Ethiopian regime security forces are
cracking down on use satellite dishes and smartphones by members of the public
who are active on social media and following independent broadcasts from
alternative sources such as ESAT.
Smartphone
internet services have been blocked in parts of Ethiopia following the
declaration of state of emergency last Sunday. But security agents are
reportedly taking away phones to curtail active use of social media.
In Holeta and
Ambo security forces took down satellite dishes and shattered television sets
of households who watch broadcasts from Ethiopian independent media from
abroad.
A resident of
Holeta told ESAT on the phone that soldiers were going door to door taking down
dishes from the roof of houses and checking if households were watching
alternative media. The resident said the forces also instruct people that the
only broadcast they should watch is from the state run Ethiopian Broadcasting
Corporation.
The source in
Holeta said the regime is trying hard to silence the growing protest against it
but the people won’t stop “even if they put a member of an opposition party as
a prime minister.”
“People are
demanding no less than regime change,” he said on the phone from Holeta, 26
miles west of the capital Addis Ababa.
There have
been reports of security forces frisking residents in Addis Ababa and Bahir Dar
and confiscate phones if the phones were found to have applications of
alternative media.
Tensions and
confusions were mounting in Ethiopia as the regime hardened its grip over the
daily life of citizens and as protests calling for an end to the tyrannical
rule are gaining momentum.
ESAT
News
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