Tag Archives: Meles Zenawi Dictator
Posted on May 28, 2012, 2:49 am By almariam
Alemayehu G Mariam The Man Who Cried “Freedom!” On May 18, 2012, dictator Meles Zenawi learned a lesson he will not easily forget. In the land of free speech, he…
Posted on March 12, 2012, 12:47 am By almariam
Alemayehu G Mariam Donald Payne Was a Drum Major for Democracy and Human Rights Grassroots Ethiopian human rights groups and activists have been stunned by the death last week of…
Posted on December 5, 2011, 1:05 am By almariam
Alemayehu G. Mariam Awramba Times: More Powerful Than Ten Thousand Bayonets “Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets,” fretted Napoleon Bonaparte, dictator of France, as…
Posted on June 27, 2011, 12:48 am By almariam
Posted on July 12, 2010, 12:11 am By almariam
By Alemayehu G. Mariam Note: This is my sixth and final commentary on the theme “Where do we go from here?” following the rigged May 2010 elections in Ethiopia in…