Where results make sense

About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us

[No title] Asrat Woldeyes, a 65-year-old Ethiopian physician and former dean of Addis Ababa University Medical School, is serving a five and one-half year sentence on charges of conspiracy to organize armed rebellion and incite violence against the government. Dr. Asrat was released on bail on August 31, 1993 pending the outcome of the trial. On October 27, 1994, Dr. Asrat was sentenced to six more months in prison for contempt of court, because of an open letter he reportedly wrote to the court dismissing his lawyers on the grounds that he had no hope for a fair trial. www.ethiopians.com /misc6.html   (742 words)

Asrat Woldeyes: an extraordary life Asrat was its chief surgeon as well as being by far and away the country's best-known doctor, and the doyen of the country's medical corps. Asrat came from the Amhara Christian Žlite which had long run Ethiopia and it was not surprising that he became the favourite doctor of the Emperor Haile Selassie. Asrat clearly relished talking, and for almost an hour he ranged over the political landscape and his place in it without any visible fear of the government which was keeping him under lock and key. www.cpa.ed.ac.uk /edit/2.01/asrat.html   (2095 words)

Medical Action Alert 48: Ethiopia Dr. Asrat Woldeyes, a 65-year-old Ethiopian physician and former dean of Addis Ababa University Medical School, is serving a five and one-half year sentence on charges of conspiracy to organize armed rebellion and incite violence against the government. Dr. Asrat and four other members of the opposition group All- Amhara People's Organization (AAPO) were arrested on July 19, 1993. Asrat was released on bail on August 31, 1993 pending the outcome of the trial. www.phrusa.org /campaigns/action_alerts/alert48.html   (936 words)

Article - Prof. John H. Spencer - Ethiopian Review  Apr-Jun 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Professor Asrat's contribution to the preservation of unity is, however, unique not only in his courageous rejection in 1991 but also in his demonstration that unity cannot be achieved without assurance of protection of human rights as a bulwark against disintegration. On the international scene, the Professor Asrat Woldeyes Foundation for Human Rights enlisted the support of the International Commission of Jurists whose report on human rights in Ethiopia led to the expulsion of its representatives on a subsequent visit. And so it is that death in Philadelphia of Professor Asrat Woldeyes has confirmed and will confirm to the world the commitment of Ethiopia to the cause of national unity and defense of human rights everywhere. ethiopianreview.homestead.com /Article_JohnHSpencer_Apr1999.html   (345 words)

Welcome to my Web site Professor Asrat Woldeyes was born in Adddis Abeba, on June 20, 1928. Professor Asrat is the founding member of the Ethiopian Medical Association (EMA), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Scotland (FRCS Edinburgh) and FRCS (England), member of the British Medical Association (BMA), the East African Surgical Association (EASA) and International College of Surgeons (USA). The few Ethiopian professionals like professor Asrat had to fight hard to overcome these obstacles that were being put on their way by foreign expatriates who tried to block or delay the establishment of a medical school in Ethiopia. www.freewebs.com /lebeza/alemu.html   (6397 words)

Ethiopian Millennium - Prof. Asrat Woldeyes Apart from his pioneering achievements as the country's first surgeon, Professor Asrat is widely known for his courageous attempts to bring about a truly democratic political system in Ethiopia in the face of systematic crackdown on the part of the current government. Soon after the current government came about in 1991, Professor Asrat founded a political party as an opposition to the government with the purpose of restoring Ethiopia 's unity and to abolish the notion of separatism from the constitution. Professor Asrat died at Pennsylvania University Hospital - in the USA - on 10 May 1999 at the age of 71. www.ethiopianmillennium.com /asrat.html   (288 words)

press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) The Death of Professor Asrat Woldeyes on May 14, 1999 signifies a loss forthe people of Ethiopia who had found in the former surgeon and chairman of AAPP a steadfast opponent of the divisive regime of the TPLF/EPRDF. Professor Asrat's death was precipitated by the repressive TPLF regime which incarcerated him on the basis of false charges, kept him in deplorable conditions and despite his frail heath (he was 71 years old) denied him due medical care. The EPRP extends its condolences to the family and relatives of Professor Asrat and calls on Ethiopians not to be diverted by the deceptive tactics of the TPLF and its hirelings from the national and sacred struggle to save Ethiopia front the destruction wrought upon her by the TPLF/EPRDF rule. www.eprp.com /doc/pr051499a.htm   (207 words)

