Detention of bloggers is a violation of international law

የኢትዮጵያ የውጭ ጉዳይ መስሪያ ቤት በአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ዙሪያ የሰጠው መልስ የእንግሊዝ የፓርላማ አባላትን አስገረመ

ኢሳት ዜና :-በእንግሊዝ የውጭ ጉዳይ እና የጋራ ብልጽግና መስሪያ ቤት ዋና ጸሃፊ የሆኑት ማርክ ሲሞንድ  የግንቦት7 ዋና ጸሃፊ የሆኑት አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ፣

ከእንግሊዝ መንግስት የኮንሱላር ምክር የሚያገኙበት ሁኔታ እንዲመቻች የሚጠይቅ ደብዳቤ ለንደን ለሚገኘው የኢትዮጵያ ኢምባሲ ጽፈዋል። ለንደን የሚገኘው የኢትዮጵያ ኢምባሲ በሰጠው መልስ፣

አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ በኢትዮጵያ ፓርላማ አሸባሪ የተባለ ድርጅት መሪ መሆናቸውን ገልጾ፣ አሸባሪ ለመሆናቸው ማሳያ ይሆን ዘንድ ግንቦት7 በቅርቡ ያወጣውን መግለጫ በእንግሊዝኛ ተርጉሞ አያይዞ

አቅርቧል። ግንቦት7 አቶ አንዳርጋቸውን ለማስፈታት በኢትዮጵያ ፣ በየመን እና በእንግሊዝ መንግስታት ላይ ኢትዮጵያውያን መውሰድ ስላለባቸው እርምጃዎች የሚዘረዝር መግለጫ ማውጣቱ ይታወቃል።

በመላው አለም የሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያውያን በእንግሊዝ ኢምባሲ ፊት ለፊት በመሄድ ተቃውሞ እንዲያሰሙ፣ ተከታታይ ደብዳቤዎችን እንዲጽፉ የሚጠይቀውን መግለጫ፣ ግንቦት7 አሸባሪ ድርጅት ለመሆኑ

ማሳያ ነው በማለት የኢትዮጵያ የውጭ ጉዳይ መስሪያ ቤት የጻፈው ደብዳቤ የፓርላማ አባላቱንና የውጭ ጉዳይ መስሪያ ቤት ሰራተኞችን እንዳስገረማቸው ጉዳዩን በቅርበት የሚከታተሉ የአቶ አንዳርጋቸው

ቤተሰቦች ገልጸዋል።

የአቶ አንዳርጋቸውን ጉዳይ በቅርብ የሚከታተሉት ሁለቱ የፓርላማ አባላት  ጀርሚ ኮርቢን እና ኤምሊ ቶርንቤሪ የኢትዮጵያ የውጭ ጉዳይ መስሪያ ቤት በሰጠው መልስ ከተገረሙት መካከል ሲሆን፣

ባለስልጣኖቹ የእንግሊዝ መንግስት በሂደት ስለሚወስደው እርምጃ እንዲብራራላቸው ደብዳቤ ጽፈዋል። የእንግሊዝ የውጭ ጉዳይ ዋና ጸሃፊ፣ አገራቸው በተከታታይ ስለምትወስደው እርምጃ ዝርዝር

መርሃ ግብር እያዘጋጁ መሆኑን ለፓርላማ አባላቱ ገልጿል።

ኢሳት ባለስልጣኖቹ የተጻጻፉዋቸው ደብዳቤዎች ቅጅ የደረሰው ሲሆን፣ ከደብዳቤዎች ለመረዳት እንደሚቻለው፣ መንግስት በአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ላይ የሚያቀርበው የሽብርተኝነት ክስ  ግንቦት 7 መንግስትን

በሃይል አወርዳለሁ ብሎ ማወጁ ነው።

ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ የአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጉዳይ አሁንም የመነጋጋሪያ አጀንዳ እንደሆነ ቀጥሎአል። በተለያዩ የኢትዮጵያ ክፍሎች የሚኖሩ ዜጎች ስልኮችን ለኢሳት በመደወል ለአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ያላቸውን

አክብሮትና መካሄድ ስላለበት ትግል አስተያየቶችን ይሰጣሉ።

U.S. State Department deeply concerned about charges on Zone 9 Bloggers

Africa: Zone 9 Bloggers Charged by Ethiopian Court for Terrorism
07/18/2014 06:08 PM EDT

Zone 9 Bloggers Charged by Ethiopian Court for Terrorism

Press Statement
Jen Psaki
Department Spokesperson
Washington, DC
July 18, 2014

The United States is deeply concerned by the Ethiopian Federal High Court’s July 18 decision to press charges against six bloggers and three independent journalists under the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation.

