Friday, May 1, 2015

The Stateless Oromo Persecuted at Home, Harassed Abroad – Announcing March for Oromo Refugees (May 1, 2015)


Statement of the Australian Oromo Community Association in Victoria Inc.
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Australian Oromo Community Association in Victoria Inc
A.B.N. 52 554 165 204
225 Bourke St; Melbourne VIC 3000
P.O.BOX 2123; Footscray, VIC 3011
Tel: + 61 3 9663 9092
Email: ocaustralia@gmail.com
Web: www.oromocommunity.org.au
1 May 2015
PRESS RELEASE
The Stateless Oromo Persecuted at Home, Harassed Abroad
The Australian Oromo Community in Victoria will be gathering at Spring Street and the corner of Treasury Place, next to the Victoria Parliament in a bid to express our grave concern and appeal to the recent tragedies on Oromo and other refugees from the Horn of Africa.
The recent killings of Oromo refugees in Libya and South Africa, and displacements of Oromo refugees in Yemen due to the war are heartbreaking. Oromo refugees, who have escaped the dire situation in their home country, where they had faced daily terror at the hands of the Ethiopian regime, have fled from the widespread extra-judicial killings, abductions and disappearances, removals from their ancestral land, tortures and constant humiliations that have been going on for years. Hence, many Oromo refugees have been forced to flee from their homeland.
However, the intimidation and harassment of Oromo refugees have continued to the extreme. On Sunday, the 19th of April 2015, the terrorist group ISIS in Libya released videos of men being beheaded, and another group of men being shot. As a community, we describe the executions of those innocent refugees is absolutely barbaric and unacceptable. Similarly, the current situations of Oromo refugees in Yemen and South Africa gravely concern us. As the result of the war and conflicts in Yemen, and the widespread anti-immigration sentiment in South Africa, the current situations of Oromo refugees are terrifying. It is very disheartening to hear about these developments of communal hatred on our refugee population, and the intolerance and politicization of religion.
Oromo refugees are experiencing agonizing dreadful of human rights violations in countries where they are seeking UNHCR protection as refugees. The Ethiopian government is hunting these refugees in Yemen, even in the refugee camp while they are under UNHCR – to forcefully take them back to Ethiopia by bribing security forces in the host country.
Ethiopia’s human rights abuses are well documented by Human Rights watch and the U.S. State Department, and the current Oromo protests have renewed support to launch an international investigation to bring the responsible perpetrators to justice.
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In response, more than 10 international cities, including Washington, Toronto, Oslo, Frankfurt and London, have staged mass peace protests, picking up interest globally and trending heavily on social media. Many Oromo community members have also established emergency appeals and fundraising to support people who are in need.
On Friday, the 1st of May 2015, the Australian Oromo community will call on the Australian government to urgently consult UNHCR and other international aid agencies to rescue Oromo refugees, particularly in Libya, Yemen and South Africa. It will also appeal to the Australian government to set an example by using its influence in the United Nations to put political, economic and diplomatic pressures upon the Ethiopian government to stop its continued attacks on Oromo lives, their political organisations, educational establishments and their right to self-determination.
Members of Australian Oromo community in Victoria will be gathering at Spring Street and the corner of Treasury Place, next to the Victoria parliament in Melbourne on Friday, the 1st May 2015, at 10am.
For information, please call Yadata Saba (0412 795 909)
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Biyya itti dhalatan, handhuurri isaanii itti awwaalame keessatti kabajaa lammummaa dhorkatamanii, eenyummaa isaaniin qofa diina taasifamanii gaaffii mirgaa kaasuu isaanii irraa qofaan ilmaan Oromoo gara jabinaan magaalaa Amboo keessatti ajjeefaman hur’allee gadda guddaan yaadanna. Kana waliin kanneen ilmaan Oromoo fayyaaleyyii fixanii fi ficcisiisan ammayyuu murtii seeraaf kan hin dhihaanne tahuun gadda keenya dacha taasisa. Gumaan lammiilee Oromoo mirga saba isaaniif osoo falmanii dabran kanneenis, akeeka kufaniif sana bakkaan gahuuf qabsoo finiinsuun bilisummaa ummata Oromomoo dhugoomsuun tahuu mirkaneessaa ti.
