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Forum for Democratic
UDJ and Medrek Unite

" Homegrown opposition
parties and Independents
formed a discussion forum -
namely,"
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also: report in Amharic by
Ethiopia Zare

Forum blasts Government
over exclusionary politics
A Career In Dissent







" Mideksa became the exception
to the rule in September, When she was elected to
head Ethiopia's newest political party..."
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Other Election Related Stories
Ethiopia must release the names of
prisoners
6 May, 2009 ( AP ) - "Amnesty said that one of the
suspects, Geta Worku, is the cousin of former
opposition leader Berhanu Nega, the man Ethiopian
officials originally accused of plotting the
overthrow.... More

Ethiopia opposition says anti-govt
plot invented
5 May, 2009 | By Barry Malone Without third party
verification I can't believe there was a plot," Bulcha
Demeksa, leader of one of the largest opposition
parties, the Oromo Federalist Democratic
Movement,...More

Statement- Stop Harassment and
Intimidation
1 May, 2009 | Arena Tigray
"The ruling party has intensified its harassments and
intimidations on the genuine opposition parties
throughout the country. Several opposition parties
had been airing their concern on the gross abuse of
human and political rights..." More
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Declaration
on Free and Fair
Election in Ethiopia
14 May, 2009 (ENPCP)








"WHEREAS 15th May 2009
marks the fourth anniversary
of Ethiopia's ill fated election,
in which elected
parliamentarians were thrown
to jail; at least 193 innocent
individuals were killed; an
unknown number of people
were injured and exiled; over
40 000 supporters...
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Familiar Election Season Activities that shouldn't...
20 June, 2009 (OMFEU) - It is only one year remaining for the
forthcoming national election; we have already started to see very
familiar activities that usually appear at about this stage of the....More
Ethiopia convicts 13 in absentia over coup plot
7 August, 2009 (Barry Malone) - A U.S.-based university professor
is among 13 men convicted in absentia by Ethiopia for plotting to
overthrow the government, the state news agency said on...More
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Ethiopian parties present common manifesto
11 October, 2009 (AFP) - "The Forum for Democracy and
Dialogue, an amalgam of eight parties, unveiled their 65-page
manifesto in Addis Ababa, as it begins a bid to unseat.....More
Former Top Ethiopian officials Join Opposition...
    27 November, 2009
    (Peter Heinlein) -
    Ethiopia's political balance
    shifted when the country's
    former president, Negasso
Gidada, and former defence minister, Siye Abraha, joined....More
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Opposition Denies Gov't Claim of Eritrea Alliance
17 February, 2010 (Jason McLure) - "Such allegations are
"dangerous," Negasso Gidada, a leader of the Unity for Democracy
and Justice party, said in a phone interview today in the...More
Meles Zenawi's Action Plan For 2010
    11 March, 2010 (Fekade Shewakena) - "All
    indications, including the rush by government
    officials to explain how the victim died show
    that Meles Zenawi's finger prints are all over the
    killing. Some ferenjis may be willfully fooled.
    We Ethiopians know the drill and we get it.
    That it happened in Tigrai, the....More
Ethiopia's elections Forget about democracy
26 March, 2010 (Economist) - "Meles is using aid to build a
single-party state." Foreign governments, he says, have....More
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