About time!!! Thank you to the tireless Oromo youth, families and committees who never stopped lobbying! We will succeed!!!! #OromoProtests
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
#AbiyMustGo#Ethiopia
Qorannoo dhaabbata Afro-barometer jedhamuun gaggeeffame: Odeeffannoo Nama qorannoo kanaratti hirmaate irraa argame
•Qoranichi kan gaggeeffame naannolee afran keessatti: Oromiyaa, Amaara, naannoo Kibbaa fi Tigraayitti
•Oromiyaa keessatti aanota godinoota Shawaa, wallaggaa, Arsii fi Boorana keessaa filataman keessatti gaggeeffame
•Qorannoon kuni akka jedhan marsaa 8tiif osoo hin tahin marsaa 2 qofa gaggeeffame. Inni tokko yeroo ADWUI (EPDRF) filannoo bara 1997 booda bara 2005 (A.L.I)tti kan gaggeeffame yoo tahu inni lammataa immoo bara 2019 (GC) gaggeeffame. Kan Amma bu’aan isaa bahe kana jechuudha. Qorannoon Afro-Barometer gaggeesse kuni biyyoota Afrikaa garagaraatti gaggeeffamaa ture. Hanga ammaa biyyoota Afrikaa gagaraatti yerooo saddeettaffaaf gaggeeffame malee akka biyya keenyaatti yeroo lamaan kana qofa gaggeeffame. Qoranichi dhimma siyaasaatiin walqabachuu isaa irraa kan ka’e yeroo EPDRF san namni baay’een sodaa irraa ka’uun gaaffiiwwan gaafatamaniif deebii mootummaa deeggaru qofa waan kennaniif Itoophiyaa keessa rakkoon siyaasaa hagas mara hin jiru jedhamee dhiisan. Achi booda haga Abiyyi gara aangoo dhufe bara 2019 rakkoolee siyaasaa uumaman irraa ka’uun bifa haaraan gaggeeffame.
•Qorannoo bara darbe gaggeeffame keessatti gaaffiiwwan gurguddoon gaafataman kanneen armaan gadii turan:
1) Abiyyiin ni deeggartu moo ni mormitu kan jedhu ture. Waan nama ajaa’ibu deebiin hirmaattota baay’ee (majority of the respondents) naannoo Oromiyaa fi Amaaraatti Abiyyiin hin deeggarru (ni mormina) kan jedhu ture.
2) Heerri (constitution) akka jijjiiramu ni deeggartuu? kan jedhu hin jiru. Keewwatni 39 akka haqamu ni deeggartuu kan jedhu ture. Naannoo Oromiyaatti parsantii 90 ol kan ta’an hirmaattotni qorannoo kanaa kew.39 akka haqamu hin feenu jedhan.
3) Finfinneen kophaatti akka naannoo taatu ni deeggartuu? kan jedhu ture. Oromiyaa keessatti Deebiin hirmaattota harki caaluu (majority of the respondents) hin deeggarru kan jedhu ture. Inumaayyuu bifa nama lolchiisuun mormaa turan.
4) Afaan Oromoo afaan federaalaa akka tahu ni deeggartuu? kan jedhu ture. Oromiyaa keessatti Guutumaan guututti ni deeggarra kan jedhu ture.
5) Waa’ee Filannoo ture. Waa’ee filannoo irratti gaaffilee sadiitu gaafatame:
A) Mootummaan cee’umsaa akka hundeeffamu
B)Filannoon yeroo gabaabaatti akka gaggeeffamu,
C)yeroon Filannoo akka dheeratu kan jedhan ture. Asirratti deebiin nama harka caaluu filannoon amma haa gaggeeffamu kan jedhu ture.
6) Osoo filannoon gaggeeffamee Paartii kam filattu? kan jedhu ture. Paartiilee Oromoo keessaa qoranicha irratti Filannoo keessa kan jiru ABO qofa ture. Akka Oromiyaatti deebiin namoota baay’ees ABO ykn immoo paartii Jawar Mohammed keessa jiru kan jedhu ture.
