Declaration of Unity of the OLF

June 28, 2014 (Oromo Liberation Front) — It is with great pleasure that we announce to our people and the supporters of our struggle for freedom the good news that, based on the accord they made in Kampala, Uganda, in November 2012, the two organizations of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) known as OLF Shanee Gumii (”OLF National Council”) and OLF Qaama Ce’umsaa (”OLF Transitional Authority”) have resolved our differences and agreed to combine our two leaderships, unify our members, merge our organizational structures and inaugurate a reunified OLF. Although OLF has encountered many obstacles during the last forty years, there was no time when it has stopped the struggle that it was established to lead. No one can deny the fact that the national struggle led by the OLF has scored many victories and made many significant achievements that have taken the Oromo people a long way toward the national goal of independence. Among these great achievements is the level of political awareness of our people.

17 ORTO journalists are fired

17 journalists of Oromia Radio and Television Organization (ORTO) have been fired. The journalists say they received no prior notice and learned of their fate this morning when security prevented them from entering the station's compound located in Adama. Members of the management informed the journalists that they cannot help them as decision terminate their employment and the list of names came from the federal government. This firing follows a 20 day reindoctrination seminar given to journalists and reporters of the ORTO and workers of the region's communication bureau.Main agenda's for the seminar were the ongoing ‪#‎OromoProtests‬ and the upcoming election. Speakers at the seminar included Bereket Simon, Waldu Yemasel ( Director of Fana broadcasting), Abreham Nuguse Woldehana and Zelalem Jemaneh.

source:via Riyad Ebrahim

Ethiopian Security Forces Arrest Dozens of Civilians in Degahbur

By Ahmed Abdi 

Ethiopian Security Forces arrested dozens of civilians in Dehehbur, about 135 kilometers southeast of the regional Capital city of Jigjiga on Wednesday, following after ONLF insurgency killed 10 Ethiopian Security forces and regional administrators on Monday. Local sources said that the Ethiopian-appointed regional President Abdi Mohamoud Omar better known as Abdi Iley ordered the arrest and killing of anyone suspected of aiding ONLF in part of security swoop.

Abdi Iley reappointed infamous Omar Gamble as the Police commissioner immediately after the administration had been sustained heavy assaults by the ONLF in a bid to strike the town residents with an iron fist.

“I have seen at least 50 people that the security forces arrested and loaded on pickup trucks,” said an eyewitness who asked not to be identified.

The source added that 20 civilians that have been transferred to Guna’gado another town near Degehbur, went missing since yesterday and their fate remains unknown.’

ONLF has been fighting against Ethiopian regimes since 1984 and wants its oil and gas-rich Ogaden region to gain full Independence from Ethiopian highlanders. Peace-talk between ONLF and Ethiopia stalled in Oct 17, 2012, after the ONLF refused to accept Ethiopian constitution which it says it says the Ethiopian constitution does not concern the Somalis in Ogaden.

Sudan death row woman Meriam Ibrahim 're-arrested'

A Sudanese woman freed from death row on Monday has been arrested with her family at Khartoum airport, sources have told the BBC.

Meriam Ibrahim was sentenced to hang in May for renouncing Islam, sparking widespread outrage at home and abroad.

About 40 security agents detained Mrs Ibrahim - along with her husband, Daniel Wani and two children - at the airport, the sources said.

On Monday, Mr Wani said the family intended to leave for the US.

Mrs Ibrahim was released from prison after an appeal court annulled the death sentence imposed on her.

She was arrested in February, and gave birth to a daughter in prison not long after being sentenced.

The family has been taken to the headquarters of one of Sudan's security agencies, the sources said.

Before she was rearrested, Western countries had welcomed the decision to rescind the death penalty.

Source: BBC

Aid donors announce investigation into tribal evictions in Ethiopia

Bulldozers clearing Mursi land in Mago National Park, where communities are being
evicted from their land to make way for sugar plantations

June 24, 2014 (Survival International) — Representatives of some of Ethiopia’s biggest aid donors have announced that they will send a team to the southwest of the country to investigate persistent reports of human rights abuses amongst the tribes living there.

