Maqaan isaa Dr.Gabayyoo Jaallataa jedhama.
Kaninni itti dhalatee guddate godina Wallaggaa lixaa aanaa Gullusoo jedhamtu keessatti.
Ga’een hojii isaa Dookteerummaadhaan kilinika Abdii kan jedhamu magaalaa naqamtee keessaa naannoo Hoospitaala naqamteetti kan argamu keessatti ramadamee hojjechaa nama tureedha. Dr.Gabayyoo jaalataa xinnummaa isaa irraa ka’uun nama diinaaf harka hin laanne nama oromummaa isaatti boonee jiraatuu fi nama ilmaan oromoo akka lubbuu isaatti jaallatu keessaa nama tokko ture.
Haata’u malee yeroo darbe hiriira guddicha magaalaa naqamtee keessatti akka abidda saafaa belbelaa ooleen wal qabatee sababii inni oromummaa isaa jaallatuuf jecha akkasumallee ati dhoksaadhaan qeerroo mana hojii itti ramadamtee hojjettu keessatti ol seensistee walla’aansa gochaafii jirta maqaa jedhuun humni agaazii guyyuma hiriira guddichaa sana bakkuma hojiisaatii deemanii rasaasa itti roobsanii deemanii jiru.
Haa ta’u malee dr Gabayyoon yeroo sanaaf rukutamee hatattamaan gara hoospitaala naqamteetti ergamee yaaliin deddeebiin torban tokkoo oliif osooma godhamaafii jiruu hoomaayyuu fayyuu hin dadhabuurraan kan ka’e guyyaa har’aa jechuun Hagayya 15/08/2016 du’aan addunyaa kanarraa boqotee jira. Reeffi isaas gara bakka dhaloota isaa kan taate godina wallagga lixaa magaalaa gullusootti ergamee jira.
Qabsa’aan du’us qabsoon itti fufa.
Oromia: #OromoProtests Alerts! Crimes Against humanity: Fascist Ethiopia’s regime has continued with mass killings of Oromo children, mass arrests and genocide against Oromo people August 20, 2016
Posted by OromianEconomist in #OromoProtests.Tags: #OromoProtests, 'BECAUSE I AM OROMO’: SWEEPING REPRESSION IN THE OROMIA, Africa, Ethnic cleansing Against Oromo People, FXG Oromiyaa, Genocide Against Oromo People, Human Rights Violations in oromia, mass arrests and genocide, Oromia, Oromia: #OromoProtests Alerts! Crimes Against humanity: Fascist Ethiopia's regime is continue with mass killings of Oromo children, Tyrannic Ethiopia, Widespread brutalities of Ethiopia’s Regime (Fascist TPLF) against the Oromo people in different parts of the State of Oromia
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The cruel Fascist Ethiopia’s regime (TPLF) is killing Oromo children on daily basis. Since 6 August 2016, over 25,000 Oromo nationals of all walks of life have been in military concentrations/torture camps. The figure is rising daily. This figure does not include the over 50,000 detained before 6 August 2016.
Targeted killing continues across Oromia. This is Galataa Admaasuu, a young man of age 19. He was returning home after watching a soccer game at a cafe in the evening of August 19, 2016 when the regime’s force with sniper bullets hit him 3 times and killing him on spot in front of Dambi Dollo Hospital, in Qelam Wallaggaa. In the past few days we have been receiving several such targeted killing using snipers or by staging night time raid to homes.
Kun Galataa Admaasuu dargaggeessa umri 19 kan galgala kaleessaa osoo kubbaa laalee galaa jiruu loltuun Wayyaanee rasaasan dhahee fuuldura Hospitaal Dambi Doollootti ajjeeseedha.
‘Because I am Oromo’: Sweeping repression in the Oromia
16 years old from Fantaallee kidnapped by Ethiopia’s regime fascist forces on 17 August 2016 his whereabouts is unkown
Kun barataa kutaa sagal Marraa Hawaas kan hiriira Hagayya 6 bara 2016 Aanaa Fantaallee magaalaa Mataa-Haaraatti geggeeffame irratti nama 29 waliin qabamee mana hidhaa Mataa-Haaraatti dararamaa ture. Barataan kun kaleessa mana murtitti dhiyaannan umrii 16 waan ta’eef akka bayu manni murtii murteesse. Garuu, warri seeruma ofii baafattettuu hin bulle, ukkaamsitee bakka hin beekamne geessitee turte. Odeessi nu gahe akka ibsutti, yeroo ammaa mana hidhaa Martitti dararaan irra gayaa jira.
Dr Alamuu Taaddasaa, medical doctor at incinnii hospital in Oromia kidnapped by Ethiopia’s regime fascist forces on 16 August 2016 and his whereabout is unknown
kun Dr Alamuu Taaddasaa jedhama. Hojjetaa hospitaala Incinnitii, Hagayya 16 bara 2016 waree booda lukkulee wayyanetiin qabamee essa akka isa buusaan dhabnee jirra jedhan.
Obsineet Baqalee, young Oromo woman, worker of Ethio telecom. Kidnapped on the Grand #OromoProtest, 06 August 2016 demonstration inFinfinnee, her whereabouts and health is unknown.
Jamaal Abdalla Aadam, Oromo boy, star student, from Calanqoo kidnapped by Ethiopia’s regime fascist forces on 6 August 2016
Barataa Jamaal Abdalla Aadam jedhama. Jiraataa Harargee Bahaa Aanaa Meettaa magaala Calaanqooti. Barataan kun qoruumsa kutaa 12ffaa qaphxii 467 kan fide yoo ta’uu, qaphxii isaa ille arkuu hin dandenye. Eega gaafa hiriira guddicha hagayya 6 irraa qabamee qeerroo baayyee waliin gara magaalaa qullubbii geeffame, achitti rakkisa jiran.
KADIR MOHAMMAD ABDULLAA , Oromo national from East Haraghe, Gursum, Funyaan Hujubaa town in Oromia state kidnapped by Ethiopia’s regime fascist forces on 15 August 2016. His whereabuts is unknown.
Godina harargee bahaa Aanaa gursum magaalaa Funyaan Hujubaa keessatti hiriira siitu kakaase jechuudhaan guyyaa Hagayya 15 bara 2016tti irraa kaasee hanga ammaatti achi buutee dhabneera maqaan isaa KADIR MOHAMMAD ABDULLAA jedhama.
Mallicha Guyo, former lecturer at Dire Dawa University and currently a graduate student of Constitutional & Public Law at AAU is among the many peaceful demonstrators unlawfully detained during the Grand #OromoProtests, 6th of Augus 2016 in Finfinnee and still kept in regime’s secrete detention centres.
Akkuma beekamufu hiiriiraa guddicha sanbata xiqqaa sani irratii namoota kumatamat lakkawaamu achii buute dhaban hamami hin jedhamu…namni maqaan isaa Malicha Guyyoo jedhamu kan barsiisa university Dire dawa tii damee seeraa barsiisuu amma MA university finfinnet constitutional and public law baracha Jiru achii buute isaa dhaban…..mee nama qoonqoo isaa qabu faa yoo argate inbox na godhii.
Godina Wallaggaa Lixaa Anaa Baaboo Gambeel keessatti gaafa 06 /07/2016 hirirraa guutu Oromiyaattii ta’e irraattii anaan Baaboos hirmachuun mormii jabaa dhageessisanii tura sanan wal qabatee namoonnii hedduun hiidhamuufi manii hiidhalee hankakee mana barumsaatii uummattaa hiidha akka turan gabaasun keenya ni yaada tamaa ammaas namoonnii hedduun hiidhaatii dararamaa yoo jirata dargagoo lamaa
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jedhaman immoo mana hiidhaatii basanii essa akka isaan geessan hin beekamu! Uummanniis dararraa guddaa keessa jira!
An Oromo national Taagal Daaqaa Waaqgaarii is among thousands of peaceful protesters who have been unlawfully detained by the TPLF security agents during the Grand #OromoProtests rally in the capital Finfinnee, on the 6th of Aug, 2016. It’s believed that Mr. Tagal & thousands of others unlawfully detained during these peaceful protests are currently being tortured at a Military Camp called Awash Arba, in the remote Afar regional state. The regime is torturing thousands to death in such a remote military barricades across the country.
Oromo youth, Yaasiin Xaahaa, original from Jimma, kidnaped by fascist Ethiopia’s regime forces on August 6, 2016, Grand #OromoProtests Rally in Finfinnee. His whereabouts unknown.
Suuraan asii gadii kun Yaasiin Xaahaa jedhama. bakki dhaloota isaa Jimmaa dha hiriira guutuu Oromiyaa gaafa sanbataa xiqaa 6/8/2016 tahe irratti ganama Finfinnee nannawa istediyomatti diinaan qabamee tumamaa achi buteen isaa hanga ammaatti hin dhagahamne, oduu isaa wanta dhagahamee hin jiruu.
Young Oromo woman, Doii Itanaa, kidnaped by Agazi forces on 6 August 2016, Grand #OromoProtests, her whereabouts unknown
Mucaayoon kun Doii Itana jedhamti, Hiriira guddicha Gaafa Sanbata tikka 6-8-2016ti Guutuu Oromiyaa irratti yeroo godaame akaa oduu naagayeeti Obboloyota isheefii hiriyoyota ishee wajjin hirmaattee,gaafaasuuma obboloyashee biraa qabamtee humnaa waraana wayyaneen (Agazi ) jedaamuun Ukkaafamtee eessa akka buutee hinbeekaamu.
Giddiisaa Kuufataa, Oromo national from Dandi, Oromia, kidnapped by Agazi forces and his where about is unknown.
Maqaan isaa Giddiisaa Kuufataa jedhama, hojjetta waajjira Dhimma Dubartoota fi Daa’immanii aanaa Dandii , yoo ta’u FDG yeroo jalqabaaf magaalaa Giinciitti jalqabee irratti torban muraasaaf mana hidha aanaa dandii ture, manni murtii walaabaan gadi lakkiise, gaafa guyyaa 10/13/2008 (ALH) halkan keessa naannoo sa’aatii 5:00 mana jireenya isaa keessa loltuu wayyaaneetiin fudhatame
Mo’iboon Baqqalaa was kidnapped by Fascist Ethiopia’s regime from Jimma University in 2014 and suffering in Qilinxoo torture camp.
Kan suura armaan gadiitti argitan kun Mo’iboon Baqqalaa jedhama dhalootaan Wallagga bahaa aanaa Kiiramuu dha. bara 2014 mormii master pilaanii gaggeeffameen shakkamee Jimma university Qilinxootti dabarfame….murtii malees waggaa lama kan tahu erga hidhamee booda barana ji’a sadaasaa keessa lakkifame bahee beellama deddeebi’aa jira Finfinneetti. Achumaan alana beellama wiixata darbeef deemnaan Roobii darbetti dabarsan, ammas roobiirraa gara Jimaata har’aatti dabarsan. har’a dhaddacharratti yakkamaa dha jedhanii achumaan Qilinxootti dabarsan!
Haadhoo ofii waaqni si waliin haa ta’u oromummaan yakka taate erga ta’ee!
Oromo elder, kidnaped by Ethiopia’s fascist security forces after 6 August 2016 and his whereabout is unknown.
Obbo Maammoo Gadaa eega guyyaa Hiriirri Magaala Adaamaatti godhamee booda wayyaaneen qabamee as buuteen isaa dhabame jedha odeeffannoon.
Young Oromo national Akaaluu Mulugeetaa Olaanii, kidnaped by fascist Ethiopia’s regime forces on 6 August 2016 (Grand #OromoProtest) his whereabouts is unknown.
Akaaluu Mulugeetaa Olaanii jedhama. Dargaggoo Oromoo hiriira Finfinnee Sanbata darbee (06/08/16) irratti warra achi buuteen isaanii dhabame keessaa tokko.
This is Kebede Gemeda, a 70 year elder. He was arrested at the Grand Rally in Finfinne. He was beaten so badly that he lost one of his eye sight completely. They thought he was dying so they took him out of the military camp and threw up near his house.
Oromo national Jibriil Mohaammad, from Jimmaa Arjo shot four times at gun point by Agazi on 6 August 2016 at Grand #OromoProtests.
Maqaan isaa Jibriil Mohaammad jedhama.Kaninni itti dhalatee guddate godina Wallagga bahaa aanaa Jimmaa Arjoo bakka gabaa Efrem jedhamu yemmuu ta’u ,hiriira yeroo darbee guutummaa oromiyaa keessatti finiinaa ooleen wal qabatee sababa gaaffii mirgaa gaafateef jecha rasaasaan qaama isaarraa bakka afur rukutamee yeroo ammaa kana hoospitaala naqamtee keessatti wallaanamaa akka jiru maddeen keenya ifa godhu.
#Oromoprotests alert: The regime now using collage campus as concentration camp in addition to several military camps. For instance some 25000 protesters arrested in Hararge have been taken to Kombolcha Agricultural College. Their head has been shaved and they are crammed into classrooms in hundreds.
NOTE: These colleges are mostly built and run by money donated from American and European tax payers. So tell your representatives. Jawar Mohammed, OMN reports, 20 August 2016.
VOA Afaan Oromoo reports how fascist TPLF Ethiopia’s regime soldiers killed a man named Hora Wajiso in his own home and then imprisoned his wife with her infant child.
Abbaa Warraa Ajjeesanii Haadha Warraa Immoo Daa’ima xiqqoo Waliin Hidhan.
VOA Afaan Oromo Reports Hagayya (August) 18, 2016
Dr Gabayyoo Jaallataa medical specialist in Naqamte, Oromia gunned down by fascist Ethiopia’s regime forces.
Dr.Gabayyoo Jaallataa Waraana Wayyaanee Agaaziin Rukutamuun Wareegaman.
on 15 August 2016 night, fascist Ethiopia’s regime Agazi soldiers broke into home of Hora Fajiso, and killed him on spot in Batu town, East Shawa.
Bulchiinsa magaalaa Baatuu guyyaa 09/12/2008 halkaan sa’aati 10:00 ti Dargaggoo Hora Fajjisoo sababii meeshaa woraan qabda jedhuun marsaanii warranaa mana jirenyaa isaati itti banuun kan ajeesaan yoo ta’u akka ajeefamu kan haala mijessee obbo Kadir Gammada I/g W/ra Bulchiinsa fi Nagenyaa Magaalaa Baatuu ta’u bekkame jira ,dhukaasa godhameen Poolisii tokkoo yoo Ajefamuu tokko rukkutame jira.
This is martyred Ahmadoo who was killed by TPLF Ethiopia’s regime fascist Agazi forces in Haramaayaa town, East Hararge on 6 August 2016, Grand #OromoProtests. May his soul rest in Peace!
Kun wareegamaa keenya barataa Ahmadoo, kan hiriira guddaa Oromoo godina Harargee Bahaa, magaalaa Haramaayaa, keessatti Hagayya 6 bara 2016 waraana Wayyaaneen wareegame.
Gootota Oromoo kumaatamaa wajjin nagaan nuuf boqodhu!
Qabsoon hanga bilisummaatti itti fufa!!
Rabbi lubbuu isaa haa qananiisu.
Abduselam Ahmed, a succesful Oromo businessman in haramaya was assassinated by tplf fascit Ethiopias regime on 7 August 2016.
The other victim on the protest held in Robe, Bale on the Grand #OromoProtests on 6 August 2016 was Zubeyr Kadir as you can see on the picture bellow! May he join Oromo martyrs in heaven!!!
Zubeyr Kadir gunned down by Ethiopia’s regime fascist forces on 6 August 2016 in Robe Bale, Oromia.
Namni lammaffaan hiriira guddicha magaalaa Roobee-Baaletti wareegame maqaan isaa Zubeyir Kadiir jedhama. Rabbi warra jannataa isaan haa taasisu!
#OromoProtests, Must watch Al Jazeera new video News of August 20, 2016, Hundreds have been killed by agazi police forces during a peaceful demonstration across the country (Oromia, Ethiopia).
