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Written by Nancy Macdonald, Macleans
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 Birtukan Mideksa, the country’s main opposition leader, has been in jail for 18 months.
Two months ago, Halle Mideksa celebrated her fifth birthday. For the fourth time, the bubbly little girl—dressed, to meet Maclean’s, in pink and purple, hopping on one foot, a yellow sucker gripped between her teeth—had to celebrate without her mom, Birtukan Mideksa. |
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Written by Hale Mideksa
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Emerging Leaders: Passionate speech by Ms Hana Haile, Organizer of the DC-Metro chapter of the Free Birtukan and all Prisoners of Conscience in Ethiopia organization.
Click here for the video: http://www.ethiov.com/etube?v=8aTAViTUcVDfg |
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Written by Chris Flaherty
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Written by Zainab Salbi
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 Today I would like to tell you the story of Birtukan Mideksa, an Ethiopian prisoner of conscience who is facing life imprisonment for speaking out against an oppressive government. Birtukan is an opposition leader of the Unity for Democracy and Justice (formerly Coalition for Unity and Democracy) party and is advocating for democracy and rule of law in Ethiopia. After years of civil unrest and war with Eritrea, Ethiopia is still struggling to overcome oppression and establish political freedom.
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