Hailu Shawul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hailu Shawul (also spelled Shawel; Shawil) (born 1936) is an Ethiopian engineer and the chairman of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD). Hailu Shawul was the chairman of Kinijit and succeeded Professor Asrat Woldeyes as the head of the All-Amhara People's Organization (AAPO). He led the transformation of the AAPO into the multi-ethnic All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP), which was one of several that united October 2004 in the CUD, with the goal of fielding candidates in the May 15, 2005 general elections. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hailu_Shawul   (191 words)

Ethiopian Review articles published in the year 1993   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Asrat's speech, the TG launched a massive media attack on AAPO accusing the organization of warmongering and subversion. Asrat said that members of the AAPO are under constant harassment, detention and kidnapping. Asrat was arrested by the TG for alleged criminal activities and was released on bail. ethiopianreview.homestead.com /News_AAPO_Mar1993.html   (1390 words)

A high-tech Zemene Mesafnt, the animus of CUD The contrasting figure and the antithesis of Professor Asrat Weldeyes is the brilliant, bold and idealist Girmame Neway, whose untimely death along his brother is arguably the herald of the Ethiopian revolution which was to break out a decade later. The contrast of integrity between Professor Asrat and Girmame is glaring and the political party Professor Asrat founded which was later to evolve with the same facade in to CUD is a launching pad where the flawed political character of the good doctor is more obvious for the naked eye to see with indignation. The leaders of CUD did not have the guts to call for an insurrection when the colonel was amputating Ethiopia right and left, but now when freedom is handed to them in a silver platter, they are viewing it as a weakness. www.waltainfo.com /Conflict/Articles/2005/Nov/article14.htm   (1155 words)

1998 Human Rights Report - Ethiopia Country Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Asrat was permitted to travel abroad for medical treatment. On December 27, the Government released AAPO chairman Professor Asrat Woldeyes, who was convicted in 1994 of conspiracy and incitement to violence and sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment, and permitted him to travel abroad for medical treatment. Asrat had been hospitalized for diabetes, vision loss in his right eye, a recurring heart condition, high blood pressure, and hypertension. www.usemb.se /human/human1998/ethiopia.html   (9978 words)

news Professor Asrat Woldeyes was born on June 20, 1928. Professor Asrat is widely published in the a reas of clinical surgery and medical education. Professor Asrat was sent to more than five years of imprisonment, where he was subjected to harsh and inhuman treatment, by the TPLF regime. www.ethiopiafirst.com /news/news315.html   (823 words)

AAAS - History and Archives Woldeyes Asrat, a renowned surgeon from Ethiopia and a former professor and dean of the medical faculty at Addis Abada University, was sentenced to a five-and-a-half prison term in July 1994 for allegedly inciting violence for political ends. Asrat was released from prison in December 1998. He suffered from a heart condition and diabetes, conditions that were worsened by delays in providing him with adequate medical attention. archives.aaas.org /people.php?p_id=404   (98 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Professor Asrat was accused of inciting inter-communal violence in a rally speech in the town of Debre Berhan but he denied this and no charge was brought against him. Professor Asrat WoldeYes, 65, had been Professor of surgery at Addis Ababa University until January 1993 when he and 40 other professors and lecturers were summarily dismissed by the government. Amnesty International is concerned that Professor Asrat WoldeYes and Sileshi Mulatu appear to have been detained for the peaceful expression of opinions critical of the government. www.ethiopians.com /ai3.html   (520 words)

