Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated. Eskinder Nega Read Quote
Wont to unlearn from history, we aptly repeat even its most brazen mistakes. Eskinder Nega Read Quote
I sleep in peace, even if only in the company of lice, behind bars. The same could not be said of my incarcerators though they sleep in warm beds, next to their wives, in their homes. Eskinder Nega Read Quote
I was arrested in September 2011 and detained for nine months before I was found guilty in June 2012 under Ethiopia’s overly broad Anti-Terrorism Proclamation, which ostensibly covers the ‘planning, preparation, conspiracy, incitement and attempt’ of terrorist acts. Eskinder Nega Read Quote
Aggregate aid is to the Ethiopian economy what Obama’s fiscal stimulus was to the American economy: minus these injections, both economies would suffer catastrophically. The theatrical blustering of the Ethiopian government notwithstanding, donor countries have a make-or-break power over the Ethiopia’s prosperity. Eskinder Nega Read Quote
As a prisoner of conscience committed to peaceful transition to democracy, I urge Europe to apply economic sanctions against Ethiopia. What short-term pain may result will be compensated by long-term gain. A pledge to re-engage energetically with a democratic Ethiopia would act as a catalyst for reform. Eskinder Nega Read Quote
In the long march of history, at least two poles of attraction and antagonism have been the norm in world politics. Rarely has only one nation carried the burden of leadership. The unipolar world of the 21st century, dominated for the past two decades by the United States, is a historical anomaly. Eskinder Nega Read Quote
All the great crimes of history, lest we forget, have their genesis in the moral wilderness of their times. Eskinder Nega Read Quote
I am jailed, with around 200 other inmates, in a wide hall that looks like a warehouse. Eskinder Nega Read Quote
I’ve never conspired to overthrow the government; all I did was report on the Arab Spring and suggest that something similar might happen in Ethiopia if the authoritarian regime didn’t reform. Eskinder Nega Read Quote
