሙስሊሙም ከመናፍቃኑ ጋር በግብዝነት ተደበላልቆ ቡና እየጠጣ፣ ጫት እየቃመና ጥንባሆ እያጤሰ ስለሚኖር ልክ የአህዛብን ባሕርያት ወርሶና አህዛብ የሚሠሩትን ጽንፈኛ ተግባር በመፈጸም ላይ ይገኛል። አውቆትም ሆነ ሳያውቀው ባዕዳውያኑንና ጣዖታቱን ሁሉ እያመለከ ይኖር ዘንድ ግድ ነው።

በዚህ መልክ ከቀጠለ የውጩ ዓለም “ኢትዮጵያውያንን” እንደ አውሬ ማየት ስለሚጀምር ልጆቻቸው በመላው ዓለም ይሰቃያሉ፤ ሥራ ለመቀጠር፣ መኖሪያ ቤትና ትምህርት ቤት እንኳን ለማግኘት እጅግ በጣም ነው የሚከብዳቸው። ኢትዮጵያዊ የተባለ ሁሉ ፊቱን ሸፍኖና አንገቱን ደፍቶ የሚሄድበት ጊዜ ሩቅ አይሆንም። የም ዕራቡ ዓለም ኤዶማውያን እና የምስራቁ ዓለም እስማኤላውያኑ ይህን ነበር ለዘመናት ሲመኙ የነበሩት፤ ዛሬ በኦሮሞ ጭፍሮቻቸው አማካኝነት በጣም በረቀቀና ዲያብሎሳዊ በሆነ መልክ ጽዮናውያንን ከገደል አፋፍና ወንዝ ላይ በአሰቃቂ ሁኔታ ገድለው በመጣል፣ በእሳት አቃጥለው ቪዲዮ በመቅረጽ ለመላው ዓለም በማሳየት ላይ ናቸው።

እንግዲህ ለዩክሬይናውያኑ የሚያሳዩት ሞቅ ያለ አቀባበል በተዘዋዋሪ የሚያስተላልፈው መልዕክት፤ “የራስህን ወገን ያላከበርክና ያልወደድክ እኔ ላከብርህና ልወድህ አልሻም!” የሚለው ነው።

✞✞✞[መዝሙረ ዳዊት ምዕራፍ ፸፯]✞✞✞

፩ ሕዝቤ ሆይ፥ ሕጌን አድምጡ፤ ጆሮአችሁንም ወደ አፌ ቃል አዘንብሉ።

፪ አፌን በምሳሌ እከፍታለሁ፤ ከቀድሞ ጀምሮ፥ ያለውንም ተምሳሊት እናገራለሁ።

፫ የሰማነውንና ያውቅነውን፥ አባቶቻችንም የነገሩንን፥ ለሚመጣ ትውልድ ከልጆቻቸው አልሰወሩም።

፬ የእግዚአብሔርን ምስጋናና ኃይሉን ያደረገውንም ተኣምራት ተናገሩ።

፭ ለልጆቻቸው ያስታውቅ ዘንድ ለአባቶቻችን ያዘዘውን ምስክር በያዕቆብ አቆመ፥ በእስራኤልም ሕግን ሠራ፤

፮ የሚመጣ፥ ትውልድ የሚወለዱም ልጆች ያውቁ ዘንድ፥ ተነሥተው ለልጆቻቸው ይነግራሉ፤

፯ ተስፋቸውን በእግዚአብሔር እንዲያደርጉ፥ የእግዚአብሔርንም ሥራ እንዳይረሱ፥ ትእዛዙንም እንዲጠብቁ፤

፰ እንደ አባቶቻቸው እንዳይሆኑ ጠማማና የምታስመርር ትውልድ፥ ልብዋን ያላቀናች ትውልድ፥ ነፍስዋ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ያልታመነች።

👉 WHO Chief Blames Racism For Greater Focus on Ukraine Than Ethiopia

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Voice of America is Accused of Ignoring Government Atrocities in Ethiopia

💭 PROPAGANDA MACHINE

JASON PATINKIN SPENT the better part of a decade as a freelance reporter, covering conflicts, extremism, and counterinsurgency in East Africa for major news outlets including the Washington Post, Reuters, and the Associated Press. He won commendations for relentless reporting under a repressive regime in South Sudan and broke stories about war crimes that provoked global outrage.