Ilmaan Oromoo gootummaan harka qullaa diina ummata isaanii dura dhaabbatuun dugda osoo hin taane qoma rukutamanii lubbuu isaanii bakka bu’aa hin qabne qabsoo haqaa irratti dabarsan kanneen, baatiin itti wareegaman baatii Eblaa ti. Baatiin kunis, baatii wareegamtoota gootota Oromoo walabummaa Oromiyaa tiksuu irratti kufanii fi cabiinsa Oromoon boodas kanneen bilisummaa ummata isaaniif wareegama isa maayyii baasan itti yaadataman waan taheef, tarree isaanii seensisa. Seenaan lubbuu isaanii osoo hin mararfatiin kabajaa ummata isaaniif jecha wareeganis dhiigaan waan barraa’eef galmee seenaa Oromoo keessatti galmaa’ee bara baraaf yaadatamaa jiraata.
Gooti ummata isaa irra lubbuu isaa hin mararfatu. Gooti haqaaf falmaa dabruu filata malee akka geejjibaatti fe’amee cunqursitootaa fi saamtota jalatti jilbeenfatee buluu filmaata hin godhatu. Kana irraa ti ilmaan Oromoo hin gabroomnu! gabrummaa jalattis hin bullu! jechuun walabummaa fi bilisummaa isaaniif jecha wareegama ulfaataa baasaa kan turanii fi jiran.
Wayta ammaa kana ummatni Oromoo mootummaa shorarkeessaa kanaan miidhaan irra gahu dabalaa deemuun bal’inaan mul’ata. Ummatni Oromoo qe’ee isaa keessa nagaan jiraachuu hin dandeenye. Nagaan baratanii manatti deebi’uun yeroo kamuu caalaa ulfaataa tahee jira. Hireen ilmaan Oromoo baratanii dalagaa argatanii hojiitti bobba’uun ofii fi maatii isaanii jiraachisuuf qaban hinaaffaa, jibbiinsaa fi sodaa irraa diinaan dhiphifamee hojii dhablummaan jooran. Kanneen maatii fi fira irratti ba’aa hin taanu jechuun abdii nuuf dabra jedhuun biyya ambaatti baqataa jiran lakkoobsi guddaa dha. Baqa karaa adda addaa adeemaa jiru kanaanis balaa suukanneessaa lammiilee mudataa jiru guyyuu gaddaan dhaga’uun baay’atuu irratti argama.
Mootummaan Wayyaanee mootummaa kufaatii fi badii raawwatu irraa kan hin baranne, mirga ummatootaa beekuu fi kabajuu hin barbaadne tahuu irraa, sochiin ummatootaa bakkayyuutti itti jabeeffamaa jiraatuu haalli ummatootaa fi tarkaanfii mootummaan kun sodaa fi muddamsuu irraa fudhataa jiru ni hubachiisa. Addatti ammoo tarkaanfiin ummata Oromoo irratti fudhataa jiru, kan diinummaa isaa dhugoomsuu dha. Kabajamuu mirga ummata Oromoo kan hin barbaadne tahuu mirkaneessa. Waan taheef, ABOn guyyaa ilmaan Oromoo Ambootti faashistootaan ajjeefaman kana wayta yaadataa jirutti dhaamsa itti aanu ummataaf dabarsuu fedha.
Hawaasni keenya biyya keessaa fi alaa gootota ilmaan Oromoo Ebla 30, 2014 waraana diinaan guyyaa saafaa magaalaa Amboo fi naannootti rashanaman kabajaan oggaa yaadatnu akeeka kufaniif beeknee bakkaan gahuu irratti cichuun fiixa baasuu irratti qabsaawwuuf murteeffatuun,
Mootummaan gochaa diinummaa gartuuleen fiinxaaleyyii ummata irratti raawwataniin adda hin taane raawwatu kun, hanga hin qolatamnetti rakkooleen hundi itti fufuu qofa osoo hin taane, caalaatti hammaataa fi dabalaa kan deeman tahuu qalbifatuun, tooftaa jabaa fi bilchaataan dura dhaabbatuuf qophaa’uun akka tahu,
Har’as rakkoon ummata keenya addatti ammoo dargaggoo Oromoo mudataa jiru hammaachaa dhufuu hubatnee bifaa fi karaa hundaan cinaa dhaabbatuuf murteeffatuun akka tahu ABOn dhaama.