The Simplest Step Ethiopians Can Take to Protect Themselves From Excessive Gov’t Surveillance

By Jessica McKenzie

June 24, 2014 (Tech President) — The Ethiopian government has at their disposal a formidable collection of surveillance technologies, and can intrusively monitor writers and activists at home and abroad. In late April the government arrested six independent bloggers and a journalist. More than 50 days later they are still being held in custody, and yet no formal charges have been filed. In March Human Rights Watch published a lengthy and detailed report warning that surveillance in Ethiopia could get even worse if the government gains the human capacity necessary to fully leverage the available technologies.

የሱዳን መንግስት መርያምን በነፃ አስናበተ ....

እኔ ክርስትያን ነኝ ብላ ዳኛውን ያስቆጣችው መርያም ከሙስሊም ሱዳናዊ እና ከክርስትያን ኢትዮጵያዊ የተወለደች ሲሆን ወላጅ አባቷ ሲለይ በክርስትያን እናቷ የክርስትናን ሃይማኖት እየተከተለች ያደገች ነበረች :: መርያም በፕሊስ ቁጥጥር በዋለችበት ወቅት የ8 ወር ነፍሰ ጡርም ነበረች :: ባለቤቷ የክርስትና ሃይማኖት ተከታይ በመሆኑ እርግዝናዋ ከትዳር ውጭ በማለት (አንድ ሰው ባባቱ ሙስሊም ከሆነ የ እስልማና ሃይማኖት ተከታይ ነው የሚሆነው ይህ ደግሞ የሱዳን መንግስት የሽርያ ህግ ነው) ፍርድ ቤቱ ጋብቻዋን ውድቅ በማድረግ 100 ጅራፍ እንድትገረፍና ዳኛ ፊት ቀርባ ክርስትያን ነኝ ብላ በመከራከሯ ደግሞ በድንጋይ ተቀትቅጣ እንድትሞት የተፈረደባት መሆኑንም ተዘግቦ ነበር ::

አንድ ሚልየን የሚየን የሚጠጋ የፊርማ የተሰበሰበላት መርያም ዛሬ በነፃ ተለቃ ባለቤቷንና ልጆችዋን ተቀላቅላለች :: የአለም ሕዝብን ልብ የሰረቀችው መርያም ለቤቷ ያበቃት እግዚያብሔርም ምስጋና ይግባው ::
አሜን !!

ሁሌም መልካም ስሩ !!

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WORLD REFUGEE DAY

World Refugee Day highlights the world wide crisis of the presence of millions of refugees exposed to cruel mistreatment, denial of asylum rights and even death at the shores of callous ports. The plight of Ethiopian refugees is deplorable and worse than the year before.

In the Sudan, Ethiopian refugees are being harasses and deported. A so called campaign to register refugees to obtain yet another new ID is the cover for police harassment, mistreatment and deportation of refugees. In Kenya, the so called campaign against Al Shabab has led to the violations of the rights of not only Somali but also Ethiopian refugees. Numerous Ethiopian refugees have died trying to get into Yemen and inside Yemen too, with women raped, all beaten and forced to pay ransom money and the like. The trek to Lampadusa from Libya, where refugees suffer immeasurably, has led to death more than often. Ethiopian refugees face denial of rights and deportation from European countries too. The claim by some European countries that Ethiopia is a safe country, meaning a democratic country, is ridiculed by the reality of tyranny that exists all over the land. The human rights record of the regime in Addis Abeba is beyond horrible. The known and secret prisons, as well as the camps of suffering like Zwai are overflowing. Torture is cruel and wide spread. A so called anti terror law, conveniently ambiguous and controversial, is used by the regime to repress dissent, jail independent journalists and to criminalize peaceful protest. The regime practices ethnic discrimination, ethnic cleansing and massacres as a matter of routine. By all accounts, Ethiopia has become a hell hole for most of its citizens. And fleeing for safety is more than justified.

SOCEPP calls on the UNHCR and other concerned agencies to come to the aid of Ethiopian refugees in Africa, the Middle East and beyond. It is to be noted that the mostly foreign sponsored wars in Africa have aggravated the refugee crisis all over. The people’s yearning for democracy and human rights is stifled. The conditions that cause the problem of the refugees are more than present.

Asylum rights for all refugees!
Human rights for all refugees!

INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS INJUSTICE EVERYWHERE
SOCEPP, POSTFACH 51213, BERLIN 13372,GERMANY
E MAIL: SOCEPP @AOL.COM

Jen & Josh witnessed Ambo protests

breaking news Flare-Up in Ethiopia’s Oromia Region

Added by Admin on June 13, 2014.

Our statistical risk assessments continue to identify Ethiopia as one of the world’s countries at greatest risk of state-led mass killing, and recent reports of violent repression in Ethiopia’s Oromia region suggest one pathway by which that dismal but still unlikely outcome could happen.

Ethiopia’s Oromia Region

In mid-May, Amnesty International issued a public statement calling out the use of deadly force by Ethiopian security forces against a series of nonviolent protests in Oromia that began in late April. The protesters are objecting to the part of a new development plan that envisions the expansion of the national capital region into parts of Oromia. The central government claims this change will help bring city services to remote areas, but many Oromos fear it will only lead to land grabs and evictions. According to Amnesty,

Mass Grave of Oromos Executed by Govt Discovered in Eastern Oromia

(Freedom for Oromia) — According to sources, a confrontation between residents and Ethiopian government officials broke out on June 9, 2014, over a mass grave discovered at the former Hameressa military garrison near Harar city, eastern Oromia.
The mass grave is believed to contain remains of political prisoners executed during both the Dergue era and the early reigns of the current TPLF regime. Among those who were executed and buried in the location was Mustafa Harowe, a famous Oromo singer who was killed around early 1990′s for his revolutionary songs. Thousands more Oromo political prisoners were kept at this location in early 1990′s – with many of them never to be seen again.

The mass grave was discovered while the Ethiopian government was clearing the camp with bulldozers to make it available to Turkish investors. Upon the discovery of the remains, the government tried to quietly remove them from the site. However, workers secretly alerted residents in nearby villages; upon the spread of the news, many turned up en mass to block the removal of the remains and demanded construction a memorial statue on the site instead. The protests is still continuing with elders camping on the site while awaiting a response from government.

In addition to the remains, belongings of the dead individuals as well as ropes tied in hangman’s noose were discovered at the site.
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Lafeen ilmaan Oromoo bara 1980moota keessa mootummaa Darguutin, baroota 1990moota keessa ammoo Wayyaaneen dhoksaan kaampii waraanaa Hammarreessaa keessatti ajjeefamanii argame. Ilmaan Oromoo mooraa san keessatti hidhamanii booda ajjeefaman keessa wallisaan beekamaan Musxafaa Harawwee isa tokko. Musxafaa Harawwee wallee qabsoo inni baasaa tureef jecha qabamee yeroo dheeraaf erga hiraarfamee booda toora bara ~1991 keessa ajjeefame. Hiraar Musxafaarra geessifamaa ture keessa tokko aara wallee isaatirraa qaban garsiisuuf muka afaanitti dhiibuun a’oo isaa cabsuun ni yaadatama.

Baroota 1990moota keessas Oromoonni kumaatamaan tilmaamaman warra amma aangorra jiru kanaan achitti hidhamanii, hedduun isaanii achumaan dhabamuun yaadannoo yeroo dhihooti.

Haqxi dukkana halkaniitiin ajjeesanii lafa jalatti awwaalan kunoo har’a rabbi as baase. Dhugaan Oromoo tun kan amma as bahe, mootummaa kaampii waraanaa kana diiguun warra lafa isaa warra Turkiitiif kennuuf osoo qopheessuuf yaaluti. Lafee warra dhumee akkuma arganiin dhoksaan achirra gara biraatti dabarsuuf osoo yaalanii hojjattonni ummata naannotti iccitii san himan. Ummanniis dafee wal-dammaqsuun bakka sanitti argamuun ekeraan nama keenyaa akka achii hin kaafamneefi siidaan yaadannoo akka jaaramu gaafachaa jiran.

Hamma feetes turtu dhugaan Oromoo awwaalamtee hin haftu.