But as Patinkin watched a brutal civil war unfold in Ethiopia this winter and spring, the coverage by his most recent employer, the U.S. government-funded broadcaster Voice of America, shocked and unnerved him. Troops and paramilitaries loyal to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed were accused of killing and expelling civilians and committing gang rape, but VOA’s coverage largely favored the government, in Patinkin’s view, while ignoring its potential war crimes.

For months, Patinkin complained to senior editors about bias in the news outlet’s Ethiopia coverage. In his resignation email last month, he called out “VOA’s pro-Abiy propaganda effort,” its failure to issue corrections for “false and biased reporting,” and its airing of “pro-government propaganda while ignoring atrocities blamed on pro-government forces.” Twelve other current and former VOA service chiefs, reporters, and staffers, as well as outside experts, described violations of basic journalistic standards in VOA’s coverage of Ethiopia stretching back decades. Ethnic factions, especially in VOA’s Amharic language section, have used the news agency to push partisan agendas and settle scores, current and former VOA staff, including two former heads of the agency’s Horn of Africa service, told The Intercept.

“Since I was hired full-time at VOA about a year and a half ago, I’ve seen many incidents and decisions here that caused me great concern as a journalist,” Patinkin wrote in his April 30 resignation email, which was seen by The Intercept. “But VOA’s continued tolerance of a wartime propaganda effort is too much. I cannot in good conscience remain associated with this organization.”

Founded in 1942 with a mandate to serve as a “reliable and authoritative source of news,” Voice of America’s digital, television, and radio platforms provide news in more than 45 languages to an estimated weekly audience of more than 278 million people. With an annual budget of $252 million, the broadcaster says it is committed to “telling audiences the truth.”

The agency’s Horn of Africa service, especially VOA Amharic — which broadcasts in the language of the ethnic Amhara leaders and militias that Abiy and his government depend on — has failed to live up to that mission, the current and former VOA staffers said. “The Amharic service reaches Abiy’s political base. If the Amharic service were impartial, if it were reporting the atrocities, it would be so important,” one Africa Division reporter told The Intercept. “Instead, the American taxpayer is paying for propaganda.”

“This is a war, maybe a genocide, in Ethiopia,” the reporter said. “We have access to a lot of information — on the ground — that could be reported, but we’re hampered at every turn. It’s a matter of life or death. That’s no exaggeration whatsoever.”

“We have access to a lot of information — on the ground — that could be reported, but we’re hampered at every turn. It’s a matter of life or death. That’s no exaggeration whatsoever.”

VOA declined to answer detailed questions from The Intercept and did not respond to requests to interview senior staff named in this article. “The Voice of America expects all its journalists to adhere to the principles of producing accurate, balanced and comprehensive reporting with journalistic integrity free of political interference on all broadcasting platforms and languages,” said Anna K. Morris, a Voice of America spokesperson. “Nearly 12 million people tune in to the [VOA Horn of Africa Service’s] broadcasts every week because of its impactful reporting aiming for the highest journalistic standards.”

But VOA staffers say that since Abiy dispatched troops to Ethiopia’s Tigray region last November to crush what he called a mutiny, the news agency’s longtime journalistic failings have become even more pronounced. “I never thought that I would experience this in the United States of America,” that same Africa Division reporter said. “We come from countries where we’ve never really had press freedom. To experience this in the U.S. is shocking.”

That is precisely why Patinkin felt compelled to resign after repeated complaints to his bosses, he told The Intercept.