Diinni ummata Oromoo ummata keenya qabsoo irraa jiilchuuf tarkaanfiilee suukanneessaa adda addaa fudhatullee ummatni keenya bilisummaa isaaf qabasaa’uu irraa kan booda hin jenne tahuu dalagaan mirkaneessaa jira. Ajjeechaan jumulaa, hidhaa, dhaaninsii fi doorsisi diinaan irra gahullee, bilisummaa! Walabummaa jechuun qabsoo irratti argama. Kanaaf, haala abdachiisaa fi onnachiisaa ummataa, addatti ammo Dargaggoo Oromoo keessatti mul’ataa jiru firii itti gochuuf harka wal qabannee haa sossoonu. Rakkoon waloo waloon keessaa bahamaan dhaamsa ABO ti.
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Oromo Voice Radio (Broadcast) broadcast- 27 April 2015

Monday, April 27, 2015

ጂቱ ለሚ:- "ከኦነግ ጀርባ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ አለ!" | ሊሸሽጉት ያልተቻለ እዉነታ!


በጂቱ ለሚ* | April 2015

ሰዉዬዉ ቁጭ ብለው ሌሊት-ሌሊት ያሰባሰቧቸዉን የፈጣን ሎተሪ ቲኬታቸዉን እየቀያየሩ ሲፍቁ፣ ሲያስፍቁና ከሎተሪ መዉጫዉ ጋር ሲያመሳክሩ ያድሩ ነበር አሉ። እናማ አንደኛዉን ሲሞክሩት ውጤቱ ሌላ ነዉ። በሌላኛዉ ቢመኩም የባሰበት ሆነ! ሌላም ቢተካ ተስፋ ዬለውም። ላይተዉት ነገር የቤቱ ምሰሶና ማገሩ ‘በፈጣን ሎተሪዎቹ’ ተስፋ ላይ የተዋቀሩ ናቸዉ። አንዱ ሲጣል በሌላዉ ሲተካ ዉጤቱ እየራቀ ተስፈዉም እየመነመነ ቤቱ አልጸና ብሏቸዉ ላይ-ታቹን ሲኳትኑ በእልህ የመጨረሻ ዕድል ለመሞከር ባሕር ማዶ ድረስ ተሻግረዉ ታላቁን ‘ቶምቦላ’ በዉድ ዋጋ ይጋዛሉ። ዕድሉ ቀንቶኣቸው እነዚያን ‘ፈጣንና ፈጣጣ’ ሎተሪዎችን ለአንዴና ለመጨረሻ አራግፈዉ ለመገላገል ተመኙ። ግን ክፉ ዕድል ሆኖ ብዙ የደከሙለትን ‘ቶምቦላ’ መጨረሻዉን ለማየት ሳይታደሉ የመሄጃ ጊዜያቸዉ ደረሰና የያዙትን ሁሉ ለዘመድ አዝማዶቻቸዉ በዉርስ ሰጥተዉ ይሰናበታሉ።
የሰዉዬዉ ወራሾችም የነገሩን አያያዝ አልቻሉበትምና አንዱን ሲይዙ ሌላዉ እየሸሸ ገና ከጅምሩ በሰዶ- ማሳደድ ጨዋታ ልባቸዉ ዉልቅ ይላል። “ልፋ ያለዉ በህልሙ ዳዉላ ይሸከማል” ይባል የል! ዉድ ዋጋ የተከፈለበትና እጅግ የተደከመበት ታላቁ ሎተሪም ገና ተፍቆ ሳይፈተሽ ዉጤቱ ከወዲሁ ባለማማሩ ከመጠቅለያዉ እንኳ በወጉ ሳይገለጥ እንደተሸፋፈነ ወደመጣበት መልሰዉታል። ፈጣኖቹም ቢሆኑ ኣንድ በኣንድ እየተመዘዙ ሲፋቁና ሲጣሉ የተቀሩት ደግሞ አንዳችም ተስፋ የሚጣልባቸዉ ባለመሆናቸው የሰዉዬዉ ቤት ግድግዳዉ ተንዶ ጣራዉ ሊፈራርስ የቀናት ዕድሜ ቀርተዉታል።
ጎበዝ! በዚህ ወቅት ብርቱ ጉዳዮች ኣሉብን። ለሕዝባቸዉ ነጻነትና ክብር የወደቁ ጀግኖቻችንን እናስባለን። የተያያዝነዉን ትግል ለማፋጠን ደግሞ ራሳችንን የበለጠ እናዘጋጃለን። ስለኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ነጻነት ሲሰሙ የሚያምማቸዉን ደግሞ ጠንካራ ዉጋት እየለቀቅን የባሳ እናቃዣቸዋለን። ስለዚህም በፍጥነት ወደ ጉዳዬ ልዝለቅ!