7) Lafti kan mootummaa moo kan dhuunfaa haa tahu? Kan jedhu ture. Deebiin namoota harka caaluu kan dhuunfaa kan jedhu ture.
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
#AbiyMustGo#OromoProtests#Ethiopia
#AbiyMustGo#Ethiopia
I have a lot of friends living here in the USA and the western world. I have been following the posts of some of the most educated Amhara elites living abroad and I am deeply troubled by their increasing hate towards the Oromo people. We have witnessed hundreds of killings of Oromo civilians since the comjng to power of Abiy Ahmed. These killings are clearly disproportionateo to the reported incidents of killings of non Oromo civilians following the asasaination of Hacaaluu Hundeessaa. To Abiy Ahmed and his neo neftegna enablers- The Oromo are the enemy of the State!
I am troubled because I see a lot of my old friends, some of them physicians, are ideologically charged, and have gone as far as condoning the killings of Unarmed protesters, and sons and daughters of poor Oromo farmers as necessary actions to guarantee the peace and security of minorities in Oromia and for Ethiopia to continue to exist as a nation.
I couldn’t continue to see these massacres and not share these pictures because it is graphic or out of fear that it causes distress to the people who see it. It has already done incalculable damage to the minds of our people. Let me be naive. My friends, our haters may not have seen it. I am sharing it for my radicalized physician friends to see, just in case they have not seen it. Then we will some day hold them accountable for their lack of sympathy for the loss of these innocent human lives.
These pictures are only the pictures I considered not too graphic. I have avoided a dozen pictures I considered too graphic to share.
Afendi Muteki
wrote a piece about the killing of a 13
Year old teenager in Gelemso.
Here was my reply to what he shared”
“I said it many times and I will continue to say it , as
Many times as necessary.
Abiy Ahmed and all the top officials within his administration are responsible for these despicable crimes.