We urge the Ethiopian government to ensure that the trial is fair, transparent, and in compliance with Ethiopia’s constitutional guarantees and international human rights obligations. We also urge the Ethiopian government to ensure that the trial is open to public observation and free of political influence.

We reiterate Secretary Kerry’s May 1 call on Ethiopia to refrain from using anti-terrorism laws as a mechanism to curb the free exchange of ideas. The use of the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation in previous cases against journalists, activists, and opposition political figures raises serious questions and concerns about the intent of the law, and about the sanctity of Ethiopians’ constitutionally guaranteed rights to freedom of the press and freedom of expression.

Freedom of expression and freedom of the press are fundamental elections of a democratic society. The arrest of journalists and bloggers, and their prosecution under terrorism laws, has a chilling effect on the media and all Ethiopians’ right to freedom of expression.

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Ethiopia in the Twilight Zone (9) of Fear

(Author’s note: In this commentary, I take a literary approach to reflect on the counter-productive and self-defeating actions the regime in Ethiopia has taken recently to punish its perceived opponents and critics. I am both amused and perplexed by the regime’s comedy of errors (bungling and incompetence) and tragedy of commons (scrapping the greater good for short-term selfish interests). Why did the regime jail a handful of twenty-something bloggers and a few mildly critical journalists on trumped up charges of “terrorism”? Why do they criminalize journalism? Why are they panic-stricken by the words, thoughts and ideas of a tiny group of  bloggers and journalists when they have chokehold on the economy and a viselike grip on the military with its vast arsenal of guns, tanks and war planes? Why does the regime fear its own shadow?

Because of the regime’s ruthless suppression of press and expressive freedoms and jailing and exiling of hundreds of independent journalists, Ethiopia is no longer known as the “Land of 13 Months of Sunshine” but rather as the “Land of 13 Months of Darkness” on the Dark Continent. I wonder! Does that regime exist in a parallel universe, a self-contained political bubble and an echo chamber that is all its own?  I have come to the conclusion that the blokes running the regime in Ethiopia are characters straight out of the twilight zone; better yet, trapped in the twilight zone (9) of fear.)

 Zone 9 bloggers in the Twilight Zone

Is it the “Federal Republic of Ethiopia” or the “Republic of Dystopia” (police state)?

Has Ethiopia crossed into the Twilight Zone, the Fifth Dimension?

I ask these questions in earnest.

Ethiopia today might as well be called the “Republic of Dystopia”. Young men and women barely in their 20s are arrested and jailed for “terrorism” merely for blogging on Facebook and speaking their minds on other social media. Last week, the regime in Ethiopia charged six bloggers and three journalists (who have come to be affectionately known as “Zone 9 Bloggers”, named after a cell block holding political prisoners at the infamous Meles Zenawi Kality Prison just outside of the capital), with terrorism after illegally detaining them for some  80 days.

The bloggers include Abel Wabella (an engineer employed at Ethiopian Airlines), Atnaf Berhane (an Information Technology professional employed by Kefele Ketema), Mahlet Fantahun (a statistician working for the Ministry of Health), Natnael Feleke (an economist employed as a manager by the Construction and Business Bank; see picture with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry below), Zelalem Kibret (a lecturer in law at Ambo University), and Befekadu Hailu (an Information Technology professional at St. Mary University College and later served as Editor-in-Chief for Enku Magazine). The other detainees include journalists Asmamaw Hailegeorgis (Addis Guday newspaper) and freelancers Tesfalem Waldyes (Addis Standard magazine) and Edom Kassaye (former Addis Zemen employee). (To listen to an illuminating interview of Ethiopian journalists and bloggers (including some of those mentioned above) posted by “Article 19”, a U.K.-based human rights group, click here.)