One of the remains, believed to of Musxafa Harawee, an Oromo singer, who was kill by TPLF

source:http://ayyaantuu.com/horn-of-africa-news/oromia/mass-grave-of-oromos-executed-by-govt-discovered-in-eastern-oromia/

Ummatin Oromoon hundumtu harka walqabachuufi waligaludhaan qabsoo jalqabame itti fuufsiisuuf waan nurra eeggamuu

Mesfin Habtemariam irraa | Waxabajjii 10, 2014

Mesfin Habtemariam

Ummatin Oromoon hundumtu harka walqabachuufi waligaludhaan qabsoo jalqabame itti fuufsiisuuf waan nurra eeggamuu gochuudhaan sirna gita bittumma Wayyaane ceekuu ummata keenyaa irra kuffisuuf goocha adda durumma nurra eeggamuu dha.

Jalqaba nuti Oromoonni sabaafi sablammii Itoophiyaa keessa jiran keessa baayyina gudha kan qabnuufi jechuun lakoofsaan %40 yoo taanuu, bal’ina lafaatinis baay’inni isa lafa Oromooti. Kun akkuma jiruu ta’e seena dubatti deebine yoo lakoofnuu sabni guddaan kun midhaa bulchiinsa waliin walqabateefi godaannisa nama gaddissisuu baayyee gatee yoo darbelle sabaa fi sablammii biro waajjiin jalalaafi kabajaan kan jiraate ummata obsaa qabuu dha.

Ummatin kun aadaafi afaan ofi guddisuu, akkasumas qabeenyaa uumama qabuun fayydamuu irra dhoorkame gita bitoota sirnoota darbaniin midhame (hacuccame)ummata jiraate dha. Sirna gita bitta waayyane amma jirunis gochoota jaaraa 21 keessatti nigodhaman jedhame hintilmamamneen hacuccaafi midhaa bulchiinsa ummataa Oromoo irratti geessisa jira.

Fakkenyaaf yoo kaasne: namni tokkoo gaafii mirgaa yoo kaasee Oromoo ta’u isaaf qoofa shorerkeessa, dhadhessituu, gooliiumtoota ilaalaha waayyanne dhiphumman jedhuun nihidhama, nireebama, dubartootni yoo ta’an immoo nigudeedamuu, daa’imman hadhaa malee raasaa irratti gatamu.Sirna gita bitumma kanaatin maatiin hindigama, akka carra ta’e midhaa kana irra kan haafan immoo qa’ee isaani, biyyaa isaanii gadhisani nigodaanuu (nibaqatuu). Lafa bara dheera irra jiraatani saamamani maqaa investimentif samtoota biyya alatif nikeennama. Midhoota kanaafi kan hintuqamneen mootumma waayyaneetiin ummata Oromoo irratti nirrawwatama. midhaan kun Ummataa Oromoo irratti haadhawaahata’uu malee, Saboota iragaafii mirgaa kasaan irrattis midhaa fi cunqursaa, hidhaafi ajeechaa akka rawwatamuu ifa dha. Kanaaf mootummaan waayyaane Ummata bakka bu’ef kan dhaabbate Ummatni Tigray parseentidhaan yoo shallagamu, Ummataa waligala itoophiyaa jiruu keessa %6 qofa yoo ta’u, Ummatni Oromo garuu Ummataa waligala jiruu keessa %40 niqaba. Kanaafuu Ummatin kun lakoofsaan ammana kan caaluu ta’e aangoo qabuufi ofin ofbulchuun akkamitti mariif dhiyaata?

Ijoolleen Ummata gudda kana keessa bahanif biyya keessas ta’e biyya ala jiraatan gaaffii mirgaa Ummata walin walqabate kaasanif maalif moormii kaasuun barbachise? Ani kan naaf hingalle waayyanen Ummata Oromoof maali isaati? Bakka bu’umma Ummata eenyu keenne? Kaanaafuu wayyanen Ummata Oromoof bakka bu’uu hindanda’u. waani ta’uu qabu garuu qabsoo bilisumma kallatti hundanu jalqabame kana, dargagoota Oromootin, mootumma werara wayyaane lafa fi ceekuu Ummata keenyaa irra haaxoofnne ballessuun Ummata midhame kana guyyaa araddaa fi lafa isaa irratti nagaan itti jiraatuu safisisuu qabna.

