Ethiopian Community in Colorado
Stop the Violence Against Innocent Addis Ababa University Students.
May 12, 2001 1:00 P.M.-3:P.M.
The Colorado State Capitol Building
West Side Colfax and Lincoln
Media Alert
(Denver, CO) On Saturday, May 12th, 2001 Ethiopians at large residing in the State of Colorado will be staging a peaceful protestat the States Capital Building.The demonstration is to expose the brutal measure perpetrated on April 12,2001 by the Ethiopian Regime in the killing of at least 41 University Students (Like the Teinimen Square Massacre) and wounding 250. There are over 7,000 prisoners
DEMONSTRATION TO EXPOSE THE WHOLESALE GENOCIDE OF THE ETHIOPIAN STUDENTS
BY MELES ZENAWI'S REGIME
To voice the utmost opposition to the genocidal massacre committed against peaceful demonstrators in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. On April 18,2001 the world has witnessed one of the most brutal measure taken against peaceful students since the Tienemen Square massacre. As reported by eyewitness account "Hundreds of heavily armed Zenawi's riot police stormed central Addis Ababa shooting live ammunition, beating up civilians including women and children."
The result is the killing of 41 innocent student and the wounding of 250 civilians as well as the impressments of thousands of peaceful protestors without the due process of the law.
The purpose of this demonstration is to expose the murderous crime being committed against the Ethiopian people by Zenawi’s dictatorial regime, to show our full solidarity to the fallen martyr of the Ethiopian Students and to appeal to various international organizations for judicial measures to be taken against the perpetrators of these crimes in expeditious way.
The Organizing Body
Long Live Ethiopia
To: United Nations, European Union, US Congress, OAU
Mr. Kofi Annan
Secretary General, The United Nations
United Nations Plaza, Room S-3800
New York, NY 10017
E-mail: [email protected]
Fax: Fax 212 963 2155
Dear Secretary General:
I am writing to appeal for your help to stop the vicious attack
unleashed on students at Addis Abeba University in Ethiopia by Meles
Zenawi's heavily armed troops.
As reported in Reuters on April 11, several riot police stormed Addis
Ababa University and injured or killed hundreds of students who were
holding a peaceful demonstration. The students were demanding academic freedom and political rights.
Subsquently on April 18, the world has witnessed one of the most brutal measure taken against students since the Tienemen Square massacre. As reported by eyewitness account "Hundreds of heavily armed Zenawi’s riot police stormed central Addis Ababa shooting live ammunition, beating up civilians including women and children."
The result is the killing of 41 innocent student and the wounding of 250 civilians as well as the impressments of thousands of peaceful protestors without the due process of the law.
Dear Secretary General: I appeal for your kind intervention in helping stop this latest violence against students in Addis Abeba University. I also urge you to inquire the Meles regime's worsening human rights violations, and its gross anti-democratic practices.
Sincerely,
The Ethiopian Community
Sincerely,
President George W. Bush
President of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Fax 202-456-2461
[email protected]Dear Mr. President:
I am writing to appeal for your help to stop the vicious attack
unleashed on students at Addis Abeba University in Ethiopia by Meles
Zenawi's heavily armed troops.
As reported in Reuters on April 11, several riot police stormed Addis
Ababa University and injured or killed hundreds of students who were
holding a peaceful demonstration. The students were demanding academic freedom and political rights.
Subsquently on April 18, the world has witnessed one of the most brutal measure taken against students since the Tienemen Square massacre. As reported by eyewitness account "Hundreds of heavily armed Zenawi’s riot police stormed central Addis Ababa shooting live ammunition, beating up civilians including women and children."
The result is the killing of 41 innocent student and the wounding of 250 civilians as well as the impressments of thousands of peaceful protestors without the due process of the law.
Dear Secretary General: I appeal for your kind intervention in helping stop this latest violence against students in Addis Abeba University. Since Ethiopia is a signer of the the Universal Declaration of Human rights, flagrant violation of this declaration can not be ignored by the international community especially the U.S. I also urge you to inquire the Meles regime's worsening human rights violations, and its gross anti-democratic practices.
Sincerely,
The Ethiopian Community
Vice President Dick Cheney
Vice President of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Fax 202-456-2461
[email protected]Dear Mr. Vice President:
I am writing to appeal for your help to stop the vicious attack
unleashed on students at Addis Abeba University in Ethiopia by Meles
Zenawi's heavily armed troops.
As reported in Reuters on April 11, several riot police stormed Addis
Ababa University and injured or killed hundreds of students who were
holding a peaceful demonstration. The students were demanding academic freedom and political rights.