The Oromo resistance struggle will eventually triumph against these forces of evil and destruction and the neo-neftegna killers who are his enablers and who now adays are leading the killing spree in Oromia. Abiy Ahmed never publicly condemned all the horrendous crimes we have been witnessing under his administration. We called for justice, what we got is more senseless killings like this one. He is guilty! The Oromo have all the right to call for his removal Dead or Alive. The Oromo have the right to self defense! All cabinet members and top lieutenants are the legitimate targets of the Oromo Resistance Struggle. Enough with these senseless barbaric killings of innocent lives.”
Sunday, August 23, 2020
#AbiyMustGo#Ethiopia
ኦፌኮ መንግስት የኃይል እርምጃዎቹን በአስቸኳይ እንዲያቆም ጠየቀ
ተቃዋሚው የኦሮሞ ፌደራላዊ ኮንግረስ (ኦፌኮ) ፓርቲ መንግስት የኃይል እርምጃዎቹን በአስቸኳይ እንዲያቆም ጠየቀ። ሀገሪቱ ትረጋጋ ዘንድም መንግስት በእስር ላይ ያሉ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ አባላትን እንዲፈታ አሳስቧል።
ፓርቲው ጥሪውን ያቀረበው “በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ለተከሰተው ወቅታዊ ችግር ፖለቲካዊ መፍትሄ ያሻል” በሚል ርዕስ ስር ዛሬ ቅዳሜ ነሐሴ 16፤ 2012 ባወጣው መግለጫ ነው። “በሺህዎች የሚቆጠሩ የቄሮዎች ሕይወት ተገብሮበት የመጣው እና ተስፋ ሰጪ የተባለው ለውጥ አጣብቂኝ ውስጥ ከገባ ውሎ አድሯል” ያለው ኦፌኮ “ሞት፣ እስር፣ ድብደባ ተመልሶ መጥቶብናል” ሲል በመግለጫው አስፍሯል።
በኢትዮጵያ የተጀመረው ለውጥ “አደገኛ መስቀለኛ መንገድ ላይ ይገኛል” የሚለው ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲው ከድምጻዊ ሃጫሉ ሁንዴሳ መገደል በኋላ በተለይ “ሁኔታዎች የበለጠ እየተወሳሰቡ መጥተዋል” ብሏል። ፓርቲው ክስተቱን ተከትሎ ሊመጣ የሚችለውን “ውስብስብ ሁኔታ በመገመት የድምጻዊውን ግድያ በነጻና ገለልተኛ አካል እንዲጣራ እና ህጋዊ እርምጃ እንዲወሰድ ጠይቆ እንደነበር አስታውሷል።
ኦፌኮ፤ የሃጫሉ ሁንዴሳ ግድያን ተከትሎ በኦሮሚያ የተለያዩ አካባቢዎች እና በአዲስ አበባ ከተቀሰቀሰው ሁከት ጋር በተያያዘ በርካታ አመራሮቹ እና አባላቱ ታስረውበታል። በእስር ላይ ካሉት የፓርቲው ተጠቃሽ ሰዎች መካከል ምክትል ሊቀመንበሩ በቀለ ገርባ፣ የአመራር አባሉ አቶ ደጀኔ ጣፋ እና የፓርቲው አባል ጃዋር መሐመድ ይገኙበታል። ፓርቲው አባላቱ እንዲፈቱ ላቀረበው ጥያቄ “አዎንታዊ ምላሽ” ለማግኘት በመጠባበቅ ላይ ባለበት ጊዜ ውስጥ እስሩ መቀጠሉን አመልክቷል።
“በኢትዮጵያ የፖለቲካ ታሪክ ውስጥ ታይቶ በማይታወቅበት ሁኔታ መደበኛ ማቆያዎች በመሙላታቸው የትምህርት ቤት መማሪያ ክፍሎች ለኮሮና ቫይረስ በሽታ በሚያጋልጥ ሁኔታ እስር ቤቶች ሆነዋል” ሲል ኦፌኮ በመግለጫው አትቷል።
በእስር ቤቶች ያሉ ተጠርጣሪዎችም በፍርድ ቤት ውሎዎቻቸው ይህንኑ የፓርቲውን ስጋት ሲያስተጋቡ ተደምጠዋል። ከተጠርጣሪዎች ውስጥ የተወሰኑት በኮሮና ቫይረስ መያዛቸው በመረጋገጡ ፍርድ ቤት የማይቀርቡበት ጊዜም ተስተውሏል። ከእነዚህ መካከል የሆኑት የኦፌኮው አመራር ደጀኔ ጣፋ በኮሮና ተይዘው ወደ ሆስፒታል በመወሰዳቸው ከአንድም ሁለት ጊዜ በችሎት መገኘት አልቻሉም።
ኦፌኮ በዛሬው መግለጫው በአሁኑ ወቅት በኦሮሚያ ክልል በሺህዎች የሚቆጠሩ ሰዎች ታስረው እንደሚገኙ ጠቁሟል። ፓርቲው በግንኙነት መስመሮቹ አገኘሁት ያለውን መረጃ ጠቅሶ እንደገለጸው በክልሉ ያለው ወጣት ሲያነሳው የቆየውን “የሃጫሉ ገዳዮች ለፍርድ ይቅረቡ” የሚለውን ጥያቄውን ወደ “የፖለቲካ እስረኞች ይፈቱ ሊዛወር እንደሚችልም አውቀናል” ብሏል። የኢትዮጵያ አብዛኞቹ ችግሮች “ፖለቲካዊ ናቸው” የሚለው ኦፌኮ “መፍትሄውም ፖለቲካዊ መሆን አለበት” ሲሉ የጸና አቋሙን በመግለጫው አንጸባርቋል።
