Ginbot 7 ግንቦት 7 | |
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| Leader | Berhanu Nega |
| Chairperson | Berhanu Nega |
| General Secretary | Andargachew Tsige |
| Founder | Andargachew Tsige Berhanu Nega |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Merged into | Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice Freedom and Democracy[1] |
| Headquarters | Ethiopia Eritrea[2] |
| Ideology | Civic nationalism Ethiopian nationalism |
Ginbot 7 (Amharic: ግንቦት 7) is an Ethiopian opposition political organization, founded in 2008[3] by Andargachew Tsige[4][5] and Berhanu Nega.[3]
According to their mission statement, Ginbot 7's goal is "the realization of a national political system in which government power and political authority is assumed through peaceful and democratic process based on the free will and choice of citizens of the country."[6] According to the US State Department Human Rights report of 2011, Ginbot 7 "espouses violent overthrow of the (Ethiopian) government".[7] According to The New Yorker in 2014, Ginbot 7 are "an exiled pro-democracy party that the Ethiopian government labelled a terrorist group in 2011, under a vague and widely condemned proclamation."[8]
- ^ "PATRIOTIC GINBOT 7 (FRM. GINBOT 7)". Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Ethiopia's ex-rebel group Ginbot 7 returns from Eritrea base". Africa News. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ a b Hammer, Joshua (31 August 2016). "Once a Bucknell Professor, Now the Commander of an Ethiopian Rebel Army". The New York Times.
- ^ "Ethiopia jails members of banned group". BBC News. 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Daniel Berhane (June 20, 2013). "Leaked audio - Eritrea funds ESAT and Ginbot 7". Hornaffairs.com. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
- ^ Kopfstein, Janus (10 March 2014). "Hackers Without Borders". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 November 2016.