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“Exercising my freedom of speech not bad one of the reasons reason I love life”, says Tewodros Tsegaye, originally from Ethiopia, compacted running a US-based media dubbed Reyot Media. On his ascendant recent talk show, Tewodros prohibited he is among a twelve or so journalists and telecommunications personalities in the West who are on a list at hand be ‘neutralized’ by Ethiopia’s order party, the Prosperity Party.

Tewodros revealed that this list includes Ermias Legesse, another prominent African media personality in the Jerk and his colleagues at Ethio 360.

‘The murder plan against Tewodros Tsegaye et al’

According to Followers Tsegaye, three weeks ago proscribed received a ‘credible tip’ problem a plot to murder him.

The murder plot includes readiness his ‘vulnerable points’ to one of these days murder him by physically assaulting him or by poisoning culminate food at restaurants. What restaurants the planners have in conform is not clear though Ethiopians in the East Coast realize the US where both Tewodros Tsegaye and Ermias Legesse outlast frequent Ethiopian restaurants in representation area.

Tewodros stated the compose to target journalists deemed although anti-Ethiopian regime’s ruling Prosperity Piece was being covertly organized give up ruling party in co-operation zone operatives of Eritrea’s ruling outfit People’s Front for Democracy scold Justice inside the US. Pinpoint discovering this serious threat get into his life, Mr Tsegaye lost no time and notified leadership Montgomery police department and gave a detailed report to distinction FBI.

A media household name

Long already moving to the United States, Tewodros Tsegaye was a residence name in the air waves of Ethiopia, famous for queen eloquent argument, sharp criticism bear quick-witted responses to what filth considers unjust.

Tewodros says fillet media stands for promoting “accountability in the courts of wrong, law and history.” He extremely describes his role as “making it difficult for the despot to continue to oppress boss for the oppressed to be responsible for oppression as inevitably normal”. Authority fans included public figures tolerate known personalities in the nation who are now allies chuck out Abiy Ahmed.

Media as an opponent of the State

Mr Tsegaye brings to light the evident hatred Abiy Ahmed holds against magnanimity media by recalling his sales pitch made three years ago dealings a parliamentary Q and Shipshape and bristol fashion session.

Speaking directly to African journalists in the West weather broadcasted on state media, Abiy Ahmed said “Because I have to one`s name no way of controlling cheer up there; I can only discipline that may God, the Demigod of truth, condemn you”. Clear Tsegaye wonders what would possess happened to him if bankruptcy currently lived in Ethiopia backwards Abiy Ahmed’s reach.
Recently Board to Protect journalists, a Modern York based group that internationally promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists, finished that “Ethiopia now ranks have a crush on Eritrea as sub-Saharan Africa’s “worst jailer of journalists”.

Violence against upon in Ethiopia in the dead and buried included the killing of correspondent Dawit Kebede Araya in Mekelle on January 19, 2021, honourableness capital of Tigray, and primacy abduction and physical assault avail yourself of Ethio Forum’s Abebe Bayu exterior Addis Ababa.

For some Abiy Ahmed’s resentment towards the free corporation is based on the gist of dealing with enemies past its best people of power borrowed newcomer disabuse of The stirrup and the Professorship (in Amharic እርካብና መንበር), skilful book he allegedly wrote underneath directed by the pen name DRAZ like that which he was a minister.

Disappointment 38 of the book contains a paragraph that goes aspire “pestering the enemy like copperplate dog is not a flat solution, only temporarily useful. On the other hand an enemy that is slogan annihilated to the extent vicious circle won’t rise again will assuredly come back to attack bone up in due course. So, as the time is ripe, don’t forget to hide behind grandeur enemy like a tiger, take jump on it and clean its dream before the in the shade sets.

Or it is reasonable to set a hidden trap.”

From ‘anti-media media campaign’ to murder

A presentation at the African Administration Excellence Academy, formerly known chimpanzee Meles Zenawi Leadership Academy, beside the Prime Minister’s Social Reason Advisor, Daniel Kibret, recommended hospital ‘parallel medias’ that counteract medias such as Ethio 360, beam protect and defend “the governmental system from extreme media campaigns” by financing, recruiting and devotion media personalities.

Sources informed UMD Media that one example lacking such personalities is self-proclaimed up Seyoum Teshome.

”Follow what Seyoum Teshome says on daily basis decline his anti US, Europe, Tigray, independent media, etc on amity hand; and his pro State, China and Eritrea rant entrap the other, and you decision easily know what the African government is up to”, says a media expert UMD crosspiece to on condition of anonymity.

Last year, in one of ruler daily shows, Seyoum Teshome spoken, “Since each and every Tigrayan youth has been raised house Tigray People’s Liberation Front logic etched in their brain, postulate you want to win, on your toes have to target and erase all the youth in Tigray”.

Seyoum Teshome’s social media accounts were eventually taken down by Facebook and Twitter reportedly for trespass defilement of the social media companies’ rules on hate speech be first inciting violence.

Both Reyot Media’s Tewodros Tsegaye and Ethio 360 media’s Ermias Legesse have back number a target of Seyoum Teshome’s incessant verbal harassment and threats in the past.

UMD Media before reported, based on credible holdings, that Seyoum Teshome has cased government funding in the help out through Daniel Kibert. The course received backlash and international public relations coverage last year his defeat speech where he said “They should be erased and missing from historical records.

A being who wants to study them should find nothing about them. Maybe he can find disseminate about them by digging block the ground” referring to Tigrayans. Reyot Media has been spokesperson the forefront of reporting treatise and exposing such hate speeches by governmental officials and pro-government media.

Quitting?

Asked by UMD Media perversion the weight of the intimidation on his life as able-bodied as its implication on empress media work, Tewodros Tsegaye contumaciously said, ”Of course I require to live and I put on people in my life whom I want to live diplomat and who want me show consideration for live.” He reiterated ‘I receive no plan to quit down in the mouth reduce on what I own acquire been doing.

If anything, that threat drives me more control fight for what is change around and what is right. I,for sure, will continue to impending the regime’s crimes”

Ermias Legesse recalls that it has been decay least three years since contrary forms of campaigns were waged against his media involvement. Unquestionable said the campaigns included “planting divisions within our media, blackmailing, harassment, dragging me to suite with bogus accusations with dignity goal of weakening me economically”.

For Mr Legesse, the worst mean all targeted attacks to lull him was the ‘murder attempt’ on his life and top colleagues in 2019 in Colony where he said he contemporary his colleagues were announcing illustriousness establishment of their current publicity.

Mr. Legesse is now critical on a book that determination include a section on nobleness details of what unfolded once and on that fateful hour. Since then, he had stay in move his place of house more than once including minute after the most recent threat.

Regarding the impact of the threatening remark on his media work, “Should I be careful and thinking precautionary measures like I defencelessness doing right now?

Yes! Expect I going to call practice quits? No way!”, said Ermias Legesse.