“ከዓለምም ሆነ ከራሳችን ተሞክሮ እንደምንረዳው የፖለቲካ ችግር በዋናነት የሚፈታው በእስር እና በጠመንጃ ሳይሆን በራሱ በፖለቲካ ነው” ሲል በመግለጫው የጠቀሰው ፓርቲው “ስለሆነም የኢፌዲሪ መንግስት የኃይል እርምጃዎቹን በአስቸኳይ አቁሞ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ አባላትን ከእስር በመፍታት ሀገሪቷ እንድትረጋጋ እንዲያደርግና ሀገሪቷን ሕዝቦቿን ወደ ብሔራዊ መግባባት እንዲመራ በአጽንኦት እንመክራለን” ብሏል።
“ከዓለምም ሆነ ከራሳችን ተሞክሮ እንደምንረዳው የፖለቲካ ችግር በዋናነት የሚፈታው በእስር እና በጠመንጃ ሳይሆን በራሱ በፖለቲካ ነው”የአፌኮ መግለጫ
መንግስታዊ ተቋም የሆነው የኢትዮጵያ ሰብዓዊ መብት ኮሚሽን (ኢሰመኮ) ከትላንት በስቲያ ሐሙስ ባወጣው መግለጫ በኦሮሚያ ክልል በ13 ከተሞች በተካሄዱ የተቃውሞ ሰልፎች ቁጥራቸው በወል ያልታወቀ ሰዎች ህይወት መጥፋቱን ማስታወቁ ይታወሳል። ኮሚሽኑ የጸጥታ ኃይሎች ተመጣጣኝ ያልሆነ ኃይል ከመጠቀም እንዲቆጠቡ ተመሳሳይ ጥሪ አቅርቦም ነበር።
የኢሰመኮን መግለጫ ክፉኛ የተቸው የኦሮሚያ ክልል መንግስት፤ የጸጥታ አካላት የወሰዷቸው እርምጃዎች “ህዝቡን የማዳን፣ ሕገ መንግስቱን የመከላከል፣ የህግ የበላይነት የማስከበር ኃላፊነት” እንደሆኑ የዕለቱ ዕለት ለኮሚሽኑ መግለጫ ባወጣው ምላሽ ገልጿል። የጸጥታ ኃይሎች እርምጃዎችን ሲወስዱ “ከተጠያቂነት ማዕቀፍ ጋር በማገናዘብ” እንደሆነም ክልሉ በምላሹ አጽንኦት ሰጥቶ ነበር። (በተስፋለም ወልደየስ – ኢትዮጵያ ኢንሳይደር)
Saturday, August 22, 2020
![The arrest of Ethiopian activist Jawar Mohammed, who has accused PM Abiy Ahmed of abusing power, is at the centre of the protests [Michael Tewelde/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2020/8/20/0f3fd55fc8b84b51980db4ef9056963c_18.jpg)
#AbiyMustGo
The cold-blooded murder of Sheikh Umar Suleyman (Tawil), his wife and their three-month old child is a chilling reminder of just how dangerous Abiy Ahmed, and his PP clique have become to Oromos and anyone who stands in the way of his Make Ethiopia Great Again (MEGA) project.
Sheikh Umar is 70 years old. He is a highly regarded Muslim scholar in the area and a haafizal qur'an (someone who memorized the Qur’an completely) widely respected by his congregation and the local community. He is the Imam at the local mosque and is not involved in any sort of politics.
Sheikh Omar and his wife were killed in their house after eight security personnel fired 28 rounds, in what can only be described as an unnecessary, excessive, and disproportionate use of deadly force by Abiy Ahmed’s out of control security forces. Their three-month old child died a day later.
Sheikh Qaasim Rashaad, a deputy Imam at Ikraam Masjiid, was shot in front of his mosque and is currently receiving treatment in Asalla Hospital. Abdulkarim, a young person who rushed to save Sheikh Kassim after he fell to the ground, was shot and killed.