The gravamen of the terrorism charges is that the bloggers “working with foreign organizations claiming to be human rights activists acted to destabilize the nation” and “received funding to incite the public to violence via social media.”

(To review the official charging document in Amharic, click here. (Notice that the word “Ethiopia” in the printed official stationary letterhead of the charging document is misspelled as “Ethioia”. If they cannot get the spelling of the country right on the printed official charging letterhead, could they possibly get the charges against the bloggers right!? What a crying shame!!! )

The specific counts of “terrorism” allegations cover a wide range of activities including, among others, conspiracy to commit terrorism, incitement to subversion using communications (social) media, reporting on ESAT radio and television, serving as coordinators for Ginbot 7 to recruit members, receiving terrorist training to make explosives, developing strategy for terrorist forces and spreading OLF propaganda. The list of alleged evidence includes mainly digital documents seized on various electronic media possessed by the defendants.

The U.S. State Department issued a statement expressing “concern” over the charges levelled against the Zone 9 Bloggers and urged “Ethiopia to refrain from using anti-terrorism laws as a mechanism to curb the free exchange of ideas.” The Statement declared, “Freedom of expression and freedom of the press are fundamental elections of a democratic society. The arrest of journalists and bloggers, and their prosecution under terrorism laws, has a chilling effect on the media and all Ethiopians’ right to freedom of expression.” Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists and other human rights organizations also issued statements demanding the immediate release of the Zone 9 Bloggers.

In the Republic of Dystopia…

In the Republic of Dystopia, journalists are herded into prisons and jails for practicing their profession. Eskinder Nega who was recently awarded the 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom, the prestigious annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (and winner of numerous other international press awards) is serving an 18-year sentence for blogging. Reeyot Alemu, the 34 year-old undisputed Ethiopian heroine of press freedom and internationally recognized as  “Ethiopia’s Jailed Truth Teller” (and recipient of various international press awards) was sentenced to 14 years for writing a  “scathing critique of the ruling political party’s fundraising methods for a national dam project” and for drawing “parallels between the late Libyan despot Muammar Gaddafi and Meles Zenawi.” Journalist Woubshet Taye, another international press award winner, is serving 14 years for using his newspaper as a watchdog on the regime’s corruption and abuses of power. There are many other journalists in the same situation.   

 In the Republic of Dystopia, criminalizing, demonizing and dehumanizing journalists, bloggers, opposition leaders and dissidents as “terrorists”, “insurrectionists”, “criminals”, etc. is an art form. When the late regime leader Meles Zenawi jailed editors of several newspapers following the 2005 election and declared war on the independent press, he stated, “For us, these are not just journalists. They will not be charged for violating the press laws. They will be charged, like the CUD leaders, for treason.” After jailing Swedish journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye in 2011, he called them “messenger boys of a terrorist organization” and proclaimed that “if  [what they were doing] is journalism, I don’t know what terrorism is.”

In the Republic of Dystopia, journalism is terrorism. Journalists are enemies of the State. Blogging is treason. Bloggers are enemies of the state.

In the Republic of Dystopia, an opposition leader with British citizenship is snatched from a plane in Yemen while in transit, subjected to extraordinary rendition and jailed without due process of law in flagrant violation of international law.

In the Republic of Dystopia, humans are dehumanized, civilization is barbarized, justice corrupted, ethnic cleansing practiced, people impoverished and hungry, the youth gagged, bound and canned, the environment destroyed, dams used to damn indigenous peoples and society on the brink of cataclysmic destruction.

In the Republic of Dystopia, poverty is prosperity; famine is feast; government wrongs are human rights; repression is expression and thugocracy is democracy.

In the Republic of Dystopia, ignorance is illuminance. The purpose of the State is to twist, stretch and massage the truth to keep the people ignorant, dumb and mindlessly compliant.

In the Republic of Dystopia, thugs rule! Fear of thugs is the rule of law!