Darajee Birbirsaa, Oromo national, civil engineering graduate kidnapped by fascist forces on 19 August 2016 and his where about is unknown.
kuni darajee birbirsaa jedhama. bara 2015 wallaga university irra civil engineering dhan eebifame kan turee yoo tauu dalagaa male hanga ammaatti magaala Itayya godina arsi keessa turee haa tauu malee akka lakkobsa Habashaatti Hagayya 12 bara 2008 poolisi feedaralattin ergaa fudhatame booda eessa akka dhaqee hin beekamuana sirreessa aanaa fi goodinaa keesattis hin argamnee.isaa walii is namooni abdalla dasee jedhamuu fi muktar abdoo jedhamuu dhabanni jiraan.
Jundii Abboomsaa Badhaasoo, Oromo business man from Arsi, Martii district kidnapped on 17 August 2016 and his whereabout is unknown
GodinaArsii Bahaa Aanaa Martii ganda Golagotaa keessaa nama Jundii Abboomsaa Badhaasoo jedhamu guyyaa dheengaddaa mana murtii irraa waraqaa fidanii mana isaatti seeraan sir barbaanna jedhaniinii ani Wayyaaneetti hin bulu reeffa kiyya malee jiraa kiyya asii na hin fuutan jedheenii gootummaan dura dhaabbate. Achii jaarsoliin fuudhanii magaalaa geessanii halkan kalee namoota 16 waliin halkan saa’aa 9 makiinaa lamaan fe’anii achi buuteen hin beekamne. obbo Jundii Abboomsaa Badhaasoo abbaa qabeenyaa lafa bishaan hektaara hedduu yoo ta’u, akkasumas eessuma wallisaa Ibroo Ibsaa; kan akka abbaatti guddisee asiin gahee hanga har’aatti gargaaree sirboota hedduu hojjisiise.
Aman Aliyii Xaha, Oromo national was shot at gun point by fascsist Ethiopia’s regime forces on 6 August Grand #OromoProtests in Haramayaa and died on 20 August 2016.
Godina Haragee Bahaa Haramayaa keessatti Hirira guddicha Hagayya 6, 2016 irrati dhahamee harra lubbuun isaa dabarte.”
For more click here at: Oromia: Alert! Crimes against humanity: Mass torture and killings are going on against Oromo people in Ethiopia.
OSG’s letter to United Nations Human Right Council : Ignoring a wave of unlawful killings and enforced disappearances in Oromia is fueling further catastrophic in the region. osg-call-for-urgnet-action
HRLHA Urgent Action
Ethiopia: State – Sponsored Terrorism and Military Brutality in Oromia HRLHA Urgent Action
August 17, 2016
Ethiopia, a UN Human Rights Council member since 2011, and an elected member of the UN Security Council as of 2017 is committing state- sponsored terror against the Oromo nation in violation of the UN Human Rights Council responsibility for the promotion and protection of all human rights and the UN Security Council responsiblities for maintaining international peace and security as well as the human rights treaties it has signed and ratified. The government- trained and highly funded Agazi force shot Gebeyehu Jalata, a medical doctor, several times at his personal clinic in East Wallaga Nekemt town on August 6, 2016 while he was allegedly treating wounded protestors at his clinic. Dr. Gebehu Jalata was taken to the Nekemt hospital for treatment and died on August 15, 2016 . The Agazi killing squad also invaded Mr. Hora Fajisso’s home- he is a farmer in East Showa Zone Adami Tulu district, Batu town- and murdered him in his bed in front of his three children and his wife at 5:00 am on August 16, 2016. During the grand nationwide Oromo nation protests on August 6,2016, the Agazi force killed at least 70 people and arrested tens of thousands of others in Oromia Regional State. 1-ethiopia-government-sponsered-terrorism
Among Oromo nationals killed on August 06, 2016 the Human Rights League (HRLHA) reporters managed to get the names of the following 65 people:-
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Grand #OromoProtests Global Solidarity Rally in Geneva, Switzerland, 16 August 2016 August 20, 2016
Posted by OromianEconomist in #OromoProtests.Tags: #OromoProtests, 16 August 2016, Africa, Geneva, Grand #OromoProtests Global Solidarity Rally in Geneva, Oromia, Oromo, Social movements, Switzerland
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Hiriira Mormii biyya Switzerland Magaalaa Genevatti gaggeeffame ilaalchisee.(Hag.16,2016) Click here to watch from OMN
#OromoProtests: Global rally in solidarity with #Oromo students in Oromia August 20, 2016
Posted by OromianEconomist in #OromoProtests, Uncategorized.Tags: #OromoProtests, #OromoProtests 2015, Africa, Global rally in solidarity with #Oromo students in Oromia, Master Plan is Master Killer, Oromo Diaspora
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Global Oromo Communities’ #OromoProtests Solidarity Ralies, August 16-26.
August 16, 2016
August 18, 2016
Las Vegas, Nevada
August 19, 2016
Central Europe, Germany
Adelaide, Australia
August 24, 2016
Las Vegas, Nevada, US
August 26, 2016
Los Angeles, California, US
Global Solidarity for #Oromoprotests, New Zealand, 6 July 2016
#OromoProtests June, 03/2016: Solidarity rally at Brussels, Belgium, June, 03/2016
#OromoProtests solidarity rally in DC, 19 April 2016
#OromoProtests:- Demonstration in Washington DC Apr 19,2016
Oromo TV: Washington DC on Tom Lantos Human Commission Briefing … Focus on Oromia. #OromoProtests
Hiriira Mormii Hawaasa Oromoo biyyaa Norway Waliigalaa(Bit.19, 2016)
#OromoProtests – Global Solidarity Rally, March 11, 2016
#OromoProtests Global solidarity rally in Oslo, Norway, 11 March 2016.
#OromoProtests Global solidarity rally in Winnipeg, Canada , 11 March 2016.
Concordia Students Raising Awareness for Oromo Struggle.
http://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/concordia-students-raising-awareness-for-oromo-struggle
#OromoProtests: The Oromo Solidarity Project Concordia University, Montreal ( Canada) March 3, 2016
Star Tribune: Minnesota’s Oromo community rallied at the State Capitol to protest treatment at the hands of the Ethiopian government. February 29, 2016
News Fulton County (#OromoProtests Global Rally) : Oromians in SA protest in Pretoria over killings at home. Demonstrators say government scheme to expand capital Addis Ababa endangers farmers
#OromoProtests global solidarity rally, Odda, Norway. 19 January 2016
#OromoProtests global solidarity rally, Jakarta, Indonesia. 19 January 2016
#OromoProtests global solidarity rally, Oslo, Norway. 18 January 2016
#OromoProtests global solidarity rally,Seattle. On MLK day we stand with Oromo Students. 18 January 2016
#OromoProtests: Global Solidarity Rally South Africa, 17 January 2016
https://youtu.be/b-3QnrH2nZU
Ethiopians in South Africa protest rights abuses at home
“We call on the PAP [the African Union’s legislative body] to help us persuade the Ethiopian government to stop killing Oromo protesters.
UNPO: Oromo Demonstration in Brussels Demands European Union to take a Firm Stand against Ethiopian Government
On Oromo Protests, UN Had No Response to ICP, Now Cites Dialogue in Ethiopia
Thousands of Oromo in North America Gathered in New York in front of the UN to Protest against the Brutal & Fascist TPLF Regime in Ethiopia
Ayyaantuu.net | January 15, 2016
Thousands of Oromo protesters and supporters of Oromo struggle turned out in masse, in front of the United Nations (UN) building in New York, to oppose the brutal repression in Ethiopia. The protesters demanded an immediate investigation into the indiscriminate killing of peaceful demonstrators in Oromia region of Ethiopia. The brutal repression by the authority against the Oromo demonstrators has resulted in the killing of well over 140 people and wounding thousands of others.
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#OromoProtests Global Solidarity Rally, London Dec 29,2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnqx8F8h7ek
Oromo Solidarity in the War Torn Country of Yemen, December 30, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88lQTzg-1ZI
30 December 2015: Oromo Community in Toronto Protests against TPLF Ethiopia’s genocidal killings
https://youtu.be/qa4xYIxx_CQ
OMN: Oromoota Motummaa Itophiyaatin ajjeefamanif Yaadannoo dhungoo qabsiisu waldaa dargaggo Oromiyaa Minisotta
(Times of Malta) — Members of the Oromo community in Malta this morning held a protest in Valletta over the treatment of Oromo people in Ethiopia.
The group of about 30, holding placards and many with chains around their arms and hands, walked up Republic Street to the new Parliament, calling on the Ethiopian government to treat their people better.
According to international media, some 75 protesters were killed and hundreds injured in month-long protests across Ethiopia.
Diaspora continues to expose crimes of Ethiopian government on Oromo protesters
http://gadaa.net/FinfinneTribune/2015/12/diaspora-continues-to-expose-crimes-of-ethiopian-government-on-oromo-protesters/
#OromoProtests: CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN WASHINGTON, DC, December 17, 2015
#OromoProtests Global Solidarity Rally Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, 11 December 2015
#OromoProtests Global Solidarity, Switzerland, 11 December 2015
#OromoProtests Global Solidarity, Netherlands, 11 December 2015
#OromoProtests Global Solidarity, Sudan, 11 December 2015
#OromoProtests Global Solidarity, Australia, 11 December 2015
#OromoProtests Global Solidarity, Jiddah (Saudi Arabia), 11 December 2015
#OromoProtests Global Solidarity, Las vegas (USA), 11 December 2015
Oromia: OSA Statement on the Master Plan and the Oromo Protests
https://soundcloud.com/gadaa-oromo-radio/voa-hiriira-mormii-dc-frankfurt-fi-london-oromo-protests
https://youtu.be/ePYROJhXvmQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jseaJfH_XI0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQCqxJ8KKoE&feature=youtu.be
#OromoProtests in Little Oromia (St Paul) in solidarity with #Oromo students in Oromia against TPLF Ethiopian tyrannic regime’s ethnic cleansing (master plan).
Yaa Oromo dhageefadhaa Oromo student bing killed by Ethiopian dictator Protest in St Paul(2)
#OromoProtests in London in solidarity with #Oromo students in Oromia against TPLF Ethiopian tyrannic regime’s ethnic cleansing (master plan). Hiriira magaalaa Londonitti ta’e, Muddee 10 bara 2015.
Ethiopia: Oromo community protests in London over ‘forced eviction and ethnic cleansing’
By Ludovica Iaccino
Hiriira Mormii Frankfurt fi London
http://m.voaafaanoromoo.com/a/oromo-protest-germany-london/3097576.html
#OromoProtests in London in solidarity with #Oromo students in Oromia. DW Hiriira magaalaa London, Muddee 10 bara 2015
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በኢትዮጵያ ኦሮሚያ ክልል በመንግስት የተዘጋጀውን ማስተር ፕላን እና የመልካም አስተዳደር ጉድለቶች ምክንያት በማድረግ የተቀሰቀሰው ተቃውሞ አሁንም ቀጥሏል። ተቃውሞው የከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋማትን ጨምሮ በተለያዩ የክልሉ ከተሞች ተስፋፍቷል።
ከገለልተኛ ወገን ማጣራት ባይቻልም የጸጥታ ኃይሎች በወሰዱት እርምጃ የሟቾች ቁጥር ከለት ወደ ዕለት እየጨመረ መሆኑን በማህበራዊ ድረ-ገጾች የተሰራጩ መረጃዎች ይጠቁማሉ። በተለያዩ የዓለም ክፍሎች የሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያውያን መንግስት የወሰደውን እርምጃ በመቃወም ድምጻቸውን በማሰማት ላይ ናቸው። በብሪታኒያ ዋና ከተማ ለንደን ዛሬ ተመሳሳይ የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ ተካሂዷል። በለንደን ዛሬ የተካሄደውን የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ የዶይቼ ቬለ ወኪል ድልነሳው ጌታነህ ተመልክቶታል።
ድልነሳው ጌታነህ
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ሒሩት መለሰ
Nairobi, Oromo Peaceful rally in solidarity with #OromoProtests in Oromia against TPLF Ethiopian regime’s ethnic cleansing (Master plan), December 10, 2015
Baqattoonni Oromo Keenyaa jiraatan hiriira mormi motummaa wayyaane irratti biyyaa Masrii keesatti tokkummaan geeggessanii jiru, Muddee 10, bara 2015
TVOMT: Oromo Protest Saartuu Roraas fii Hiriira Toronto
#OromoProtests global solidarity rally, South Africa (Johannesburg), 10 Dec. 2015
Egypt: Oromo Peaceful rally in solidarity with #OromoProtests in Oromia against TPLF Ethiopian regime’s ethnic cleansing (Master plan), December 10, 2015
Baqattoonni Oromo biyya Masrii kumaatamaan lakkaawaman hiriira mormi motummaa wayyaane irratti biyyaa Masrii keesatti tokkummaan geeggeessanii jiru, Muddee 10, bara 2015
Sweden, Oromo Peaceful rally in solidarity with #OromoProtests in Oromia against TPLF Ethiopian regime’s ethnic cleansing (Master plan), December 10, 2015
Germany, Oromo Peaceful rally in solidarity with #OromoProtests in Oromia against TPLF Ethiopian regime’s ethnic cleansing (Master plan), December 10, 2015
Hiriira Mormii Frankfurt fi London
http://m.voaafaanoromoo.com/a/oromo-protest-germany-london/3097576.html
#OromoProtests Global Solidarity, Washington DC (USA), 10 December 2015
Join the global demonstration to stand with the Oromo Students and denounce the violent actions of the Ethiopian government on innocent and peaceful protesters who simply oppose the displacement of millions of Oromo farmers. We call on the international media to break the silence on the massive crackdown on the protesters, its unjust to keep quiet while scores are being killed on school grounds and university campuses across Oromia by Ethiopian security forces, the same regime that receives millions of dollars from UK, US and the EU. #OromoProtests, #Justice for Oromo students#NO Democracy No AID!
Waamicha Hiriiraa Mormii tokkuumma baratoota Oromoo (TBOJ) caayya ABO/OLF biyyaa Jarmanii, Frankfurt
Waamicha Hiriiraa Mormii Tokkuumma Baratoota Oromoo (TBOJ) caayya ABO/OLF biyyaa Jarmanii, Frankfurt
Wal irratti hin dhifnuu haangaa bilisumman keenyaa dhugoomutti.
Kabajamoo fi jaallatamo Hawaasaa Oromoo biyyaa Jarmaani, Jiraatoota Oromoo biyyaa Jarmaani fi firoota Oromoo hundaaf, duran dursaa nagaan Oromumma bakka jirtaan hundatti isiin haa gahuu.
Itti ansuun tokkummaan baratoota Oromoo (TBOJ) caayya adda bilisumma oromoo (ABO) biyya Jarmaani gaafaa guyyaa 10.12.2015 magaala Frankfurt, Jarmaan keessaati dhimma biyyaa keenyaa Oromiyyaa kessatti tahaa jiruu kan akka:
Maqaa master pilaanin Uummaata Oromoo lafaa isaa irra buqisuu, Ajjeecha fi sanyii dugugga icittiin Oromoota irratti gageeffama jiruu, Hidhaa siyassaan mana hidhaa kessatti gidirfamaa jiran, Samichaa lafaa fi toftaalee adda addaan qe´ee irraa buqiifaamaa jiraan, Sarbamuu mirgaa namummaa fi reebichaa garaa jabinaan irraa gaha jiruu, Egeeree Oromoo baleesuuf Baratootaa unveersiitiy irraa ariiyuufi ajesuu, Akkasumaas rakkolee adda addaa Saba keenyaa otoo waal irraa hin citiin gahaa jiruu kana mormii keenyaa dhagesiisuf karorfaamee jira.