“It’s appalling that VOA has been used to advance wartime propaganda. What VOA is doing, particularly the Horn of Africa service, is a complete abdication of the sacred duty that we have as journalists,” Patinkin said. “There may be a genocide going on in Tigray right now, so as a journalist, not to mention as a Jew — whose people have experienced genocide — there is no way that I’m going to be a part of that.”

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👉 ከጥቂት ሰዓታት በፊት በላኩት ቪዲዮ ጽሑፍ ላይ፤ “እነ ግራኝ የሲ.አይ.ኤ ችግኞች ናቸው፤ የማንቹሪያን እጩዎች ናቸው።” እንዳልኩት ያው፤ የሲ.አይ.ኤ ልሳን የአሜሪካ ድምጽም ግራኝ በትግራይ እየፈጸመው ያለውን ከፍተኛ የጦር ወንጀልና ግፍ ቸል ብሎታል። አያስገርምም! እንድናውቃቸው የተደረጉትና በተለይ በዋሺንትገተን ዲሲ በቨርጂኒያ እና በሚነሶታ ያሉ እያንዳንዳቸው “ኢትዮጵያውያን” የሆኑ ሜዲያዎች/ማሕበረሰባዊ ሜዲያዎች/ዩቲውብ ቻነሎች ወዘተ በሲ.አይ.ኤ እና በባለኃብቱ ጆርጅ ሶሮስ ሞግዚትነትና ድጎማ የሚኖሩ ናቸው። አዎ! ሁላችንም የምናውቃቸው የሀበሻ ሜዲያዎች። በአዲስ አበባም ብዙ ሜዲያዎች በአሜሪካ ኤምባሲ በኩል ስልጠና የሚደረግላቸው ናቸው። ከዚህ በተጨማሪ የሐበሻን አአምሮ ለመቆጣጠርና የስሜት ሙቀታቸውንም ለመለካት በተለይ በዩቲውብ “ፓኪስታናውያን የሲ.አይ.ኤ ተለማማጅ” ዩቲውበሮች በትግራይ ላይ እየተካሄደ ያለውን የጭፍጨፋ ጦርነት አስመልክተው ብዙ “መረጃዎችን” በማቅረብ ላይ ናቸው። ሁሉም እንዴት ተናብበው እንደሚሠሩ በደምብ ከተከታተልን የሆነ ማትሪክስ ይሠራልናል።

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የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ | የኣሽባሪው ቡዱን መሪ አብይ አህመድ ነው

አሁን ግን በሉሲፈራውያኑ የምትመራዋ ዓለማችን የቅጥረኛ ልጇ ዐቢይ አህመድ ጉድ እንዳይሰማባት ፀጥ ማለቱን መርጣለች። ለፀረ-ኢትዮጵያና ፀረ-ተዋሕዶ አጀንዳዎች የተመደቡት እንደ አሶሺየትድ ፕሬስ፣ የአሜሪካ ድምጽ፣ ቢቢሲ፣ የጀርመን ድምጽ የመሳሰሉት ዓለም-አቀፍ ሜዲያዎችና የዜና ወኪሎች በሃገራችን እየተካሄደ ስላለው ጂሃዳዊ ጭፍጨፋ ትንፍሽ አይሉም። በተለይ በኢትዮጵያ ቋንቋዎች ታይቶና ተሰምቶ በማይታወቅ መልክ ዲያብሎሳዊ ቅስቀሳዎችን የሚያካሂዱት ቢቢስ፣ ቪኦኤ እና ዶቼ ቬሌ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ያሉ ሜዲያዎች ከማይደርሱባቸው ቦታዎች ሁሉ መረጃ የሚሏቸውን ነገሮች ለአድማጩና አንባቢው በማቅረብ ላይ ናቸው። እነ ጽዮን ግርማና ባልደረቦቿ ስለተጠለፉት እህቶቻችን ሆነ በሕዝበ ክርስቲያኑ ላይ እየተካሄደ ስላለው ጂሃድ የዓለም ዓቀፉ ማሕበረሰብ በሚገባ መልክ እንዲያውቅ ቢፈልጉ ኖሮ በአንድ ሕንፃ ውስጥ አብረው ለሚሰሩትና በእንግሊዝኛ እና በሌሎች ብዙ ቋንቋዎች 24 ሰዓት ዜና ለሚያስተላልፉት የጋዜጠኞች እና የአርትኦት ባለሙያዎች አስፈላጊውን መረጃ በሰጡ ነበር። ነገር ግን በቢቢሲ፣ ቪኦኤ እና ዶቼ ቬሌ የሚሠሩት ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያውያን ሁሉም ነፍሳቸውን የሸጡ ቅጥረኞች መሆናቸው ያሳዝናል።

THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF SPECULATION—and no small amount of hysteria—about what President Trump may do with Voice of America and its parent federal agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Reports in Politico and The Washington Post implied a takeover plot is afoot for Trump to mold VOA to his own purposes, as if POTUS has no other channels with which to communicate to global audiences.

Trump plans to slash State Department spending, under which VOA falls, by as much as 28 percent, which means some reductions are quite likely. But let’s make one thing clear: As federal entities, VOA and similar media do not do, and have not done, journalism for journalism’s sake. They are and always have been funded by taxpayers to support a larger agenda.

Whether that agenda is to make audiences feel good about America, as the last chairman of the BBG once put it, or to push the notion that they tell America’s story but do so by exercising press freedoms enshrined in the Constitution, it’s still an agenda.

There are many reasons to be concerned about Trump administration treatment of and attitudes toward media, and to watch closely the actions of a two-person Trump team in place at VOA. But to hold VOA and its parent agency out as journalistic paragons of virtue, as some major media have done, and assert they are no different from non-government media, ignores basic facts.

I spent about 35 years with Voice of America, serving in positions ranging from chief White House correspondent to overseas bureau chief and head of a key language division, and I can tell you that for a long time, two things have been true. First, US government-funded media have been seriously mismanaged, a reality that made them ripe for bipartisan reform efforts in Congress, climaxing late in 2016 when President Obama signed the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. Second, there is widespread agreement in Congress and elsewhere that, in exchange for continued funding, these government broadcasters must do more, as part of the national security apparatus, to assist efforts to combat Russian, ISIS, and al-Qaeda disinformation.

Obama’s reforms, but also various precursor measures, paved the way for VOA (and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks) to become even more closely associated with the so-called Counter Violent Extremism and counter-disinformation programs.

It’s little-remembered now, but just over two years into his presidency, in September 2011, Obama ordered an “integrated strategic counterterrorism communications initiative”—designed to get agencies including VOA’s parent agency to collaborate in combating terrorism and extremism. The order also created a Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, bringing representatives of all departments and agencies into counter-terrorism efforts, including DOD, CIA, and significantly, the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

In March 2016, another Obama order created a Global Engagement Center, which costs taxpayers about $160 million annually to counter disinformation, with initial funding from the Pentagon budget. Meantime, the Broadcasting Board of Governors is on a path to eventual elimination, to be replaced by a CEO—which would be a presidential appointee confirmed by the Senate.

That structure alone makes clear that VOA and other government-funded media are most certainly not “news companies,” a description former VOA director David Ensor was fond of using (before arriving at VOA in 2010, Ensor had crossed over from mainstream roles at NPR, ABC, and CNN to heading public diplomacy programs at the US Embassy in Kabul, what many still consider to be propaganda).

A yet-to-be-formed International Broadcasting Advisory Board will include the Secretary of State advising the CEO (John Lansing, an Obama holdover, currently holds the role). Meanwhile, the aforementioned Global Engagement Center is supposed to coordinate all government efforts to counter propaganda and disinformation efforts “aimed at undermining United States national security interests.”

