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The Massacre of Benshangul Gumuz People by the Amhara’s Special Forces Must Be Immediately Stopped!
Press Release by Peoples’ Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (PAFD)
May 06, 2019.
We are witnessing the biggest failure of humanity in Ethiopian soil just after 12 months since the new PM has vowed to make such barbaric actions towards unarmed civilians a history. Contrary to his and his government’s vows, we observe that the civilians are getting killed for no apparent reasons by a highly armed Amhara regional special force in Benshangul Gumuz regional state. This armed group is not only targeting solely indigenous and legitimate owners of the land; but also, hundreds of children and elderly are getting summarily executed for a simple reason of being different from their killers in the aspect of their culture, skin colour and political beliefs. This is a clinical example of genocide and it is tragically unfolding in Ethiopia as we speak. Apparently, the unarmed civilians are getting executed in their own soil by those who are legally allowed to occupy their land. As saying goes, a history is repeating itself in the Ethiopian soil. In 2003 between 430 and 500 unarmed civilians were massacred by those who colonised their land for a simple reason of silencing them whilst expropriating their resources and land in Gambella region. The same massacre is now unfolding in Shaka zone on a Shakacho people by the same highlanders. Tens of thousands of Oromo, Ogaden Somali and Sidama civilians were executed in the last 27 years alone.
Benshangul People’s Liberation Movement (BPLM) is a PAFD’s member. We strongly believe that the rights of our members and that of all peoples in Ethiopia must be always protected. We have confirmed that Benshangul Gumuz civilians are increasingly targeted and executed by the highly armed and well-trained Amhara youth who call themselves Fano. They were trained, radicalized and fully armed with modern machine guns by a National Movement for Amhara (NaMA). According to the eye witnesses, between May 1 and 2, 2019, over 500 Shinasha people in Benshangul-Gumuz Region, Jawi Woreda, were summarily executed and tens of thousands of civilians were also made to flee their own villages for their lives. The main victims were civilians including children, women and elderly.
Further threats of those who call themselves the defenders of the Amhara rights (Amhara extremists) all over the world are intensifying. Furthermore, these groups are also using extremely inflammatory remarks by calling the victims ‘Monkeys’ whilst reinforcing their delusional and mythical lineages with the Judaism thus their capability of killing any group or nation they think they can colonise their land. On this subject, we have gathered ample and credible evidences that the killers of Benshangul Gumuz civilians are increasingly employing inflammatory and derogatory remarks calling the victims uncivilised primitives needing execution in exact manner as the Europeans have employed during, after and prior to the scramble for Africa.
The Ethiopian Government neither condemn the killings of civilians nor asked for apology for failing to safeguard them. Although some authorities claim the restoration of the order, this is far from the truth as the Government hasn’t so far take any justifiable action against the killers and forces behind these tragic executions. Apparently, the Amhara Regional Government has got full
knowledge of the indicated group although it has deliberately refused to stop them from acting bestially. Some witnesses show that it has even assisted the executors with technical aspects of the indicated barbaric oppression.
In the aspects of Media coverage about such inhumane actions to unarmed civilians, we saw little or some misguided quotations about the incident. Instead, all Medias those usually daily reports when someone burps in Amhara region remain their mouths zipped. For example, some extremely biased Medias such as ESAT and ZeHabehsa- few days prior to the execution of civilians actively propagated the killing of between 10 and 13 Amhara civilians by the Benshangul Gumuz people who used traditional arrows. Witnesses believe to the contrary about the fact that ESAT’s and ZeHabesha’s false propaganda has played key role in escalating the situation to end up in such unsettling eventuality. Additionally, some of the Amhara’s army commanders including Colonel Demeke Zewudu, and some activists in their social media accounts have boasted of the killing of primitive people and stressed yet more to come to clear the remaining primitives so that they can overtake their land. These groups further threatened even the Oromo people in relation to the ownership claims of Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) and vowed to repeat their success in Benshangul in Wallo and other parts of Amhara-Oromia borders.
Therefore, we the PAFD member political organisations, unanimously condemn with the strongest possible terms such barbaric actions toward the unarmed civilians, children, women and elderly of Benshangul Gumuz. We urge the Amhara’s regional state to exercise utmost restraint and lawfully handle its anarchically behaving special forces that has been primarily trained to maintain law and order. There won’t be any peace and security as long as some groups are fighting to dominate and dehumanise fellow mankind. Therefore, we must understand that refraining from bestially behaving to the other nations and groups must be seen as a sign of civility and wisdom.
Furthermore, we demand the federal government to immediately intervene and stop the on-going execution of powerless civilians whose lives are put at the mercy of their barbaric assailants. We also urge the federal government to immediately investigate and bring those responsible for such horrific and inhumane actions to civilians to justice. We advise the international human rights group and western countries politicians to earnestly bring this unsettling massacre of civilians to the attentions of obliviously sleeping Ethiopian authorities by urging them to take meaningful and corrective measures as a matter of urgency. We also call up on all Ethiopian peoples to unconditionally condemn such barbarism and demand the Amhara regional state to stop its inhumane actions to the unarmed civilians.
Finally, we send our deepest condolences to the families of barbarically executed Benshangul Gumuz civilians and show our consistent and unrestricted solidarity until justice is served on their behalf by bringing those who have killed and maimed their sons and daughters to an independent justice and their rights to the ownership of their land is restored by removing the colonial occupiers. The PAFD will always works for and speaks up for the voiceless people in Ethiopia.
Freedom and Justice for All Peoples in Ethiopia!