Kanaafu guyyaa fi yeroo jedhametti Oromoon waal cinaa dhabachuudhaan mormii keenyaa dhageesisu fi rakkoole jiraan adunyaan akka hubbattuuf gochaan motumaan yerro amma kanaati Sabaa Orommo fi Baratootaa irran gahaa jiruu akka dhabatuuf, shiraa Oromiyyaa kessatti dalagamaa jiruu akka dhabatuu sagaleen keenyaa hedduu barbachisaa dha. kanaafuu sagalee tokkon akka waal cinaa dhabbanee sagalee keenyaa gudifnee dhageesifnuu kabajaan isiin afferraa.
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Bakka ka’uumsaa Frankfurt Haupt Bahnhof
Sa´aa 9.00 -15.00
QABSOON ITTI FUFAA BILISUUMMAN NI DHUFAA!!!!
KHG/TBOJ Caayya ABO.
Schedule: Oromo Diaspora Solidarity Rallies | Oromo Protests Against the Master Plan
http://finfinnetribune.com/Gadaa/2015/12/schedule-oromo-diaspora-solidarity-rallies-oromo-protests-against-the-master-plan/
UPCOMING SOLIDARITY RALLIES FOR DECEMBER 16, 2015
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CITY: BERLIN, GERMANY, EU
DATE/TIME: December 16, 2015 | STARTING at 9am
VENUE: At Willy-Brandt-Straße 1, 10557 Berlin, Germany
LINK TO FLYER – http://goo.gl/WAbICA
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UPCOMING SOLIDARITY RALLIES FOR DECEMBER 17, 2015
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CITY: ATLANTA, GEORGIA, U.S.A.
DATE/TIME: December 17, 2015 | STARTING at 11am
VENUE: In Front of the Georgia State Capitol Building (Capitol Avenue SW)
LINK TO FLYER – http://goo.gl/OIbNqr
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CITY: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A.
DATE/TIME: December 17, 2015 | STARTING at 9am
VENUE: In Front of the Massachusetts State House
LINK TO FLYER – N/A
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CITY: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.S.A.
DATE/TIME: December 17, 2015 | STARTING at 9am
VENUE: In Front of the John C. Kluczynski Federal Building (230 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60604)
LINK TO FLYER – N/A
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CITY: COLUMBUS/CINCINNATI, OHIO, U.S.A.
DATE/TIME: December 17, 2015 | STARTING at 12pm
VENUE: In Front of the Ohio State House in Columbus, Ohio
LINK TO FLYER – N/A
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CITY: DENVER, COLORADO, U.S.A.
DATE/TIME: December 17, 2015 | STARTING at 7am
VENUE: In Front of the Colorado State Capitol Building (City Park; 2001 Colorado Blvd – West Steps)
LINK TO FLYER – http://goo.gl/xL4Ffm
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CITY: LANSING, MICHIGAN, U.S.A.
DATE/TIME: December 17, 2015 | STARTING at 9:30am
VENUE: In Front of the Michigan State Capitol Building
LINK TO FLYER – N/A
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CITY: OAKLAND CITY, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.
DATE/TIME: December 17, 2015 | STARTING at 9am
VENUE: In Front of the Federal Government Building/Office
LINK TO FLYER – N/A
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CITY: PHOENIX, ARIZONA, U.S.A.
DATE/TIME: December 17, 2015 | STARTING at 9am
VENUE: In Front of the Arizona State Capitol Building
LINK TO FLYER – http://goo.gl/fPFOJk
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UPCOMING SOLIDARITY RALLIES FOR DECEMBER 18, 2015
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CITY: BERLIN, GERMANY, EU
DATE/TIME: December 18, 2015 | STARTING at 10am
VENUE: At Willy-Brandt-Straße 1, 10557 Berlin, Germany [and Berlin Ethiopian Embassy at 11am – Boothstraße 20A, 12207 Berlin]
LINK TO FLYER – http://goo.gl/WAbICA
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UPCOMING SOLIDARITY RALLIES FOR DECEMBER 19, 2015
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CITY: BERGEN, NORWAY, EU
DATE/TIME: December 19, 2015 | STARTING at 1pm
VENUE: ?
LINK TO FLYER – http://goo.gl/t3apt4
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CITY: TROMSØ, NORWAY, EU
DATE/TIME: December 19, 2015 | STARTING at 12pm
VENUE: Torgsenteret, Storgata 9008 Tromsø
LINK TO FLYER – http://goo.gl/urzmPi
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Posted: Muddee/December 7, 2015 · Finfinne Tribune | Gadaa.com |
The following is the schedule of the Oromo Diaspora Solidarity Rallies; Oromo Diaspora stands with Oromo protests against the Addis Ababa Master Plan; this schedule will be frequently updated to include all rallies as much as possible.
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UPCOMING SOLIDARITY RALLIES FOR DECEMBER 10, 2015
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CITY: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, U.S.A.
DATE/TIME: December 10, 2015 | 10am
VENUE: To be announced later
LINK TO FLYER – N/A
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CITY: FRANKFURT, GERMANY
DATE/TIME: December 10, 2015 | FROM 9am to 3pm
VENUE: Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof
LINK TO FLYER – http://goo.gl/k434KG
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CITY: OSLO, NORWAY
DATE/TIME: December 10, 2015 | FROM 10am to 2pm
VENUE: Oslo Central Station
LINK TO FLYER – http://goo.gl/KY9R7b
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CITY: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
DATE/TIME: December 10, 2015 | FROM 12pm to 4:30pm
VENUE: UK Parliament Square (SW1P 3BD)
LINK TO FLYER – http://goo.gl/S8pc6U
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CITY: ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, U.S.A.
DATE/TIME: December 10, 2015 | FROM 12pm
VENUE: Minnesota State Capitol Building
LINK TO FLYER – http://goo.gl/xuygli
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INSPIRING SPEECHES FROM THE MAY-2014’s OROMO DIASPORA SOLIDARITY RALLY IN SEATTLE | #OromoProtests
Message to All Diaspora Oromo from Oromo Communities’ Association of N. America
Muddee/December 6, 2015 · Finfinne Tribune | Gadaa.com
The following is a statement from the Oromo Communities’ Association of North America (OCA-NA).
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Dear Oromo Communities and Friends:
The Board and Executive Committee of the Oromo Communities’ Association of North America (OCA-NA) are extremely concerned about the current Ethiopian government’s attempt to implement the controversial Master Plan at any cost, with aggressive crackdown on student demonstrators and peaceful protesters. We believe that we have a collective obligation to support the students who are brutally attacked, and Oromo farmers who are being evicted from their lands in the name development and urban planning. We know that many of you and your communities are planning to stage demonstrations, and organizing for sustained action in support of our people.
To facilitate this effort, we recommend that that each community chooses one of the following days for their demonstrations.
– Thursday, December 10, 2015
– Thursday, December 17, 2015
– Wednesday, December 23, 2015
– Wednesday, December 30, 2015
– Thursday, January 7, 2016
If necessary, additional dates will be announced later.
In your planning, please use the following suggestions:
1. Set your rally in your area or coordinate with nearby communities;
2. Contact your Congressional Representatives’ and Senators’ Offices (both State and U.S.) and alert them about the Oromo rallies ahead of the scheduled event;
3. Send press releases to all media;
4. Create, if you do not have already, fundraising committees to support Oromo students;
5. After the event, assess your activities and provide us with feedback for future improvement.
Remember, a one-time activity alone will not solve our historic problems, or deter a determined and brutal government from displacing peaceful people and destroying great nations like the Oromia. Organization, careful planning and sustained actions are vital for the ultimate success of our people. So, let us put our minor differences aside and focus on the great danger that we are all facing.
OCA-NA calls on all Oromo communities, civic and professional organizations in Diaspora to participate in the scheduled demonstrations. We also call on all Oromo political organizations to put their tactical and other differences aside and join Oromo communities in protest. We expect all Oromo political leaders to provide collective leadership and avert the looming danger for the Oromo people.
Our nation will rise again in victory.
History will be our witness.
Oromo Communities’ Association of North America (OCA-NA)
Support the victims of the Addis Ababa “Master Plan”
December 5, 2015Many of us have been following the Oromo students who have been demonstrating in all parts of Oromia, unequivocally rejecting the Addis Ababa (Finfinnee) “Master Plan”. As usual, the Ethiopian government opted to shed blood instead of responding the demands of the students that have been demonstrating peacefully.Based on our culture of helping fellow Oromos in thier time of sorrow, Macha-Tulama Association (MTA) hereby launches an online fund raising drive to support the families of those students who are killed by Ethiopian security forces across Oromia while peacefully protesting the “Master Plan”. We would like also to announce that MTA has allocated $1,000.00 U.S. dollars to support the victims and their families, and also to lead the fund raising effort.The fund will also be used to support students in their needs who are incarcerated for months in notorious gulags because of again protesting the Addis Ababa “Master Plan”. Please click on the“Donate“ button on our website – machatulama.org – and follow the instructions to contribute.It’s our plan that if sufficient funds are collected, MTA will reach out to the victims of the 2014 violence of the government.In the mean time, we would like to request for your help in gathering the following information and sending them to us via our Facebook message or our email – contact@machatulama.org:
- Names of the students killed by the Ethiopian government security forces,
- School grade or academic year and field of study if s/he is a university student,
- Name of family members (at least two) to whom money can be sent and their telephone number,
- Picture of the deceased student (if available), and
- Age, place of birth, brief life history of the deceased if known
Please do not hesitate to contribute as much as you can. Every penny adds up and makes a difference in the lives of the victims!
Respectfully,
Macha-Tulama Association
Washington, D.C.
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UN News Centre: UN rights office urges Ethiopia to ensure independent probe of reported violations in Oromia. #OromoProtests August 19, 2016
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(UN News Centre, 19 August 2016)– Voicing concern over serious human rights violations in the Oromia and Amhara regions of Ethiopia earlier this month, the United Nations human rights chief today urged the Government to ensure access for independent observers to affected areas and to work towards opening up political and democratic reforms.
Against the backdrop of extremely alarming reports on human rights abuses during public protests over the weekend of 6-8 August, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, appealed to the Ethiopian authorities for allowing human rights experts to access to the conflict zones and evaluate the situation.
“We welcome the decision to launch an independent investigation, and we urge the Government to ensure that the investigation has a mandate to cover allegations of human rights violations since the unrest in Oromia began in November 2015,” Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), told reporters in Geneva.
She went on to stress that the probe should be “indeed independent, transparent, thorough and effective, with a view to establishing whether the use of excessive force occurred and with a view to bringing to justice the perpetrators of any human rights violations.”
The UN rights office is ready to assist in ensuring that the investigation is abide by international human rights standards. However, she said, it is critical to have access to areas where have been reported of ongoing arbitrary arrests, intimidation and harassment of people in the regions.
“We call on the Government to ensure that the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression are protected and that those detained for exercising these rights are promptly released,” said Ms. Shamdasani.
She further urged the Government to work towards opening up the political and democratic space, including comprehensive security sector, legislative, and institutional reforms.
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WP: The tyrannic/fascist Ethiopia’s regime (TPLF) doesn’t want you to know these things are happening in the country August 19, 2016
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World Views and Analysis: Ethiopia doesn’t want you to know these things are happening in the country
Ethiopians wait to fill water cans in February during the recent drought. With the return of the rains, however, have come flooding and disease — something the government is reluctant to discuss. (Aida Muluneh for The Washington Post)
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — After going through its worst drought in 50 years, Ethiopia is again seeing rain. In fact, in some places, it’s falling too hard and has set off floods.
So while the number of people requiring food aid has dropped slightly from 10.2 million in January to 9.7 million, according to the latest figures, there is a new threat of disease in a population weakened by drought.
Measles, meningitis, malaria and scabies are on the rise. And most seriously, there has been an outbreak of something mysteriously called “AWD,” according to the Humanitarian Requirements Document, issued by the government and humanitarian agencies on Aug. 13.
“There is a high risk that AWD can spread to all regions with high speed as there is a frequent population movement between Addis Ababa and other regions,” it warned.
[1 in every 113 human beings is forcibly displaced from their home right now]
The letters stand for acute watery diarrhea. It is a potentially fatal condition caused by water infected with the vibrio cholera bacterium. Everywhere else in the world it is simply called cholera.
But not in Ethiopia, where international humanitarian organizations privately admit that they are only allowed to call it AWD and are not permitted to publish the number of people affected.
The government is apparently concerned about the international impact if news of a significant cholera outbreak were to get out, even though the disease is not unusual in East Africa.
This means that, hypothetically, when refugees from South Sudan with cholera flee across the border into Ethiopia, they suddenly have AWD instead.
[South Sudanese civilians fear the U.N. can’t protect them from a massacre]
In a similar manner, exactly one year ago, when aid organizations started sounding the alarm bells over the failed rains, government officials were divided over whether they would call it a drought and appeal for international aid.
The narrative for Ethiopia in 2015 was a successful nation with double-digit growth, and the government did not want to bring back memories of the 1980s drought that killed hundreds of thousands and left the country forever associated with famine.
“We don’t use the f-word,” explained an aid worker to me back in September, referring to famine.
Like many of its neighbors in the region, Ethiopia has some issues with freedom of expression and is very keen about how it is perceived abroad. While the country has many developmental successes to celebrate, its current sensitivity suggests it will be some time before this close U.S. ally resembles the democracy it has long claimed to be.
Ultimately, the government recognized there was a drought and made an international appeal for aid. The systems put into place over the years prevented the drought from turning into a humanitarian catastrophe — for which the country has earned praise from its international partners.
In the same manner, even though it doesn’t call it cholera, the government is still waging a vigorous campaign to educate people on how to avoid AWD, by boiling water and washing their hands.
Yet this sensitivity to bad news extends to the economic realm as well. Critics have often criticized Ethiopia’s decade of reported strong growth as being the product of cooked numbers. The government does seem to produce rosier figures than international institutions.
After the drought, the International Monetary Fund predicted in Aprilthat growth would drop from 10.2 percent in 2015 to just 4.5 percent in 2016.
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, maintained, however, that growth would be a robust 8.5 percent, despite the falling agriculture productivity and decreased export earnings.
In the political realm, news of unrest and protests is suppressed. During a weekend of demonstrations on Aug. 6 and 7, the Internet was cut, making it difficult to find out what happened.
Human rights organizations, opposition parties and media tried to piece together the toll from the deadly demonstrations, which according to Amnesty International may have been up to 100.
The United Nations has called for international observers to carry out an investigation in the affected regions, which the government has strongly rejected even as it has dismissed estimates of casualties without providing any of its own.
“That is one of the factors we are struggling against with this government, the blockade of information,” complained Beyene Petros, the chairman of a coalition of opposition parties. “Journalists cannot go and verify. We cannot do that.”
Local journalists are heavily constrained, and as Felix Horne of Human Rights Watch points out, Ethiopia is one of the biggest jailers of journalists on the continent.
“Limitations on independent media, jamming of television and radio signals, and recent blocking of social media all point to a government afraid to allow its citizens access to independent information,” he said.
Foreign journalists do not fare much better, especially if they attempt to venture out of the capital to do their reporting.
In March, the New York Times and Bloomberg correspondents were detained by police while trying to report on the disturbances in the Oromo Region.
They were sent back to Addis Ababa and held overnight in a local prison before being interrogated and released.
In a similar fashion, a television crew with American Public Broadcasting Service was detained on Aug. 8 south of the capital trying to do a story on the drought conditions.
They and their Ethiopian fixer — an accredited journalist in her own right — were released after 24 hours, and they were told not to do any reporting outside of Addis.
In both cases the journalists were all accredited by the Government Communication Affairs Office, with credentials that are supposed to extend the breadth of the country but in practice are widely ignored by local officials.
The government spokesman, Getachew Reda, has dismissed the allegations about the information crackdown in the country and in recent appearances on the Al Jazeera network he maintained that there are no obstacles to information in Ethiopia.
“This country is open for business, it’s open for the international community, people have every right to collect whatever information they want,” he said.
