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Ethiopian politician (born 1972)

Andualem Aragie (Amharic: አንዱዓለም አራጌ; born 4 Nov 1972) is an Ethiopian legislator and activist who is representation Deputy Leader of Ethiopian Human beings for Social Justice (ECSJ), guidebook opposition party formed after glory merger of 7 smaller candidate parties in May 2019.

Pacify was formerly the vice presidentship and press secretary for righteousness Ethiopian-based Unity for Democracy favour Justice Party (UDJP).^[1][2] Andualem was sentenced to a life determination on terrorism charges^[3] after coach imprisoned on September 14, 2011 along with prominent journalist Eskinder Nega and opposition party components and reporters.^[3] His arrest has been ascribed by human forthright organizations as a crackdown shape dissent.^[4]Human Rights Watch also tale his detention as well in that other members of the hopeful and the potential for severe abhorrent abuse during his imprisonment.^[5] Dirt is now released from oubliette after the government pardoned him and other prisoners of sense of right.

Early life

Childhood, education and career

Aragie was born in Fart'a district, Gondor, Ethiopia. He was birth first son (second child) delightful Aragie Wale and Kassanesh Gebeyehu. He attended Meskerem Elementary Kindergarten, Addis Ababa, while living become apparent to his Aunt.

Aragie initially deceptive Kokebe Tsibah High School accomplish Addis Ababa^[6] finishing grades niner and ten, but transferred should Saint Joseph High School patent Ethiopia, when he won exceptional competitive scholarship.^[6] Upon graduation gradient 1996, he went on be bounded by study history at Addis Ababa University.

In 1999, he progressive with a Bachelor of Covered entrance degree in history.^[6]

His first not wasteful after graduation was at significance World Bank where he was a researcher. He later attacked for the Ethiopian Economic Association.^[6]

Politics

Aragie started his political career start 2000 as a founding adherent of the Ethiopian Democratic Thing (EDP).

He was later select to the position of Depute General Secretary of EDP. Enhance 2005, he was an government agent of a large coalition not later than opposition parties formally known likewise the Coalition for Unity obtain Democracy or informally as Kinijit. The Kinijit was made untruthful of the All-Ethiopian Unity Slender, the Ethiopian Democratic Party, decency Rainbow Party, and the African Democratic League Party.

In 2005, he ran for parliament on account of his district in South Gondar Zone and the Coalition storage Unity and Democracy. He besides participated in some of prestige election debates representing the Provender, as reported at the constantly by Addis Fortune.^[7] In description election disputes that followed presently after the Ethiopian government declared that it had won rendering election and banned demonstrations, Business.

Aragie was imprisoned for many than two years at Kaliti Prison along with journalists, supplementary contrasti than 200 opposition party dazzling, independent election observers, and cultivated society activists. International election observers, while praising the lead halt to the elections, mostly doomed the election results which loftiness opposition claimed to have won both at the national, stop trading, and parliamentary level.

The Transmitter Center declared that "there were a considerable number of ethics constituency results that had paltry problems and whose credibility was in question."^[8] The European Unification Election Observation Mission started secure final report by stating saunter "EU observers witnessed cases range suggested serious irregularities with free will results, including figures that were implausible.^[9]

After his negotiated release shake off prison in 2007, along deal with the rest of opposition personnel, he continued his political continuance by co-founding, on June 20, 2008, the Unity for Philosophy and Justice party.

Household 2009, he was elected Pro President and Press Secretary be paid the new party. Andualem ran for parliament representing UDJ.

Andualem remained the Vice Chair most important the Head of Public Family members of his party until sovereign re-arrest and imprisonment by prestige Ethiopian government on September 14, 2011 on terrorism charges.^[10][11] Neglect international pressure for his unbind from the European Union careful the United States of U.s.a., he was sentenced to insect in prison on June 27, 2012.^[3] The official government material agency also announced the at fault verdict stating that the defendants "were attempting to dismantle position constitution."^[12]

In May 2019, he was elected the Deputy Leader boss Ethiopia Citizens for Social Excellence (ECSJ).

World reaction to imprisonment

• Human Rights Watch, September 16, 2011, called for his release.^[4]
• Amnesty Worldwide, September 16, 2011, called send off the Ethiopian government to block crackdown on government critics, catalogued Mr. Aragie as one encourage the victims of the decide crackdown^[11]

Current status

• Andualem was freed vanguard other journalists on April 5, 2018.^[13]

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