Press Release by Peoples’ Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (PAFD) May 06, 2019
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Press Release on the occasion of 14th Commemorative anniversary of Sidama Loqqee Massacre and the Massacre of the other civilians.
May 30, 2016, London
The repeated massacres and genocides of past 25 years that the TPLF’s barbaric regime has committed on unarmed civilians of all regions-and the ongoing indiscriminate massacres it is committing now are likely to continue unabated for a long time if the peoples in Ethiopia remain fragmented, divided and refuse to take the responsibility of confronting and stopping this criminal regime. Failure to do so has already unquestionably contributed to the longevity of the regime.
We, the PAFD member organizations envisage a dynamic and flexible approach with potential of accommodating the interests of all stakeholders without any differences and without actually dictating our own agendas for all the peoples in Ethiopia. This will allow all to move forward in unison in their strides towards justice, democracy and genuine self-determination, which is practically denied by the current regime. Moreover, we strongly believe that this is the only way forward to stop the ongoing genocide, to restore the rule of law, human dignity and pride and democratic order in Ethiopia.
To be able to do so, all the peoples in Ethiopia and their respective organizations must put their differences aside and unite strategically in order to end the suffering of all perpetrated by the TPLF led EPRDF’s brutal regime.
Today’s Sidama Loqqee massacre 14th commemorative anniversary isn’t unique to Sidama nation and isn’t a past history. It has been committed on tens of thousands of civilians in Ethiopia from Amhara, Afar, Benshagul, Hadya, Kambata, Ogaden Somali, Omo, Oromia, Sidama, Shakicho and the rest of regions of Ethiopia. And it is ongoing in Oromia, Ogadenia, Gambella, Konso, Omo Valley and the rest of regional, Zone and district levels.
Unconditionally condemning the past and ongoing genocides and massacres, the PAFD calls upon all organizations and peoples in Ethiopia to be united, move forward and stop the regime brutalizing them all.
PAFD also urges the international and regional communities to stand on the side of the people in order to stop the ongoing blatant human rights violations and hold the perpetrators into account both locally and in the international arena
PAFD salutes the indefatigable and resilient spirits of the Sidama Loqqee martyrs and all the other civilians who have been the victims of past and ongoing massacre by current callous regime in Ethiopia.
Finally, PAFD promises that all those wronged souls may rest in peace and that their valuable lives will be not be lost in vain. It will continue fighting for justice and democracy and righting the wrongs committed against them and the other living multitudes. PAFD will never forget your courageous and honorable sacrifices for generations to come.
PAFD Executives, May 30, 2016, London
The Political Resolution of this public meeting in Germany: –
Peace and justice shall prevail!
Frankfurt, Germany
9 Apri 2016
Peoples Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (PAFD) held its first successful general congress from March 21st to 25th 2016 in Eritrean capital, Asmara. The Congress has discussed the status of our collective struggle in particular, the current situation in Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa and the world in details.
PAFD is a political alliance united for the struggle to free the oppressed peoples in Ethiopia and it was established on the 23rd of October 2015 in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, by five different political organizations, namely – Benishangul People’s Liberation Movement (BPLM), the Gambela People’s Liberation Movement (GPLM), the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), the Sidama National Liberation Front (SNLF) and representatives from women and youth. The Alliance is determined to uproot the current oppressive minority regime in order to safeguard and advance peoples’ rights to exercise genuine self-determination.
The situation in Ethiopian Empire is deteriorating day by day whereby the dictatorial Ethiopian regime led by TPLF/EPRDF’s government is evicting, harassing, imprisoning civilians without due process of law and intensifying wonton killings.
The military and security apparatus of the government is firing on peaceful demonstrators in most parts of the country, in general, and in Oromia region in particular. Denial of political rights of people has already led to mass uprising in different parts of the county, in general, as we speak. In its attempt to suppress the peaceful resistances and struggle, the TPLF/EPRDF’s government resorted to responding to peoples’ peaceful quest with violence and declared martial law.
Additionally, its response is also become evident as it is implementing various forms of brutalizing methods. It also continuously uproots people from their ancestral lands deploying excessive force and killing innocent civilians including children and pregnant women. Regardless of strong people’s opposition and international criticism to such illegal and inhumane policy, the regime, continues with implementing its harsh policy using international aids as a political weapon.
The regime continues to violet freedom of press, policy of land grabbing, exploitation of natural resources, instigating conflicts among different nations and nationalities to insure its grab on power.
After hearing report from temporary committee formed on founding conference, the chairmen of the five organizations and the participants of the general congress have discussed and analyzed the success, weakness, opportunities and possible threat the alliance might be facing during the course of its operational activities. After deliberation on founding documents, future political, diplomatic and military activities, the congress has ratified PAFD’s working documents.
The General congress also discussed and strategized about the future direction of the Alliance’s activities and clearly instructed its executive committee and all other functional bodies.
The General congress also elected its chairman, two vice chairmen, executive committee members and head of different functional bodies to carry out the operational tasks of the Alliance. After assessing the current situation of the Ethiopian Empire, the Horn of Africa and wider global affairs the PAFD’s General Congress calls upon:
Finally, PAFD strongly condemns the illegal use of aid given to the people who are in great need, and preventing them from acquiring other means by blocking trade and denying access to all humanitarian assistance. Furthermore, we condemn soliciting aid for regime’s political purposes created by evicting indigenous peoples from their fertile land and chartering it to the so called foreign and ruling class investors.