Mootumman wayyaane guyyaa angoo qabate bra 1991 irra kaase gaafii ummata oromoo Ukkamsudhaan ajeechaa fi hidhaa kan haafa ni immoo biyya irra akka baqatan gocha inni godha jiru dhaabbachuu qaba.

Mootumman wayyaanneen qajeelfamuu maqaa adda bilisumma Oromootin goolii umtoota jechudhan midhaa lammiwwan qulquluu irratti gessisa jiruu, gita bitumma hadhawwan kun yeroo dhumaatif ceekuu ummata keenyar irra ka’uu qaba. Akkuma beekkamuu yeroo kami irra caala barabaachisa yeroo ta’e Ummata keenyaa biraan gahuun kallatti siyaasa tokkoon fiduun barbaachisa dha.

Qabsoo bilisumman godhmuu kakkasuuf ragaa tamsaasuun qabsoon biyya keessa jiru akka fininuu, midiyawwan Oromoo biyya ala jiran gaheen isaan taphata jiran kan jajjabatuu fi itti fuufuu qabu dha. Midiyawwan kanaan fayyadamudhaan Ummata keenyaa raga ni hidhachisna propaganda soba wayyaneen afuufuu qulla akka ta’e fi Ummatnis akka hinfudhanne goochuun mirgaa isaatif kana caalaa akka ka’uu nigoona.

Dhuma irrattis Ummata keenyaa ragaa fi infoormeshinii yoo hidhachisne qawwee dhookaasa males wayyanen lafa keenyaa kessa haxa’ame akka baduu nigoona. Kunis yoo ta’uu baate qabsoo waliigalan ceekuu keen yoo irra guyyaa wayyaane itti kuuffisnuu fi bilisumma ittin gonfachuu dhiyoo dha.

Sirna wayyannetin Ummata dukkana kessatti dararama jiruuf nuti daragaggoni Oromoo ifa nitaana.

Injifannoon Ummata haccucameef haa ta’uu!!!

Email:mesfinabt@gmail.com

10 Waxabajjii 2014

source:http://ayyaantuu.com/horn-of-africa-news/oromia/ummatin-oromoon-hundumtu-harka-walqabachuufi-waligaludhaan-qabsoo-jalqabame-itti-fuufsiisuuf-waan-nurra-eeggamuu/ 

OromoProtests in Perspective

Image via Twin Cities Daily Planet
June 6, 2014 (warscapes) – Since April 25th, thousands of high school and university students across Ethiopia’s largest region, Oromia, have turned out in peaceful protest against a government land grab that stands to displace millions of indigenous peoples from their ancestral lands. Even though the country’s constitution theoretically allows for peaceful demonstrations, the student protesters, along with local populations in many cities and towns, have faced a ruthless crackdown from Ethiopian Special Forces, known as the Agazi Commandos. These forces have used excessive violence by indiscriminately shooting into crowds in an attempt to quash the protests. Children as young as eleven years old have been killed, according to statement issued by Amnesty International on May 13, and reports of fatal injuries, torture, imprisonment, disappearances and killings have been coming out of Ethiopia since then.

የደህንነት ኃይሎች በጋዜጣ አዙዋሪዎች ላይ እርምጃ መወሰድ ጀመሩ

 (ነገረ-ኢትዮጵያ፣ ሰበር ዜና) – በቅርቡ ገዥው ፓርቲ የግሉን ሚዲያ ለማፈን እንዲያስችል ጋዜጣ አዙዋሪዎችና አከፋፋዮችን በጥቃቅንና አነስተኛ ለማደራጀት የሚያስችል አሰራር እንደጀመረ ታውቋል፡፡ በዚህ አሰራር መሰረት ገዥው ፓርቲን የሚተቹ ጋዜጦችና መጽሄቶች ከገበያ በማስወጣት በቀጣዩ ምርጫ የሚደርስበትን ጫና ለመቀነስ እንደፈለገም ሲነገር ቆይቷል፡፡
ይህ በአዙዋሪዎች ላይ ሊወሰድ የታቀደው እርምጃ ዛሬ አመሻሹ ላይ የጀመረ ሲሆን በተለያዩ የአዲስ አበባ ክፍሎች ጋዜጣ አዙዋሪዎች በገዥው ፓርቲ የደህንነት ኃይሎች ታግተው አምሽተዋል፡፡ በእገታው ወቅት የደህንነት ኃይሎች ‹‹ለማዞር የተደራጃችሁበትንና ፈቃድ የተሰጣችሁበትን ወረቀት አምጡ›› በማለት ወደ ጣቢያ ሊወስዱዋቸው እንደነበርና አዙዋሪዎቹም ‹‹መደራጀት አይጠበቅብንም፣ ጣቢያም አንሄድም›› ብለው የደህንነቶቹን ትዕዛዝ መቃወማቸውን ለነገረ ኢትዮጵያ ገልጸዋል፡፡