Centre for Human Rights concerned about ongoing human rights violations in Ethiopia following the Amhara and Oromo anti-government protests. #OromoProtests August 19, 2016
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15 August 2016 (The Centre for Human Rights) – The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is deeply concerned by the ongoing human rights violations in Ethiopia following popular anti-government protests in the Amhara and Oromia regional states, as well as in the capital, Addis Ababa.
The Centre is particularly dismayed by the use of force against protesters and the killing of civilians by the police, security and military forces during the protests. According to reports, nearly 100 people have been killed in the recent Amhara and Oromo protests, while more than 400 people have been killed during the earlier Oromo protests which began in November 2015.
The Centre is further concerned by the fact that the government of Ethiopia continues to suppress the human rights and fundamental freedoms of citizens including the rights to life, assembly, peaceful demonstration and the freedom of expression and association.
Considering the fact that Ethiopia is the seat of the African Union, and is regarded as a symbol of freedom against colonialism, the Ethiopian government is expected to have an exemplary human rights record to other African states. On the contrary, the government has been continually using force against peaceful protesters, which has often resulted in the death of a considerable number of people so far.
This is particularly distressing as there have been no signs of holding the perpetrators accountable. The government has often brought charges against the leaders of protests—who are often demanding human rights—while the very persons who are responsible for the deaths and injuries of many people go scot free.
Although Prime Minister Haile-Mariam Desalegn has apologised for the loss of lives and the injuries sustained by protestors earlier this year, the government has not shown improvement in handling protests, and in holding perpetrators accountable. Instead, it continues to hold a firm stand against protesters as it is shown—again—when the Prime Minister threatened that ‘measures will be taken’ against protesters. The fact that government officials, alongside members of the security forces, are involved in these human rights violations highly hampers the quest for justice at the domestic level.
The Centre is further concerned that, despite these gross violations of human rights, there has been inadequate pressure from the African Union, international organisations and the ‘international community’ in general.
Therefore, the Centre calls upon the African Union and the international community to take steps to ensure that the Ethiopian government produces tangible results with regards to its human rights record.
In particular, the Centre calls upon:
- The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to condemn the human rights violations in the country; to undertake an urgent visit to the country, and to report the human rights situation in the country to the African Union Assembly;
- The Government of South Africa to condemn the serious human rights violation by the Ethiopian government, and work together with other African states towards a common AU position and action towards this issue.
The Centre also calls upon the Government of Ethiopia:
- To immediately stop violence against, and the killing of protesters, as well as to respect and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the people, including the right to life, the right to peaceful assembly, the right to freedom of expression, the right not to be tortured, and the freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention;
- To take precautionary measures to prevent the use of force during peaceful assembly;
- To address all the issues raised by the people, in a democratic manner, according to the Ethiopian Constitution and the human rights treaties to which Ethiopia is a party;
- To note that the right to peaceful assembly and peaceful demonstration should not be impeded by arbitrary restrictions in the pretext of protecting law and order;
- To bring to justice government officials and members of security forces, who are responsible for the attack and killings as well as to provide adequate remedy for people whose properties have been destroyed and looted during the protests, and;
- To promptly establish an independent and impartial commission of inquiry to investigate, report, and where required, to prosecute perpetrators.
For more information, please contact:
Prof Frans Viljoen
Director, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 3228 / 3810
Mobile: +27 (0) 73 393 4181
Email: frans.viljoen@up.ac.za
CPJ: Ethiopian police detain journalists reporting on drought, escort them back to capital August 19, 2016
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Ethiopian police detain journalists reporting on drought, escort them back to capital
Committee to Protect Journalists, 17 August 2016
Ethiopian police on August 8, 2016, detained three journalists reporting on the effects of a severe drought in the country before escorting them back to Addis Ababa with a warning not to work outside the capital, the Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Ethiopia said in a statement.
Fred de Sam Lazaro and Thomas Adair from the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and Africa News Agency (ANA) correspondent Hadra Ahmed, who was working as a fixer and translator, were told by the police to report to the Shashemene town police station, about 240km from the capital.
Police confiscated their passports and their equipment and offered no reason for their detention. The team was taken back to Addis Ababa the next day under police escort, interrogated for a further six hours and then released with a warning not to report outside the capital.
“Hadra and her colleagues’ ordeal is the latest example in a long trend of the government preventing journalists from doing their work,” William Davison, the FCAE’s chairman, said in the statement. In March 16, police detained Davison and a translator in the eastern town of Awash, confiscated their equipment, and escorted them back to the capital, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported at the time.
Ethiopia is the third worst jailer of journalists on the African continent, with at least 10 behind bars on December 1, CPJ’s 2015 prison census shows.
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PBS Newshour :How my reporting trip to Ethiopia came to an abrupt end August 18, 2016
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Column: How my reporting trip to Ethiopia came to an abrupt end
Women wait to receive food at a distribution center in Gelcha village, one of the drought stricken areas of the Oromia region in Ethiopia, on April 28. Photo by Tiksa Negeri/Reuters
We came to Ethiopia to report on the country’s response to a historic drought. We left with a very different story and a taste of how hard it is for journalists, even those covering what should have been a mostly positive story.
For years, Ethiopia has struggled to shed its association with vast human suffering earned during the epic famine three decades ago.
Gleaming high rises in the capital, Addis Ababa, are testament to what today is one of Africa’s most robust economies. An infrastructure building boom has connected the farthest reaches of this sprawling nation of 100 million people, many of them now covered by a government social safety net.
As a result, even though Ethiopia’s current drought has been far more severe than that in the ‘80s — one-fifth of its population suffers moderate to severe food insecurity — there’s very little of the classic, horrible imagery: the emaciated faces of children with distended bellies, which became the backdrop of those historic famine relief rock concerts.
We went to Ethiopia to tell this new story, that drought does not have to lead to famine. Many experts say planning and good governance can greatly mitigate human suffering. Ethiopia’s government has won some kudos for its drought response this time, yet its abysmal record on human rights, its harsh treatment of journalists and political dissidents can hijack attempts to tell this story. And in our case, it did just that.
For foreign correspondents, obtaining a journalist visa requires extensive paperwork, documenting the serial numbers of all equipment down to cell phones, a detailed account of every place to be visited and, once approved — if approved — stern warnings not to deviate from it.
The treatment of Ethiopian journalists is far harsher: some 60 of them have fled into exile since 2010, according to the international group Human Rights Watch.
The morning after we arrived in Addis, armed with all required permits and paperwork, we set off for the Oromia region south of the capital, shooting images of the extensive housing and road projects under construction or newly completed, some images of farmland and finally a small farm whose owners were being trained in business skills while cultivating new specialty crops to help cope with climate vagaries.
It was here where we were summoned by Ethiopia’s “security services” to the police station. It is amusing to reflect now that our first reaction was annoyance: this would rob videographer Tom Adair of the afternoon’s best light. If only that was all we would lose.
About two hours into our wait in a dimly lit office, we were told to surrender all electronic equipment, including cell phones, and our passports. No explanation was offered, only the threat of arrest if we continued to insist, as we did, that our paperwork was in order, that it is illegal to confiscate a passport, especially without a receipt.
“Report to Immigration tomorrow, and you can collect it,” we were instructed by a plainclothesman who never introduced himself. That meant a six-hour journey back to the capital and to a building teeming with Ethiopians and foreigners alike, applying for passports or visas. In our case, our chance to get our equipment and documents returned.
More hours went by before we finally got our “hearing” before five unidentified men. They’d combed through every corner of our luggage in pursuit of hidden cameras or memory cards and demanded to see every inch of footage we’d shot. Each of us was interviewed separately about exactly what our story was, why we chose to go where we did.
An emaciated cow walks through a dry field in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. Photo by Tiksa Negeri/Reuters
Our explanation was simple: Oromia was hard-hit by the drought. It is where we planned to film food distribution and other retraining programs run by the government and by Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, the largest nongovernment aid group operating in Ethiopia. A CRS official accompanying us was also detained through this ordeal. This was mystifying since his agency, far from being subversive, is a key government partner in relief work.
As it turns out, Oromia is also one of several regions that have seen political unrest and protests — unrelated to the drought — which the government has put down violently. In the days just before we arrived, Human Rights Watch reported 100 deaths at the hands of riot police in the Oromia region.
It’s fair to assume that the security services were looking for footage or evidence of any encounters we might have had with protests or protesters, highly improbable given that we’d barely arrived in the country. A glance in our passports could attest to that.
Finally, 24 hours after they were taken, our passports and gear were returned with the only “official” explanation we would get.
“You did not get permission from Security,” we were advised, even though no such requirement is published anywhere.
Oromia was now off limits and interviews already scheduled with government ministers about the drought were now canceled.
In Ethiopia, “Security,” the National Intelligence Service, appears to hold the biggest sway, enforcers for a government hell bent on controlling the flow of public information and the images it sends out to the world.
Internet service was shut down throughout the country in the period just before we arrived, presumably to muzzle social media and to prevent protest images from being exported, a virtually impossible task in this day and age. Nevertheless, footage of the protests were broadcast and distributed.
Given that weeks of careful planning (to say nothing of the hefty travel costs) were wiped out by the whims of a paranoid security apparatus, it’s unlikely we’ll be able to return and tell this important story any time soon.
DW: Ethiopian anti-government protests set to continue. #OromoProtests August 18, 2016
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Ethiopian anti-government protests set to continue
DW, 18 August 2016
Since November 2015, Ethiopia has been experiencing a wave of anti-government protests unleashed by fears by the Oromo people that the government was planning to seize their land. Hundreds of people have been killed.
In early August, anti-government demonstrations rocked the Oromia and Amhara regional states of Ethiopia. Thousands of demonstrators went on to the streets calling on the government to stop killing protesters, release those arrested, implement political reform, and respect justice and the rule of law. However, the response from government security forces, which used live ammunition against protesters, led to the death of about 100 unarmed people.
Although the government security apparatus reported that the demonstrations had been contained, “the current political situation has become volatile. Things are fast changing and developments have become increasingly unpredictable,” according to analyst Tsegaye R. Ararssa. Activists are said to be busy devising alternative methods of protest that range from weakening government institutions through staying at home and not operating businesses to organizing a Diaspora-based “grand solidarity rally.”
Change of tactics
In the town of Gondar in the state of Amhara, where the first demonstration took place, residents resorted to a new mode of protest – staying at home. A resident of the town, talking on condition of anonymity, told Deutsche Welle that from last Sunday to Tuesday the streets were deserted. Workers stayed at home and stores remained closed.
Asked why the public had opted for this type of protest, the man said “it is clear that society has demanded an answer from the government, but the response was one of bullets in return, so the public decided to launch a stay-at-home strike.”
For Tsegaye, this peaceful method of protest demonstrates “a complete rejection of the regime by the people. It also blunts the regime’s false claims that the protests were violent. The stay-at-home protest is an indication of the increasing maturity of civil disobedience in Ethiopia.”
Protesters are now leaving the streets and staying at home
Internet restrictions
Residents in both the Oromia and Amhara regions say that it is becoming increasingly difficult to get an internet connection and access to social media tools has been blocked. “The only way to get through is by using proxy servers,” one resident of Gondar told DW.
In a recent interview with Al Jazeera, Ethiopia’s Communications Affairs Minister Getachew Reda claimed that that social media had been used “to churn out false information after false information, mostly seditious remarks, trying to agitate people against security forces and also against fellow brothers and sisters.” The administration therefore decided to gag “the kind of vitriol running over social media,” he said.
However, political pundits argue that the state move to censor the internet places a strain on political discourse and the sharing of information. Despite the fact that the country has less than three percent of internet access, there are growing numbers of news and opposition websites which the regime is notorious for blocking.
Aid from the West
The Ethiopian government receives some 3.5 billion dollars (3 billion euros) annually from international donors and has remained a key strategic partner of the West, particularly the US and the EU, in the ‘war against terror.’ However, analysts argue this financial support has been toughening the regime’s resolve to silence dissenting voices. The western approach of tiptoeing around human right violations in the country and its continued support for the regime has been stirring up anger among sections of the public.
Tsegaye says that US and EU “support of the regime – which they know is clearly undemocratic – is the very cause of the state terrorism we observe in the region.”
A recent editorial in The Washington Post argues that the Obama administration, beyond releasing their “deeply concerned” statements, should put pressure on the regime to allow for “credible investigation into the killings.” Following the demonstrations in the two regions, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, urged the Ethiopian government to “give access to international observers in the affected areas to establish what really happened.”
In an interview with DW, Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the commissioner, said restrictions on internet access, the blocking of social media and lack of civil society organizations in the country have made it difficult to verify reports of deaths and casualties.
Oromo activists took to the streets of Berlin in November 2015
Mohammed Said, public relations officer with Ethiopia’s Communications Affairs Office, told DW that the government had its own system of checks and balances and the country’s own Human Rights Commission was doing its job in investigating and publicizing the human rights situation in the country.
For analyst Tsegaye, this shows that the regime “is still in denial of the injustice its policies have resulted in.” The Ethiopian government now has the opportunity to change its approach – otherwise, Ravina said, “if the situation is left to fester, there will be more outbursts, more unrest, more protests and perhaps more violence.”
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HP: Ethiopia’s Bloody Crackdown: The Case for International Justice. #OromoProtests August 18, 2016
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Grand #OromoProtests Global Solidarity Rally Held in Minnesota (Little Oromia), USA, 18 August 2016 August 18, 2016
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#OromoProtests, #AmharaProtests, #OgadenProtests Joint Solidarity Rally in Minnesota, 18 August 2016.
Ethiopia: A country in turmoil (ZDF heute-journal) : A country in turmoil (ZDF heute-journal from 08/12/2016). #OromoProtests August 18, 2016
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In Ethiopia unrest and protests against the government. This goes with a heavy hand against it. At the center of the conflict is the distribution of farmland.
Seit einigen Tagen weiten sich in Äthiopien Unruhen und Proteste gegen die Regierung aus. Diese geht mit harter Hand dagegen vor. Im Mittelpunkt des Konflikts steht die Verteilung von Ackerland.
Germany: Human Rights Commissioner on the unrest in Ethiopia: Press release. #OromoProtests August 18, 2016
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Pressemitteilung
Menschenrechtsbeauftragte zu den Unruhen in Äthiopien
Erscheinungsdatum17.08.2016
Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Menschenrechtspolitik und Humanitäre Hilfe, Bärbel Kofler, erklärte heute (17.08.):
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Die Unruhen in Äthiopien, die sich inzwischen von der Region Oromia auf die Region Amhara sowie Addis Abeba ausgeweitet haben und zuletzt in einem blutigem Wochenende gipfelten, bei dem schätzungsweise 50 Menschen bei Zusammenstößen mit Sicherheitskräften getötet wurden, verfolge ich mit großer Sorge. Ich mahne alle Beteiligten an, in einen inklusiven Dialog einzutreten und bedingungslos auf Gewalt zu verzichten. Mein Beileid spreche ich den Angehörigen der Verstorbenen aus und wünsche den Verletzten eine baldige Genesung.
In der äthiopischen Verfassung garantierte Rechte wie freie Meinungsäußerung und friedliche Versammlungsfreiheit müssen gewahrt bleiben. Einsätze der Sicherheitskräfte gegenüber Demonstranten dürfen den Grundsatz der Verhältnismäßigkeit nicht brechen.
Ich bin davon überzeugt, dass Umverteilung von Land für Entwicklungs- und Investitionszwecke, sowie die Neugliederung von Verwaltungsbezirken partizipativ, transparent und sozialverträglich umgesetzt werden muss. Hierbei ist es wichtig, dass legitime Forderungen von ethnischen Gruppen und Oppositionskräften berücksichtigt werden. Die in Äthiopien erreichten wirtschaftlichen Fortschritte müssen allen Bevölkerungsteilen gleichermaßen zu Gute kommen. Ich appelliere daher an die Regierung, unter Nutzung der lokalen Kräfte und Stärkung der föderalen Struktur in einen konstruktiven Dialog mit der gesamten Bevölkerung einzutreten. Nur so kann die Lage auf Dauer beruhigt und ein friedvolles Leben gesichert werden.