Peace, Democracy, Freedom and Genuine rights of peoples to Self determination!
Peoples Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (PAFD)
March 25, 2016
Murtii fi Kutannoolee Kora 1ffaa Tumsa Ummatootaa Bilisummaa fi Dimokraasii(PAFD) Tumsi Ummatootaa Bilisummaa fi Dimokraasii(PAFD) kora jalqabaa Bitootessa 21 hanga 25 bara 2016 magaalaa Asmaraa Eertiraatti, gaggeeffatee milkiin xumuratee jira.
Kori kun haala qabsoo waloo irratti, haala yeroo ammaa Itoophiya keessaa, haala Godinaa Gaanfa Afrikaa fi kan idil addunyaarratti bal’inaan mari’ateera. Tumsi Ummatootaa Bilisummaa fi Dimokraasii, qabsoo ummatoota cunqurfamoo Itoophiyaa bilisa baasuuf gaggeeffamu waloon finiinsuuf tumsa siyaasaa Onkoloolessa 23 bara 2015 magaalaa guddoo Noorweey, Oslootti dhaabbolee siyaasaa adda addaa Shan:- Sochii Bilisummaa Ummatoota Benishaangul(BPLM), Sochii Bilisummaa Ummatoota Gaambeellaa(GPLM), Adda Bilisummaa Biyyoolessaa Ogaadeen(ONLF), Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo (OLF) fi Adda Bilisummaa Biyyoolessa Sidaamaa(SNLF), bakka bu’oota dubartootaa fi dargaggootaan bu’ureeffame dha.
Tumsi kun sirna cunqursaa murna abbaa irree wayta ammaa aangoorra jiru hundeen buqqisuudhaan ummatoonni akka mirgoota isaanii kabajsiifatanii fi hiree murteeffannaa isaanii guutuutti fiixa baafatan dandeessisuuf jabinaan hojjeta. Haalli impaayera Itoophiyaa keessaa guyyaa irraa gara guyyaatti hammaataa kan jiru yoo tahu, sirni cunqursaa Itoophiya, mootummaa TPLF/EPRD’n durfamu lammiilee siviilii dachee isaaniirraa buqqisaa, hiraarsaa, seeraan ala hidhaa fi tahe jedhee ajjeechaa jumlaa irratti raawwatu bal’inaan itti fufee argama. Humnoonni waraanaa fi tikaa mootummaa naannolee biyyatii hedduu keessatti addatti ammoo naannoo Oromiyaatti lammiilee hiriira nagaa bahanirratti rasaasa dhukaasaa jiru. Mirga siyaasaa waakkatamuun ummatootni waliigala naannolee biyyattii heddutti akka fincilan taasisee waytuma Korri kun gaggeeffamaa jirru kanattuullee diddaatu deemaa jira. Mootummaan TPLF/EPRDF diddaa fi qabsoo karaa nagaa gaggeeffamaa jiru ukkaamsuuf akka furmaataatti kan fudhate ummatoota karaa nagaa gaaffii dhiyeessan irratti tarkaanfii suukaneessaa fudhachuu fi bulchiinsa waraanaa jala galchuun hacuucuu dha. Dabalataanis, tooftaaleen yakka hammeenyaa sirnichi itti fayyadamaa jiru garaagaraatis deebisaa gaaffii ummatootaaf laataa jiru ifatti agarsisu. Daa’immanii fi dubartoota ulfaa dabalatee lammiilee fayyaaleyyii gara-jabinaan ajjeesuu fi humnatti dhimma bahee lafa akaakilee-abaabilee isaaniirraa buqqisuus akka itti fufee jira. Imaammata gocha seeraan alaa fi yakka namoom-dhaba tarkaanfachiisaa jiruun ummatoota biyyattiirraa mormii jabaan irratti gaggeeffamus, qeeqni jabaan hawaasa addunyaarraa isa mudatus sirnichi, imaammata hammeenyaa hojiirra oolchuu itti fufuudhaan gargaarsa addunyaarraa argatu akka meeshaa siyaasaatti dhimma bahaatuma jira.
