Oromia: Arbitrary Arrests and Extra-Judicial Killings of Political Dissents Continued in Ethiopia May 27, 2020

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Oromia: Arbitrary Arrests and Extra-Judicial Killings of Political Dissents Continued in Ethiopia

According to HRLHA’s Urgent Appeal, no progress to arrest of political dissents in Oromia. “Arbitrary arrest and forced disappearance of political dissents have been escalating throughout Oromia region compared to other regions of the country at this critical moment when the danger of Corona virus is highly threatening the country.”

HRLHA also revealed the details of many innocent citizens, supporters and members of the two vanguard oppositions namely Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) and Oromo Liberation Front (OLF)
who have been languishing in different known and unknown detention centers for several months.

“Hundreds have been mercilessly killed and even some of them were denied burial and eaten by hyena,” says the appeal.

According to the HRLHA’s argent appeal, journalists of Sagalee Qeerroo Bilisummaa Oromoo (Voice of Oromo Youth for Freedom) among others, Adugna Kesso and Gada Bulti; as well as Oromia News Network (ONN) journalists Dasu Dula and Wako Nole were arbitrarily arrested, denied safeguards of due process of law and remain suffering behind the Bar.

It also added that top OLF leadership and senior members such as Kayyo Fufa, Yaasoo Kabada, Dandi Gabroshe, Efrem Geleta, Mo’a Abdisa, Tariku Abdisa, Bayana Ruda (Prof), Aliyi Yusuf, Abdi Ragassa, Batire File, Gada Gabisa, Blisumma Ararsa, Olika Chali etc have been languishing in known and unknown prisons for several months without charge.

This Urgent Appeal addresses recent detailed arbitrary arrests, extra judicial killings and physical assaults where each cases are substantiated by photograph and important facts of the violations.

Source: advocacy4oromia

Mohammedamin Siraj brutally murdered and thrown in the bush

On Thursday, May 14th, 2020, Mohammedamin Siraj was abducted by the Ethiopian government securities from his office in Harar city. He was an employee of Oromia cooperative work office of eastern Hararge province (waldaya Hojii gamtaa Oromiyaa godina Haragee bahaa). He was arrested under a pretext of ‘quarantining for suspicion of contracting #COVID-19’; which turned out to be an outright lie; brutally murdered and thrown his body out in the bush around Babile town. After few days of disappearance, on Monday 18th of May, local farmers found a leftover of a human remains partially eaten by scavengers and reported the scene to the police. Later that day, the police buried a partially scavenged body without a proper investigation and consent of his family.

Mohammedamin Siraj was a brave soul. He was an outspoken critic of the government. He has never been silenced to speak out against the injustice perpetrated to the Oromoo people from the successive Ethiopian regimes. Because of that, he had suffered numerous intimidation, death threats, tortures and detentions.

Mohammedamin Siraj was born in Galamso town of eastern Oromia; graduated from Jimma university. He was a family man and he is a father of two minor children. 

OMN:Oduu Guyyaa Caamsaa 27,2020https://www.facebook.com/OromiaMedia/videos/3100735399947554/

#Ethiopia: A mother who lost her son Lalisaa Tafarii in West #Wollega, #Oromia, said she brought food to visit him where he was detained at to no avail. Later on she found his body warped in a tarp & dumped. She says Lalisaa was killed by security forces days before his wedding. pic.twitter.com/96hGu79YO5

— Addis Standard (@addisstandard) May 26, 2020

Caamsaa 21,2020 Godina Wallagga Lixaa Ona Laaloo Assaabii ganda Kellayii Birbir jedhamutti haati ilmaan afurii (4) kan ooyiruu keessa hojii irra turte Aadde Amsaaluu Guddataa rasaasa waraana mootummaa Itophiyaan ajjefamte. https://t.co/JUhPXgYM33

— Oromticha Oromo (@OromtichOromo) May 23, 2020

#Ethiopia: As security crisis in W. #Oromia remained unsolved, 5 people were killed in a fresh military measure by gov't forces in W. #Wollega zone, Salo Asabi Wereda, local residents say. Security forces are taking military measures since last Tuesday https://t.co/1jfOKWfKjx pic.twitter.com/XnRCRz04dK

— Addis Standard (@addisstandard) May 25, 2020

Local residents also said that 4 houses including businesses were burned. Elliya Umata, W. #Welloga zone administrator, on his part says gov't forces are taking measures to ensure the rule of law in the area, but didn't harm resident civilians.

