SCRIBE STRATEGIES & ADVISORS
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Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
Re: Lobbying
Dear Joseph J. Szlavik, Jr.:
It has come to the attention of the Ethiopian American Civic Advocacy (EACA) and Ethiopian American community in the United States that your firm represents the Ethiopian Government, and by extension the ruling party of EPRDF/TPLF led by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi according to public records at the Department of Justice. We are under the assumption that your firm is not aware of the scale of the atrocities that have been committed by the Ruling Regime on the people of Ethiopia during the last 15 years it has been in power. Continue reading »
September 14, 2006
To: Ambassador Vicki Huddleston
American Embassy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
14 Entoto Rd, Addis Ababa
P.O. Box 1014
Addis Ababa
Phone: (251-11) 517-4000
Fax: (251-11) 517-4888
Re: Embassy Service
Dear Ambassador Vicki Huddleston
As you very well know, the horn of Africa has become a strategic focal point in the war against terrorism following the 9-11 attacks against the United States. Ethiopia is a major country in the horn of Africa whose stability is paramount for long term American national interest. Following the May 15th election, in which Prime Minister Melese Zenawi lost, the government of Ethiopia has embarked on massive human right abuses, detentions of peaceful demonstrators, extrajudicial killings, and imprisonment of the entire local leadership of the opposition political party as well as thousands of political party members. These repressive measures have been condemned by the State Department, the European Union, Amnesty International, Human Right Watch, as well as numerous members of the U.S. Congress. Continue reading »