Imaammata gocha seeraan alaa fi yakka namoom-dhaba tarkaanfachiisaa jiruun ummatoota biyyattiirraa mormii jabaan irratti gaggeeffamus, qeeqni jabaan hawaasa addunyaarraa isa mudatus sirnichi, imaammata hammeenyaa hojiirra oolchuu itti fufuudhaan gargaarsa addunyaarraa argatu akka meeshaa siyaasaatti dhimma bahaatuma jira. Sirni wayyaanee mirga bilisummaa Pireesii sarbuu, imaammata saamicha lafaa fi saamicha qabeenya uumamaa akkasumas aangoorra of tursuuf sabootaa fi sab-lammoota jidduutti shira xaxee walitti bu’iinsa dhalchuus itti fufe malee hin dhaabne. Korri 1ffaa Tumsa Ummatootaa Bilisummaa fi Dimokraasii, gaabaasa Koreen yeroo konfaransii bu’uursaarratti filame dhiyeesse erga dhaggeeffatee booda, dura taa’onni dhaabbilee Shananii fi hirmaattonni korichaa milkaayina, dadhabina, hiree fi dhimmoota adeemsa hojiilee tumsichaa keessatti gufuu uumuu malanirratti marii fi xiinxala bal’aa gaggeessaniiru. Barruulee bu’uuraa haala hegeree sochiilee siyaasaa, dippiloomaasii fi waraanaa ilaalchisuun dhiyaatan irratti mariin gaggeeffamee wal hubannaarra erga gahameen booda, korichi dokmantii hojii kan Tumsa Ummatootaa Bilisummaa fi Dimokraasii raggaasee jira. Korri waliigalaa kun kana malees kallattii hojiilee tumsichaa kan fuula duraa irratti mari’achuun tarsiimoo kan baafate yoo tahu, koree hoji-raawwachiiftuu fi qaamota tumsichaa biroo hundaafis qajeelfama dabarsee jira. Korri waliigalaa kun dura taa’aa, Itti aanoota dura taa’aa Lama, miseensota Koree hoji-raawwachiiftuu fi hogganoota qaamota tumsichaa hojiif dhaabbatan adda addaas akka hojiilee tumsichaa raawwataniif filee jira. Korri kun haala impaayera Itoophiyaa wayta ammaa, godinaa Gaanfa Afrikaa fi idil addunyaa erga xiinxaleen booda, waamicha qabsoo itti aanu dabarse. Ummatoonni dhaabolee miseensa Tumsichaa, mirgoota isaanii mootummaa amma aangoorra jiru dabalatee mootummoota Itoophiyaa dhufaa-dabraan sarbamaa jiran gonfachuuf haal-duree tokko malee tokkoomuun diddaa fi qabsoo itti jiran akka finiinsan, Mootummaan Itoophiyaa lammiilee siviilii harka duwwaa gaaffii mirgaa dhiyeessaa jiran ajjeesuu, seeraan ala hidhuu, qabeenya uumamaa sabootaa fi sab-lammiilee saamuu fi mancaasuu akkasumas miidiyaalee ugguruu daddaffiin akka dhaabu, Humnoonni waraanaa fi tikaa sirnichaatis lammiilee fayyaaleyyii ajjeesuu akka dhaabanii fi sirna bulchiinsa TPLF/ EPRDFtti xumura gochuuf ummata waliin akka hiriiran, Dhaabbileen siyaasaa Impaayera Itoophiyaa keessa jiran hundumtuu harka walqabachuudhaan tokkummaan sirna abbaa irreerratti akka qabsaawan, kanatti dabalees, gareeleen mormitootaa bilisummaa, walqixxummaa, haqaa fi dimokraasii dhugoomsuuf qabsaawaa jiran marti akka tumsichatti makaman Tumsi Ummatootaa Bilisummaa fi Dimokraasii waamicha isaa dabarsa.
Hawaasni addunyaa hawwii, fedhii fi mirga sabootaa fi ummatoota Itoophiyaa keessaa hunda akka kabajuu fi haalli ammaan tana biyyattii keessaa gara tohannoon alatti hin tarkaanfatin, sirna abbaa irree deeggaruu akka dhaaban Tumsi Ummatootaa Bilisummaa fi Dimokraasii waamicha isaa dabarsa. Kana malees tumsi kun, hawaasni addunya kanneen lammiilee siviilii ajjeesuun gaafatamoo tahan fuula seeraatti akka dhihaataniif dhiibbaa barbaachisu akka taasisan gaafata. Maayiirratti, Tumsi Ummatootaa Bilisummaa fi Dimokraasii gargaarsa ummatoota rakkoof saaxilamaniif kennamu seeraan ala itti fayyadamuu fi ummatootni miidhaan irra gahe hojjatanii akka of hin gargaarreef qoqqobbiin daldala mootummaan irra kaa’amee, akkasumas, gargaarsa namoomaa irratti uggura kaa’ame gadi jabeessee balaaleffata. Kana malees, gargaarsa ummatootaaf kenname dantaa siyaasaa irra oolfachuudhaan lammiileen lafa gabbataa qabeeya akaakilee-abaabilee isaanii taherraa buqqisuu fi invastaroota alaa dhufan jedhamanii fi sirnicha waliin hidhata qabanitti gurguraa jirus jabeessee balaaleffanna.
Nagaa, Dimokraasii fi Mirga Haqaa Ummatootaa kan Hiree Murteeffannaa!