For b/g: https://t.co/z5U1Ky5taF

— Addis Standard (@addisstandard) May 25, 2020

I just spoke to family member of these two(13 yo Bontu & 17 yo Lalise) from Guliso in W. Wollega.They were taken from family by members of ethiopian army 3 weeks ago.The military told family that they need the girls for “assistance’. We know what it is. Detail soon on @KelloMedia pic.twitter.com/kASJkRjdPR

— Henok G. Gabisa (@henokgabisa) May 27, 2020

Kun oduu akkaan gaddisiisaadha.
Hayimaanot Badhaadhaa,mormaa fi laphee ishii irra sibiilaan waraanamtee ajjeefamte.

Hayimaanot barattuu digirii lammaffaa hospitaala addaa “Black lionl” keessatti, barnoota digrii lammaffaaf qorannoorra turtee dha.
Haymaanot Shamarree Oromiyaa, Adaamaa kan waggaa 27 turte.
Haga yoonaatti ajjeechaa kanaaf waanti ifatti himame hin jiru.

Poolisiin garuu akka himetti,Hayimaanot, bakka lama waraanamtee ajjeefamuu mirkaneeffatee jira.
Uumaan maatii ishiif obsa, lubbuu wareegamteef boqonnaa haa kennu.
RIP😭!

Magaalaa #DambiDoolloo ti mucaa Kaayyoo Abboosee jedhamu erga qabanii mooraa waraana keessatti hidhanii ji’a lama (2) ol ta’ee jira, har’a ganama raasaan tumanii ajjeessanii.

Hayimaanot Badhaadhaa was killed because she is Oromo! – https://t.co/e6pZZM9Ufy pic.twitter.com/v5xMwH5jSx

— Kichuu (@kichuu24) May 28, 2020

RIP! Baacaa Damisee Despite Mothers & Fathers' appeal, Abiy Ahmed continued his massacring pic.twitter.com/JD9oj1E0tM

— JFT Baramatso (@Darge_Hayera) May 28, 2020

DW: በኦሮሚያ ክልል የምዕራብ ወለጋው የጸጥታ ችግር እና የነዋሪዎች አቤቱታ

በምዕራብ ወለጋ ዞን ላሎ አሳቢ ወረዳ ከባለፈው ማክሰኞ አንስቶ የመንግስት በጸጥታ ሐይሎች በወሰዱት እርምጃ   በላሎ አሳቢ ስር በሚገኙ   በዋንጆ፣ኬላይ እና ጃርሶ ዳሞታ በተባሉ ስፍራዎች አምስት ሰዎች ህይወት ማለፉን የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች ተናግረዋል፡፡

በምዕራብ ወለጋ ዞን ላሎ አሳቢ ወረዳ ከባለፈው ማክሰኞ አንስቶ የመንግስት በጸጥታ ሐይሎች በወሰዱት እርምጃ   በላሎ አሳቢ ስር በሚገኙ   በዋንጆ፣ኬላይ እና ጃርሶ ዳሞታ በተባሉ ስፍራዎች አምስት ሰዎች ህይወት ማለፉን የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች ተናግረዋል፡፡  የንግድ ድርጅቶችን ጨምሮ አራት መኖሪያ ቤቶችም መቃጠላቸውን የአካባቢው  ነዋሪዎች አክለዋል፡፡ የምዐራብ ወለጋ ዞን ዋና አስተዳዳሪ አቶ ኤሊያ ኡመታ በበኩላቸው መንግስት በአካባቢው የህግ የበላይነት በማስከበር ላይ ይገኛል ብለዋል፡፡ የመንግሰት ጸጥታ ሀይሎች ህግን ከማስከበር ውጭ  በነዋሪው ላይ ያደረሱት ጉዳት እንደሌለም አክለዋል፡፡ በመንግስት ጸጥታ ኃይሎች እና ሸማቂዎች መካካል በነበረው ግጭት ምክንያት ጉዳት የደረሰባቸው ካለም አጣርተን ይፋ እናደርጋለን ብለዋል፡፡

ከምዕራብ ወለጋ ዞን  ግምቢ ከተማ በ23 ኪ.ሜ ርቀት ላይ በሚትገኘው ላሎ አሳቢ ወረዳ  ከሸማቂዎች ጋር ግንኙነት አላችሁ በማለት የመንግስት ጸጥታ ሀይሎች በወረዳዋ ውስጥ በሚትገኙ ወንጆ በተባለች ስፋራ በተለያዩ የስራ ዘርፍ በተሰማሩ ግለሰቦች ላይ ጉዳት ማድረሱን ነዋሪቹ ገልጸዋል፡፡ አንድ ስማቸው እዲገለጽ ያልፈለጉ   በላሎ አሳቢ ወረዳ ዋንጆ ከተማ ነዋሪ  የመንግስት ጸጥታ ሀይሎች አደረሱት ባሉት ጥቃት በዋንጆ ከተማ ብቻ የሶስት የሰዎች ህይወት ሲያልፍ  አራት ቤቶች ደግሞ ተቃጥለዋል፡፡