Hintergrund
Seit November 2015 kommt es in der Region Oromia und neuerdings auch in der Region Amhara immer wieder zu Demonstrationen und Protesten gegen die Zentralregierung und die strukturelle Benachteiligung der Provinzen und deren ethnischen Bevölkerungen. Der äthiopische Staat reagierte darauf mit Zensur, Einschüchterung und gewaltsamen Vorgehen der Sicherheitskräfte. Wie auch bei früheren Protestaktionen hatte die Regierung zunächst die sozialen Medien und Nachrichtendienste und schließlich das gesamte Internet landesweit gesperrt.
Bestätigte Zahlen über die Opfer gibt es nicht. Es kann jedoch als gesichert gelten, dass im Zeitraum November 2015 bis Mai 2016 mehrere hundert Menschen ums Leben kamen (bis zu 400 laut AI und HRW). Die äthiopische Regierung bestätigt diese Zahlen nicht.
Neben der unruhigen Region Oromia hat sich Gondar (Amhara Region) seit einigen Wochen zu einem weiteren Brennpunkt Äthiopiens entwickelt. Aus der blutigen Festnahme einiger Aktivisten der Welkait-Volksgruppe am 14. Juli ist binnen weniger Wochen eine größere Protestbewegung entstanden, deren Ende noch nicht abzusehen ist.
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Human Rights Commissioner on the unrest in Ethiopia
Release date 17 August /2016
The Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid, Bärbel Kofler, stated today (17:08.):
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The unrest in Ethiopia who have now spread from the Oromia region of the Amhara and Addis Ababa and recently culminated in a bloody weekend in which an estimated 50 people were killed in clashes with security forces, I have been following with great concern. I urge all parties to engage in an inclusive dialogue and unconditionally to renounce violence. My condolences to the families of the deceased, I and wish those injured a speedy recovery. In the Ethiopian Constitution guaranteed rights such as freedom of expression and peaceful assembly freedom must be respected.Appearances of the security forces against protesters must not break the principle of proportionality. I am convinced that redistribution of land for development and investment purposes, as well as the reorganization of administrative districts must be participatory, transparent and socially acceptable measures. It is important that legitimate demands of ethnic groups and opposition forces are taken into account. The arrived in Ethiopia’s economic progress must come to Good all populations equally. I therefore appeal to the Government to engage using local forces and strengthening the federal structure in a constructive dialogue with the entire population. Only so the location can assured permanent and peaceful lives are saved.
Background Since November 2015, in the region of Oromia and recently also in the Amhara region repeatedly to demonstrations and protests against the central government and the structural disadvantage of the provinces and their ethnic populations. The Ethiopian government responded by censorship, intimidation and violent actions of the security forces. As with earlier protests, the government had first social media and news services, and finally the entire Internet nationally banned. Confirmed figures on the victims do not exist. However, it can safely be assumed that in the period from November 2015 to May 2016, several hundred people were killed (up to 400, according to AI and HRW). The Ethiopian government does not confirm these numbers. In addition to the troubled region of Oromia to Gondar has developed (Amhara Region) for a few weeks to a further focal point of Ethiopia. From bloody arrest of some activists Welkait ethnic group on July 14 a larger protest movement has arisen within a few weeks, the end is not yet in sight.
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Grand #OromoProtests Global Solidarity Rally Held in Johannesburg South Africa, 18 August 2016 August 18, 2016
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#OromoProtests #AmharaProtests #OgadeniaProtests joint global solidarity rally in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Seattle Weekly: Grand #OromoProtests Global Solidarity Rally Held in Sheattle, 16 August 2016 August 18, 2016
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Ethiopian Immigrants March Against Brutal Regime
Seattle Weekly, 16 August 2016
The government has recently killed and disappeared hundreds of people.
A couple hundred members of Seattle’s Ethiopian immigrant community marched through downtown’s streets Tuesday afternoon in protest against U.S. support for the brutal Ethiopian regime.
“Back in Ethiopia, we have a dictatorial regime which has committed mass crimes against its own people,” said attorney Daniel Ajema, a marcher who identified himself as an organizer. “We’re here in solidarity with the people back home, and would like to support them and show our support.”
He’s not exaggerating. In their “Democracy Index” last year, the Economistgave Ethiopia’s government their lowest classification: an authoritarian regime, with an “Electoral Process and Pluralism” score of zero out of ten. Since November, according to the Human Rights Watch, government forces have killed hundreds of largely peaceful protesters and “disappeared” hundreds more.
Ajema said that the protest was specifically aimed at urging President Obama and philanthropist Bill Gates to try to lean on Ethiopia’s national government to do better on human rights and democracy. “We are here to voice our concern and our anger against the enablers of the regime,” he said. The Gates foundation currently has 150 projects worth more than $500 million in Ethiopia, according to the South African Broadcasting Service. The official U.S. relationship with Ethiopia is a friendly one: Ethiopian troops have battled the terrorist army al-Shabaab in neighboring Somolia, and last year our government sent theirs more than half a billion dollars in aid.
Ajema says both the U.S.’s and Gates Foundation’s money helps finance the regime, and he says both Gates and the president should insist on putting human rights ahead of political expediency.
“They’re not doing a whole lot of checking on good governance and democratic rights,” Ajema said. “They’re just blindly giving money to the government.”
Grand #OromoProtests Global Solidarity Rally Held in Melbourne, Australia, 18 August 2016 August 18, 2016
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The Indian Economist: Behavioural Economics, Psychology and Free Trade August 17, 2016
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The transaction “utility” (economists’ term for satisfaction) compares the price one thinks is justified (the “reference price”) to the actual price they have to pay. If reference price is less than or equal to the actual price, humans get satisfied.
For free-trade skeptics, buying a relatively varied and less expensive basket of commodities is an alluring development. However, the transaction utility (satisfaction) is severely negative. This is because they are not willing to pay the price of substantial layoffs and unemployment at home (incidents that they perceive chiefly stem from globalisation) in order to get the goods for cheap.
Whether they are right or wrong is another matter, but the heavy moral cost they face because of perceived guilty conscience is too high. This results in a dissatisfaction with the current state of free trade and borderless transactions. In short, they suffer from a negative overall utility.
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Ethiopia’s volcano: The Oromo are resisting the regime and its bid to grab their land August 17, 2016
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For the first time in history, the plight of the Oromo people has also received worldwide attention. International media outlets have reported on the peaceful protests and subsequent government repression.
Ethiopia’s volcano: The Oromo are resisting the regime and its bid to grab their land
SAMANTHA SPOONER, 17 August 2016
Countrywide demonstrations by the Oromo in Ethiopia have flared up again. Ethiopia’s authorities reacted with heavy force, resulting in the death of 100 civilians. SAMANTHA SPOONER asked Professor Asafa Jalata, a leading scholar on the politics of Oromia, about the countrywide protests
Who are the Oromo people?
The Oromo are the single largest ethno-national group in northeast Africa. In Ethiopia alone they are estimated to be 50-million strong out of a total population of 100-million. There are also Oromo living in Kenya and Somalia.
Ethiopia is said to have about 80 ethno-national groups. The Oromo represent 34.4% and the Amhara 27%. The rest are all less than 7% each.
The Oromo call themselves a nation. They have named their homeland “Oromia”, an area covering 284 538 square kilometres. It is considered to be the richest area of northeast Africa because of its agricultural and natural resources. It is often referred to as the “breadbasket” of the region. Sixty percent of Ethiopian economic resources are generated from Oromia.
The capital city of Ethiopia is located in the heart of Oromia. What the world knows as Addis Ababa is known to the Oromo as Finfinnee. When the Abyssinian warlord Menelik colonised the Oromo during the last decades of the 19th century, he established his main garrison city in Oromia and called it Addis Ababa.
Despite being the largest ethno-national group in Ethiopia, the Oromo consider themselves to be colonial subjects. This is because they have been denied equal access to their country’s political, economic and cultural resources. It all started with their colonisation by, and incorporation into, Abyssinia (the former Ethiopian empire) during the Scramble for Africa.
Today, comprising just 6% of the population, Tigrayans dominate and control the political economy of Ethiopia with the help of the West, particularly the United States. This relationship is strategic to the US, which uses the Tigrayan-led government’s army as their proxy to fight terrorism in the Horn of Africa and beyond.
The Oromo have been demonstrating since November last year. What triggered the protests?
The Oromo demonstrations have been underway for over eight months, first surfacing in Ginchi (about 80km southwest of the capital city) in November last year. It began when elementary and secondary schoolchildren in the small town began protesting the privatisation and confiscation of a small football field and the sale of the nearby Chilimoo forest.
The sentiment quickly spread across Oromia. The entire Oromo community then joined the protests, highlighting other complaints such as the so-called Integrated Addis Ababa Master Plan and associated land grabbing. The master plan was intended to expand Addis Ababa by 1.5-million hectares on to surrounding Oromo land, evicting Oromo farmers.
Last year’s demonstrations were the product of over 25 years of accumulated grievances. These grievances arose as a result of the domination by the minority Tigrayan ethno-national group. Because of this dominance the Oromo people have lost ownership of their land and become both impoverished and aliens in their own country.
What was different about these demonstrations was that, for the first time, all Oromo branches came together in co-ordinated action to fight for their national self-determination and democracy.
Which part of the Oromo is organising the rallies?
It is believed that underground activist networks, known as Qeerroo, are organising the Oromo community. The Qeerroo, also called the Qubee generation, first emerged in 1991 with the participation of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in the transitional government of Ethiopia.
In 1992 the Tigrayan-led minority regime pushed the OLF out of government and the activist networks of Qeerroo gradually blossomed as a form of Oromummaa or Oromo nationalism.
Today the Qeerroo is made up of Oromo youth. These are predominantly students, from elementary school to university, organising collective action through social media. It is not clear what kind of relationship exists between the group and the OLF. But the Qeerroo clearly articulate that the OLF should replace the Tigrayan-led regime and recognise the Front as the origin of Oromo nationalism.
What are their demands?
Their immediate demands are for the Ethiopian government to halt the so-called Addis Ababa Master Plan, land grabbing, corruption and the violation of human rights.
Their extended demands are about achieving self-determination and sovereignty by replacing the Tigrayan-led regime with a multi-ethno-national democratic government. These demands gradually emerged to create solidarity with other ethno-national groups, such as the Amharas, who also have grievances with the regime.
How has the government reacted to the protests?
The government reaction has been violent and suppressive. Despite Oromia being the largest regional state in Ethiopia, it has been under martial law since the protests began. The government has been able to use this law to detain thousands of Oromos, holding them in prisons and concentration camps.
Security structures called tokkoo-shane (one-to-five), garee and gott have also been implemented. Their responsibilities include spying, identifying, exposing, imprisoning, torturing and killing Oromos who are not interested in serving the regime.
There have also been deaths and reports of thousands of Oromos who have been maimed as a result of torture, beatings or during the suppression of protests. For example, during the Oromia-wide day of peaceful protest on July 6, the regime army, known as Agazi, massacred nearly 100 Oromos. According to Amnesty International, 400 Oromos were killed before July 6. But in reality nobody knows exactly how many Oromos have been victims of violence.
What effect have these protests had on the country?
The Oromo protest movement has started to change the political landscape of Ethiopia and shaken the regime’s foundations. Erupting like “a social volcano”, it has sent ripples through the country, and several groups have changed their attitudes to stand in solidarity with the Oromo. The support of the Ahmaras has been particularly significant as they are the second-largest ethno-national group in Ethiopia.
For the first time in history, the plight of the Oromo people has also received worldwide attention. International media outlets have reported on the peaceful protests and subsequent government repression.
This has brought about diplomatic repercussions. In January the European Parliament condemned the Ethiopian government’s violent crackdown. It also called for the establishment of a credible, transparent and independent body to investigate the murdering and imprisonment of thousands of protesters. Similarly, the United Nations human rights experts demanded that Ethiopian authorities stop the violent crackdown.
Not all global actors are taking a strong stance. Some are concerned about maintaining good relations with the incumbent government. For example, the US State Department expressed vague concern about the violence associated with the protest movement. In sharp contrast, they signed a security partnership with the Ethiopian government.
Nevertheless, the momentum of the Oromo movement looks set to continue. The protests, and subsequent support, have seen the further development of activist networks and Oromo leadership, doubling their efforts to build their organisational capacity.
Is this the first time the Oromo have demonstrated their grievances?
No. The Oromo have engaged in scattered instances of resistance since the late 19th century when they were colonised.
In the 1970s the Oromo started to engage in a national movement under the leadership of the OLF. The Front was born out of the Macha-Tulama Self-Help Association, which was banned in the early 1960s, and other forms of resistance such as the Bale Oromo armed resistance of the 1960s. Successive Ethiopian regimes have killed or sent Oromo political and cultural leaders into exile.
How do you believe their grievances can be resolved?
Critics believe the Tigrayan-led minority regime is unlikely to resolve the Oromo grievances. Oromo activists believe that their national struggle for self-determination and egalitarian democracy must intensify.
I am sure that, sooner or later, the regime will be overthrown and replaced with a genuine egalitarian democratic system. This is because of the size of the Oromo population, abundant economic resources, oppression and repression by the Tigrayan-led government, the blossoming of Oromo political consciousness and willingness to pay the necessary sacrifices.
This is an edited version of an article that was originally published on theconversation.com
Grand #OromoProtests must see video: Fascist TPLF Ethiopia’s regime forces Shooting and killing a peaceful protesters in Robe, Bale, Oromia. August 17, 2016
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Grand #OromoProtests (6 August 2016) MUST SEE: Soldiers shooting and killing a peaceful protesters in Robe, Bale. The victim is Abdela Kadir. Video source credited to Jawar Mohammed.
Tyranny of Experts, illustrated August 17, 2016
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Grand #OromoProtests Solidarity Rally Held in London, 16 August 2016 August 17, 2016
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#OromoProtests Global Solidarity Rally in London, 16 August 2016, click here to watch OMN’s report part 2.
AFRICA TODAY ON ETHIOPIA PROTESTS WITH SEYI MARTINS. #OromoProtests August 15, 2016
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Al Jazeera Inside Story – What is triggering Ethiopia’s unrest? #OromoProtests August 15, 2016
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Calls for an international investigation in Ethiopia have surfaced after more than 100 people were killed in demonstrations.It is a conflict that has led to 400 deaths since November, 100 of them in the last week alone, according to human rights groups.The Ethiopian government is cracking down on ethnic Oromos and Amharas, who are calling for political reforms.Human rights groups have called the reponse ruthless. And the United Nations wants to send international observers to investigate.Ethiopia has denied that request, saying it alone is responsible for the security of its citizens. But what can be done to ensure the Ethiopian government respects human rights?Presenter: Folly Bah ThibaultGuests:Getachew Reda – Ethiopian communications affairs minister.Felix Horne – Ethiopia reseracher for Human Rights Watch.Ezekiel Gebissa – Profesor of History and African studies at Kettering University.- Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe– Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish– Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera– Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
Oromia: Athletic Nation Report: Rio Olympics: Shoeless runner Oromo athlete Etenesh Diro becomes a hero Olympian in steeplechase August 14, 2016
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As history repeats itself, barefoot Oromo athlete Abbabaa Bqilaa (Abebe Bikila), winner of Rome Olympic Marathon in 1964.
Oromo athlete Etenesh Diro of Oromia, representing Ethiopia in Rio 2016 Olympics competes in the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase heat.
Oromo athlete Etenesh Diro of Oromia, representing Ethiopia in Rio 2016 Olympics competes in the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase heat.
Oromo athlete Etenesh Diro — one of the favourites in the women’s 3000m steeplechase — was sitting comfortably in first place about two-thirds into her heat at the Olympics when disaster struck.
Her heel was clipped by a falling opponent, sending her tumbling to the ground and removing her right shoe.