The delusional narcissist at 4 kilo sees the Oromo nation and Oromo nationalism, two forces that brought him to power, as a threat to his naive ambition to Make Ethiopia Great Again. From the events of the last few days, and the overwhelming violence against peaceful protesters, it is clear that he is determined to use as much violence as is necessary to realize his personal ambition.
#AbiyMustGo#Ethiopia
War biopic, political history and family memoir frame ‘Oromo Witness’
In the opening pages of “Oromo Witness,” author Abdul Dire drives from engineering classes at the University of Minnesota to a restaurant on Minneapolis’ Lake Street to pick up his uncle, Hangasu Wako Lugo, who is busy mopping floors at his second job.
The humble setting is an unlikely new battlefield for the St. Paul Public Schools food service worker and grandfather of 12. Hangasu Wako Lugo, a former rebel strategist, is better known in some circles for playing no small role in the Ethiopian Civil War of 1974-1991.
It’s a path his father and uncle forged before him when they engineered a peasant uprising against Ethiopia’s feudal government in the 1960s from the country’s Oromia region in the south.
Hangasu Wako Lugo was still a child during the Bale Revolt of 1963-1970, one in a long line of frustrated attempts to win new freedoms for the nation’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo people. By the time the emperor is jailed in a military coup, he’s already come of age in the capital city of Addis Ababa, educated in military academies and ready to help lead a movement of his own through the Oromo Liberation Front — a movement he would later part with in anger and frustration.
Hangasu Wako Lugo’s harrowing personal story frames the first book-length nonfiction work to roll out from Minneapolis-based Flexible Press (flexiblepub.com), which has been publishing Minnesota-centric novellas, short stories, essays and poetry since 2017.
“I think it’s an important story,” said publisher William Burleson. “Here’s a guy pushing a broom in a Minneapolis restaurant, but look at the life he’s led.”
Part ethno-political history, part war biopic, part family memoir, “Oromo Witness” reads like a love letter to both the Oromo people and to a beloved mentor whose resourcefulness is built on that of generations of tribal leaders before him.
Dire, a Woodbury resident and technical service specialist at 3M, relied heavily on interviews with his uncle and other Oromo refugees in their 70s, 80s and 90s to paint a compelling ethnic and political biography of Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous nation after Nigeria, told from the perspective of its suppressed ethnic majority.
“Our community is really invisible to most Minnesotans,” said Dire, who came to the U.S. as a teen and frequently participates in mission trips back in his homeland. “I was hoping this book would provide a little glimpse on who the Oromo people are to our friends and neighbors.”The Bale Revolt would span seven years of fighting, forming an important precursor to a student movement that continues to this day. It would also be a close precursor to the Cold War-era civil war, which combined with Ethiopia’s infamous famine would kill more than 1 million Ethiopians and force many ethnic Oromo to flee the country.
With the Soviet-backed Communist Derg and later the Tigray running the government, thousands of Oromo refugees, including Hangasu Wako Lugo, would eventually land in the Twin Cities, many of them in and around St. Paul. The metro is now believed to be home to as many as 40,000 Oromo, the largest concentration outside Ethiopia.
While “Oromo Witness” revolves largely around the Bale Revolt and Oromo efforts to regroup in Somalia during the civil war, Dire traverses at least 120 years of history — from imperial rule to the bittersweet freedom represented by his uncle’s mop bucket in 2006 — with conversational ease.
“My uncle comes from an oral tradition, where history is primarily passed on through stories,” Dire said. “But now in Minnesota, there’s a language gap. He really sees this book as bridging that gap.”
That’s not to say the details are pleasant. One story has it that after subjugating the southern tribes of the Oromia region in the 1890s, a northern emperor made an example of those who resisted his rule by mutilating the hands of the men and the breasts of the women.
Fast forward more than a century, and the book’s cautiously optimistic epilogue takes the reader through 2018, when Ethiopia greeted the arrival of its first Oromo prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, to oversee a nation still beset by political corruption and ethnic strife.
Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize last year for ending a two-decade border conflict with neighboring Eritrea, but the past few weeks have been more turbulent. In late June, an unknown assailant shot and killed acclaimed Oromo singer Hachalu Hundessa in the capital city, setting off violent riots that have in turn left dozens dead.
A TIMELINE:
— 1890s: Using colonial weapons, Emperor Menelik and the Tigre and Amhara ethnic communities invade the Oromo region to their south, incorporating the nation’s largest region into modern Ethiopia as a feudal society.
— 1895-1896: After a treaty dispute erupts in fighting, Ethiopia’s emperor defeats Italian forces and Ethiopia remains a sovereign nation.
— 1890s and 1900s: Oromo language is banned in official state transactions, and the Oromo become pastoral tenants to their northern landlords, the Tigre and Amhara. The Oromo to this day remain the nation’s largest single ethnic group, representing 40 percent or more of the nation’s population.
— 1930 to 1974: Emperor Haile Selassie rules Ethiopia, though his reign is interrupted for five years by Italian conquest prior to World War II.
— 1936: Italy invades Ethiopia. Emperor Selassie flees to England. The Arsi Oromo in southern Ethiopia side with the Italians. Despite sham local elections under Italian governors, the Oromo briefly regain the freedom to use their traditional language in court, on the radio and in other aspects of civil society.
— April 6, 1941: During World War II, British and Ethiopian troops drive Italian forces out of Ethiopia’s capital city of Addis Ababa, traditionally known as Finfinne. Emperor Selassie is restored to power.
— 1943: Oromo leader Muhammad Gada Quaallu, the people’s representative in the Bale region during Italian rule, organizes 60 to 70 men to block the Ethiopian army’s return to the Bale city of Dello. The national army returns days later to reoccupy Dello. The uprising is crushed.
— 1960: After a decade in the Goba prison, Muhammad Gada Quaallu and his allies are executed by hanging at the order of the emperor. Dire Irressa, the author’s grandfather, dies among them.
— 1960: While Emperor Selassie is visiting Brazil, military leaders seize the capital city of Addis Ababa and hold the prince hostage. The military coup fails when the emperor returns.
— 1963-1970: The Bale Revolt. With weapons provided by the Somali government, ethnic Oromo guerrilla rebels from the Bale region combat the larger Ethiopian Army, keeping the emperor’s military forces from dominating the tribes along the Genale River.
— 1974: Led by military forces, the Derg coalition overthrows Emperor Selassie in 1974, abolishing feudalism. Rather than usher in a new era of political stability, the coup marks the beginning of the Ethiopian Civil War, during which at least 1.4 million die from famine and violence.
— 1974-1991: Rebels from a variety of ideologies rise up against the Soviet-backed Derg in a civil war that ropes in neighboring Eritrea, which had fought its own war of independence against Ethiopia. The Soviet Union withdraws its support from the Derg in the late 1980s.
— 1977-1978: With Soviet and Cuban help, Ethiopia defeats Somalia’s efforts to invade the disputed Ogaden region and claim it for its own. The Ogaden War, which greatly weakens Somalia’s military, is a precursor to the Somali Civil War.
— 1980: The Oromo Liberation Front moves its base of operations to Somalia, an on-again, off-again ally.
— June 1991: The left-wing Tigray People’s Liberation Front end the civil war and establish a transitional government. One governing party dominates Ethiopian politics to this day.
— 2014: Amnesty International documents rampant discrimination in a report entitled, “Because I Am Oromo: Sweeping Repression in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia.” The report finds that 5,000 Oromo were jailed by the Tigray-dominated government from 2011 to 2014 on suspicion of planning protests. Many were jailed without charges.
— 2015-2016: Protests in Minnesota and around the world call attention to the plight of the Oromo people, who have been shut out of top jobs in Ethiopian industry and government. Highlighted are government efforts to displace Oromo farmers by annexing farmlands around the capital city of Addis Ababa.