In the Twilight Zone (9) of Fear

In the 1960s pioneering television anthology series “The Twilight Zone”, the incomparable Rod Serling presented stories containing drama of horror, suspense and mind-bending science fiction with fiendish twists and turns. In one episode, “The Obsolete Man” [click here to see the video of the episode on line], a librarian is prosecuted by the Chancellor of the State who pompously argues before the judicial “Board” that  the accused librarian should be given the death penalty for being “obsolete”. At “trial”, the Chancellor and the librarian engage in a vigorous argument over human dignity:

Chancellor (to librarian): “You are obsolete!

Librarian: I am nothing more than a reminder to you that you cannot destroy truth by burning pages!

Chancellor: You’re a bug. A crawling insect. An ugly, misformed, little creature, that has no purpose here, no meaning! You have no function…”

Librarian: “I am a human being…”

Chancellor: “You’re a dealer in books and two cent finds and pamphlets in closed stacks in the musty finds of a language factory that spews meaningless words on an assembly line. Words that have no substance, no dimension, like air, like the wind. Like a vacuum, that you make believe have an existence, by scribbling index numbers on little cards.”

Librarian: “I don’t care. I tell you: I don’t care. I’m a human being, I exist….and if I speak one thought aloud, that thought lives, even after I’m shoveled into my grave.

Chancellor: DELUSIONS!! That you inject into your veins with printer’s ink, the narcotics you call literature: The Bible, poetry, essays, all kinds, all of it are opiate to make you think you have a strength, when you have no strength at all!!! You are nothing, but spindly limbs and a dream, and The State has no use for your kind!!!! You waste our time, and you’re not worth the waste.

…

The Board imposes the death penalty.

The librarian courageously accepts his fate. Instead of begging for mercy, he resolves to stand up to the mighty State and assert his basic human dignity and  liberty. He makes two special requests: 1) to be allowed to select his executioner to whom he will disclose his preferred method of death, and 2) that his execution and last few hours on earth be publicly televised.  After arrangements are made, the librarian invites the prosecuting Chancellor to come to his room for the last time. The Chancellor shows up a few minutes before the appointed time for the execution. They chat for a few minutes:

Librarian: Thank you for coming.
Chancellor: You know why I’ve come, do you?
Librarian: Well, I invited you.
Chancellor: I’ll tell you why I came here. Perhaps to prove something to you.
Librarian: And that is…?
Chancellor: To prove to you that The State has no fears, none whatsoever…
Librarian: Forgive me Chancellor, that has the elements of a joke….I mean you come to MY room to prove that The State…isn’t afraid of me!? Why what an incredible burden I must be! For The State to have to prove that isn’t afraid of an obsolete librarian like myself. No, I’ll tell you the reason you came…I tell you the reason even though you won’t admit it to yourself.
Chancellor: Now, it’s my turn to ask, what might that be?
Librarian: I don’t fit your formuli. Your state has everything categorized…indexed, TAGGED. People like you are the strength, people like me are the weakness. You control order and dictate and my kind…merely follow and obey. But something has gone wrong hasn’t it? I don’t fit, do I?
…

The librarian tells the Chancellor that he wants to show the nation how a man of dignity faces death and begins to read verses from Psalms 23 and 53. On television, the people watch the librarian and Chancellor arguing. As the appointed time draws near, the Chancellor tries to leave the room but finds out that the door is locked.

Just before the clock strikes midnight, the Chancellor goes into total panic. The  librarian remains calm and unafraid. The  Chancellor begs the librarian to let him go: “In the name of God, let me out!” The librarian gladly opens the door to let him out but not without repeating the name of God whom the State had “proven not to exist”. As the Chancellor runs out of the room and down the stairs the room bursts into fire with the librarian inside. In the final scene, the Chancellor returns to the judicial Board which informs him that he had been branded a criminal and declared obsolete. An assembled crowd grabs the Chancellor and drags him across a table kicking and screaming to his demise.

The regime in Ethiopia by ruthlessly prosecuting and persecuting journalists and bloggers as terrorists is in effect saying they are “obsolete. They are a bug. Crawling insects. Ugly, misformed, little creatures, that have no purpose, no meaning!” The regime is telling them that they are “dealers in two cent newspapers, magazines and web logs in cyberspace spewing meaningless words on an assembly line. Words that have no substance, no dimension, like air, like the wind. Like a vacuum, the journalists and bloggers make believe they have an existence by scribbling words on newspapers, websites and blog sites.”