The Center itself is located in the Department of State: That might seem sufficient to insulate VOA behind the firewall that has allegedly immunized government-funded media from political and policy interference, but let’s take a closer look. At best, it is difficult to believe there will not be significant levels of policy-based coordination between the new advisory board, which includes Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and the broadcasting CEO. And it’s hard to envision Donald Trump wanting to tamper with the kind of inter-agency approach ordered by Barack Obama.

As for firewalls, VOA already established an Extremism Watch Desk. Its material appears prominently at the top of VOA’s website—the same VOA that a former director tried label a “news company” while in the same breath describing it as a “state broadcaster.” It’s hard to imagine there won’t be interaction between this VOA extremism unit and the Global Engagement Center, and that members of the unit will not at some point be detailed to the State Department-based Center and vice versa.

The Broadcasting Board of Governors has also been deeply involved in the development and funding of anti-Internet censorship technology, which clearly supports freedom of expression. This is also another obvious area of overlap between the broadcasters and the Global Engagement Center.

The impression often given in media reports is that programming by VOA and other government-funded media is not influenced, directed, or shaped by foreign policy objectives of any administration. This is just absurd. Among other things, the revered firewall certainly didn’t stop officials from standing up the Extremism Watch Desk.

In a tense confrontation with management in 2015, some VOA reporters protested against a day-long workshop that had been arranged by VOA officials at a conservative think tank, the Hudson Institute, whose director sat on the BBG. VOA reporters demanded from their news managers “a swift and complete renunciation of the idea that VOA would engage in countering violent extremism.” They also asked why such an operation would be placed at VOA “as opposed to an intelligence agency.”

Yet, as of this writing the VOA Extremism Watch Desk remains, allowing broadcasting bureaucrats to retain their high-paying jobs and be seen as loyal warriors in countering ISIS, regardless of who is in the White House.

A few years ago, Obama adviser Ben Rhodes video-conferenced with the BBG to lament how far behind the agency had fallen in countering Russian disinformation. It’s difficult to accept the notion that there wasn’t some impact on programming from that.

Whatever Trump decides to do, remember too that taxpayers, who VOA and BBG officials assert get maximum bang for the buck from US international broadcasting programs, also expect VOA to be a key player in countering terrorist and Russian disinformation.

VOA still operates under its congressionally-approved 1976 Charter, requiring it to report accurately, objectively, and comprehensively, and reflect a range of opinions. It carries what are called “editorials” reflecting US government positions, written by a special policy office at VOA. Over the decades, VOA has succeeded, to varying degrees, at making the case that its government-paid reporters are no different than those working for commercial media.

But any notion that “whole of government” approaches can exclude participation by VOA, challenges common sense. A recent Washington Post editorial, in support of a new agency TV program that is clearly part of the counter-disinformation effort, said staffs at VOA and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty are “made up of professional journalists … [who] do not want to be US propaganda tools.”

Good for them. But the fact remains that every two weeks they accept government paychecks. And at the end of the day will be progressively more enmeshed with the national security and foreign policy objectives of the United States. Government-paid journalists can no longer pretend they are just like their friends at CBS, NBC, AP, NPR, Reuters, and others, or expect to be seen as such by those working for non-government media. That’s simply living in delusion.

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Biased Daily Mail | Primitive Fake News Against Ethiopians

The following stories will show us how biased and hateful the sensationalist British media is towards Ethiopia and Ethiopians. The following are some of the reports published by the Daily Mail – only in the last couple of weeks – during a Spring of lazy journalism.

In every case, you’ll notice that the language and imagery used are primitive, monotonous and tiresome.

British media waited for days to reveal the identity of both the Manchester and London Islamic terrorists. Even Police don’t release the suspect’s names now. Astonishing, they’re still struggling to openly and truthfully talk about the danger and menace of Islam. Please read here about the hypocrisy of Daily Mail’s pharisee par-excellence, Pierce Morgan.