አንድ ሕዝብ ነጻነት ከሌለዉ ህሊዉናዉ አደጋ ላይ ይወድቃል። ይህ መሰል ኣደጋ የተጋረጠበት ሕዝብ ራሱን ከመከላከል የቀደመ አሳሳቢ ጉዳይ አይኖረዉም። ለዚህም ነዉ የዚህ ዓይነቱን አደጋ መከላከል ዉዴታ ብቻ ሳይሆን ግዴታም ጭምር የሚሆነዉ። ለዚህ ዓይነቱ ግዴታ ሕዝቡ የጋራ ኃላፊነት ይኖረዋል። ይህን ሃላፊነት ለመወጣት መሪዎችንና አመራሮችን በየደራጃዉ ይሰይማል። የፖለቲካ ፕሮግራሞችን ይነድፋል። ኣዋጭ የሆኑ የትግል ስልቶችን ይቀይሳል። አሳታፊና ዉጤታማ የትግል መዋቅሮችን ይዘረጋል። ኃይሉንና ጉልበቱን ያቀናጃል። ነጻነት ያለመስዋዕትነት በነጻ ኣይገኝምና ትግሉ የሚጠይቀዉን መስዋዕት ሁሉ ያቀርባል። ይህ በሕዝቡ ፍላጎትና ዉሳኔ ብቻ የሚሆን እንጂ ከየትኛዉም ኃይል ፍላጎትና ተጽዕኖ አንጻር የሚመዘንና የሚመጠን አይደለም። እንደዚያ ሊሆንም አይችልም።
ይህ አብዛኛዉ የዓለማችን ሃገራት ነጻነታቸዉን ፍለጋ ያለፉበት ጎዳና ስለሆነ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብም ነጻነቱን ለመጎናጸፍ ሊያልፍበት በሂደት ያለ ነዉ። መሪ ድርጅት አለዉ። ግልጽና ቀጥተኛ የፖለቲካ ፕሮግራምን ይከተላል። ለሠላም ቅድሚያ ይሰጣል። ሠላምን ከሚጋፉ፣ በጦርና ጦርነት ብቻ መብቱን እየረገጡ መቀጠል ለሚሹም ተገቢ ምላሽ ይኖረዋል። ለዚህ ደግሞ ለሕዝባቸዉ ክብር ዉድ ሕይወታቸውን ለመስጠት የተዘጋጀ ሕዝባዊ ኃይል ኣለው። የሕዝባዊ ኃይል ጫና ያስጨንቃል። ጭንቀቱ ወጥሮ ሲይዝ ደግሞ ያስለፈልፋል። የሕወሃት ሰዎች ይህንን በሚገባ አይተዉታል። ጭንቀቱ ሳት ያረጋቸዉና አንዳንዴም በምጸት አንዳንዴ ደግሞ በግላጭ ከኦነግ ጀርባ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ እንዳለ እቅጩን ይነግሩናል።
እርግጥ ነዉ! የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ከመሪ ድርጅቱ ኦነግ ጋር ነዉ። ለእዉነቱ ማረጋገጫ የግድ የጠላት መስካሪ አያሻም። ሆኖም ግን ጠላት እንደዚያ እየመረረዉ እዉነቱን ለመቀበል ሲገደድ መስማቱ እዉነት መቼም ቢሆን እንደምታሸንፍ ማሳያ ይሆናል። በበራቸዉ ደጃፍ ያቆሙአቸዉን ምልምል አሽከሮቻቸዉን እንኳ ማመን ተስኖአቸዉ በወጡና በገቡ ቁጥር ዐይን ዐይናቸዉን እያዩ “… እነ እንቶኔ ሲፋቁ ኦነግ ይሆናሉ …!” ሲሉ እዉነቱን ኣልሳቱም። ይብዛም ይነስም በእያንዳንዱ ኦሮሞ ልብ ዉስጥ ኦነግ ተተክሏልና።
