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Robel Alemu | ሮቤል ዓለሙ (PhD)

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Human Rights Advocate | Communications Director & Senior Analyst at @AAA_Amhara. Reposts ≠ Endorsements. Contact: [email protected].

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⚠️#FactCheck: Prominent news outlet Addis Standard misrepresents a BBC Amharic story of Amhara university students abducted by Oromo militants. Addis Standard (AS) describes an incident which occurred last Wednesday (July 3rd) in which more than 100 university students traveling from Amhara Region to Addis Ababa city were abducted for ransom by the militants. AS claims the students were abducted by an "unidentified armed group" citing a report by BBC Amharic published yesterday titled "ገርበ ጉራቻ አካባቢ 100 የሚጠጉ ተማሪዎች በታጣቂዎች ታገቱ" (see link below). ♦️This claim however is misleading because the BBC Amharic article reports that witnesses implicated "Shene" militants (Amharic: ሸኔ; sometimes spelled "Shane" in English) which is short for Oromo Liberation Front Shene otherwise known as the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) which is a designated terrorist organization in Ethiopia. A simple search for the word "ሸኔ" in the BBC Amharic article shows it is mentioned three times in the Amharic article, and by utilizing the Google translate function a search of the word "Shene" returns two out of three mentions (the third mention is not translated properly). In addition, several other outlets such as Tikvah Ethiopia (on their Telegram page) and East African Review have reported the story implicating OLA militants. The AS post further claims "details about the group responsible for the abduction...remain unclear, according to BBC Amharic". ♦️This too is misleading since nowhere in the BBC Amharic article does it say that "details of the group responsible are unclear", this is a false and misleading translation. Rather, the article says numerous abductions for ransom have taken place in Oromia implicating the OLA (Shene). This is not the first time AS and its founder pro-Oromo activist Tsedale Lemma has been criticized for biased reporting including failing to report incidents in which state and non-state Oromo armed groups have committed ethnic-based killings, abductions, displacement and looting against Amhara civilians in Oromia and Amhara Regions. Furthermore, AS has been widely criticized for blocking users who have posted questions under their posts on X/Twitter, an usual policy which goes against standard practices user by other prominent outlets. The practice of misleading reporting based on exploitation of translation could easily be mitigated if major outlets like BBC News አማርኛ, VOA Amharic and DW Amharic published their Amharic language stories in English. For reference, an English translation of the BBC Amharic article is available below.

⚠️#FactCheck: Prominent news outlet Addis Standard misrepresents a BBC Amharic story of Amhara university students abducted by Oromo militants. Addis Standard (AS) describes an incident which occurred last Wednesday (July 3rd) in which more than 100 university students traveling from Amhara Region to Addis Ababa city were abducted for ransom by the militants. AS claims the students were abducted by an "unidentified armed group" citing a report by BBC Amharic published yesterday titled "ገርበ ጉራቻ አካባቢ 100 የሚጠጉ ተማሪዎች በታጣቂዎች ታገቱ" (see link below). ♦️This claim however is misleading because the BBC Amharic article reports that witnesses implicated "Shene" militants (Amharic: ሸኔ; sometimes spelled "Shane" in English) which is short for Oromo Liberation Front Shene otherwise known as the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) which is a designated terrorist organization in Ethiopia. A simple search for the word "ሸኔ" in the BBC Amharic article shows it is mentioned three times in the Amharic article, and by utilizing the Google translate function a search of the word "Shene" returns two out of three mentions (the third mention is not translated properly). In addition, several other outlets such as Tikvah Ethiopia (on their Telegram page) and East African Review have reported the story implicating OLA militants. The AS post further claims "details about the group responsible for the abduction...remain unclear, according to BBC Amharic". ♦️This too is misleading since nowhere in the BBC Amharic article does it say that "details of the group responsible are unclear", this is a false and misleading translation. Rather, the article says numerous abductions for ransom have taken place in Oromia implicating the OLA (Shene). This is not the first time AS and its founder pro-Oromo activist Tsedale Lemma has been criticized for biased reporting including failing to report incidents in which state and non-state Oromo armed groups have committed ethnic-based killings, abductions, displacement and looting against Amhara civilians in Oromia and Amhara Regions. Furthermore, AS has been widely criticized for blocking users who have posted questions under their posts on X/Twitter, an usual policy which goes against standard practices user by other prominent outlets. The practice of misleading reporting based on exploitation of translation could easily be mitigated if major outlets like BBC News አማርኛ, VOA Amharic and DW Amharic published their Amharic language stories in English. For reference, an English translation of the BBC Amharic article is available below.