On the other hand – as the 2^nd example demonstrates — they immediately brought the name and origin of the Grenfell Tower resident whose fridge is reported to have started the tower block fire.

Perhaps they are just following a strict order from their deep-state masters:

Example 1

The Story of the ‘Raped’ Hungarian Woman in Germany

a. This incident occurred last year. Only the court case was presented this week, nobody knows yet whether the accuser was right or wrong (I personally doubt her dubious allegation) But the Daily Mail reports as if the alleged rape took place this week.

b. The identity of the alleged rapists is revealed by the German Media as ERITREANS. And they’re indeed Eritreans. But the Daily Mail wrote, „Hungarian woman said ETHIOPIAN men attacked her… „

Example 2

The London Tower Block Fire

The Ethiopian to blame – The Boogeyman

The following story and supplementary video explain why they rushed to find a scapegoat with the Ethiopian taxi driver – everything was pre-planned for a potential „Ethiopian Spring„:

1,500 Complain To IPSO over Mail Online Story Naming Grenfell Tower Resident ‘whose Fridge Exploded’

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Press regulator IPSO has received more than 1,500 complaints over a Mail Online story which names and pictures a Grenfell Tower resident whose fridge is reported to have started last week’s devastating London tower block fire.

Some 27,000 people have also signed an online petition urging the Daily Mail and The Sun to “take down all images, mentions of his name and all content linking him to the source of this fire immediately”.

The man has been widely named in other newspapers along with the theory that his fridge started the fire.

The petition says: “Regardless of where the fire began, fire safety experts have made it abundantly clear that a fire safe building would have been able to contain the fire and prevent it spreading. The rapid and unusual spread of the fire begs questions of the institutions responsible for the building, not the residents.”

The Mail Online story is headlined: “The man ‘whose faulty fridge started tower inferno’: Neighbor reveals how Ethiopian taxi driver raised the alarm when deadly blaze started in his fourth-floor kitchen.”

It was punished at 7.15am on Thursday 15 June, the day after the tragedy.

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The Sun story was initially headlined: “First pictures of mini cab driver whose faulty fridge started Grenfell Tower fire”.

The headline was then changed to: “Owner of the Grenfell Tower flat where inferno started tells of agony as death toll is feared to top 100”.

The Sun story was published at 4pm on 15 June. There have been 13 complaints to IPSO about The Sun story.

A Mirror story published at around the same time as The Sun piece, covering similar ground, does not appear to have generated similar attention.

A guide on how to complain about The Sun and Mail Online articles has been circulating on Facebook.

It claims that reports saying the fridge of the man, a 41-year-old taxi driver, started the blaze are:

Inaccurate (because the fire investigation has not been completed)

Breach his privacy

Constitute harassment

And also amount to intrusion into grief or shock.

These all constitute alleged breaches of the Editors’ Code.

A spokesperson for Mail Online said: “In common with several other media outlets Mail Online identified where and how the Grenfell Tower fire started.

“It attached no blame whatsoever to the occupant of that flat and in fact details how he raised the alarm and alerted his neighbors personally.

“For the record Mail Online believes that, while much is still unclear, the blame for this tragedy lies squarely with those responsible for managing and renovating the tower and the authorities in charge of the policies and safety regulations within which they were operating.

“This has been and remains the focus of Mail Online’s extensive coverage from the outset.

“It didn’t seem to us that naming the resident would be seen as blaming him since we did not see how any reasonable person could possibly hold him responsible.”

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Other graphic examples of twisted and hostile nature:

The Daily Mail reporters seem to speak with the same snaky lying tongue like the lady on this story:

Someone has even come up with a non-existent demonic term, „in the Post Truth era„ to brainwash the masses by manipulating and twisting the universal truth.

BBC-Darling & The Most Trusted Man in Britain Says “Starve Ethiopians!”

“And if you had been from the world, the world would have loved its own; but you are not from the world, but I have chosen you from the world; because of this the world hates you.” [ John 15:19]

Speaking to the BBC Radio 4 Today programme,  Sir. David Attenborough said:

”If you were living in Ethiopia, you might be justified in thinking that the natural world is already stopping it by starvation.”