— April 2018: Abiy Ahmed, the first Oromo chairman of Ethiopia’s ruling party, becomes national prime minister. He will go on to end a border war with Eritrea and win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019. Abdul Dire (Courtesy of Flexible Press)
Friday, August 21, 2020
#AbiyMustGo#Ehiopia
AUGUST 20, 2020 / 4:54 PM / UPDATED 9 HOURS AGO
https://af.reuters.com/article/africaTech/idAFL8N2FM3QU?fbclid=IwAR3eWwdWdYeeID_gmjg6QlZzqwjbFqSWxsq4-dwWiXi4KTcRTfqJz6NmYzc
Ethiopia protest clashes kill at least nine, most by gunshot, doctors say
Dawit Endeshew
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Clashes between Ethiopian security forces and protesters demanding the release of an opposition politician and a media magnate have killed at least nine people in the Oromiya region surrounding the capital, health officials said on Thursday.
The unrest highlights growing divisions in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Oromo power base as powerful ethnic activists who were once allies increasingly challenge his government.
The protests started on Tuesday after a social media campaign for the release of prominent Oromo opposition leader Bekele Gerba and media mogul Jawar Mohammed, both arrested days after the killing an iconic Oromo singer Haacaaluu Hundeessaa.
Jawar was once a staunch supporter of Abiy now turned vocal critic, while Bekele is a leader of an opposition Oromo political party.
The singer’s death sparked protests in the capital Addis Ababa and spread to the surrounding Oromiya region, killing at least 178 people.
Harar region’s Hiwot Fana and Jegol hospitals admitted 32 people with gunshot wounds on Tuesday, most from Oromiya’s Aweday town, two doctors told Reuters on the condition of anonymity.
Six of the wounded died and one was in critical condition at Hiwot Fana Hospital, a doctor at the hospital said.
“They were shot in their head, chest and abdomen,” the doctor from Hiwot Fana Hospital said.
In Ciro, 320 km (200 miles) east of Addis Ababa, 30 people were taken to hospital, 25 of them with bullet wounds, a health official told Reuters. Two died on Tuesday and a third on Wednesday.
Abiy’s office referred Reuters to the Oromiya regional government for comment.
Getachew Balcha, the Oromiya regional government spokesman, did not return calls or text messages seeking comment.
The state-run Ethiopian Human Rights Commission called for an investigation.
“Authorities should ensure that the right to peaceful protest can be exercised, and law enforcement measures against anything beyond that do not exceed proportion,” spokesman Aaron Maasho said in a statement. (Reporting by George Obulutsa; Editing by Nick Macfie)
Thursday, August 20, 2020
#AbiyMustGo#OromoProtests#Ethiopia
Concerned and Disturbed!
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What we are learning from Ethiopia is very concerning and disturbing. Jawar Mohammed, the political opposition leader rivaling the PM Abiy, the 2019 Nobel peace laureate, is seriously ill in jail. According to the reports, Jawar hasn’t been eating or drinking for the past few days. Reports also indicate that his body is swelling and some suspects that he is maybe poisoned.
I have known Jawar since 2009 for almost 11 years. Our first face to face meeting was in 2011 in Minnesota on the wedding of my cousin. His wife, whom I had know since 2002, introduced him to me. I have closely worked with him, on the non partisan, non political and nonprofit projects on things that matter to my country and people, for 3 years between 2014 - 2017.
This whole thing reminded of our telephone conversation one day, when out of concerns, I told Jawar to be careful and take care. I felt, even while in America and citizen of this great nation, there had been threats to his life by extensively stretched deadly arms of the Ethiopian government. Jawar had then evolved into a legitimate standard-bearer of the nation’s cause and an organization himself, to the extent his enemies would think killing him would also kill the national cause altogether.