Tumsa Ummatootaa kan Bilisummaa fi Dimokraasii(PAFD)
Bitootesssa 15, 2016
Asmaraa, Eertiraa
Waajjira Pireeziidiyemii
የህዝቦች ትብብር ሇነጻነትና ሇዲሞክራሲ(PAFD) 1 ኛ ጉባዔ ውሳኔ
የህዝቦች ትብብር ሇነጻነትና ሇዲሞክራሲ(PAFD) የመጀመሪያውን የተሳካ ጠቅሊሊ ጉባዔ ከመጋቢት 21 እስከ 25 ቀን 2016ዓም በኤርትራ ርዕሰ-መዲና፡ ኣስመራ ኣካሂዷሌ። ጉባዔው በተሇይ ወቅታዊ የጋራ ትግሌ ሊይ፣ በኣሁኑ ወቅት በኢትዮጵያ ባሇው ሁኔታ ፣ በኣፍሪካ ቀንድ ቀጣናና ኣሇምኣቀፍ ሁኔታ ሊይ በስፋት ተወያይቷሌ። የህዝቦች ትብብር ሇነጻነትና ሇዲሞክራሲ የኢትዮጵያን ህዝቦች ነጻ ሇማውጣት እየተካሄዯ ያሇውን የነጻነትና የዲሞክራሲ ትግሌ በጋራ ሇማፋፋም ጥቅምት 23 ቀን 2015ዓም በኦስል ከተማ ከኣምስት የፖሇቲካ ድርጅቶች ማሇትም፥ የቤኒሻንጉሌ ህዝቦች ነጻነት ንቅናቄ(ቤህነን)፣ የጋምቤሊ ህዝቦች ነጻነት ንቅናቄ(ጋህነን)፣ የኦጋዴን ብሄራዊ ነጻነት ግንባር (ኦብነግ)፣ የኦሮሞ ነጻነት ግንባር(ኦነግ) እና የሲዳማ ብሄራዊ ነጻነት ግንባር(ሲብነግ) ተወካዮች፣ በድርጅቶቹ የሴቶችና ወጣቶች ተወካዮች የተመሰረተ ነው። ይህ ትብብር ሰሌጣን ሊይ ያሇውን ኣምባገነን ስርዓት ብማስወገድ ዝቦች መብቶቻቸውን ኣስከብረውና የራሳቸውን እድሌ በራስ የመወሰን መብታቸውን እውን እንዲያዯርጉ በጥንካሬ ይሰራሌ’’። በኢትዮጵያ ኢምፓዬር ውስጥ ያሇው ሁኔታ ከቀን ወዯ ቀን እየከፋ በመሄድ ሊይ ሲሆን፥ በህወሃት/ኢህኣዴግ የሚመራው የሃገሪቷ ኣምባገነን ስርዓት ንጹሃን ዜጎችን ከመሬታቸው ማፈናቀሌን፣ ማንገሊታቱን፣ በህገ-ወጥ ሁኔታ ማሰሩና ሆን ብል በጅምሊ መግዯለን ኣጠናክሯሌ። የመንግስት ጦር ሃይሌና ዯህንነቶች በበርካታ የኣጋሪቱ ኣካባቢዎች በተሊይም ዯግሞ በኦሮሚያ ሰሌፍ በወጡ ዜጎች ሊይ ጥይት አያዘነቡ ነው። ህዝቦች የፖሇቲካ መብቶቻቸዋን መነገፋቸው ባጠቃሊይ በኣያላ የሃገሪቷ ኣካባቢዎች ህዝባዊ ቁጣና ኣመጽን ወሌዶ ጉባኤው እየተወያየ ባሇበት ጊዜ እንኩዋ ኣመጹ እየተካሄዯ ይገኛሌ። የህወሃት/ኢህኣዴግ መንግስት በሰሊማዊ መንገድ እየተካሄዯ ያሇውን ተቃውሞና ኣመጽ ሇማፈን እንዯመፍትሄ ብል አየወሰዯ ያሇው በሰሊማዊ መንገድ ጥያቄ ባቀረቡት ሊይ ኣረመኔያዊ እርምጃ መውሰድና በጦር ኣስተዳዯር ስር ኣስገብቶ እንግሌት መፈጸምን ነው። በተጨማሪም ስርዓቱ እየተጠቀመባቸው ያለት የተሇያዩ ዘግናኝ እርምጃዎች የመንግስቱን ክፋት በግሌጽ ያሳያለ። ህጻናትና ነፍሰ-ጡር ሴቶችን ጨምሮ ንጹሃን ዜጎችን በመግዯሌና ሃይሌ በመጠቀም ከኣያት-ቀድመ ኣያት መሬታቸው ሊይ ማፈናቀለንም ቀጥሎሌ። እያራመዯ ባሇው ህገ-ወጥና ኢ-ሰብዓዊ ድርጊቶች አንዲሁም በሚከተሇው ፖሉሲ ከሃገሪቷ ህዝቦች የበረታ ተቃውሞ ቢካሄድበትም፥ ከኣሇም ማህበረሰብ ውግዘት ቢገጥመውም ስርዓቱ እኩይ ፖሉሲውን ስራ ሊይ ማዋለን አንዯቀጠሇ ነው። ከኣሇምኣቀፍ ኣካሊት የሚያገኘውን እርዳታም እንዯፖሇቲካ መሳሪያ መጠቀሙን ቀጥሎሌ። ይህ የትብብሩ ጠቅሊሊ ጉባዔ በመስራች ኮንፈረሱ ሊይ የተቋቋመው ጊዜያዊ ኮሚቴ ያቀረበውን ሪፖርት ካዳመጠ በኋሊ የኣምስቱም ድርጅቶች ሉቃነመናብርትና የጉባዔው ተካፋዮች የትብብሩ ስራዎች ስኬቶች፣ ድክመቶን፣ እድልችና እንቅፋት ሉሆኑ ይችሊለ በተባለ ሁኔታዎች ሊይ ውይይትና ግምገማ ኣካሂዯዋሌ።
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The current situation in Ethiopia is no longer tenable and unless urgent measures are taken it will bring unmanage-able chaos in the Horn of Africa worse than the current situation in the Middle East.
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| Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article 2. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. Article 18. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. Article 19. Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Article 20. (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. (2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association. Article 21. (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. (3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures. Article 27. (1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. (2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author. |
| Persistent and blatant abuse of power in a number of ways by government officials. Controlling of civilians by spying on citizens via state and corporation censorship. Manipulation of public opinion with lies, deceits and obfuscations. Disallowing room for a political rights and kidnapping and torturing those who choose to be involved. Morally, economically and ethically corrupt government officials. Detention without trials only using kangaroo courts for show trails. Collective punishment of given ethnic groups or nationals for their political views/economic interests of the rulers. Massacre and genocide of given ethnic nationals or groups of people for their political views. Rigging election and promoting state terrorism whilst covering up official misdeeds. Deliberately and systematically impoverishing given ethnic nationals by expropriating their natural resources. Targeting given ethnic nationals for belonging to given ethnic identity or nationals therefore torturing and mass imprisoning them. Denial of justice and arbitrarily arresting non-combatant civilians to keep them jailed for years/decades. Suppression of dissent voices and misuses of police and army power to stifle citizens and keep them silenced. Discrimination against certain groups or ethnic nationals for their political and economic importance. Theft of citizens’ property to enrich politicians and their loyalists. Blackmailing of dissents and human rights activist by authorities. Institutional incompetence and negligence of authorities. Disrespect of citizens and repeated hypocrisy… and more. |
Finally, PAFD call upon the current government in Ethiopia to refrain from all acts of violence, respect human rights, obey the rule of law, and commit to peaceful and democratic resolution of political conflicts.
