Letter

Message to TPLF members in Norway

July 25, 2005



Dear Editor,

The UEDF and CUD support groups held a demonstration on 15th July in Norway.

The aim of the demonstration was to appeal to and inform the Norwegian government to press the existing EPRDF government in Ethiopia to stop intimidation, harassment, torture and putting the civilian demonstrators in prison, further to lift the ban from peaceful demonstration.

On the demonstration we had slogans and placards which show what it’s going on in Ethiopia.

But some TPLF members who reside in Norway as asylum seekers, but whose true face or nature shows that they are the right hand-men of the regime, accused us as if our demonstration alleging that we were against Tigrians as a whole from Ethiopian society. They spread fear among the Ethiopians that the demonstration in Norway would lead to ethnic conflict. Their accusations were written in “Tigregna” and linked to their website the following title: “Resolution by Tigreans in Norway”.

We, the UEDF and CUD support committee, would like to express our anger against their accusation by all means. Would you mind linking this attachment to your website? We are very grateful before hand.


With respect,

UEDF support committee chairman

Editor’s Note: TPLF and the people of Tigrai are poles apart. TPLF has qualified itself over the years as an Eritrean Trojan horse. This is a reality our people are fully aware of. Any TPLF statement which bears the name “Tigrai” can’t mislead anyone, particularly at this time when the people of Tigrai constitute part of the larger Ethiopian struggle to bring a peaceful end to the 14-year-old tottering regime of Meles Zenawi.


Yara Prize To A Tyrant

Dear Editor

I am an Ethiopian living abroad and stunned to hear
YARA business organization planned to award a tyrant
leader of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi US$ 200,000 as
enticement for his role of suffering and starving his
own 12 million people.

It is a sad occasion to witness such an act of
transgression by a Norwegian company which allows such
deception just to maintain the lucrative business
relationship between his party trade dealers and this
fertilizer export company.

The Ethiopian people are well aware of this reality as
this deal is conducted by the prime minister’s trade
organization that he raises and transfers the profits
in his name to international banks.

On top of this unreasonable profits that he collects
from the poor people of Ethiopian farmers, YARA, the
Norwegian fertilizer organization proffered US$ 200,000
commission in the name of award.

What a shame? To bribe a third world dictator who
blatantly and indiscriminately killed his own people
to stay in power and steal more money from his own
starving and poor people is an assault on justice.

Yohannes Temesgen