JUNE 19/ 2007
PRESS RELEASE
SOCEPP CONCLUDES GENERAL MEETING AND ELECTS NEW EC MEMBERS
SOCEPP has held its general meeting on June 9 and elected a new executive committee for the coming four years.
The SOCEPP general meeting was attended by delegates from various branches
After examining its past work, SOCEPP has resolved to intensify its effort with special focus on the fate of the political prisoners "forgotten" by other human rights bodies and in this respect it has paid homage to the late Tesfaye Tadesse (lawyer, human rights activist and newspaper publisher brutally murdered in Addis Ababa by security agents of the regime on June 7/1998) who, as a member of the SOCEPP EC, helped SOCEPP's work in its earlier formative periods. The General Meeting has also discussed the problem encountered with one branch (with two members) which has failed to observe the statute and has turned "political" contrary to the nature and laws of SOCEPP. A new head has been named to this particular branch in Canada to redress the situation.
The ongoing gross violation of human rights by the EPRDF regime and the acquiescence it seems to get from some international quarters have also been raised and the need to wage a more extensive and effective campaign to denounce the repression emphasised upon. In this respect, the role played by the SOCEPP website (www.socepp.de) has been praised and efforts promised to improve it even further. The general meeting has also discussed SOCEPP's future plans and entrusted the new executive committee to spare no effort on the realization of these tasks.
The new Executive Committee of SOCEPP is as follows:
1.Dr. Gelaye Tadesse-- chairman (socepp_australia@yahoo.com.au)
2. Teshale Tesfaye -- vice chairman (soceppca@yahoo.ca)
3. Zemedu Lemma………………………….. __secretary ( secretary@socepp.de)
4. Zewelde Ingida --- treasurer (treasurer@socepp.de)
5. Gedeon Tesfaye -- information head (info@socepp.de)
The following branch heads have also been named:
Yonas Girma: for SOCEPP USA (soceppna@yahoo.com)
Teshale Tesfaye for SOCEPP Canada (soceppca@yahoo.ca)
Sultan Ali for SOCEPP Denmark (soceppdenmark@yahoo.dk)
Gedeon Tesfaye for SOCEPP Germany (info@socepp.de)
Mekonen Kitaw for SOCEPP Holland (soceppholland@yahoo.com)
Bayou Bogale for SOCEPP England (soceppuk@yahoo.co.uk)
SOCEPP calls on all human rights organizations to cooperate with these legal representatives of SOCEPP.
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