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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Ethiopia trying to influence Kenyan Free press Regarding the OLF Fighters' Documentary Video

Direct Link to the video is http://www.nazrett.com/Radios.html or simply click here to see the video

Kenya/ Ethiopia: One Man's Terrorist is Another Man's Award Winning Documentary
The CPJ that the Ethiopian government is trying to force Kenya's private broadcaster, Nation Television (NTV), to drop a four-part exclusive report on separatist rebels, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), who "allegedly" are fighting for greater autonomy for the Oromos, the largest ethnic group in the south of the vast Horn of Africa nation -- all the NTV videos are posted on www.nazrett.com or direct link to the Video is http://www.nazrett.com/Radios.html
Zenawi's government, whose leaders were once guerilla fighters allied with the OLF, is saying that by "airing the program confirmed suspicion of a larger conspiracy by NTV to “speak for these terrorist elements in our sub-region, leading us to question NTV’s covert or overt political agenda”. Whatever.A reader sees the report as:
...a mere publicity stunt by NTV, trying to imitate Al-Jazeera. OLF is a bankrupt organization whose leaders are divided as well as disillusioned, that is a fact one can search on the wide web. NTV just wanted to make a name for itself. It should have reported about OLF years ago when it was alive and kicking if the media group was that genuine. NTV must first deal with Kenya's own internal problems before it meddles with neighbor's affairs. We know how f-ed up most things are in Kenya as it is in Ethiopia. So why not report that one first. Obviously, crossing a border is more appealing/newsworthy and generates unimagined publicity.A reader takes the other view:
The Meles regime in Ethiopia is one of the brutal dictators of the world today. Anyone with a little common sense can easily imagine how the dictator is abusing and jailing and silencing journalists in Ethiopia by simply looking at its behavior to try to silence Kenya's media. In Ethiopia today there is no free press and no one would dare to speak their mind freely. It is an absolute dictatorship. Ethiopia today has become a police state under a brutal dictatorship with no private internet service, no private radio, no private TV, no independent media etc. We have to expose the Meles regime for what it is! One of the worst dictatorships found on the planet today! GO NTV!

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