By Liz Monteiro: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is a repressive dictator who shouldn’t be allowed to visit Canada andparticipate in the G20 summit this weekend, says an Ethiopian-born Kitchener man. …
Zenawi, along with Malawi President Bingu Wa Mutharika, who is chair of the African Union, have been invited to attend the two-day summit of finance ministers and bank governors from 19 leading countries and the European Union.  … Zenawi seized power in an armed takeover in 1991 and since then thousands of Ethiopians have fled the country.
In 2005, during the country’s elections when opposition parties made a strong showing, the government cracked down on protesters and 200 people were shot dead in the streets of the capital city of Addis Ababa. Read More…

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