Etenesh Diro reacts after she competed in the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase. Picture: AFP
The 25-year-old stood and quickly tried to put it back on her foot, but the laces were tied tight and with no time to spare she cast it aside.
Realising she’d have a better chance of running barefoot, her sock went too — and the African set about attempting to fight her way back into a race where only the first three placegetters were guaranteed of progressing to the final.
Oromia’s Etenesh Diro competes in the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase.
To say the crowd at Rio’s Maracana Stadium got behind her was an understatement.
With every step of Diro’s barren hoof the energy went up a notch — and she responded by passing several runners in the final few laps to claim seventh.
After the race Diro dropped to the ground in disappointment as competitors offered their support.
She’d failed to qualify and lost the opportunity to improve on a sixth-placed finish in London. But then something heartwarming happened.
Three teams involved in the race protested.
Etenesh Diro (L) is helped by officials after she competed in the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase heat. Picture: AFP
Diro had been unfairly brought down and along with Jamaica’s Aisha Praught and Ireland’s Sara Treacy — who also fell after being impeded — would be given a place in the final, which expanded to 18 runners.
She will now be the fan favourite in the final, which also features Australian Genevieve LaCaze and starts at 12.15am Tuesday AEST.
Quartz: Blocked off: How the Ethiopia protests were stifled by a coordinated internet shutdown August 14, 2016
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How the Ethiopia protests were stifled by a coordinated internet shutdown
Guartz, 14 August 2016
Nearly 100 deaths and thousands of arrests have been reported in Ethiopia over the week, as part of protests against the marginalization and persecution of the Oromos and Amharas, Ethiopia’s two largest ethnic groups. But the attacks and arrests may not have been the only forms of retribution carried out by the Ethiopian government in its crackdown against protesters.
Last weekend, the internet was reportedly shut down in the country.
In an attempt to understand whether the internet was in fact shut down, we looked at some public sources of data that contain information about internet traffic. Such data provides strong indicators that the internet was most likely shut down during the Ethiopian protests last weekend, though it remains unclear if this occurred in all regions and/or on all types of networks across the country.
Ethiopian protests
Ongoing protests have been carried out by Ethiopia’s Oromo people since November, marking one of the most significant political developments in Ethiopia in recent years. These protests were sparked by the introduction of the Addis Ababa City Integrated Master Plan, which aims to expand the territorial limits of the country’s capital into neighboring Oromo towns, threatening to displace millions of Oromo farmers and bring the Oromo-dominated region under the Tigray-led federal government.
The unprecedented wave of protests has resulted in more than 400 deaths since November, according to a recent Human Rights Watch report.
Protesters relied on the internet to plan and mobilize so this may have prompted the Ethiopian government to pull the plug.
More protests sprung up in the Amhara regional state, with protesters requesting political reforms and specifically, the Welkait community demanding that ancestral land currently administered by the Tigray regional state be moved into the neighboring Amhara region.
The new-found unity between the two historically antagonistic communities of the Oromo and Amharas against a common adversary, the TPLF-led government, seems to have raised the tension in the country. The security forces response has been extreme, with observers comparing it to the 2005 post-election violence where nearly 200 people were killed. This time though, at least 30 people were reportedly killed in the Amhara region in one day alone.
Internet shutdown
Protesters relied on the internet to plan, mobilize and coordinate with each other and this may have prompted the Ethiopian government to pull the plug on the internet even before the planned protests started.
But this is not the first time that the Ethiopian government appears to be restricting access to the internet this year.
Last month, the government reportedly blocked social media platforms across the country after university entrance exams were leaked on Facebook by an Oromo activist, as a form of protest against the government.
Public data from last weekend indicates that the internet was shut down in Ethiopia during the heat of the protests, but it remains unclear if this occurred nationwide.
The graphs below illustrate that while internet traffic appeared to be originating from Ethiopia up until Aug. 5, such traffic was suddenly terminated until August 8th, indicating that the internet was probably shut down.
Read more at:-
http://qz.com/757824/how-the-ethiopia-protests-were-stifled-by-a-coordinated-internet-shutdown/
Oromia: Alert! Crimes against humanity: Mass torture and killings are going on against Oromo people in Ethiopia. August 14, 2016
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#OromoProtests Alert! Mass torture and killings are going on against Oromo people in Ethiopia. Oromo children are subjected to torture and mass killings by fascsist Ethiopia’s regime (TPLF/Agazi force.
The New York Times was able to picture in video camera while fascist cruel Ethiopia’s regime (TPLF/Agazi) was attacking peaceful Oromo Protesters in Finfinnee (Addis Ababa), Oromia on 6 August 2016, Grand #OromoProtests.
Genocide is going on against Oromo people. On 6 August 2016 Protests held over 200 towns and cities in Oromia state wide. All over, Oromo demonstrators demanding political change in Ethiopia have been met with violent resistance by the fascist TPLF Ethiopia’s regime.It has been reported that over 283 innocent Oromo have been gunned down by cruel fascist TPLF Ethiopia’s regime ( https://oromianeconomist.com/2016/08/13/oromia-dhiigi-mucaa-kootii-dhangalaee-hin-hafu-oromiyaan-ni-bilisoomti-akeeka-ummatni-oromoo-bakkaan-gahuuf-murteeffate/ ). These are in addition to over 600 people the regime has murdered since November 2015. Since 6 August 2016, over 4000 people are being tortured in Awash Arba concentration camp alone. This figure does not include thousands and thousands in thousands TPLF torture camps.
Fascist Ethiopia’s regime’s detaining and torturing Oromo children. This photo was taken at Iyasu IV prison in Gara Mulata, East Hararge, Oromia. 13 August 2016
This is picture is a photo of martyred birght Oromo teenager school girl Mamiituu Hirphaa who was killed by cruel fascist Ethiopia’s regime Agazi forces in Ambo town, West Shawa, Oromia on 6 August 2016.
Fascist Ethiopia’s regime forces attacking 80 years Oromo elder in Arsi, Oromia state, captured by citizen journalist camera and social media.
A full scale military massacre has-been conducted by ethiopias fascsit regime in Naqamte East Wallaggaa, Oromia. The is picture is a young Oromo gunned down by the regime forces. 6 August 2016. Grand #OromoProtests.
These are tips of the iceberg of genocidal crimes of Fascist (TPLF) Ethiopia’s regime.
Hagayya 6 bara 2016 qabee gidiraa lammiin Oromoo Finfinnee keessaa guramaani hidhaman keessa jiraan: Warra hidhamee gidramaa turee bahe kessaa tokko akka dubbatetti:-
Hiriirra Guddicha Finfinneetti geggeeffame irratti ilmaan Oromoo 4000 tahan qabamanii Awash Sebat Kiilo kaampii jedhamutti hidhamanii jiru. Akkamitti qabaman, eenyutu qabeen, balaa akkamiitu irra gaheen, yoom Awash geeffaman? Yaadannoo namni jara qabame san keessaa tokko tahe naa erge armaan gadii obsaan dubbisaa.
“Jalqaba gafaa hirirra finfineetii banuu waan isaan godhan media iratti argitaanitu. guyyaa sana namaa heduutu qabamee namni qabame immoo kaan hirirra irraatti kaan daandii utuu deemaa jiruu kan immoo kutaa magaala finfinee garagaraa keessaatii ergaa qabamanii seera jala galaan bodaa garuu reebichaa ilmoo namaaf hin maaletuu irraatti rawwaate. fkn anii nama guyyaa sana qabamee keessaa nama tokkon ture. ergan nama baayee dukaa qabamee boodaa tilmaaman nama 30 kan tanuu nuu fudhaan mana dhunfaa tokko nu geessanii baayee nu reebaan, reebuu qofa mitii araabsoo garaa garan nu araabsaan fkn “nuuti bilisumaa siiniif lanee akkas tatu. Esaatti democracy argitaani beetuu?, oromoon angoon isaaf hin maluu …. ”
Garuu wantaan ijaakoon argee tokko yeeroo mana dhuunfaa sana keessaatti reebaama turee irraa caalaa kan nuu reebee namaa lammii tigire tahedha. kan bira immoo tigire tahee namaa hucuu military hin hufaane sababa tigiree tahee qofaaf nuu reebee mata nama heduu babaaqaaqsee . ergaa reebaan quufan boodaa gara kutaa finfinee keessaa bakka kasanchis ( sidistegn police station ) jedhamuu nuu dhaqataan. haga guyya keessaa sa’a 12tti achii ture. Sa’a 12 boodaa nufuudhaani bayaanii bakka lagahar jedhamu ykn ground tennis / diree tennis irraa nuu kayaan isaa boodaa bookkaan hedduun nutii roobe sa’a afurii oliif bokkaa keessaa nuu tursiisaan.
namnii hundii maali maalii goonee bokkaan nu ajeesuuf maalo bineesii illee yoo bokkaan roobuu bollaa ykn hoolqa jalati baqaata maliif isaan garuu bokkaa keessaati nu ajeestu jenaan cal jedhaa taahaa ykn achi keessaa bultuu nuun jedhaan.kun hundii ergaa rawwaatee boodee garu nama qabamee hundaa achii fudhaani gara kutaa magaala finfine iddoo police station jiruu hunda jirutti rabsaan achiitti nu hidhaan. achii booda gafa sanbaata guddaa galgaala halkaan keessa sa’a sadiiti nuufuudhaan gara Awash sebat kilo camp nu geesaan. achii bodaa achii keessaatii isporti ilmoon namaa hojeechuu hin dandeenya nuu hojeechisaan kaan reebaan lukaa irraa cabsaan kaan harkaa irraa cabsaan kaan kalee hojii ala gochisiisaan,
waa nyaata irraatti immoo ganama dabboo tokko guyyaa dabboo tokko galgaala dabboo tokko nuuf keenaa turaan bishaan immoo guyaatii walaaka letter tokko gadii nuuf kenaa tura. ijoolee shamaara isporti isaan hojechuu hin dandeenya hojechisee shamaara baayeetuu midhaan gudaan irraa gahee waluuma galaa namnii achii jiruu tilmaaman naannoo 4000 taha. achii kessaa gaafaa jimmaata namnii 66 keessaa baneera. kan keessaa dhalan nama18 ,dhiri 48tu bahe. ijoolee dhiraa irraa rifeensa mataa hadaaniruu namnii tokkoyyuu kan rifensaa mata qabu hin jiruu.”
NY Times: After big win, former Somali refugee now the favorite to win Minnesota state senate seat August 13, 2016
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After big win, former Somali refugee now the favorite to win Minnesota state senate seat
A former refugee from Somalia made history this week in Minnesota when she knocked off a long-serving legislator in the state’s primary election. Ilhan Omar, 33, handily defeated incumbent Phyllis Kahn, who had served as a state representative for 44 years, on Tuesday. The historic victory made Omar the first Muslim American woman of Somali descent to ever win a state primary and it puts her on the cusp of becoming the country’s first Somali-American legislator. Omar, a Democrat, is the favorite in the November election, and her opponent is also an immigrant from Somali. “Tonight we made history,” Omar told supporters following her big win on Tuesday night. “Tonight marks the beginning of the future of our district, a new era of representation.” She delivered her victory speech in both English and Somali.
It’s been a long road for Omar, a community activist and mother of three. As a child, her parents fled Somalia and she lived with them for four years in a Kenyan refugee camp. Eventually, the family was granted the opportunity to become U.S. citizens when Omar was 8. After a brief stay in Virginia, the family settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where they began a new life. Nowadays, the Somali immigrant population has exploded to the point where her neighborhood is known as Little Mogadishu. Constituents there were largely overjoyed with her ascent. In Minneapolis, Somali immigrants have had recent successes being elected to local government posts, but Omar’s election on November would be a real breakthrough. Her grandfather, she said in her nomination acceptance speech, instilled in her what has become a deep interest in local politics. She also discussed some of the challenges including sexism and misogyny that she encountered through her campaign. Some community leaders, she said, “bought into the narrative of misogyny” and told her it was impossible for a Somali woman to win the nomination for that seat. She was happy to prove those skeptics wrong, she told supporters.
Omar is hopeful in her outlook toward the November election, where the opportunity to make history again awaits. “I hope our story is an inspirational story to many people,” she told The Associated Press in an interview. She went on to list “closing the opportunity gap in our educational system, working on criminal justice reform, taking on policing reform,” as some of her top priorities. Watch her emotional victory speech below.
Oromia: Shirri Haaraan Qabsoo Bilisummaa Oromoo irratti Hojjatamaa Jiraachuu ABOn Saaxile.Reiterating the Oromo political Questions and Ultimate objectives of the Oromo struggle August 13, 2016
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Shirri Haaraan Qabsoo Bilisummaa Oromoo irratti Hojjatamaa Jiraachuu ABOn Saaxile.
(Oromedia, 13 Hagayya 2016) ABO fi QBO irratti shirri haaraa xaxamaa jiraachuu saaxile. Haata’uutii, ABO fi Ummatni Oromoo lammata shira akkasii akka hin keessumeessine ABOn gada jabeessee hubachiiseera.
Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo ibsa Hagayya 13 bara 2016 mata duree “Gaaffii fi Galii Siyaasaa Ummata Oromoo Caalaatti Ifa Gochuu” jedhuun baaseen karoorri haaraan qabsoo Oromoo dadhabsiisuuf qopheeffama ajiraachuu ibse.
Karoorri kun akak ABOn ibsetti, akkuma London Conference 1991 irratti godhame marraa lammataaf shira qabsoo Oromoo irratti akeekame, kan mirga hiree murteeffannaa Oromoo hin kabajne ta’uu addeesse.
“Akeekaa fi yaada farrummaa QBO kan mirga hiree murteeffannaa Oromoo hin kabajne kana ABO-Qeerroo fi ummatni Oromoo jabinaan dura dhaabbatu,” jedhee jira ABOn.
Itti dabaluunis, “mirgii fi dantaan ummata Oromoo alagaa fi humnoota alaa irraa kanneen dantaa aangoof bulaniin osoo hin taane ummata Oromoo abbaa dhimmaatiin murteeffamuu qaba,” jechuun ejajnnoo jabaan ibseera.
“Ummatni Oromoo Mirgi hiree ofii ofiin murteeffatuu ifaan kabajameefii dhiibbaa tokkoon maleetti sagalee isaatiin kan barbaadu wayta murteessuu danda’etti gaaffiin isaa deebii quubsaa argata,” jechuuni gaaffiin fi galii siyaasaa ummata Oromoo hubachiiseera.
Reiterating the Oromo political Questions and Ultimate objectives of the Oromo struggle
The OLF press release
The aims of the Oromo struggle led by the OLF is to realize the Oromo people’s selfdetermination right; to dismantle colonial system from Oromia and to free Oromo from subjugation and to establish free Oromia state. This can be achieved through the sole decision of the Oromo people who will choose either to establish a free Republic of Oromia or to make new political arrangement with neighboring nationalities based on interest, equality, mutual respect and democratic values and principles. This means that the OLF struggles to make an arrangement for Oromo people for free referendum rights.
The Oromo people has struggled and made huge scarifies to fulfill the aims and objectives of the Oromo struggle set out by the OLF. When the Oromo elites and committed individuals developed the OLF program, the central aim was to solve the fundamental political problem of the Ethiopian empire from its roots. The program was not only based on the interest of Oromo people but also considered the interests of other peoples in the Ethiopian empire who were colonized in a similar way and benefit from this struggle.
Thanks to Oromo heroes and heroines, today the Oromo people liberation struggle has reached the stage where every Oromo has gained a full confidence to achieve its long awaited freedom. Also millions of Oromo heroes and heroines are ready to sacrifice their lives for freedom until
the liberation of Oromia is realized. We have no doubt that with the sacrifices of committed Oromo heroes and heroines, the OLF vision, which is also the vision of vast Oromo people, will be achieved. However, we cannot deny that there are internal and external forces that want to give the Oromo liberation movement a blind eye and want to divert the Oromo genuine questions for their own political agenda and strategic interest.