Like the librarian in Serling’s story, the Zone 9 Bloggers and jailed journalists calmly assert, “We are human beings… We don’t care what the regime says or says not. We exist… and if we speak one thought aloud, that thought lives, even after we are shoveled into our grave.” The regime may “control order and dictate” but the Zone 9 Bloggers and journalists will not “merely follow and obey”. Something has gone radically wrong in the Republic of Dystopia! The jailed journalists and bloggers do not fit the formuli.

Gov’t under fire over Zone9 prosecution

airobi (ST) — International condemnation mounts against Ethiopia following a Federal High Court’s decision on Friday to press charges against a group of nine Ethiopian bloggers and journalists.

The bloggers who are members of a social media activist group known as Zone 9 were arrested late in April for alleged links with an outlawed group and planning to carry out terrorist attacks to destabilize nation.

The reporters had been accused of receiving financial and logistical support from a US-based Ethiopian opposition movement, Ginbot 7, a group labelled by Ethiopian government as a terrorist entity.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged Ethiopian authorities to immediately drop the charges pressed against the bloggers and journalists saying the charges were “politically motivated”

Leslie Lefkow, deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch accused Ethiopia of ‘making a mockery’ of its judicial system.

“Hiding behind an abusive anti-terrorism law to prosecute bloggers and journalists doing their job is an affront to the constitution and international protection for free expression.” He said.

The New York-based press freedom group, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) to its side said the government in Addis Ababa was trying to stifle opposition voices and media freedom in the country.

“Expressing critical views is not a terrorist act. Once again, the Ethiopian government is misusing anti-terrorism legislation to suppress political dissent and intimidate journalists,” Tom Rhodes, CPJ’s East Africa representative, said in a statement.

An opposition official on Sunday told Sudan Tribune that crackdown against critical journalists, opposition figures members and supporters was a common trend of the Ethiopian government ahead national elections.

Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegen earlier this week denied the that members of the Zone 9 bloggers were arrested for being critical to government but for having links with terrorists and for receiving instruction from the banned group.

Desalegn pledged his government will conduct democratic, free and fair elections something an opposition official referred it as “empty pledge”.

Ethiopia which is considered as regional key security partner of the US government had long been under fire of using the broadly defined anti-terrorism law as a tool to curb freedom of expression and to silence opposition voices.

The US government has also expresses grave concern against the prosecution of the journalists and urged the Ethiopian government to ensure that the trial is fair, transparent, and in compliance with Ethiopia’s constitutional guarantees and international human rights obligations.

“We urge the Ethiopian government to ensure that the trial is open to public observation and free of political influence” said, Jen Psaki, US state Department Spokesperson.

“We reiterate Secretary Kerry’s May 1 call on Ethiopia to refrain from using anti-terrorism laws as a mechanism to curb the free exchange of ideas” Psaki added.

The trial against the nine bloggers and journalists – one is charged in absentia – is expected to resume on 4 August.

Lawyers of the suspects have all dismissed the charges and told reporters that there was no credible evidence to prosecute them.

ባለፈው ሳምንት በተለያዩ የአገሪቱ ክፍሎች ውጥረት ሰፍኖ ሰንብቷል።

ኢሳት ዜና :-በሰሜን ሸዋ ዞን በመርሃ ቤቴ ወረዳ በአለም  ከተማ ከመብራት ማሰራጫ ጋር በተያያዘ በተነሳ ተቃውሞ አንድ ሰው ከፌደራል

ፖሊሶች በተተኮሰ ጥይት ተመትቶ ቆስሏል።

መብራት ሃይል የከተማውን የመብራት ማሰራጫ በማንሳት ወደ ሌላ አካባቢ ለመውሰድ እንቅስቃሴ ሲጀምር የአካባቢው ህዝብ ተቃውሞ አሰምቷል። እሁድ እለት ወደ ከተማዋ የገባው የፌደራል