Issued by PAFD
Oslo, Norway
October 23, 2015
Contacts
PAFD22102015@gmail.com
https://www.oromiamedia.org/2015/10/omn-oduu-onk-23-2015/
https://www.oromiamedia.org/2015/10/omn-amharic-news-oct-24-2015/
International media outlets continue to report about the founding of the Peoples’ Alliance for Freedom and Democracy, PAFD – the newly formed coalition of national liberation struggles for the right to national self-determination in Ethiopia (the member organizations of PAFD, i.e. BPLM, GPLM, OLF, ONLF and SNLF, represent more than 60% of the nations, nationalities and peoples in Ethiopia – a population that is inhabiting an area that is ~70% of Ethiopia). Below is how ‘U.S. News & World Report’ reported about the formation of PAFD; other news outlets, such as ABC News, The New York Timesand The Washington Post have also carried the story.
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The Afar were denied their fundamental right to vote for and elect their representatives and leaders. They are no exception in today’s Ethiopia. That is they have to fight together with the rest of the Ethiopians to dismantle this apartheid regime that has denied them their basic civil and democratic rights.
PRESS RELEASE
Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF)
Over the past one quarter century of its rule the TPLF mafia group has created a number of puppet organizations to represent various national groups in Ethiopia particularly in the so called backward regions of Somali, Ben Shangul, Gambela and Afar. But none is loyal to its masters in Mekele than the Afar regional leaders in Samara, as the regional capital is now known, none is glued as an appendix to TPLF than APDPA or ADE as it is known locally.
This particular relation between TPLF and ADE has its own reasons. Some are historical others are due to the fact that the Afar region occupies in long range strategy of the TPLF. This “QADE” mafia gang originally was part of TPLF itself. They brought them or assigned them into the power by TPLF to make the Afar politically unpredictable, economically weak and infrastructurally underdeveloped, and to impose Tigray ethnic hegemonic control forcibly over the Afar people. The three regional leaders who came with TPLF are Ismail Ali Sirro, Awal Seyoum and Mohamed Anbatta are still in power in the Afar region. One as President, one as Security Official and the third as speaker of the regional Parliament. The longest serving region leader Ismail Ali Sirro is already elected to the National House of Representatives. So by definition he is not liable any more to be President of the Afar region.
The current Executive Committee of the ruling Party (ADNP) has disgracefully failed to elect a new President for the region due to the deep political division and corruption caused by the outgoing puppet President Ismail Ali Sirro who claims that the Afar will be at each other’s throat if he quits. The fact is that the rampant corruption, bad governance, maladministration, discrimination and tribalism policies planted by TPLF in the puppet officials of the Afar region is going to put the Afar region into violent chaos and anarchy, but not because Ismail Ali Sirro is replaced. The Executive Committee left for Mekele as they do every time, they are not able to settle their differences. Every Afar official in Samara has his own lord in Mekele with whom he shares the money he pockets from his corrupt practices. The three puppets are afraid not to be accountable for their crimes, but one day they will have to face the reality. They want to make sure that their cronies are placed in their places. Recently, over a hundred innocent people are arbitrarily and unlawfully arrested in the Afar region because they protested against those practices.
Constitutionally, all federal regional states are equally accountable to the Federal Constitution, while the Afar Regional State is accountable to the Tigrai Regional State and it ruled from Mekele directly. Afar people have no say in deciding their own destiny. It is a fact that, corruption, famine, insecurity and instability which are currently facing the Afar is directly linked to the climate of unethical, unskilled and inexperienced leadership inability of the so called Afar Democratic National Party (ADNP). While the whole Ethiopia and probably the world is worried about the hunger and starvation which killing both the livestock and human beings in the Afar region, the regional officials are in standoff as they were not able to elect the Executive Committee.
They are waiting an arbiter from Mekele to arrive. The Afar were denied their fundamental right to vote for and elect their representatives and leaders. They are no exception in today’s Ethiopia. That is they have to fight together with the rest of the Ethiopians to dismantle this apartheid regime that has denied them their basic civil and democratic rights.
Victory to the Ethiopian people!
Victory to the heroic ARDUF/UGUUGUMO
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Dura taa’aan Dhaaba SOCHII BILISUMAA UMMATA BENISHAANGUL (BPLM) Obboo Abdulwahaab Mahdii Iisaa gaaffii fi deebii Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo Sagantaa Afaan Amaaraa waliin taasisaniin dhimmoota hedduu kaasaniiru.
Ummanni Benishaangul erga sirni Dargii qabsoo Ummatootaan aangoorraa qaarsifamee gartuun wayyaanee aangootti ol baheeyis cunqursaan siyaasaa fi dinagdee kan irraa hin dhaabbanne tahuu kan eeran Obboo Abdulwahaab, bara gartuu TPLF keessa dachee saamamuun qayeerraa buqqifamuun, baqachiifamuu fi hidhaan akkasumas ajjeechaan geessifamu akkaan suukaneessaa tahuu dubbatan.