#OromoProtests: Ethiopia protests at a point of no return August 13, 2016
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Funerals are taking place across the country. Locals report a heavy military presence in every town in Oromia and all major towns in the Amhara region. Arrests and disappearances have become daily occurrences. Despite the ongoing crackdown, the protests are expected to return to the streets with more vigor.
The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is in total disarray.
Ethiopia protests at a point of no return
(OPride 12 August 2016) — At least 104 people were killed last weekend as anti-government protests flared across Oromia and Amhara regions. Nearly a week after the bloody carnage in which hundreds of thousands protested the Tigrayan domination in Ethiopia, the regime in Addis Ababa remains tight-lipped.
Ethiopia’s bombastic communications minister Getachew Reda has blamed the diaspora and social media activists for hijacking the protests. Addis Ababa also rebuked a plea for an independent investigation into the killings of protesters by the United Nations Commissioner on Human Rights. Reda on Thursday told Al Jazeera English that international observers are not welcome in Ethiopia.
Funerals are taking place across the country. Locals report a heavy military presence in every town in Oromia and all major towns in the Amhara region. Arrests and disappearances have become daily occurrences. Despite the ongoing crackdown, the protests are expected to return to the streets with more vigor.
We asked a well-placed Addis Ababa-based analyst to get an accurate reading on the latest developments on the ground. Here’s an excerpt of that exchange:
- The prevailing situation is similar to the last days before the 1974 revolution which saw the demise of emperor Haile Selassie. How? The regime is busy with self-destruction by focusing excessively on internal bickering and clueless about the storm gathering on the outside;
- Expressions of solidarity between the Amhara and Oromo has become the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)’s greatest anxiety. A dangerous social division is emerging. There have emerged two Ethiopias: one intoxicated by the Ethiopia rising narrative, the new Tigrean elite, and the other resentful of Tigrean excesses. The former has no clue as to why people are protesting and the later is wondering and waiting for the time when the whole country will be rising up to remove the humiliation.
- The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is in total disarray. TPLF has become incoherent. The Oromo Peoples’ Democratic Organization (OPDO) and Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM) — supposedly the two most influential members of the four-party EPRDF coalition after TPLF — are embittered by their Inability to contribute to resolve the crisis due to TPLF intransigence;
- The rank and file of ANDM is bitter against its old guard. They see them as instruments of Tigrean dominance. The lower level Amhara leaders are angry about being continually presented as oppressors when TPLF has been oppressing for 25 years;
- The overwhelming view in the country is this: EPRDF is not an organization that is capable of reforming itself and thus headed to its demise.
- On the question of why TPLF failed to tackle corruption and bad governance, a high-ranking official responded “how can thieves police themselves?” While the problems are structural in nature, remedies proposed by EPRDF are of administrative and technical nature. A case in point is their flagging of what they call rent-seeking, which is a catch-all category which is as open to different interpretation as vacuous.
- Amhara solidarity with Oromo protests is growing and is serious. They are impressed with the discipline and peacefulness of Oromo protests. While the diaspora-based Amhara elite are still mistrustful of #OromoProtests, those at home are at peace with the Oromo desire for self-governance and equitable representation;
- The general feeling in the country is that the protests have reached a point of no return. Many had appealed to the Tigrean oligarchy to prevent such a development and they are not coherent to steer country off the cliff;
- There is a great deal of fear of further chaos. TPLF will not stop killing. People’s restraint is being exhausted. Disagreement within the army and police, along ethnic lines, is potentially the greatest source of chaos;
- Protests in Addis Ababa are increasingly likely. People’s sense of justice has grown steadily strong. People’s hearts are ailing from the abuses Oromo protesters are subjected to and the youth appear ready to resist at all cost.
In short, Ethiopia is at a dangerous crossroads. We have a regime that will not stop killing and not ready for the kind of dialogue that the volatile situation demands. Besides, the EPRDF regime has become increasingly incoherent and unable to come to an approach that will pull the country away from the cliff.
On the other hand are highly enraged and mobilized populations whose patience and restraint against regime violence is fast running out. This is a deadly combination. Ethiopia’s allies can no longer deceive themselves, as they have in the past, that EPRDF-led Ethiopia is a force for regional stability. A destabilized Ethiopia is a nightmarish scenario with regional and continental repercussions. And the instability within Ethiopia’s ruling party and its intransigence to steer away from violent means of dealing with the gathering storm of society-wide dissent and resentment is driving the country toward chaos.
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OROMIA: “DHIIGI MUCAA KOOTII DHANGALA’EE HIN HAFU. OROMIYAAN NI BILISOOMTI!” :AKEEKA UMMATNI OROMOO BAKKAAN GAHUUF MURTEEFFATE. August 13, 2016
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“DHIIGI MUCAA KOOTII DHANGALA’EE HIN HAFU. OROMIYAAN NI BILISOOMTI!” :AKEEKA UMMATNI OROMOO BAKKAAN GAHUUF MURTEEFFATE.
Leeloo Sabaan
Hagayya 6, bara 2016 irraa eegaleee, Fincilla Xumura Gabrummaa, Qeerroo Bilisummaatiin hoogganamee, guutuu Oromiyaa keessatti, bifa addaan,akka abidda saafaa boba’aa jiru keessatti, Oromoo meesha maleeyyiin rasaasa mootummaa gabroomfataa Impaayera Ixoophiyaatiin ajjeeffaman hanga har’aatti 283 gahuu isaa maddeen: Jaarmota mirga dhala namaa, hospitalota fi poolisaa irraa dhagahamaa jira. Fincila kana keessatti kanneen wareega baasan, harki 92.8: shamarran, dargaggoo fi daa’imman egeree fi abdii borii Oromiyaa ta’anii dha. Maatiilee Oromiyaa ilmaan isaanii rasaasa Tigreetiin: qeyee isaanii keessatti, balbala mana isaanii duratti, abbaa fi haadha isaanii biratti Hagayya 6, bara 2016 irraa eegalee dhaban keessaa tokko, haadha Musxafaa oggaa taatu, rasaasa Ixoophiyaatiin mucaa dhabde kanaaf kan: rifatte, kan sodaatte, kan hamileen cabe osoo hin taane, wareegama mucaan isii Musxafaa jedhamu bilisummaa Oromiyaaf kaffale ittiin boonuu fi ittiin dhaadatuun isii, kanneen: aarii, fedhii, hawwii, dandeettii fi muratnoo ummata Oromoof tuffii qaban hunda kan ajaa’ibe oggaa ta’u, gootummaa fi muratnoo isiin agarsiiftetti kan ittiin booname qofa osoo hin taane, “haadha goota deesse” jedhamtee ummata Oromoo hunda biratti akka faarfamtuu fi kabajamtu taasisee maatiilee Oromoo rasaasa wayyaaneetiin ilmaan isaanii dhaban hunda kan jajjabeesse ture.
Dubartiin Oromoo kun, mucaa deessee fi guddifte kana, wanneen inni barbaadu fi akeeka inni wareegameef waan beektuuf, “Dhiigi mucaa kiyya dhangala’ee hin hafu. Oromiyaan ni bilisoomti !” jettee sagalee guddaa fi aariidhaan ummata Oromoo taaziyaaf gara isii dhufe keessaa garmaamtee dhiiga mucaa isiitiiin Oromiyaan akka bilisoomtu sodaa tokko malee labsaa turte. Dhiigi ilmoo isiitii, kan bilisummaa argamsiisu malee kan lafatti badu akka hin taane abdii qabdus shakkii tokko malee ibsaa turte. Dhaadannoon isii kun , “guyyaan itti ilmaan keenya bilisummaa argan ni dhufa” jechuudhaan kan Roobaa Bultum bara Miniliki raage, waggoota dhibba tokko ol booda illee, akeeki ummata Oromoo, Oromiyaa bilisoomte arguu qofa akka ta’e kan mul’isee dha. Akeeki bilisummaa Oromiyaa, akeeka dhaloota irraa dhalootatti darbee har’a gahe, jaarra tokko oliif hawwii ummata Oromoo kan ture fi fuuldurattis, itti fufee, qabsoo ummata Oromoo kan hoogganuu ta’uu ifa kan taasise dhaadannoon ‘haadha gootaa’ kun, ajjeechaa fi hidhaan bara: Minilik, Haayile Sillaasee, Dargii fi Wayyaanee ummata Oromoo fi qabsaawota isaa irratti raawwataa ture, akeeka bilisummaa Oromiyaa irraa ummata Oromoo of booda akka hin deebifne, ajjeechaa fi hidhaan fuulduratti ummata Oromoo irratti geggeeffamus , haga Oromiyaan bilisoomtutti, ummata Oromoo of booda deebisuu akka hin dandeenye guutuutti kan mirkaneesse qofa osoo hin taane, kanneen muratnoo ummata Oromoo irratti shakkii qaban illee, shakkii isaanii dhara/soba taasise.
Dhaadannoon ‘haadha gootaa’ kana irraa dhagahamaa ture, akeeki Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo, kan bilisummaa Oromoo fi walabummaa Oromiyaa, waggoota 43 dura lafa kaa’ame, har’a illee, akeeka hawwii ummata Oromoo calaqqisu ta’uu kan ifa taasise qofa osoo hin taane, akeeki ABO kun, akeeka dhaloota qubeetiin haammatame fi itti fufiinsa isaa illee shakkii tokko maleee kan abdachiisee dha.Hawwiin mucaa isii fi kan hunda Oromootaa, bilisummaa Oromiyaa waan ta’eef, dhaadannoo dhageessifte kanaan, Oromoon itti fufee qabsaawee, bilisummaa Oromiyaatiin gumaa ilma isii akka baasu abdii isiin ummata Oromoo irraa qabdus kan agarsiisuu dha.
Waan kana ta’eef, maatiileen Oromoo, ilmaan akka qaroo ija isaanitti ilaalan rasaasa Ixoophiyaatiin/wayyaaneetiin dhaban hundi: obsa, muratnoo fi abdi bilisummaa “haadha gootaa” kana irraa mul’ate akka fakkeenyaatti fudhatuun, ilmaan Oromoo hundi bilisummaa Orommiyaatiif akka qabsawan jajjabeessuu qaban. ‘Haatii gootaa’ kun,”Dhiigi mucaa kooti dhangala’ee hin hafu. Oromiyaan ni bilisoomti !” jettee dhaadachuun, abdii guddaa isiin dhaloota ammaa irraa qabdu kan calaqqisu waan ta’eef, hawwii isii kana bakkaan gahuuf ummatni Oromoo itti fufee, akeeka bilisummaa Oromiyaa ABO’n hooliganism bakkaan gahuuf gootummaan qabsaawee abdii isiiin irraa kaayyatte kana dalagaan mul’isuu qaba. Kana malees, wareegama ilmi isii kaffale kana butatanii, akeeka bilisummaa Oromiyaa, kan ‘haati gootaa’ kun raagde, karaa irraa jallisuun tokkummaa Ixoophiyaa kan haga har’atti cunqursaa siyaasaa fi saamicha diinagdee jalatti Oromoo kuffise, itti fufanii Oromoo irratti fe’uuf Oromoota fi Habashoota olii fi gadi kaatan, qaroominaan hordofee akeeka Ixoophiyummaa isaanii dura dhaabbatuun, akeeka Adda Bilisummaa Oroomoo, kan bilisummaa Oromiyaa tiksuu qaba. Qabsoon ummatni Oromoo haga har’aatti geggeesse, bilisummaa Oromiyaa dhaluuf foolachaa oggaa jiru kanatti, qabsicha gatachiisuuf humnooti Oromoo fi Ixoophiyaa shira hedduu xaxaa waan jiraniif, humnoota seenaa irraa hin baranne, gabroomfattootaa fi albaadhessoota siyaasaa kana hunda irraa qabsoo ummata Oromoo tiksuun, sochiin ummata Oromoo, bilisummaa Oromiyaatiin akka xumuramu godhuun dirqama olaanaa kan yeroo ti. Obruu/midhaan bilchaataa jirutti, diinni akka itti heddummaatu, qabsoo ummata Oromoo galma isaatti dhiyaate jiru kanattis, diinni keessaa fi ala itti heddummaata. Kanaaf, ummatni Oromoo, injifatnoo haga har’aatti galmeesse dammaqa cimaadhaan diiina keessaa fi alaa irraa tikfataa, qabsoo isaa bilisummaa Oromiyaatiin xumuree dhiigi ilmaan Oromoo rasaasa Ixoophiyaatiin/Wayyaaneetiin dhangala’e gatii malee akka hin hafe godhuun dirqama seenaa fi gootummaa Oromoo ti.
Dhiigi ilmaan Oromoo, dhangala’ee hin hafu !
Dhiigi ilmaan Oromoo dhangala’e Bilisummaa Oromiyaa ni biqilcha !
Abdiin Bilisummaa Oromiyaa, ABO fi Ummata Oromoo ti !
Injifatnoon Ummata Oromoof !
Leelloo Sabaa irraa
Hagayya 10/08/2016
Oromia: Injifannoo: Athletic Nation Report: Rio Olympics: Oromo Athlete Almaz Ayaana becomes the new world and Olympic records holder in 10,000 meters August 12, 2016
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Rio Olympics: Almaz Ayaana becomes the new world record holder in 10,000 meters
An Oromo athlete, Almaz Ayana, becomes the fastest runner ever seen before. She ran the fastest 10 000m race in history in 29:17.45 during the 2016 Summer Olympics beating the previous world record by more than 14 seconds, a record that Wang Junxia had held for 23 years. Junxia had held for 23 years.
Almaz Ayana Eba (born 21 November 1991) competes in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres event. She set a new 10000 metres world record, breaking the old one set in 1993, during the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
She won bronze medal in 5000 m event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics held in Moscow, Russia. In the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, Almaz won the 5000m course beating Genzebe Dibaba by a long distance.
Almaz won her first senior title over 5000 metres at the 2014 African Championships in Marrakech, defeating favourite Genzebe Dibaba in a championship record time of 15:32.72. One month later in the same stadium, she won the 5000m representing Africa at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup by over 24 seconds.
Almaz ran a personal best of 14:14.32 over 5000 metres at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai in 2015, improving upon her previous record of 14:25.84 which she had set in Paris in 2013. This made her the third fastest female athlete over that distance, behind compatriots Tirunesh Dibaba, the world record holder, and Meseret Defar.
On June 2, 2016 Almaz Ayana ran 5000 metres in 14:12.59 at IAAF Golden Gala in Rome. This made Almaz the second fastest woman ever on 5000 metres, second only to Tirunesh Dibaba, who holds the world record of 14:11.15.
Rio Olympics 2016
The Oromian athlete representing Ethiopia takes 14 seconds off a 23-year-old mark; Molly Huddle breaks the U.S. record.
Last year’s world champion, Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya, took silver in 29:32.53, just off of the previous world record of 29:31.78, set by Wang Junxia of China in 1993. Oromo athlete Tirunesh Dibaba, winner of the last two Olympic titles, overtook early leader Alice Aprot of Kenya to get the bronze medal in 29:42.56, a lifetime best that was 14 seconds faster than the previous Olympic record she set in 2008.
Molly Huddle of USA finished sixth in 30:13.17, an American record that took 9 seconds off the mark Shalane Flanagan set while winning bronze at the 2008 Games. Emily Infeld finished 11th in 31:26.94, a personal best. The third American, Marielle Hall, finished in 33rd in 32:39.32.
Aprot, who had the world-leading time heading into the race, set a fast pace from the start. She led a group of seven through halfway in 14:46.81, just off of world record pace. Huddle ran with the leaders through the first four kilometers, but then fell off, which is understandable given that the leaders passed 5,000 meters just 4 seconds slower than her U.S. record at the distance.
But even Aprot’s pace was too slow for Ayana, who surged into the lead and broke the pack apart with 12 laps to go. She used the same punishing solo front-running style to break Genzabe Dibaba (Tirunesh’s younger sister) in the 5,000 at the world championships last year. Cheruiyot, who has a strong finishing kick, kept Ayana within a few seconds for several laps, but then couldn’t hang on, leaving only the question of by how much Ayana would break the world record.
