Haala yeroo ammaa irratti hubannoo waldaa Hawaasa Oromoo magaalaa Wellington (New Zealand) fi waamicha Oromummaa

Waldaa Hawaasa Oromoo Wellington, New Zealand | Caamsaa 29, 2014

Nuti Oromoonni biyya New Zealand magaalaa Wellington jiraannu biyyaa fi mirga umamaa sarbamuu ummata keenyaa irraa kan ka’e dararaan motummaa abbaa irree Ethiopia ummata keenya irraan gahaa jiru hedduu nu dhukkubsa. Keessattu dhiheenya kana maqaa ‘Integrated Addis Ababa master plan’ jedhun Lafaa fi Magaaloti Godinaa addaa Oromiyaa jala jiran magaalaa ‘Addis Ababa’ ykn Finfinnee jala galchuuf motummaan abbaa irree kun karoora karoorfate mormuun hiriira nagaa barattoonni guutuu Oromiyaa keessaatti bahaniin ajjechaan, reebichi fi hidhaan barattootaa fi ummata Keenya irratti raawwatee fi raawwachaa jiru hedduu nu laaleessa. Haa ta’uti Barattoonni fi Ummaatni Keenya kabajamuu mirga abbaa biyyummaa keenyaaf jeettanii gotummaan motummaa abbaa irree dura dhaabbachuun keessan hedduu nu boonse.

Akkasumas maqaa ‘Integrated Addis Ababa master plan’ jedhamu kanaan Oromiyaa iddoo lamattti muruuf karoorri motummaa abbaa irree kanaan hujii irra oolfamuuf deemu hedduu nu yaaddeesse. Sababaan isaas jireenya biyya Oromoo Oromiyaa fi Oromummaa dhabamsiisuuf waan fuulleeffateefi. Walumaagalatti maqaa ‘Integrated Addis Ababa master plan’ jedhamu kanaan wareega qaaliidhaan adeemsa Bilisummaa fi Walabummaaf godhamaa Jiru keessatti mirgoota haga ammaa arganne haquuf kan aggaamame ta’un isaa hedduu nu yaaddeessa.

Sagantaa motummaa abbaa irree kana irratti mormii qaban hiriira nagaa bahun sagalee isaanii waan dhageessisaniif qofa ajjeechaa, reebinsaa fi hidhaa barattotaa fi ummata keenya irratti raawwatme nutis biyya jirrutti hiriira nagaa bahuun sagalee mormii dhageessifanneerra. Lubbuu Lammii keenyaa harka motummaa Abbaa irreetti dabree fi Lammii keenya motummaa kanaan dararaan irra gahaa jiru walitti qabamuun gaddaan yaadanneerra. Miidhaa Oromiyaa keessatti Lammii Keenya irra gahaa jiruu haga tokko yeroofis ta’u hadhaadhiyyuuf haga humna keenyaa maallaqa walitti qabaa jirra. Haa ta’uti biyya dhablummaa, bara braan ajjeechaa fi dararaa motummaa abbaa irree kanaan nurra gahu furmaata maayyii itti gochuuf maaltu mala isa jedhu yeroo lama walitti deebine mari’anne. Marii keenya kana booda murtiilee irra geenyee fi waamicha Lammii keenyaaf qabnu akka itti’aanutti dhiheessina;

A) Ummatni keenya Bilisummaa isaa gonfatee Oromiyaa Walaboomte keessa jiraachuuf qabsoo karaa Nagaa, qabsoo hidhannoo, fi qabsoo biyyoota alaatti godhamu waliin qindeessun gaggeessun murteessaa ta’uu hubanne. Keessattuu Oromiyaa keessatti qabsoon hidhannoo gaggeeffamu qindomina haaraan jabaatee utubamuun hedduu murteessaa ta’uu Isaa hubanne. Haluma kanaan qabsoo kallattii sadeenin karaa Nagaa, Hidhannoo fi biyyoota alaatti gaggeeffamu irraa qooda fudhachuuf murteeffanne,

B) Qabsoo kallattii sadeen olitti tuqneen gaggeessuuf dinagdeen qooda guddaa akka qabu hubanne. Haaluma kanaan buusii dhaabbataa gaaddisa Jaarmayaa Hawaasaa qabnu jalatti bufachuuf murteeffanne,