In response, Jawar asked for my age and I told him I was then at early 40s. He replied, “Tekleab I wish I will live to see 40”. We joked and laughed about it, but now that things twisted the way it is, it worries me, especially, knowing what this government can capably do.
Jawar is still few years short of 40 and the idea that what was said to be a joke could be a reality is haunting and daunting to me. If anything, I am beseeching the Ethiopian government to spare this bright middle-aged adult-man’s life to see at least the 40, he wished. I don’t even know what to ask? And what to say? at this point.
Jawar is a naturalized American citizen, and his son and wife still holding American citizenship. He renounced his American citizenship and lucrative job to help his country of birth, Ethiopia; with knowledge and experiences he acquired. He is alumni of Ivy League schools namely: Stanford university CA and Columbia University, NY.
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Amnesty International
European Union
U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa
British Embassy, Addis Ababa - UK in Ethiopia
African Union
Human Rights Watch
UN Human Rights Council
CNN
University of Minnesota Human Rights Center
By Tekleab Shibru
#AbiyMustGo#OromoProtests#Ethiopia
#Temam_Waritu
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Jawar Mohammed, a human rights activist, a scholar (Stanford, Columbia) a father, a husband, a friend, and a prominent opposition political leader is in a critical condition in Ethiopian prison as we speak where he has been denied a medical treatment—a basic human right that is given even to animals. This is why Ethiopia is one of the lowest place on earth, a place where bright minds go to die. To everyone of you who have asked me why Ethiopia is one of the poorest and depressed countries on earth, despite never being colonized, there is your answer. They imprison and kill the bright ones while the idiots roam the streets. #FreeJawar #OromoProtests
#AbiyMustGo#OromoProtests#Ethiopia
The life of Oromo youth in Ethiopia! Wounded and Handcuffed to a hospital bed!
The youth is subject to such kinds of cruelty. Ethiopia as State and as an ideology is this much violent to the oromo.
A brief description of this picture: a wounded youth protester is handcuffed to his bed in a hospital in Harar.
Over a 100 youth protests (#OromoProtests) were killed only today and yesterday alone by the military force of the Nobel Peace Laureate Ato Abiy Ahmed!
This is the most traumatic week for many of us.
“Iddoon kun mana hidhaa osoo hin taane, Hospital Harar jiru, Hiwot Fana hospital.
Poolisiin haala kanaan joollee rasaasaan rukutamte kaatenaa itti hidhee bira taa'a.”
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
#AbiyMustGo#OromoProtest#Ethiopia
Opposition politician Jawar Mohammed jailed last month by Abiy Ahmed Ali is critically ill and requires urgent medical attention but officials have denied him the right to see a doctor. Jawar's mother and sister who spoke to the media say he's unable to eat, speak or stand on his own and is showing symptoms of someone deliberately poisoned. His condition is further deteriorating and could prove to be fatal if left untreated. Other political prisoners such as Bekele Gerba, Abdi Regassa, Lidetu Ayalew and Hamza Borana have also been denied proper medical care in recent weeks.
These politicians were rounded up and put behind bars simply because they vehemently rejected the Prime Minister's illegal move to extend his term of office indefinitely beyond September 2020. Journalists critical of government, activists, and over 15,000 youths in the Oromia region have also been jailed inside concentration camps with schools also being used as makeshift prisons. Security forces are also on a killing spree to forcefully suppress peaceful protests demanding for more freedom and the release of political prisoners. In just two days (yesterday and today), early reports show that these forces have killed over 100 unarmed protesters in Oromia. Late last week, the police mercilessly killed no less than 15 young people in the Wolaita zone for peacefully demanding that their statehood aspirations be fulfilled.
The Nobel winning darling of the west has turned into an out and out dictator less than a year after receiving the award. His visions are archaic, his understanding deficient and his methods perilous. The world must take note that the Prime Minister's ill-advised attempt at emulating his tyrant ally Isaias Afwerki will serve no purpose but precipitate the disintegration of the country already on a cliff.
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