መልካም! በሂደት ሲስሟሽሹ በቀላሉ ይጨፈለቃሉና ጫን ጫን እያልናቸዉ ማስተንፈሱን እንቀጥልበት። “… ከኦነግ መፈክር ዙሪያ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ አለ …!” ሲሉን ለቅንጣት እንኳ ብዥታ እንዳይኖረቸዉ ኦነግም ሆነ የኦነግ መፈክር ምንጩ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ስለመሆነ አንዱን ከሌላዉ መነጠል ፈጽሞ እንደማይቻል በድጋሚ ሙሉ መረጋገጫ እንሰጣቸዋለን። በመሠረቱ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ የትግል አቅጣጫ የሀገር ባለቤትነቱንና ሁለንተናዊ ነጻነቱን መልሶ ማግኘት ነዉ። በሌላ አባባል የማንንም መብት ሳይጋፉ የራስን መብት ማስከበርና መጠበቅ ማለት ነዉ። እናም ታዲያ የኦሮሞ ነጻነት ግንባር ሕዝቡ የተነጠቀዉን የሀገር ባለቤትነትና ሁለንተናዊ ነጻነትን የመመለስና የመጠበቅ ግዴታ አለዉ። ለዚህም ነዉ ኦነግን ከኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ነጥሎ ለማየት የሚደረጉ ሙከራዎች ህልም እንጅ እዉን መሆን ያልተቻላቸው።
ሀሳቤን ላጠቃልል! ከዓመታት በፊት “ከዚህ ወርቅ ሕዝብ በመፈጠሬ በጣም እኮራለሁ …” ያሉን የሕወሃቱ ቁንጮ ሰዉ ለሕዝባቸዉ ያላቸዉን ፍቅርና አድናቆት በፈለጉት መልኩ የመግለጽ መብት እንዳላቸዉ መቀበል ይቻል ነበር። ሆኖም ግን አካሄዱ ለአንዱ ወርቅ ለሌላዉ ነሃስን የሚያሰጥ፣ የገዢና ተገዢ ስሜትን ለማስረጽ የተጠቀሙበት ጤናማ ያልሆነ ስልታዊ ማነጻጸሪያ መሆኑ ሲጤን ሀሳቡን በቅንነት የመቀበሉ ጉዳይ አስቸጋሪ ይሆነል። እንደዚያ ባይሆንማ ኖሮ ሌሎች ስለሕዝባቸዉ በመናገራቸዉ፣ ጭቆናንና የመከራ አገዛዝን በመቃወማቸዉና ነጻነትን በመጠየቃቸዉ በአሸባሪነት ተፈርጀው እንዲገደሉና እንዲታሰሩ ባልተደረገ ነበር። ይህ ዓይነቱ መብት ‘ለወርቃማዉ ሕዝብ’ ብቻ የተገባ እንጅ ሌሎች ሊመኙት እንኳ እንደማይገባ በተግባር አረጋግጠዉታል። ማንም የራሱን ወርቅ በአግባቡ ሊያጌጥበት ይችላል። “ወርቅነኝ …!” ብለዉ ሌላዉን ለመርገጥ መነሳት ግን ነዉር ነዉ።
እና አሁንስ ምን ቀራቸዉ? ይህን አጥርቶ ለማየት ስለሚሳናቸዉ ቀሪ ዕድላቸዉን እኛዉ ብናመላክታቸዉስ!
እንዲህ ነዉ የሚሆነዉ፥ አንድ ነፋሻማ ወረት ይመጣል። በዚያን ጊዜ እሩቅ የመሰላቸዉ እሳት በቅጽበት ይደርስና የሚመኩበትን የገለባ ክምር ይበላል። ያን ጊዜ ዓይናቸዉ ይገለጥና የተጓዙበት መንገድ ምንኛ የተሳሳተ እንደሆነ ወለል ብሎ ይታያቸዉ ይሆናል። አሁንም ባይታያቸዉ ነዉ እንጂ እሳቱም ነፋሱም በዙሪያቸው አድፍጧል – ያ እሳት ሕዝባዊ ኃይል ነዉ። ሕዝባዊ ኃይሉ ደግሞ ነዉረኛዉን ከነነዉሩ ያስወግዳል።
ድል ለኦሮሞ ሕዝብ!
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