…ድርጊቱ የተፈጸመው በምዕራብ ወለጋ ዞን ላሎ አሳቢ ወረዳ ዋንጆ ከተማ ነው፡፡ ታጠቃዎችን ትቀልባላቹ፣ደብቃቹል፣ መረጃም  አቀብላቹል ተብለው ሰላማዊ ሰው ማሰር፣ ቤት ማቃጠል እና በሰዎች ላይ ከፈተኛ ድብደባ አድረሰዋል፡፡ በሰላም ወጥቶ በሰላም መግባት አሳሳቢ በሆኔ ሁኔታ ውስጥ ነው ህዝቡ ያለው፡፡ ቤት ከተቃጠለበቸው መካከልም አቶ ደሳለኝ የተባሉ ሀኪም ሲሆኑ ክሊኒክም ነበራቸው፡፡ አቶ ከፍያለው እና አቶ ኪዳኑ  የሚባሉ ደግሞ በንግድ ስራ የተሰማራ ሲሆኑ ቤታቸውና ያለቸውን ቡና ሳይቀር  ተቃጥለባቸዋል፡፡ ከሞቱት መካካልም አቶ አበያ ቀልበሳ የእንስሳት ሀኪም የነበሩ  ፣አቶ ጋማችስ ጫላ፣  ወጣት መርጋ የተባለውም  የዋንጆ ከተማ  ነዋሪና  ተማሪ የነበረ ሲሆን kትናት በስቲያ  ስራተ ቀብራቸው ተፈጽመዋል፡፡ ፣ቃኖ ኤፍረም የተባለው ደግሞ  በላሎ አሳቢ ወረዳ ጃርሶ ዳሞታ ቀበሌ ነዋሪና ዘምድ ለመጠየቅ ወደ ዋንጆ እያቀና ባለበት ሰዓት ነበር የተገደለው፣   አንዲት ሴትም  ትናት ጠዋት በላሎ አሳቢ ኬላይ በተባለ ስፋራ ህይወቷ አልፏል ፡፡ ከሟቶቹ መካከል ቃኖ ኤፍረም የተባለው  የወለጋ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ሶስተኛ ዓመት ተማሪ እንደነበርም ተናግረዋል፡፡

በከተማው በንግድ ስራ የተሰማሩ ሌላው የላሉ አሳቢ ነዋሪ  ሸማቂዎችን በገንዘብ ትደግፋለ ተብለው ቤታቸው እና ሱቃቸውም መቃጠሉን ተናግረዋል፡፡ ….  እኔ በንግድ ስራ ነው የሚተዳደረው ያለኝን ንብረት በሙሉ ነው ያቀጠሉብኝ ያለኝም ሱቅናና አንድ መኪና ሙሉ ንብረት አቃጥለዋል፡፡  ሰላማዊ ሰው ይደበድባሉ፣ሸኔ አለ እያሉ ያስረራራሉ ለዚህ ነው አካባቢውን ለቀን የሸሸነው፡፡ አሁን በርካታ ሰዎች ቤታቸውን ለቀው ወደ ሌላ አካባቢ እየሸሹ ነው፡፡

የምዕራብ ወለጋ ዞን ዋና አስተዳዳሪ አቶ ኤሊያስ ኡመታ በዚው ጉዳይ ላይ በሰጡት ማብራሪያ  በአካባቢው የመንግስት ጸጥታ ሐይል ህግን ለማስከበር ከተሰማራ ረጅም ጊዜ እንደሆነ  ተናግረዋል፡፡ በአካባውም የተሰማራው የመንገስት ወታሮች  እና በሸማቂዎች መካካል በተለያዩ  ስፋራዎች ሰሞኑን  ግጭቶች እንደነበሩ የገለጹ ሲሆን ሰላማዊ ሰዎች በመንግስት ጸጥታ ሀይሎች  ስለመሞታቸውና ቤት ስለመቃጡም ደግሞ የተጣራ መረጃ የለንም ብለዋል፡፡  

በአካባቢው ያለውን ችግር ሰላማዊ መንገድ መፍታት ባለ መቻሉ መንግስት እርምጃ እየወሰደ መሆኑን ኃላፊው ጠቆመዋል፡፡ በምዕራብ ወለጋ እና ሌሎችም አካባቢዎች  ከዚህ ቀደም መንግስት በአካባው ሰላም ለማስፍን ሲባል ለሶስት ወራት ያህል  የስልክና ኢንተርኔት አገልግሎት አቋርጦ እንደነበረም የሚታወስ ነው፡፡

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