በተጨማሪም መንግስት የሚተቹትን ጋዜጦችና መጽሄቶች እንዲያዞሩ እንደማይፈልግና እሱ በሚፈልገው እያደራጀ መሆኑን ለነገረ ኢትዮጵያ ገልጸዋል፡፡ እርምጃው መጠነ ሰፊ መሆኑን የጠቆሙት ታጋቾቹ ‹‹መንግስት ይህንን ለመተግበርም በእኛ ብቻ ሳይሆን ጋዜጣ በምናስነብብባቸው ካፌዎች ላይም ጫና ተጀምሯል፡፡ ካፌዎቹ ለአንድ ሰው ከአንድ ጋዜጣ በላይ እንዳንሰጥና አንዳንዶቹም ጭራሹን እንዳናስነብብና እንዳንሸጥ እየከለከሉን ነው፡፡›› ያሉት አዙዋሪዎቹ እስካሁን ይወሰዳል የተባለው እርምጃ ዛሬ በግልጽ መጀመሩን ገልጸዋል፡፡

Fatal Torturing of Oromo Student Aslan Hasan in Ethiopian Govt’s Prison

Gadaa.com     By Boona …

Sophomore Electrical Engineering Major Oromo Student Aslan Hasan

Aslan Hasan was one of thirteen Oromo students arrested from Haramaya University at the end of May 2014. Born and raised in Bakko Tibbee district of West Shewa zone, Oromia State, student Aslan was a sophomore in the Department of Electrical Engineering. His classmates and faculty members say he was a very bright student.

Student Aslan Hasan and 12 other students were abducted from Haramaya University campus by members of the TPLF Ethiopian government’s Agazi Army. The abductors did not tell anyone why they were arresting the students nor did they tell anyone where they were taking them to. Friends searched for the students at nearby police stations the next day, but they could not find them.

On Sunday, June 1, 2014, a police officer in Dire Dawa called his counterpart in West Shewa and told him that Aslan “killed himself” while in prison and that he wanted a message sent to his family to go pick up the dead body from the Menelik Hospital in Addis Ababa. The local police relayed the message to Aslan’s family immediately after that. The family rushed to the government-owned Menelik Hospital to get the dead body of their beloved son whom they had sent away to get higher education hoping he would get a job and help the family when he graduated.

Once they got there, the hospital staff told them to go and search the body from among about 30 to 40 corpses kept in a large room. Even though they went to pick up a dead boy, what they saw was way beyond what anyone could have expected. Two family members collapsed upon seeing what had happened to their beloved Aslan Hasan. He was killed in a gruesome manner. His throat was cut all the way through – leaving only the muscles and bones at the back of his neck connecting his head to the rest of his body. One of his eyes was taken out, and there were bruises and wounds all over his body.

It is hard to imagine any human being would do to a fellow human being what the TPLF Ethiopian government’s Agazi Army had done to student Aslan Hasan. Such brutality had not been seen in Ethiopia, even during Mengistu Haile-Mariam’s Red Terror campaign.

Once the family had identified the body, they were told that they have to pay Birr10,000 (US$500) since the government-owned Hospital transported the body from Dire Dawa to Addis Ababa. They were told that the body could not be moved from where it was unless the money was paid in full first. The family did not have that kind of money. So they went out to the city, borrowed money from friends and relatives, and paid the government Birr10,000 to pick up the body of their son killed by the TPLF Ethiopian government’s Agazi Army.

His body was laid to rest in Bakko Tibbee, West Shewa, Oromia, on Monday, June 2, 2014.