ፖሊስ ከህዝቡ ጋር ፊት ለፊት መጋጨቱን ፣ ህዝቡ በድንጋይ ራሱን ለመከላከል ሲሞክር የፌደራል ፖሊሶች ጥይት ይተኩስ እንደነበር የከተማው ነዋሪዎች ገልጸዋል። እስካሁን የተጎዱትን ሲቪሎች

ቁጥር በትክክል ለማወቅ ባይቻልም፣ አንድ ሰው ቆስሎ ሆስፒታል መግባቱን ለማረጋገጥ ተችሎአል።

ይህን ዜና እስካጠናከርንበት ጊዜ ድረስ ውጥረት እንዳለ ሲሆን ፣ የዞኑ አስተዳዳሪ ህዝቡን ሰብስበው ለማነጋገር ሙከራ እያደረጉ መሆኑ ታውቋል።

በሰሜን ጎንደር ዞን በእንፍራንዝ ከተማ ደግሞ ሀምሌ 8 ቀን 2006 ዓም ከመብራት እና ከውሃ ጋር በተያያዘ የከተማው ወጣቶች ተቃውሞዋቸውን ለማሰማት ወደ አደባባይ በመውጣት

ወደተለያዩ አቅጣጫዎች የሚሄዱ መኪኖች እንዳያልፉ ከልክለዋል። ለሰአታት መኪኖችን አግተው የቆዩት ወጣቶች በሃይል እንዲበቱ የተደረገ ሲሆን፣ 4 ወጣቶች አመጹን አስተባብራችሁዋል

በሚል ታስረዋል። ወጣቶቹ እስካሁን ድረስ አለመፈታታቸውም ታውቋል።

በመተማ ደግሞ በኢትዮጵያ እና ሱዳን ድንበር  መካከል ባለው መሬት ላይ በተፈጠረ ውዝግብ 12 ሰዎች ታስረዋል። ለሱዳን ከተሰጠው መሬት አልፎ ወደ 42 ኪሎሜትር ወደውስጥ

በመግባት አንዳንድ የሱዳን ባለሀብቶች በአካባቢው ጥበቃ ከሚያደርጉ የጸጥታ ሃይሎች ጋር በመመሳጠር እና ከፍተኛ ገንዘብ በመክፈል የኢትዮጵያ አርሶ አደሮችን በማፈናቀል መሬት እየገዙ

መሆኑን የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች ለኢሳት ገልጸዋል። ድርጊቱን ለመቃወም የሞክሩ 12 ወጣቶች መታሰራቸውም ታውቋል።

አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ ያሉበት ቦታ እስካሁን ይፋ አልሆነም

 ኢሳት ዜና :-አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ ያሉበትን ቦታ ለማወቅ ጥረት እየተደረገ ቢሆንም፣ እስካሁን ድረስ ትክክለኛ ቦታውን ለማወቅ አልተቻለም። ይሁን

እንጅ በማእከላዊም ሆነ በቃሊ እስር ቤት አለመኖራቸውን ምንጮች ገልጸዋል።

የገዥው ፓርቲ ሰዎች በአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ላይ የፕሮፓጋንዳ ስራ ለመስራት የተለያዩ ሰዎችን እያነጋገሩ መሆኑን ለማወቅ ተችሎአል።

ኤርትራ ውስጥ ነበርን ያሉ እና በአቶ  አንዳርጋቸው ላይ የስም ማጥፋት ዘመቻ የሚያካሂዱ ” አዳዲስ ሰልጣኞች ” እየተዘጋጁ ሲሆን፣ ከከመንግስት የመገናኛ ብዙሃን ምንጮች የተገኘው መረጃ

እንደሚያሳየው ደግሞ አጠቃላይ የቴሌቪዥን ፕሮግራሙ ከመንግስት ጋዜጠኞች እውቅና ውጭ በደህንነት ሰዎች ብቻ የሚዘጋጅ ይሆናል።

አቶ አንዳርጋቸው ያሉበትን ሁኔታ ለመከታተል ወደ ኢትዮጵያ ተጉዘው የነበሩት የአቶ አንዳርጋቸው ታላቅ እህት በ24 ሰአት ውስጥ አገር ጥለው እንዲወጡ መታዘዛቸው ይታወቃል።