Lafti hidhi laga Abbayyaa irratti ijaaramaa jiru kan lammiileen Benishaangul beenyaa malee humnaan irraa buqqifaman tahuu kan tuqan Obboo Abdulwahaab, lammiileen lafti isaanii irraa saamames biyya ollaa Suudaanitti godaanuuf dirqamuu ibsan. Kana malees, naannoo Hudunduu jedhamuu kanneen 100,000 caalan manneen jireenyaa isaanii konkolaataa Doozaraan diigamuu ibsanii, lafti isaanii qubattoota wayyaaneen Kaabaa fideef kennamaa fi Chaayinaatti gurguramaa jiraachuu himan.
Haala diddaa ummataa wayta ammaa kana naannoo bulchiinsa Benishaangul keessatti deemaa jiruun walqabatee miidhaa wayyaaneen geessisaa jirtu kan ilaallatuun ammoo sirni wayyaanee diddaa ummataa Hagayya 14 bara 2015 gaggeeffameen walqabsiisee lammiilee Benishaangul hedduu humnoota isaa itti bobbaaseen ajjeesuu, jumlaan hidhuu fi qayeerraa baqachiisuu ragaadhaan deeggaruun saaxilan.
Ummanni Benishaangul filannoo wayyaanee ALG.tti 2007 gaggeeffamerraa qooda hin fudhanne, diddaa jabaa agarsiise kan jedhan dura taa’aan Sochii Bilisummaa Ummata Benishaangul, kanarraas sirnichaan yakkamanii hidhaa fi dararaaf saaxilamuu ibsan.
Dabballoonni wayyaanee namoota “Filannoon nu hin ilaallatu, hidhaa, saamichaa fi dararaan nurraa haa dhaabbatu.” jechuudhaan gaafataniin isin SBUB waliin hariiroo qabdu jechuudhaan guyyaa saafaan gabaa keessatti rasaasaan ajjeesuu ibsan. Kanaan walqabatees ummanni diddaa jabaa mul’isuurraa mootummaan wayyaanee waraana itti bobbaasuun dhukaasa irratti roobsee namoota 12 battalumatti ajjeesuu maqaa namoota ajjeefamanii tarrisuudhaan ibsan. Manguddoota umriin isaanii wagaga 95, 75 fi 60 dabalatee lammiilee diddaa agarsiisaa jiran keessaa abbootiin warraa 30ni Asoosaatti hidhamuu kan dubbatan Obbo Abdulwahaab, namoonni 5 ammoo gara mana hidhaa kaampii waraanaatti geeffamuudhaan erga dararamaa turanii booda, nyaatni summaa’aan itti laatamee waytuma sana lubbuun isaanii galaafatamuu ibsan.
Duula mootummaan wayyaanee diddaa ummata Benishaangul dhaamsuuf waraana itti bobbaasee gaggeessaa jiru kanaan wayta ammaa kana daa’imman 35 rasaasaan reebamuu fi lammiileen 285 tahan madeeffamanii Hospitaala Raashaa kan Asoosaatti argamu keessa jiraachuu kan tuqan Obboo Abdulwahaab 30,000 kan tahan ammoo qayeerraa baqatuu gaaffii fi deebii SBO Sagantaa Afaan Amaaraa waliin taasisan keessatti addeessaniiru. Haalli wayta ammaa kana naannoo Benishaangul keessa jiru Miidiyaaleedhaan akka ifa hin taaneef mootummaan wayyaanee namnuu akka naannicha hin seenne ugguruus dubbataniiru.
Cunqursaan mootummaa wayyaaneetiin ummata Benishaangul irratti raawwatamaa jiru hammaataa jira kan jedhan Dura Ta’aan Sochii Bilisummaa Ummata Benishaangul Obboo Abdulwahaab Mahdii, roorroo diinaa kana of irraa qolachuun bilisummaa keenya mirkaneessuuf dargaggoonni hedduun waraana, Sochii Bilisummaa Ummata Benishaangulitti dabalamaa jiru jedhan. Ummannis hanga wareegama lubbuutti bilisummaa isaa goonfachuuf murannoo qabu ibsuun nu cinaa hiriiree falmaa fi dinagdeen nu tinnisaa jira jedhan.
Waraanni keenyas degarsa ummataan sochii isaa itti fufeera erga jedhanii booda, tarkaanfilee waraanni Sochii Bilisummaa Ummata Benishaangul yeroo adda addaatti loltoota wayyaanee irratti fudhate ibsanii, kunis hanga wayyaaneen biyya keenya gadi lakkistee baatutti itti fufa jedhaniiru.
Hariiroon Ummani Oromoo fi Ummatni Benishaangul walgidduudhaa qaban kan yeroo dhiyoo odoo hin taanee, baroota dheeraa kan lakkoofsisee dha kan jedhan Obboo Abdulwahaab, Ummatoonni keenya hariiroo hawaasummaa fi daldalaa waliin gaggeeffataa jiraniin dabalata diina isaanii waloo kan tahe mootummaa wayyaanee kuffisuudhaaf waloon sossohuun furmaata tahuu amananii waliin falmaa gaggeessaa jiru jedhan. Hariiroon qabsoo ABO waliin qabnu sirna Dargii kuffisuu keessatti ifatti mul’ateera kan jedhan Dura taa’aan SBUB, hariiroon walii tumsuu kunis kan jabaatee itti fufe tahuu addeessan.