C) Nuti Oromoonni Oromiyaa ala jirru Beekkumsa, Sagalee fi Dinagdee qabnu waaltaa tokkko jalatti yoo qindeeffanne irra bu’a qabeessa ta’u isaa hubanne. Haaluma kanaan sadarkaa duraatti Oromoon biyya dhablummaa fi gidiraan Oromiyaa keessatti Lammii Keenya irra gahaa jiru kan isinitti dhagahamu hundi naannoo jirtanitti akka ijaaramtan kabjaa Oromummaatin waamicha isiniif dhiheessina. Itti aansunis Jaarmotin Hawaasaa Oromiyaa ala jiran hundi agobara tokko jalatti walitti dhufnee akka ijaaramnu waamicha Oromummaa insiniif dhiheessina. Isa kana milkeessuf carraaqqin Oromoo hundaa murteessaa ta’uyyu keessattu akkuma falmaa Oromiyaa keessatti gaggeeffamaa jiru adda durummaan abdii Keenya kan ta’an Qeerron gaggeessaa jiran Qeerron Oromiyaa ala jirtanis adda durummaan gaggeessun dirqama seenaan isin irra kaahe ta’uu hubattani dirqama kana akka baatan kabajaa Oromummaatin waamicha isiniif goona,

D) Dhaabbileen Oromoo maqaa Oromootin dhaabbattani jirttan hundi garaagarummaa isin giddu jiru dhiphisuudhaan rakkoo yeroo ammaa  Uummanni Oromoo keessa jiru fi fuldureen Oromummaa fi Oromiyaa balaa jala jiraachuu Hubattanii Oromummaa fi Oromiyaa Walaba taate ijaaruu irratti akka waliin dhaabbattan kabajaa Oromummaatiin isin gaafanna,

E) Waggaa tokko dura ABO- Shanee Gumii fi ABO – Qaama Cehumsaa adda fotoqquu isaanitiif sababaalee ta’an furmaata itti gochun walitti deebi’anii ABO tokkicha waliin ijaaruuf waliigalle jedhanii labsuun ni yaadatama. Labsiin kun qabsoo laaffate deebisee jabeessa abdii jedhuun Oromoota gammadan keessaa nutis tokko. Haa ta’uti waliigalteen kun yeroo gabaabaa keessatti xumurama jedhamee hogganoota gara lameeninu irra deddeebi’ame ibsamus haga ammaa xumura otoo hinargatiin jira. Haalli  kun dararaa ummata keenya irra gahaa jiruu fi tattaaffii diinni Oromummaa fi Oromiyaa dhabamsiisuf godhaa jiru waliin yeroo madaallu hedduu nu gaddisiisas nu yaaddessas. Kanuma irraa ka’un hogganni gara lameenuu akkuma ibsa keessan duraa keessatti waadaa sentanitti hatattamaan mooraa ABO iddoo tokkotti akka deebiftan kabajaa Oromummaatin isin gaafanna. Akkasumas hoggana bara dheeraaf qabsoo kana keessatti qooda fudhachaa turtaniif jaalalli fi kabajaan isiniif qabnu ol’aanaa ta’us qabsoo Bilisummaa fi Walabummaaf goonu qindomina haarawaan gaggeessun keessattu qabsoo hidhannoo jabeessun hedduu murteessaa akka ta’e isinis akka hubattan ni amanna. Kanaaf akkuma gaafa dargaggummaa keessanii qabsoon isin kaadhimmatte har’as qabsoon hidhannoo hoggana Dargaggummaa qabu humna haarawaan utubamuu feesisa. Isinis  kana hubattanii ba’aa hogganummaa yeroo dheeraaf ofirratti baadhattan Dargaggotti akka dabarsitan kabajaa Oromummaatin isin gaaffanna. Nuti karaa keenyaan qabsoo karaa hidhannootin godhamu daran jabeessuu irratti tattaaffii godhamuuf qooda nurraa eeggamu gumaachuuf qophii ta’uu keenya ibsaa Lammiin keenya marti milkaayina kanaaf akka waliin dhaabbannu kabajaa Oromummaatiin waamicha isiniif gonna,

F) Oromoonni bulchiinsa Oromiyaa keessatti sadarkaa adda addaattti tajaajila kennaa jirtan, miseensoonni fi hogganoonni OPDO, miseensonni Humna Polisa Oromiyaa fi miseensonni waraana  biyyaa  kanneen murannoodhaan dorsisa, hujii irraa ari’amun, hidhamuuni fi ajjeechaan gara jabiinaa Halagaa biyya keenya qabatee jirun nurra gahuu mala jettanii otoo hinsodaanne of kenniinsaan  karaa adda addaatiin Sabaa fi Biyya keessaniif dhaabbattan kabajaa Oromummaa isiniif qabna. Akkasumas warri isinitti fakkaatee yokan dantaa yerootiif jettanii diina Ummata keessanitti rorrisaa, qabeenya biyya keessanii saamaa, Oromummaa fi Oromiyaa balleessuf hojjataa Jiru wajjin dhaabbattan haa turuu haa dafuu Halagaan har’a waliin dhaabbattan qabsoo Sabni keessan tokkummaan godhuun akka buqqa’u hubattanii yeroon isin Ummata keessan wajjiin dhaabbattani mirga abbaa biyyummaa Oromoo deebisuuf falmattan amma Jenna. Asirratti makmaaksa Oromoo kan Qotiyyoolee sadeen Adii, Diimaa fi Gurraachaa isin yaadachiisuu feena. Bineensi Qotiyyoo Adii dura nyaate Diimaa ittiaansee Gurraachas hinhambisne. Humna Qotiyyoolee sanii bittinneesse dabareen nyaachuuf tokkoo isaaniitti waan firoome haa fakkaatu malee Bineensaaf sadeenuu Foonuma nyaatamu qabani. Alagaan har’a biyya Keenya harkaa qabus Oromoo hunda ija tokkoon akka ilaalu hubadhaa. Dabareedhaan nu nyachuuf yoo ta’e Male Oromoo kamiifu mararfannoo akka hinqabne hubadhaa. Kanaafuu kabajaa umamaan qabnu gonfanne biyya keenya irratti nagaa fi qananiin jiraachuuf nutis akka Oromootti waliin dhaabbannee akka falmannu kabjaa Oromummaatin waamicha keenya isiniif dhiheessina.

