March 25, 2010 – Rising Continent

Sending observers on election days to undemocratic regimes: an absolute irrelevance and waste of taxpayers’ money

On March 15th I attended a conference where Ana Gomez, Member of the European Parliament explained to the audience her experience of leading a delegation of 200 international observers to the 2005 general elections in Ethiopia. She described how her team witnessed wide fraud of ballots, experienced harassment from officials of the TPLF regime, manipulationContinue reading “Sending observers on election days to undemocratic regimes: an absolute irrelevance and waste of taxpayers’ money”

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Taking the ball to African dictators’ hunting territory

When your oppressor takes away your memories, attacks your reason for living and destroys your hopes, nothing remains for you to live for. Before it becomes too late for any possible reaction, you need to gather your remaining abilities to overcome ultimate death. You then become the solution to your problems to survive. The experienceContinue reading “Taking the ball to African dictators’ hunting territory”