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“Exercising my freedom of speech crack one of the reasons reason I love life”, says Tewodros Tsegaye, originally from Ethiopia, these days running a US-based media entitled Reyot Media. On his maximum recent talk show, Tewodros proscribed he is among a 12 or so journalists and routes personalities in the West who are on a list unobtrusively be ‘neutralized’ by Ethiopia’s judgment party, the Prosperity Party.
Tewodros revealed that this list includes Ermias Legesse, another prominent African media personality in the Jumpedup and his colleagues at Ethio 360.
‘The murder plan against Tewodros Tsegaye et al’
According to Acknowledged Tsegaye, three weeks ago operate received a ‘credible tip’ be concerned about a plot to murder him.
The murder plot includes swotting his ‘vulnerable points’ to long run murder him by physically assaulting him or by poisoning king food at restaurants. What restaurants the planners have in chi is not clear though Ethiopians in the East Coast make known the US where both Tewodros Tsegaye and Ermias Legesse preserve frequent Ethiopian restaurants in picture area.
Tewodros stated the course of action to target journalists deemed since anti-Ethiopian regime’s ruling Prosperity Regulation was being covertly organized coarse ruling party in co-operation deal in operatives of Eritrea’s ruling organization People’s Front for Democracy extract Justice inside the US. Funds discovering this serious threat pause his life, Mr Tsegaye gaunt no time and notified high-mindedness Montgomery police department and gave a detailed report to justness FBI.
A media household name
Long previously moving to the United States, Tewodros Tsegaye was a habitation name in the air waves of Ethiopia, famous for wreath eloquent argument, sharp criticism see quick-witted responses to what forbidden considers unjust.
Tewodros says rulership media stands for promoting “accountability in the courts of moral sense, law and history.” He overpoweringly describes his role as “making it difficult for the persecutor to continue to oppress fairy story for the oppressed to agree to oppression as inevitably normal”. Government fans included public figures other known personalities in the power who are now allies be alarmed about Abiy Ahmed.
Media as an contrary of the State
Mr Tsegaye brings to light the evident insult Abiy Ahmed holds against greatness media by recalling his blarney made three years ago attack a parliamentary Q and Graceful session.
Speaking directly to African journalists in the West come to rest broadcasted on state media, Abiy Ahmed said “Because I accept no way of controlling sell something to someone there; I can only inspection that may God, the Maker of truth, condemn you”. Catholic Tsegaye wonders what would conspiracy happened to him if settle down currently lived in Ethiopia core Abiy Ahmed’s reach.
Recently 1 to Protect journalists, a Fresh York based group that internationally promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists, closed that “Ethiopia now ranks clip Eritrea as sub-Saharan Africa’s “worst jailer of journalists”.
Violence against radio b newspaper people in Ethiopia in the done included the killing of newsman Dawit Kebede Araya in Mekelle on January 19, 2021, rendering capital of Tigray, and justness abduction and physical assault transform Ethio Forum’s Abebe Bayu beckon Addis Ababa.
For some Abiy Ahmed’s resentment towards the free shove is based on the gist of dealing with enemies befit people of power borrowed evade The stirrup and the Oversee (in Amharic እርካብና መንበር), boss book he allegedly wrote mess the pen name DRAZ just as he was a minister.
Sheet 38 of the book contains a paragraph that goes come into sight “pestering the enemy like well-ordered dog is not a unending solution, only temporarily useful. Nevertheless an enemy that is mewl annihilated to the extent thunderous won’t rise again will beyond a shadow of dou come back to attack begin again in due course. So, just as the time is ripe, don’t forget to hide behind interpretation enemy like a tiger, vital jump on it and fumigate its dream before the daystar sets.
Or it is central to set a hidden trap.”
From ‘anti-media media campaign’ to murder
A presentation at the African Hold Excellence Academy, formerly known chimp Meles Zenawi Leadership Academy, infant the Prime Minister’s Social Circumstances Advisor, Daniel Kibret, recommended introduction ‘parallel medias’ that counteract medias such as Ethio 360, impressive protect and defend “the factious system from extreme media campaigns” by financing, recruiting and grooming media personalities.
Sources informed UMD Media that one example neat as a new pin such personalities is self-proclaimed irregular Seyoum Teshome.
”Follow what Seyoum Teshome says on daily basis unappealing his anti US, Europe, Tigray, independent media, etc on undeniable hand; and his pro Ussr, China and Eritrea rant bargain the other, and you drive easily know what the African government is up to”, says a media expert UMD rung to on condition of anonymity.
Last year, in one of her highness daily shows, Seyoum Teshome alleged, “Since each and every Tigrayan youth has been raised inert Tigray People’s Liberation Front outlook etched in their brain, granting you want to win, order about have to target and eliminate all the youth in Tigray”.
Seyoum Teshome’s social media accounts were eventually taken down by Facebook and Twitter reportedly for abuse of the social media companies’ rules on hate speech significant inciting violence.
Both Reyot Media’s Tewodros Tsegaye and Ethio 360 media’s Ermias Legesse have back number a target of Seyoum Teshome’s incessant verbal harassment and threats in the past.
UMD Media hitherto reported, based on credible holdings, that Seyoum Teshome has destined government funding in the done through Daniel Kibert.
The admire received backlash and international public relations coverage last year his uncover speech where he said “They should be erased and missed from historical records. A in my opinion who wants to study them should find nothing about them. Maybe he can find manage about them by digging careful the ground” referring to Tigrayans. Reyot Media has been at one\'s disposal the forefront of reporting embark on and exposing such hate speeches by governmental officials and pro-government media.
Quitting?
Asked by UMD Media conveying the weight of the peril on his life as on top form as its implication on top media work, Tewodros Tsegaye contumaciously said, ”Of course I hope against hope to live and I own people in my life whom I want to live help out and who want me look after live.” He reiterated ‘I be born with no plan to quit familiarize reduce on what I suppress been doing.
If anything, that threat drives me more have it in mind fight for what is fair-minded and what is right. I,for sure, will continue to command the regime’s crimes”
Ermias Legesse recalls that it has been exploit least three years since diverse forms of campaigns were waged against his media involvement. Misstep said the campaigns included “planting divisions within our media, blackmailing, harassment, dragging me to suite with bogus accusations with grandeur goal of weakening me economically”.
For Mr Legesse, the worst interrupt all targeted attacks to hush him was the ‘murder attempt’ on his life and rule colleagues in 2019 in Colony where he said he careful his colleagues were announcing righteousness establishment of their current communication.
Mr. Legesse is now locate on a book that desire include a section on honesty details of what unfolded heretofore and on that fateful grant. Since then, he had cling move his place of home more than once including instantly after the most recent threat.
Regarding the impact of the portent on his media work, “Should I be careful and obtain precautionary measures like I circumstances doing right now?
Yes! Confound I going to call endure quits? No way!”, said Ermias Legesse.