This guy obviously is Ethiophobic. Everytime he opens his mouth he reveals his hatred for Christians and Ethiopians. Everything he says is absolutely crass in its callousness!

The highly decorated psychopath, David Attenborough, who last year described humans (Ethiopians) as a ‘plague on Earth’, has now gone on record this Christmas season in calling for rich nations of the world to stop sending food aid to starving nations in order to reduce the population of the world.

According to him, rich nations should start with starving poorer nations that have already been decimated by first world global powers (and could be fed with about a week or so of military spending). The problem, Attenborough says, however, comes down to numerous “huge sensitivities” that continue to block the goal of massive population reduction.

Perhaps the most alarming thing to note here is that this evil who justifies his genocide with faulty reasoning is considered a ‘national treasure’ in Britain. Better yet, Attenborough also has 31 honorary degrees from British universities, which is more than any other person. This is in addition to his numerous ‘royal’ titles.

Truly, Attenborough’s comments being met with mainstream media attention in a positive light shows just how far gone the media world is. Ultimately, there is a war on our right to not only have a family and basic necessities, but life itself.

Almost all the people who are obsessed about population – and the ‘naturalists’ and environmentalists who sound off about big families, belong to the class – white, middle class, anguished liberals – who are themselves least likely to have children to excess or to have children at all.

So, actually, Attenborough and the current global elites are the true “plagues”. They know who they are, all of them. They know how millions of Ethiopians have been exterminated through the wars, diseases and famines they’ve created. They sense it their time here on is up Earth, in their advanced ages, they can feel what is awaiting them in the afterlife.

Besides, people are finally waking up to see through the illusion we have been living in for centuries. These evils realize now they can no longer convince the masses to kill ourselves in the wars, the diseases, the famines they constantly create. In their greed and lust for total control they will do what ever they must to get what they want and are revealing the evil they are to the world. The wider world will soon learn that starving our countries has been a plan of long standing. What has happened to Ethiopia in the 1970/1980s, what’s going in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan are all part of this diabolic plan of theirs. All mineral rich, jungle abundant (Oxygen bank for Europe) and predominantly Christian countries.

These dark entities are so intoxicated on power and control they are oblivious to the transparency of their lies and corruption. They believe their lives are more worthy than ours. These sick animals are who humanity will be fighting in the near future.

In a rational and humane world, these cowards should also be charged on grounds of racism and genocide when they make it so abundantly clear that they are singling out Ethiopians and other Africans as undeserving of survival.

Mind you, Attenborough never ever opened his mouth to blame Muslims for overpopulation. He can’t spot the islamic scavengers who are breeding fast to feed on the spiritually dying children of the once Great Britain. The Muslims who are abusing and raping his daughters and murdering his soldiers in the streets of London and Bristol. Isn’t it ironic, the British are now being colonized by the very same people they once colonized?

[Psalms 58:1-2]

“Do you really speak what is right when silent? Do you judge fairly the children of humankind? No, in your heart you plan injustices; in the land you weigh out the violence of your hands.”

BBC Criticised For Giving Extremist Preacher Airtime

“The BBC is fast becoming a national disgrace and even a danger to the well-being of the nation”

BBC criticised over its “extraordinary” decision to give extremist preacher Anjem Choudary a platform to attack “British values” during discussion about the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby.

The BBC is facing a backlash after allowing Anjem Choudary, an extremist preacher, air-time on one of its flagship programmes to discuss the murder of Lee Rigby.

Mr Choudary refused to condemn the killers of the soldier when asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, and said the cause of the murder was “David Cameron and his foreign policy.”

The corporation came under fierce criticism for giving Mr Choudary a platform to air his views, which included him saying consequences of British foreign policy were being seen on the streets of London and that he didn’t believe in democracy.

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