You stupid white people why do not let us alone to administer our home land. we Ethiopians know more about us. so leave us free. We do not like you we like chines people. u stupid white organization. do not fabricate such false and shameful report.

Using unfortunate time as an opportunity; A futile exercise of no hindsight.

The death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is considered as an opportune time for Human Rights institutions to re-campaign against Ethiopia.

These institutions in the wake of the death of the Prime Minister and in the time of national mourning, are trying to get various forums to bent Ethiopia and succumb for internalization of their principles.

One thing it should get heed of Ethiopia is that the country will continue to advance and implement the various policies and strategies after the passing away of its long time leader; and continue its path of registering sustainable development to extricate its people from economic deprivation and backwardness.

The respect of Human Rights in Ethiopia is not a luxury that the government clearly enshrined in the constitution and accepts international obligations as part and parcel for domestic laws in this regard. However, internalization of the concept in the country is necessary and that should come from with in than from out side impositions.

The late Prime Minster once frankly made a remark about the democratic path his country would follow by saying “We believe that democracy, good governance and transparency and fighting corruption are good objectives for every country, particularly for developing countries. Where we had our differences with the so-called neo liberal paradigm is first on the perception that this can be imposed from outside. We do not believe that is possible. Internalization of accountability is central to democratization. The state has to be accountable to the citizens, and not some embassy or foreign actor.” Human Rights watch in its repeated statements on various medias following the death of the Prime Minster is trying to spoil the excellent leadership of PM Meles and the results achieved so far. The reality however, lies on the difference between the frank conviction by Ethiopia concerning the implementation of the respect of Human Rights in the country and with a desire to impose their own principles and wishes to direct the country in their own path. The repeated allegation by the Human Rights Watch, in this regard, is not new for Ethiopia as it has been done for the past several years. The new thing is the time, as it tries to capitalize on the death of Prime Minister Meles. Democracy in Ethiopia is not yet reached at the stage of its highest level, as it is a work in progress. As Democracy is a culture, it needs generational time to nurture. That is the way democracy in its wider sense is growing in Ethiopia contrary to the patronization of the imperfect western ideal in developing countries. Based on this fact, Prime Minister Meles’s time is a pioneer in Ethiopia for the establishment and expansion of the institutions for the cultivation of human rights and democracy. The expansion of elementary and secondary education as well as universities by and large contributes for nurturing the concepts of democracy and good governance in to the society. That is what being witnessed so far. The responsible media has also its own role to teach and supports the society internalize the basic tenets of democratic culture. That way the culture will develop and at the end the society will use to it, being the guardian of it and when this is created the society do not need external forces to speak on behalf of it. The Human Rights Commission and the Ombudsman established in the country are serving to teach and protect citizens about their rights and responsibilities in a way to deepen the democratic culture. The genuine way of supporting the development of democratic culture in Ethiopia and other striving countries is through the support of the already existed institutions to strengthen themselves and build their capacities so that they could act as watchdogs. The blame game is not helpful for societies who are trying very hard to build a strong and full-fledged democracy as well as respected human rights endeavors. Human Rights Watch’s another cynical report apart from alleging the human rights record of Ethiopia is of concerning the Ethiopian Army and its peace and security works. By any comparison the Ethiopian Army is playing the biggest role in Ethiopia’s history to support the development endeavors of the country through committing its resources to support the society and the economy. The Gambella region of Ethiopia is one of the development hubs in the country with ample agricultural resources and the government in its five year Growth and Transformation Plan is planning to use these resources to transform the country’s economy. Hence, large commercial agricultural activities are underway in the region and also the different socio-economic projects designed are enabling the society to make them settle in permanent and accessible areas so that benefited from these projects. The Ethiopian Army is acting as a force of stabilization and protects these socio-economic and major development projects from detractors. The incident happened following the April 2012 attack on a large commercial farm in Gambella is not seen differently other than searching these detractors and bring them before the law. That is the Army’s duty and responsibility. The usual unscientific way of Human Rights Watch to quote so- called credible sources and say the army is raping, torturing and killing the people is the same repeat of tactics used for past allegations, but to put the record straight to the institution, the Ethiopian Army is much near to protect and stand by for the people the Army’s boys and girls are grown in than some of the institution’s experts. The Army is a well respected institution composed of the different nations and nationalities, in which its strength and respect emanates from. The army as an institution is built in a way to transcend short sighted interest and time and sustain the multifaceted development of the country. Thinking this unfortunate season for Ethiopians as an opportune time to put a pressure on the new leadership is a futile exercise that emanates from the lack of understanding or underestimating the state structure built for the past 21 years under the leadership of the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. People from all corners of the country understand what kind of a country been built and what the aspirations of this great nation are. That is why such an emotional mourning is witnessed for the past days, following the death of the great leader. However, with in this deep feeling, each Ethiopian knows better about the future endeavor of sustaining the economic development, strengthening the democratic culture and ensuring the peace and stability of Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa region and the African continent at large. Prime Minister Meles’s multifaceted work was not quite finished. By sticking to the succession plan put in place, and strengthen its accountability to its own citizen, it should be high time for the new leadership to pay any sacrifice to continue the development path honorable Prime Minister Meles has started to lead.

For God sake, leave us alone!!!!!!!!!!!!You can say anything, but rape? Sexual abuse? the HRW is disgusting and i still couldn't understand why they are always looking at tarnishing the image of Ethiopia and Africa.

The problem with this thug regime is not only the misguided, disproven policy, but also its attitude against democratic ideology - that imposes "I know for you" or "My way or the highway" communist one party/one man rule.

Remember "Sefera" (Resettlement)? - as the previous Ethiopian dictator regime - Derg - calls it. This is the exact same s@$#t!!! Are Ethiopians self-sustaining today as a result of "Sefera"? ...NO. If any Ethiopian ask themselves, How's this thug regime (EPRDF) different from the previous thug regime (Derg)??? ... practically nothing. It displaces people unwillingly, runs the only TV and Radio broadcast in the country, one party rule, marginalize minority groups, both have many political prisoners, no freedom of press, no free election, the country operates by donation, gov't owns and operates business (Telcomm, banks and hotels), there's still drought and famine, civil war with minority ethnic groups and war with neighboring countries and what have you.

So again - what's the real difference between the present and past regime in Ethiopia? The current regime is supported by U.S., UK and EU - despite all the horror mentioned above. One might even say, 'this doesn't even give any sense, ... the West couldn't support this regime when everything it represents (mentioned above) is AGAINST their democratic and moral values!!!....blah, blah, blah, ... '. The answer is simple, and if you haven't noticed, all the dictator regimes (present and past) have used this "excuse" to stay in power - i.e. They are AGAINST the phantom "Islamic Terrorist" and an ally of West against this group. Almost ALL dictators - including Mubarek, Ben Ali, Gadhafi, Sallah, the Saudi king, .... - have stayed in power by promising the U.S. that they're an ally against the war against Islamic Terrorism. It's laughable how these thugs are playing the West for a fool!! "Terrorists" fighting against terrorism!!!

I know, some of you might call me naive and think the WORLD is really under a serious Islamic terroristic treat. In fact, "The European Union's 2010 Terrorism Situation and Trend Report has some fascinating findings. It showed that of the 294 terror attacks committed in Europe in 2009, only one was conducted by Islamists. That's a third of one percent.". Read more:( http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/31/what-is-the-knights-temp lar/ )FYI, I'm a devout Christian. hahaha ...:)