AAAS - AAAS Human Rights Action Network Asrat suffers from high blood pressure and his diabetes is compounded by delays in providing him with adequate medical attention. Asrat was arrested for the first time in July 1993 for his affiliation with the Al-Amhara People's Organization (AAPO), a non-violent political opposition party. Asrat was offered his freedom in exchange for ending his criticism of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's government; he refused. shr.aaas.org /aaashran/alert.php?a_id=85   (582 words)

news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Asrat died of complications from his heart condition and general physical deterioration at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, his nephew Youm Abey Fesseha, said. Asrat had served a five-year prison term in an Ethiopian jail on charges of encouraging armed insurrection in two speeches, and was awaiting trial on a third similar charge when he was temporarily released from jail in December to get medical treatment in the United States. The personal physician of the late Emperor Haile Selassie was a strong critic of the government of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, and particularly critical of policies that led to the creation of new autonomous regions along linguistic and ethnic lines. www.ethiopiafirst.com /news/news314.html   (190 words)

Ethiopia Human Rights Practices, 1995   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Diplomats who visited with imprisoned All Amhara People's Organization (AAPO) Chairman Asrat Woldeyes in September found him to be in good health, with no complaints of physical mistreatment. Professor Asrat Woldeyes, chairman of the AAPO and four other AAPO leaders were convicted in 1994 for involvement in a 1993 meeting in which plans for armed activities against the Transitional Government were allegedly made. Asrat was also convicted of "incitement to war" in connection with a speech he made in 1992. www.usemb.se /human/human95/ethiopia.htm   (7235 words)

Kinijit for Unity and Democracy in Ethiopia Modus Operandi : TPLF-EPR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Asrat was the principal leader of the opposition in Ethiopia and a political prisoner since 1994 (and intermittently before) to whom decent medical care was not allowed until his very last days. Despite this, Dr. Woldeyes was sent to jail after refusing to stop speaking out for democracy. The carefully managed illness and release of Dr. Asrat let the government off the hook in 1998 just as good relations with the West were needed when there was conflict with Eritrea. kinijit.org /content.asp?contentid=995   (1962 words)

Abune Paulos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In an incident at the St. Stephen's church in Addis Ababa in January 1997, a hermit monk was shot and killed during the feast day of the church. The Patriarch's reputation was somewhat improved by his dignified conduct of the funerals of the members of the Imperial family and the prominent opposition figure Professor Asrat Woldeyes, in spite of government hositility to those figures. However his continued vocal support of the EPRDF and its policies continued to alienate many members of the Ethiopian Church. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abune_Paulos   (1071 words)

Monthly Situation Report — April 1998 Asrat Woldeyes released: Ethiopian All-Amhara People’s Organisation (AAPO) leader Professor Asrat Woldeyes has been released from jail and allowed to go to the United States for medical treatment. Asrat, 73, had been in detention since 1994, charged with inciting Amhara people in Gojjam and the Debre Birhan area to rise up and wage an armed struggle against the Ethiopian government. According to sources, he wrote a personal letter to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi appealing to be allowed to seek medical attention in the United States, as he was seriously ill. Asrat has been in intensive care at the Black Lion hospital in Addis Ababa, where for years he was professor of surgery. www.africa.upenn.edu /eue_web/strp0199.htm   (5405 words)

Wordwide Appeal Udates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) 69-year-old Dr Asrat Woldeyes, imprisoned in Ethiopia since 1994, was denied access to appropriate medical treatment for deteriorating vision linked to diabetes and a reported brain haemorrhage. After urgent appeals by AI, Dr. Woldeyes was released from prison on December 27, 1998, in order to go abroad for urgently needed medical treatment. Woldeyes thanked Amnesty International for campaigning on his behalf, and particularly for publicizing the seriousness of his health complaints. www.appealsww.com /update.htm   (329 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) There were several diplomatic visits to prominent prisoners accused of war crimes by the SPO or charged with plotting violent insurrection against the Government. All Amhara People's Organization (AAPO) chairman professor Asrat Woldeyes and four other AAPO leaders were convicted in 1994 of planning armed action against the Government at a 1993 meeting in Debre Berhan. Asrat currently faces charges stemming from a May 1994 prison escape in Debre Berhan in which several guards were killed. www.terrorism.net /Pubs/dosfan-hr/97/africa/ethiopia.txt   (7496 words)

