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We are bitterly disappointed by the World Bank's decision to finance one of the top world dictatorial and corrupted regime of Ethiopia.We ask you to make your own judgement, reviewing the following well documented facts and information including the amount of money flowing from that poor country into UK bank accounts reported by THE REPORTER at http://news.independent.co.uk/... ,published on May 16, 2006. According to the report, money flowing to the UK bank accounts from Ethiopia has risen up by 103 per cent. The killing of several adolescents by an Ethiopian policeman reported by Human Rights Watch at http://hrw.org/english/docs/20... . The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 issued by the US Department of State: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls... Amnesty International demanding urgent Action (Ethiopia: Torture/ possible prisoners of conscience/ fear of unfair trial: http://web.amnesty.org/library... .
Dear BANKWATCHERS, when asked about the World Bank's practice of lending to dictatorships, the former World Bank president, Jim Wolfensohn, answered "The easiest thing for me, for the bank would be to say, just wait until these countries are democratic, before lending to them." The New York Times. June 16, 2004. We hope that you will follow this same principle and give all of Ethiopian patriots hope that the cruel regime may finally be blocked from the financing sources that fuel its power and perpetuate the sufferings of thousands of Ethiopians. We ask you to pay close attention to the real facts of what is going on in our country, feel the misery of its people and take action to prevent further atrocities. Abuse and atrocities have escalated in Ethiopia since May 2005 election when the government used bullets and prisons to suppress public protests against falsified results. This action represents a logical continuation of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’ s totalitarian policies that put his own ethnic group in a privileged position, securing funds and access to resources at the expense of all others. Unwilling to let go of his power enabling him to exploit Ethiopians economically, Zenawi uses force and lies to intimidate and violate the rights of the people, a fact well documented in a variety of sources.
The repressed people of Ethiopia have noticed a certain discrepancy between what the World Bank says and what it does. The World Bank claims that its mission is to improve people’s lives. Yet it supports one of the top world dictators by a range of publications including the US magazine parade (January, 2006) and Internet publication www.DictatorOftheMonth.com. (February, 2006). Zenawi throws innocent people including opposition leaders, journalists, academics, and other innocent citizens behind the bars where they are subjected to inhuman treatment including daily torture, starvation, victimization, humiliation and tropical diseases. Powerless in the face of such a catalogue of abuses, the prisoners of conscience are denied any access to justice and essential medical attention they require for chronic diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, spinal chord pain and others.
The World Bank claims to be fighting corruption and it claims that its mission is to help reduce poverty. Despite repeated claims from officials that the situation is "normalizing," Ethiopia is far from peaceful and stable. According to a report done by Doctors Without Borders, more than 10 percent of children born don't survive their first year. The doctors' group estimates 5 million of the country's 69 million face chronic food shortages. Even though huge amounts of international assistance pour into the country, there is no way of knowing if it reaches those in needs.
Dear BANKWATCHERS, we are so proud of your good reputation for fighting against the plans of International Financial Institutions (IFIs) funding projects and countries that violate the well-being of humanity. Now more than ever, the fates of the Ethiopian people depend on you and we ask you to use all your wisdom, power, resources and compassion to help fighting against the World Bank's decision to finance one of the top world dictatorial and corrupted regime of Ethiopia. We urge you to speak up and to put a stop to the atrocities committed by this criminal regime. We know that Zenawi has no scruples about sending lobbyists to world capitals in the hope to convince the world community that nothing extraordinary is happening in Ethiopia. These loyal lobbyists to Zenawi’ s government use funds distributed through international programs to lobby against the voice of the Ethiopian people. Also they are circulating blatantly false accusation of the opposition leaders.
In the name of human rights and the pain and suffering of Ethiopian people, we ask you to take decisive steps that will end the rule of the Ethiopian tyrant. May God give us all the wisdom not to condone and support brutal dictatorship anywhere!! May God bless all mankind!!!!
ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, MAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD GRANT US ALL, THE WISDOM TO REALIZE THAT GREAT DUTY OF CHARITY IS TO SAVE MANKIND AND TO EASE ITS PAIN----AND NOT TO DESTROY IT!!!!
Dear BANKWATCHERS, now is the time to battle and expose repression, corruption and exploitation in Ethiopia!! MAY GOD HELP YOU!!
Respectfully & truly,
Bitterly disappointed citizens of Ethiopia and friends of Ethiopians around the globe! |
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