Elias Kifle on Berhane Mewa continued

Berhane Mewa ordered Tensae Radio not to report about civil disobedience in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Review May 8, 2006

The Secretary General of Kinijit North America Support Committee, Ato Berhane Mewa, ordered Tensae Radio not to broadcast the call for civic disobedience by Tegbar, Kendie Ethiopia Youth Movement and other groups. Ato Berhane, who is fighting to block any event in the Washington DC are on May 15 to celebrate the people's victory day, had also threatened Tegbar leadership that unless Tegbar cancels its call for nationwide civil disobedience in Ethiopia, he will issue a statement asking the people of Ethiopia not to heed the call. This attempt was blocked by other Kinijit Support Committee officials. But he convinced some of his colleagues to pressure Tensae radio editorial board from talking about, or reporting on any civil disobedience. May 15 is the day Kinijit defeated the TPLF regime. All Kinijit support committees around the world are celebrating this day, except the Washington DC committee under the leadership of Berhane Mewa. The main objective of the May 7-15 civil disobedience called by Tegbar is the release of Kinijit's elected leaders. So it is puzzling why Berhane Mewa, who is representing Kinijit in the United States, is trying to derail the peaceful civil disobedience. In the mean time, the Meles regime blocked Ethiopian Review from being accessed in Ethiopia. ER has received hundreds of email from its readers inside Ethiopia who were unable to access the web site since last Thursday. Today, ER is able to confirm that it has been banned from Ethiopia.