ethiopundit: Modus Operandi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Apparently, how a corrupt tribal divide and rule despotism generating strife and the perfect conditions of a failed state can ever do anyone any good is a problem for 70 million Ethiopian hostages and the next administrations in Washington and various European capitals to deal with. Asrat Woldeyes: an extraordary life by Jonathan Steele, an assistant editor of The Guardian, tells of several private encounters with the Doctor that left a very favorable impression on him and this as well Asrat Woldeyes Speaks from Prison Wendy Belcher, a Contributing Editor of Ethiopian Review Magazine tells of a similiar set of encounters with him and had a rare and fascinating interview ethiopundit.blogspot.com /2005/12/modus-operandi.html   (3175 words)

WOC Newsletter - January 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Asrat realised that Ethiopia overall needed general surgeons more than superspecialists, and therefore what his department required from the orthopaedic programme was a better input of orthopaedic and traumatic know how which could be absorbed into the general surgical training. The late Professor Asrat, a very able general surgeon, who was the current head of the Department of Surgery, was much opposed to a separate department of orthopaedics, even though the only orthopaedic input at the time was from visiting American surgeons who only stayed for a few weeks. The Asrat Woldeyes Memorial Lecture - The first of these lectures in the memory of the late professor of surgery was given recently in Addis Ababa by Mr Geoffrey Walker on the occasion of the 4th meeting of the Ethiopean Surgical Society. www.worldortho.com /woc/woc_news80.html   (12488 words)

Amnesty International Policy: International Issues This picture of Dr. Asrat Woldeyes was taken while he was in hospital in London UK On 27 December 1998 the Ethiopian government finally allowed Dr (Professor) Asrat Woldeyes to go abroad for urgently needed medical treatment. Dr Asrat Woldeyes, a political prisoner since 1994 and in hospital for the past year, had spent nine days in the intensive care unit at Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa following serious cardiac failure. Dr Asrat Woldeyes recently completed the previous prison sentences imposed on him, for which Amnesty International regarded him as a prisoner of conscience. amnesty-volunteer.org /outreach/uanotes0599.shtml   (3164 words)

Negarit 2 page 1 The Crown Council immediately said that Dr Asrat’s untimely death was “virtual state liquidation”, and was directly attributable to the Meles administration. Asrat’s family, including his two sons, had gathered to be with him at the hospital at the end. The Meles administration released Dr Asrat when it became clear that his condition was deteriorating rapidly in prison. www.ethiopiancrown.org /Negarit/negarit2-1.htm   (1919 words)

Amnesty International 1998 Annual Report on Ethiopia (the Federal Democratic Republic of) In the trial of Professor Asrat Woldeyes, chairman of the All-Amhara People's Organization, and 31 others, charges against seven defendants were dropped in mid-trial. Asrat Woldeyes and other defendants appeared to be prisoners of conscience. Some charges were dropped in the armed conspiracy trial of Taye Woldesmayat, a former university professor and chairman of ETA (which the government was seeking to close down), and five other defendants. www.amnesty.org /ailib/aireport/ar98/afr25.htm   (1950 words)

[No title] Asrat was a practising physician in Ethiopia for 35 years and was the personal doctor of the late Emperor Haile Selassie. He entered politics in 1991, when he was chosen as a delegate to draft a provisional constitution after the overthrow of the 17-year dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam. Professor Asrat, as president of the All-Amhara Peoples Organisation, was charged and sentenced to a five-year prison term in Ethiopia on charges of encouraging armed insurrection in two speeches and was awaiting trial on a third similar charge when he collapsed on his way to court. www.sas.upenn.edu /African_Studies/eue_web/strp0599.htm   (4414 words)

[No title] Asrat Woldeyes, an Ethiopian hero was kept in detention by Woyyane for several years, where his health deteriorated to no return and was let to die out of jail, without dripping the charge. Youth Alemante Melisew wouldn't swallow the death of his hero and chose confront the killers of Prof. Asrat on his burial day and sacrificed his life.. www.ethiox.com /events/wmekonen050406.html   (739 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us   Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.