Subsquently on April 18, the world has witnessed one of the most brutal measure taken against students since the Tienemen Square massacre. As reported by eyewitness account "Hundreds of heavily armed Zenawi’s riot police stormed central Addis Ababa shooting live ammunition, beating up civilians including women and children."
The result is the killing of 41 innocent student and the wounding of 250 civilians as well as the impressments of thousands of peaceful protestors without the due process of the law.
Dear Secretary General: I appeal for your kind intervention in helping stop this latest violence against students in Addis Abeba University. Since Ethiopia is a signer of the the Universal Declaration of Human rights, flagrant violation of this declaration can not be ignored by the international community especially the U.S. I also urge you to inquire the Meles regime's worsening human rights violations, and its gross anti-democratic practices.
Sincerely,
The Ethiopian Community
First Lady Laura Bush
First Lady of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Fax 202-456-2461
[email protected]Dear Mrs. First Lady:
I am writing to appeal for your help to stop the vicious attack
unleashed on students at Addis Abeba University in Ethiopia by Meles
Zenawi's heavily armed troops.
As reported in Reuters on April 11, several riot police stormed Addis
Ababa University and injured or killed hundreds of students who were
holding a peaceful demonstration. The students were demanding academic freedom and political rights.
Subsquently on April 18, the world has witnessed one of the most brutal measure taken against students since the Tienemen Square massacre. As reported by eyewitness account "Hundreds of heavily armed Zenawi’s riot police stormed central Addis Ababa shooting live ammunition, beating up civilians including women and children."
The result is the killing of 41 innocent student and the wounding of 250 civilians as well as the impressments of thousands of peaceful protestors without the due process of the law.
Dear Secretary General: I appeal for your kind intervention in helping stop this latest violence against students in Addis Abeba University. Since Ethiopia is a signer of the the Universal Declaration of Human rights, flagrant violation of this declaration can not be ignored by the international community especially the U.S. I also urge you to inquire the Meles regime's worsening human rights violations, and its gross anti-democratic practices.
Sincerely,
The Ethiopian Community
Secretary Colin L. Powell
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
Fax: Fax 212 963 2155 Fax: 202-261-8577
Dear Mr. Secretary:
I am writing to appeal for your help to stop the vicious attack
unleashed on students at Addis Abeba University in Ethiopia by Meles
Zenawi's heavily armed troops.
As reported in Reuters on April 11, several riot police stormed Addis
Ababa University and injured or killed hundreds of students who were
holding a peaceful demonstration. The students were demanding academic freedom and political rights.
Subsquently on April 18, the world has witnessed one of the most brutal measure taken against students since the Tienemen Square massacre. As reported by eyewitness account "Hundreds of heavily armed Zenawi’s riot police stormed central Addis Ababa shooting live ammunition, beating up civilians including women and children."
The result is the killing of 41 innocent student and the wounding of 250 civilians as well as the impressments of thousands of peaceful protestors without the due process of the law.
Dear Secretary General: I appeal for your kind intervention in helping stop this latest violence against students in Addis Abeba University. Since Ethiopia is a signer of the the Universal Declaration of Human rights, flagrant violation of this declaration can not be ignored by the international community especially the U.S. I also urge you to inquire the Meles regime's worsening human rights violations, and its gross anti-democratic practices.
Mrs. Lynne Cheney Fax 202-456-2461
Sincerely,
The Ethiopian Community
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Cheney:
I am writing to appeal for your help to stop the vicious attack
unleashed on students at Addis Abeba University in Ethiopia by Meles
Zenawi's heavily armed troops.
As reported in Reuters on April 11, several riot police stormed Addis
Ababa University and injured or killed hundreds of students who were
holding a peaceful demonstration. The students were demanding academic freedom and political rights.
Subsquently on April 18, the world has witnessed one of the most brutal measure taken against students since the Tienemen Square massacre. As reported by eyewitness account "Hundreds of heavily armed Zenawi’s riot police stormed central Addis Ababa shooting live ammunition, beating up civilians including women and children."
The result is the killing of 41 innocent student and the wounding of 250 civilians as well as the impressments of thousands of peaceful protestors without the due process of the law.
Dear Secretary General: I appeal for your kind intervention in helping stop this latest violence against students in Addis Abeba University. Since Ethiopia is a signer of the the Universal Declaration of Human rights, flagrant violation of this declaration can not be ignored by the international community especially the U.S. I also urge you to inquire the Meles regime's worsening human rights violations, and its gross anti-democratic practices.
Sincerely,
The Ethiopian Community
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