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.European Commission's recent engagement with the Abiy regime is a major shift from their tone during the war in Northern Ethiopia but in some ways they are consistent. A quick search of Jutta Urpilainen's posts with search terms "Tigray" (left) vs. "Amhara" (right) is telling.👇🏾

.European Commission's recent engagement with the Abiy regime is a major shift from their tone during the war in Northern Ethiopia but in some ways they are consistent. A quick search of Jutta Urpilainen's posts with search terms "Tigray" (left) vs. "Amhara" (right) is telling.👇🏾

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⚠️#FactCheck: Prominent news outlet Addis Standard misrepresents a BBC Amharic story of Amhara university students abducted by Oromo militants. Addis Standard (AS) describes an incident which occurred last Wednesday (July 3rd) in which more than 100 university students traveling from Amhara Region to Addis Ababa city were abducted for ransom by the militants. AS claims the students were abducted by an "unidentified armed group" citing a report by BBC Amharic published yesterday titled "ገርበ ጉራቻ አካባቢ 100 የሚጠጉ ተማሪዎች በታጣቂዎች ታገቱ" (see link below). ♦️This claim however is misleading because the BBC Amharic article reports that witnesses implicated "Shene" militants (Amharic: ሸኔ; sometimes spelled "Shane" in English) which is short for Oromo Liberation Front Shene otherwise known as the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) which is a designated terrorist organization in Ethiopia. A simple search for the word "ሸኔ" in the BBC Amharic article shows it is mentioned three times in the Amharic article, and by utilizing the Google translate function a search of the word "Shene" returns two out of three mentions (the third mention is not translated properly). In addition, several other outlets such as Tikvah Ethiopia (on their Telegram page) and East African Review have reported the story implicating OLA militants. The AS post further claims "details about the group responsible for the abduction...remain unclear, according to BBC Amharic". ♦️This too is misleading since nowhere in the BBC Amharic article does it say that "details of the group responsible are unclear", this is a false and misleading translation. Rather, the article says numerous abductions for ransom have taken place in Oromia implicating the OLA (Shene). This is not the first time AS and its founder pro-Oromo activist Tsedale Lemma has been criticized for biased reporting including failing to report incidents in which state and non-state Oromo armed groups have committed ethnic-based killings, abductions, displacement and looting against Amhara civilians in Oromia and Amhara Regions. Furthermore, AS has been widely criticized for blocking users who have posted questions under their posts on X/Twitter, an usual policy which goes against standard practices user by other prominent outlets. The practice of misleading reporting based on exploitation of translation could easily be mitigated if major outlets like BBC News አማርኛ, VOA Amharic and DW Amharic published their Amharic language stories in English. For reference, an English translation of the BBC Amharic article is available below.

⚠️#FactCheck: Prominent news outlet Addis Standard misrepresents a BBC Amharic story of Amhara university students abducted by Oromo militants. Addis Standard (AS) describes an incident which occurred last Wednesday (July 3rd) in which more than 100 university students traveling from Amhara Region to Addis Ababa city were abducted for ransom by the militants. AS claims the students were abducted by an "unidentified armed group" citing a report by BBC Amharic published yesterday titled "ገርበ ጉራቻ አካባቢ 100 የሚጠጉ ተማሪዎች በታጣቂዎች ታገቱ" (see link below). ♦️This claim however is misleading because the BBC Amharic article reports that witnesses implicated "Shene" militants (Amharic: ሸኔ; sometimes spelled "Shane" in English) which is short for Oromo Liberation Front Shene otherwise known as the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) which is a designated terrorist organization in Ethiopia. A simple search for the word "ሸኔ" in the BBC Amharic article shows it is mentioned three times in the Amharic article, and by utilizing the Google translate function a search of the word "Shene" returns two out of three mentions (the third mention is not translated properly). In addition, several other outlets such as Tikvah Ethiopia (on their Telegram page) and East African Review have reported the story implicating OLA militants. The AS post further claims "details about the group responsible for the abduction...remain unclear, according to BBC Amharic". ♦️This too is misleading since nowhere in the BBC Amharic article does it say that "details of the group responsible are unclear", this is a false and misleading translation. Rather, the article says numerous abductions for ransom have taken place in Oromia implicating the OLA (Shene). This is not the first time AS and its founder pro-Oromo activist Tsedale Lemma has been criticized for biased reporting including failing to report incidents in which state and non-state Oromo armed groups have committed ethnic-based killings, abductions, displacement and looting against Amhara civilians in Oromia and Amhara Regions. Furthermore, AS has been widely criticized for blocking users who have posted questions under their posts on X/Twitter, an usual policy which goes against standard practices user by other prominent outlets. The practice of misleading reporting based on exploitation of translation could easily be mitigated if major outlets like BBC News አማርኛ, VOA Amharic and DW Amharic published their Amharic language stories in English. For reference, an English translation of the BBC Amharic article is available below.

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Robel Alemu | ሮቤል ዓለሙ (PhD)

10,106 просмотров • 1 год назад

.European Commission's recent engagement with the Abiy regime is a major shift from their tone during the war in Northern Ethiopia but in some ways they are consistent. A quick search of Jutta Urpilainen's posts with search terms "Tigray" (left) vs. "Amhara" (right) is telling.👇🏾

.European Commission's recent engagement with the Abiy regime is a major shift from their tone during the war in Northern Ethiopia but in some ways they are consistent. A quick search of Jutta Urpilainen's posts with search terms "Tigray" (left) vs. "Amhara" (right) is telling.👇🏾

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