We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Ms. Birtukan Midekssa
My Word (My testimony) - Birtukan MidekssaIt is very difficult
to describe what I felt after watching on Ethiopian Television the very
same warning that was given to me at the federal police after being
summoned there the afternoon of December 23, 2008. more |
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The re-arrest of Birtukan Midekssa signifies the long-standing violation of rule of lawUDJP press release The letter of the President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia dated Hamle 12, 1998 (July 19, 2006) guarantees that Woizerit Birtukan Midekssa, accused of “attempting to overthrow the Constitution and the constitutional system by force," has been granted full pardon. more | |
AI - Urgent Action Campaign | |
World Organisation Against Torture - Urgent Action | |
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa calls for the Immediate Release of Ethiopian Political PrisonersPress Release | |
US Senator RussellD.Feingold ,Patrick J. Leahy,Johnny Isakson,Richard J. DurbinLetter | |
Protest Letter - General Secretary of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and Swedish LawmakersLetter | |
Deutsche Bundesentwicklungsministerin Wieczorek-Zeul fordert Freilassung äthiopischer OppositionspolitikerinPressemitteilung | |
![]() | Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation on the arrest of Birtukan MidkessaStatement |
European Parliament resolution on the situation in the Horn of Africa - B6‑0033/200924. Is outraged at the imprisonment of Birtukan Midekssa, leader of the opposition party Unity for Democracy Justice (UDJ), and demands her immediate and unconditional release;Full Resolution | |
EU MPs letter to Jose Manuel Durao Barroso the President of the European CommissionLetter |
US Rights Report 2009 Lists Ethiopian Opposition Leader as Political Prisonerreport |