Ayana, the second fastest in history at 5,000 meters, is new to the 10,000; her Olympic title and world record was only her second time contesting the distance.
NEWS WEEK: ETHIOPIA MUST ALLOW OBSERVERS ACCESS AFTER DEADLY PROTESTS: U.N. RIGHTS CHIEF August 12, 2016
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ETHIOPIA MUST ALLOW OBSERVERS ACCESS AFTER DEADLY PROTESTS: U.N. RIGHTS CHIEF
Almost 100 people died in recent anti-government protests, according to rights groups.
Ethiopia must admit international observers to establish the facts around deadly protests that killed scores of people over the weekend, according to the United Nations human rights chief.
Anti-government protesters took to the streets in several parts of the Horn of Africa country to demonstrate against alleged economic and political marginalization. In the Oromia region—which has seen an unprecedented wave of demonstrations in recent months—protesters marched in the capital Addis Ababa, while rallies were also held in parts of the northwestern Amhara region, including the regional capital Bahir Dar.
Amnesty International claimed that almost 100 people were killed and hundreds injured in the protests as Ethiopian security forces used live bullets on protesters. The worst violence took place in Bahir Dar, where some 30 people were killed in a single day, according to the rights group. The Ethiopian government blamed “nearby and distant foreign enemies and social media activists” for holding the protests, which it said were unauthorized, and that security forces were reacting to violence and vandalism from demonstrators. The authorities also disputed the death toll given by rights groups and opposition politicians.
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, said that the use of live ammunition against protesters “would be a very serious concern for us” and said that information about the protests had been difficult to come by. Press freedom is limited in Ethiopia, with the country ranked 142out of 180 in the 2016 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders.
Zeid urged Ethiopian authorities to give international observers access in order to determine whether security forces had used excessive force and “promptly investigate…these allegations,” in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday.
Protests began in the Oromia region—which is home to the country’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo—in November 2015 over government plans to expand the territory of Addis Ababa, which Oromo protesters said would result in forced land seizures and displacement of farmers. The government dropped the plan in January, but protests continued, partially motivated by a brutal crackdown that had seen more than 400 people killed, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). A spokesman for the Ethiopian Embassy in London, Abiy Berhane, told Newsweek that HRW’s death toll was “exaggerated.”
The other main group protesting the government is the Amhara, Ethiopia’s second-largest ethnic group. The Amharas have a decorated history in the country; all but one of the Ethiopian emperors were Amhara, according to IBTimes UK.
WESTERN DONORS SHOULD END THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE FASCIST/ TYRANNIC REGIME IN ETHIOPIA August 11, 2016
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Dictators are in a constant battle of gaining meaning to their existence by denying meaningful life to others. Through its atrocious actions and inactions, the TPLF/EPRDF has taken the animosity between itself and the people of Ethiopia to another threshold. It has completely lost the shred of legitimacy it had in few quarters when assuming power in 1991.
It is incumbent on us – the people – to struggle for the restoration of our humanity and dignity. Although the primary responsibility to liberate ourselves rests upon us, we should not underestimate the role of the international community in this life-and-death situation. Since November 2015, over 600 people have been killed, thousands wounded, and tens of thousands imprisoned in Oromia, by government forces, while protesting peacefully. Over 100 people have been killed in Oromia and Amhara regions only during the last weekend.Most of the financial aid is given in the name of development and social services. While the dictators in Ethiopia are busy killing and detaining innocent people across Oromia and Amhara regions – not doing development or running social services – the World Bank is busy processing 1.2 billion USD in new aid for the regime.
It should be noted that, following the bloody 2005 elections during which about 200 people were killed by government forces, the Bank introduced a slightly tightened control system, which it has progressively loosened. Through the Program-for-Results Financing (PforR), it is currently implementing a scheme that is consequentially similar to the direct budget support it used to run before the 2005 elections. The “Results” in the “PforR” is to be confirmed by a mere report by the government, and the World Bank has no verification system of its own. The effect is that the regime will be able to divert the fund away from the intended purposes, including using it for enforcing tyranny.
To aid the government of Ethiopia in this time, when it is perpetrating a brutal crackdown against peaceful protesters, is an antithesis of development/public service and painful for the people suffering under the current regime. Remember, actions become eventful not only in themselves but also in relation to the context in which they take place. On both sides of the actions, there are human beings – those who stand with the authoritarian regime to enforce repression and those who suffer the consequences.
It is unfortunate and outrageous that the international donor community has refused to seriously consider the plight of the oppressed and continued to offer diplomatic, financial, and military aid to the oppressor. By doing so, the donor community supported dictatorship and serious human rights violations and deferred the dawn of freedom against the oppressed. They chose to support an authoritarian, minority regime in contradiction with the values they ostensibly advocate for – hypocrisy can only start to explain this blatant contradiction. It is unfortunate that the people of Ethiopia will have to put up with this agonizing reality.
It has been repeatedly said that dictators do not learn from history and, I add, hypocrites do not learn from history either. Allies of the TPLF/EPRDF regime are in a moral bankruptcy, with alarming consequences. We hold them morally responsible for sustained repression of the people of Ethiopia. Those who continue to directly and indirectly support a regime that kills, maims, and tortures innocent people will be held responsible in the court of public opinion and leave a bloody history for generations to come.
The delay of freedom and justice is very costly to all the oppressed people of Ethiopia, the cohorts of the regime, and the world at large. However, the quest for these virtuous goals will continue and, no matter how long it takes, will ultimately hit its desired destination. Then comes a time when redressing current moral bankruptcy of the international community becomes impossible. Nonetheless, today has offered non-ignorable options for all to consider seriously.
Out of faith in the inner sincerity of human beings and humanity’s united yearning for liberty and justice, I appeal to the citizens and tax payers of Western donor countries to hold their governments accountable and demand an end to financial, diplomatic, and military support to the authoritarian regime of Ethiopia, which is turning the country into war zone. Behold donors and Western allies of the minority regime, the struggle in Ethiopia may soon enter a massively new phase.
By Gutu Olana
It is incumbent on us – the people – to struggle for the restoration of our humanity and dignity. Although the primary responsibility to liberate ourselves rests upon us, we should not underestimate the role of the international community in this life-and-death situation. Since November 2015, over 600 people have been killed, thousands wounded, and tens of thousands imprisoned in Oromia, by government forces, while protesting peacefully. Over 100 people have been killed in Oromia and Amhara regions only during the last weekend.
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Grand #OromoProtests: Amhara and Oromia unrests: Why are Ethiopia’s largest ethnic groups protesting? August 11, 2016
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Amhara and Oromia unrests: Why are Ethiopia’s largest ethnic groups protesting?
Dozens feared dead during protests over disputed territories and human rights issues.
By Ludovica Iaccino, IBT, August 8, 2016
Ethiopia has witnessed a rise in protests in the north-western region of Amhara and in Oromia state, in the country’s south. Reports claim that clashes between police and protesters in both regions have resulted in alleged deaths and dozens of arrests.
Anti-government protests erupted in Amhara earlier in August, when thousands took to the streets of Gondar and Bahir Dar to protest over the administration of disputed territories. Members of the Welkait Tegede community are demanding their lands be administered by theAmhara region, instead of the Tigray state.
These territories used to be part of Amhara, until the political coalition known as theEthiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) introduced a federal system and restructured the region including the areas into the Tigray region.
Protesters, who identify themselves as ethnic Ahmara – Ethiopia’s second largest group – clashed with police during the demonstrations, labelled as the biggest anti-government unrest Ethiopia has witnessed in recent history.
Police fired tear gas and shot in the air to disperse thousands of people who shouted anti-government slogans.Authorities accused protesters of attacking public properties and saidat least seven people died during the unrest, which entered its third day on Sunday (7 August).
However, both witnesses and Amnesty International claimed at least 30 people were killed in Bahir Dar.
Oromo protests
Oromo activists, opposition members and Amnesty have claimed that at least 67 people were killed across Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest state,during anti-government protests at the weekend (6-7 August). The demonstrations were the culmination of a wave of unrest that has rocked Oromiain recent months.
Deadly protests erupted in November 2015 againsta government draft plan − later scrapped − that aimed to expand the boundaries of the capital Addis Ababa. Oromo people feared the plan would result in the confiscation of land owned by farmers, who would become impoverished as a result.
Demonstrations are still occurring today, although less frequently, with people calling for self-rule, the liberation of political prisoners, the end of what they perceive as “military regime” in the region and the cessation of an alleged crackdown by security forces on “peaceful and unarmed” demonstrators, mainly students and farmers.
Activists and human rights organisation have accused authorities of killing some 400 people since the protest started. The government has always denied the allegations of violence and claimed that legitimate protests had been infiltrated by people who aimed to destabilise the country.
“Having been tired of only counting the dead, Oromo activists called a grand Oromia wide public demonstration, dubbed #GrandOromiaRally, last Saturday, to call on the government to stop the killings and release the thousands it arrested,” an Omoro activist told IBTimes UK.
“The rallies were a great success. People came out in their thousands each in over 200 towns and cities across Oromia including the capital Addis Ababa and other major regional cities like Adama and Dire Dawa,” the activist, who spoke on condition of anonymty, continued.
There is no apparent connection between the two waves of demonstrations, but members of both communities have shown support for each other’s causes.
“Demonstrators in Grand Oromia Rally hailed slogans that show solidarity to theAmhara Protests, and those who came out on Amhara Protests hailed slogans that show solidarity with the #Oromo Protests,” the activist explained.
Government’s response
Reports claimed the government blocked internet access during the demonstrations that occurred at the weekend.
The Ethiopian embassy in London has not responded to a request for comment on the allegations.However, the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) reported authorities as blaming foreign enemies for the recent unrest anddeemed the recent protests as illegal.
“The government is aware that the ideas and slogans reflected in the demonstrations do not represent the people of Oromo or Gondar,” Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said in a statement.
CNN: #OromoProtests: Why US must stop enabling Ethiopia August 10, 2016
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Oromo protests: Why US must stop enabling Ethiopia
Ethiopia is facing a crisis of unprecedented magnitude, yet its government and Western enablers refuse to acknowledge and recognize the depth of the crisis.
The nationwide protest held on Saturday by the Oromo people, the single largest ethnic group both in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, is clear evidence of a crisis that is threatening to degenerate into a full-scale social explosion.
The protests are the most unprecedented and absolutely extraordinary display of defiance by the Oromo people and it is by far the most significant political developments in the country since the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, the strongman who ruled the country for over two decades.
The protests took place in more than 200 towns and villages across Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest region, and were attended by hundreds of thousands of people. According to Oromia media Network, security forces used live bullets against peaceful protestors, killing over 100 protestors.
Annexation
Oromos have been staging protest rallies across the country since April of 2014 against systematic marginalization and persecution of ethnic Oromos. The immediate trigger of the protest was a development plan that sought to expand the territorial limits of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, into neighbouring Oromo villages and towns.
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Oromos saw the proposed master plan as a blueprint for annexation which would further accelerate the eviction of Oromo farmers from their ancestral lands.
When the protest resumed in November of 2015, the government dismissed the protestors as anti-peace elements and accused them of acting in unison with terrorist groups — a common tactic used by the government to crackdown on dissent and opposition.
The government used overwhelming force to crush the protest, killing hundreds of protestors and arresting thousands. In its recent report titled “Such a Brutal Crack Down”, Human Rights Watch criticized the “excessive and lethal force” used by security forces against “largely peaceful protestors” and puts the number of deaths at over 400.
The figure from the activist group is considerably higher.
Historic Injustices
The Oromo make up well over a third of Ethiopia’s 100 million people. Historically, Oromos have been pushed to the margin of the country’s political and social life and rendered unworthy of respect and consideration.
Oromo culture and language have been banned and their identity stigmatized, becoming invisible and unnoticeable within mainstream perspectives.
Ethiopians from Oromo group marching a road after protesters were shot dead by security forces in Wolenkomi, Addis Ababa, December 15, 2015
Oromos saw themselves as parts of no part — those who belong to the country but have no say in it, those who can speak but whose voices are heard as a noise, not a discourse.
When the current government came into power a quarter of a century ago, it pursued a strategy of divide and rule in which the Oromos and Amharas, the two largest ethnic groups in the country, are presented as eternal adversaries.
Oromos are blamed as secessionists to justify the continued monitoring, control, and policing of Oromo intellectuals, politicians, artists and activists.
By depicting Oromo demands for equal representation and autonomy as extremist and exclusionary, it tried to drive a wedge between them and other ethnic groups, particularly the Amharas.
This allowed the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front and Tigrayan elites to present themselves as the only political movement in the country that could provide the stability and continuity sought by regional and global powers with vested interest in the region.
Although these protests are triggered by more recent events, they are microcosms [of] a more enduring and deeper crisis of political representation and systematic marginalization suffered by the Oromo people.
In its 2015 comprehensive country report titled “Because I am Oromo”, Amnesty International found evidence of systematic and widespread patterns of indiscriminate and disproportionate attack against the Oromo simply because they are Oromos.
US Influence
The United States see the Ethiopian government as a critical partner on the Global War on Terror.
This led administration officials to go out of their way to create fantasy stories which cast Ethiopia as democratic and its leaders as progressive. In 2012, then US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, described Meles Zenawi, the architect of the current system, as “uncommonly wise” and someone “able to see the big picture and the long game, even when others would allow immediate pressures to overwhelm sound judgment.”
In 2015, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman praised Ethiopia as “a democracy that is moving forward in an election that we expect to be free, fair, credible, open and inclusive.” She further added, “”Every time there is an election, it gets better and better.” That election ended with the ruling party winning 100% of the seats in parliament by wiping out the one opposition in the previous parliament.
In 2016, President Obama became the first sitting American president to visit Ethiopia amid widespread opposition by human rights groups. Obama doubled down on previous endorsements by administration officials by describing the government as ‘democratically-elected.”
A police state
However, consistent reports by the US government itself and other human rights organizations depict an image of a police state whose apparatus of surveillance and control permeates the entire society down to household levels.
The US led ‘war on terror’, started by President George Bush, provided the government with a political and legal instrument with which the government justified severe restrictions on freedom of expression, assembly, and association.
The 2009 Anti-Terrorism Proclamation, one of the most draconian pieces of anti-terrorism legislations in the world, enabled the government to stretch its power of prosecution and punishment beyond what is permissible under standard criminal and constitutional law rules.
In recent years, terrorism trials have become the most significant legal instrument frequently used by the authorities to secure and consolidate the prevailing relationship of power between the ruling ethnic Tigrayan elites and other ethnic groups in the country.
Under the pretext of ‘fighting terrorism’, the regime exiled, prosecuted and convicted several opposition leaders, community leaders, journalists, bloggers, and activists; paralyzing criticisms of any type.
In its 2015 report titled Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorism Law: A Tool to Stifle Dissent, the Oakland Institute details the ways in which Ethiopian authorities systematically appropriate the anti-terrorism law to annihilate dissent and opposition to the policies of the ruling party.
Denial
As of July, the protests have been spreading into the Amhara region, home to the second largest ethnic group in the country.
The Amharas and Oromos, which constitute well over two-third of the country’s population, are seen as ‘historical antagonists’. The ruling party transformed this antagonism between the two ethnic groups into a productive political tool.
According to the governing narrative, Oromos are narrow-minded and exclusionary people who seek to disintegrate Ethiopia into smaller republics while Amharas are chauvinists who seek to restore the old feudal order, leaving the ruling party as the only political force that can rescue Ethiopia from both threats.
These governing narratives are being exposed as the two groups begun to see how these narratives were crafted and are expressing solidarity towards each other as victims of the same system.
The Ethiopian government is in denial and making the same promises of restoring ‘law and order’ through further repression and crackdown.
However, this can only exacerbate the situation and throws the country into chaos in an already volatile region.
The opinions shared below are solely that of the author’s.
Oromian Economist 
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