Thursday, October 18, 2007

Senator Jim Inhofe

453 Russell Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510 -3603

Tel: (202) 224-4721

Fax: (202) 228-0380

Re: H.R. 2003: Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007

Dear Honorable Senator Jim Inhofe:
We are grateful for your passionate commitment to alleviating poverty, promoting human rights and good governance in Africa specifically in Ethiopia, as you eloquently stated in your recent speech to the United States Senate. However, we are writing to you to express our deep disappointment about your statement on the Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability bill (H.R.2003) which was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives. In particular, we are concerned that your statement on H.R.2003 appears to be based on distorted information that may have been provided to you, and reflects a lack of accurate data from independent sources on developments in Ethiopia. Continue reading »