Nuti akka Sochii Bilisummaa Ummata Benishaangulitti, dhaabbilee mirga ummata isaaniif falman akka ABO, ABBO, kan Gaambeellaa fi kanneen biroo waliinis marii gaggeessuudhaan “cunqursaa mootummaa wayyaaneetti xumura gochuudhaan Bilisummaa Ummatootaa mirkaneessuuf harka wal qabatanii falmaa finiinsuu malee filmaanni biraa hin jiru kan jedhurra geenyee, waliinis hojjechaa jirra jedhaniiru.
Gaaffii fi deebiin Dura taa’aan Sochii Bilisummaa Ummata Benishangul Obboo Abdulwahaab Mahdii Iisaa SBO sagantaa Afaan Amaaraa waliin taasisan Sagantaa SBO Roobii dhufuu (Hagayya 26 bara 2015) kan dhihaatu ta’uus garanumaan beeksisna.
የቤኒሻንጉል ህዝብ የ2007 የወያኔ ምርጫ ላይ ኣልተሳተፈፍ ያሉት የንቅናቄ ሊ/መንበር፡ ህዝቡ መብቱ እንዲከበር እያካሄደ ያለውን ኣመጽ ኣፋፍሞ ከመቀጠሉ ጋር ተያይዞ ወያኔ ህዝባዊ የመብት ጥያቄውን በሃይል ለማፈን ባሰማራቸው ካድሬዎቹና የታጠቁ ሃይሎች ኣማካይነት ዘግናኝ ግድያና የጅምላ እስራት መፈጸሙን ኣመልክተዋል። ወያኔ ያሰማራቸው ወታደሮች ንጹሃን የቤኒሻንጉል ዜጎችን “ከቤኒሻጉል ህዝብ ነጻነት ንቅናቄ ጋር ትስስር ኣላችሁ“ በሚል በገበያ ውስጥ በጥይት መግደላቸውን ተከትሎ የተፈጠረውን ህዝባዊ ቁጣ በሃይል ለማፈን በከፈቱት የተኩስ እሩምታ 12 ዜጎች ወዲያውኑ እንደተገደሉ የሟቾችን ስም ዝርዝር በመጥቀስ ገልጸዋል ኣቶ ኣብዱልወሃብ።
ከዚህም በተጨማሪ የ95, የ75ና የ60 ዓመት ኣዛውንቶች የሚገኙበት ከ30 የሚልቁ ዜጎች በኣሶሳ ወህኒ ቤት መታጎራቸውን ጠቁመው፡ 5 ዜጎች ደግሞ በወታደራዊ ካምፕ ውስጥ ሰቆቃ ሲፈጸምባቸው ከሰነበቱ በኋላ የወያኔ ወታደሮች በሰጧቸው የተመረዘ ምግብ መገደላቸውን ተናግረዋል።
የወያኔ ስርዓት በቤኒሻንጉል ህዝብ ላይ በከፈተው ዘመቻ ክፉ-ደጉን የማያውቁ 35 ህጻናት በኣሳዛኝ ሁኔታ በጥይት መደብደባቸውን የጠቀሱት ሊ/መንበሩ፡ በወያኔ ወታደሮች የሽብር ጥቃት የቆሰሉ 285 ዜጎች ኣሶሳ ያለው ራሻ ሆስፒታል እንደሚገኙና ከ30,000 በላይ ዜጎች ደግሞ ለስደት መዳረጋቸውን ከኦሮሞ ነጻነት ድምጽ ጋር ባደረጉት ቃለ-መጠይቅ ገልጸዋል። በቤኒሻንጉል ኣካባቢ ያለው ህዝባዊ ተቃውሞና የስርዓቱ ሃይሎች ወንጀል በሚዲያ እንዳይጋለጥ ወያኔ ማንኛውንም ሚዲያ ማገዱንም ኣጋልጠዋል።
የወያኔ መንግስት በህዝቦች ላይ እያደረሰ ላለው ጭቆና ፍጻሜ በማበጀት የህዝቦችን ነጻነት ለማረጋገጥ እጅ ለእጅ ተያይዞ ፍልሚያውን ከማፋፋም በስተቀር ሌላ ኣማራጭ የሌለ መሆኑን በመገንዘብ ድርጅታቸው የቤኒሻንጉል ህዝብ ነጻነት ንቅናቄ ከኦነግ፣ ኦብነግ፣ ጋምቤላና ለህዝባቸው ነጻነት ከሚታገሉ ሌሎችም ድርጅቶች ጋር ውይይት በማድረግ የትግል ትብብር ፈጥረው እየተንቀሳቀሱ መሆኑን የቤኒሻንጉል ህዝብ ነጻነት ንቅናቄ ሊቀመንበር ኣቶ ኣብዱልወሃብ ማህዲ ኢሳ ከኦሮሞ ነጻነት ድምጽ ጋር ባደረጉት ቃለ-መጠይቅ ገለጸዋል።
ከቤኒሻንጉል ህዝብ ነጻነት ንቅናቄ ሊቀመንበር ኣቶ ኣብዱልወሃብ ማህዲ ኢሳ ጋር የተደረገውን ቃለ-መጠይቅ ሙሉ ይዘን ርቡዕ(ነሓሴ 26 ቀን 2015ዓም) በሚቀርበው ዝግጅታችን ኣናቀርባለን።
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