Tokkummaan qabsoofnee mirga sarbamne ni deeffanna !!!

Waldaa Hawaasa Oromoo
Wellington, New Zealand

Submission from the HRLHA 26th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (10 – 27 June 2014)

May 27, 2014

Submission from the HRLHA 26th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (10 – 27 June 2014)

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Item 3:Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

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(Country- Ethiopia)

HRLHA is a non-political organization which attempts to challenge human rights abuses suffered by the peoples of various nations and nationalities in the Horn of Africa. HRLHA is aimed at defending fundamental human rights including freedoms of thought, expression, movement and organization. It is also aimed at raising the awareness of individuals about their own basic human rights and that of others. It focuses on the observances as well as the due processes of law. It promotes the growth and development of free and vigorous civil societies.

Executive Summary

This report covers mainly the gross human right violations in Ethiopia that have happened in the past twenty- three years in general, and the current human rights crisis in the Regional State of Oromia in Ethiopia in particular.

The EPRDF/TPLF Government has committed gross human rights violations against the people of Ethiopia since it came to power in 1991 after toppling the dictatorial Dergue regime,   contrary to the constitution of Ethiopia (1995) and international human rights treaties it has signed and rectified. It has continued to suppress the freedom expression, political and civil rights and, as a result, has sent dozen of journalists, bloggers, and hundreds of leaders and members of opposition political parties to jail. In violations of the right to protest and demonstrations, peaceful demonstrators have been shot at and killed, kidnapped and disappeared; hundreds have been arrested in mass and detained. A good case in point is the most recent very violent attack against unarmed and peaceful protestors of Oromo students of universities, colleges, and high schools in the regional state of Oromia.

Methodology

The information in this report is mainly based on HRLHA’s reports on human rights violations in Ethiopia as well as reports from other sources such as various international human rights organizations and civil society groups, and the US State Department annual country report of 2013.

Violations of Fundamental Rights

The current EPRDF government claims that the basic and fundamental rights of the citizens are respected in Ethiopia, and that the country is heading towards democracy. However, on the contrary, the basic  and fundamental rights  of citizens   enshrined in  the Ethiopian Constitution of 1995, under Chapter three  (fundamental rights and freedoms,  articles 13-28 and democratic rights ,articles 29-44)^[1]  which  guarantees civil liberty  and  life in peace and harmony has been extremely violated.  In the above articles are included individuals and common rights, such as equality before the law, freedom of speech and expression, freedom of association and peaceful assembly, freedom to practice religion. All are highlighted on paper only for the political consumption. In other words they are used as a cover-up for the gross violations of human rights..

Democratic Rights

After the first global expression of rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to which all human beings are inherently entitled, has been adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. The international, regional  and national  documents were created to enforce  the promotion of the rights enshrined in the declaration.  Peaceful assembly (Article 20(1)) in the UDHR, while often characterized by marches, rallies and mass demonstration, which obviously involves the presence of a number of individuals in the public places, has been echoed in international law, regional standards, and national constitutions throughout the world.

It becomes customary that in different parts of the world people are expressing their grievances/ dissatisfactions and complaints against their governments by peaceful demonstrations and assemblies.  When such nonviolent and peaceful civil rallies are taking, place it should always be the state’s responsibility to respect and guard their citizens’ freedom of peaceful assembly and demonstration. These responsibilities also should apply even during times of political protest, when a state’s power is questioned, challenged, or perhaps undermined by assemblies of citizens practicing in nonviolent resistance.

The 1995 Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, articles 29 and 30 also grant these democratic rights to the Ethiopian citizens without distinction[2].  The Right of Thought, Opinion and Expression, The Right of Assembly, Demonstration and Petition are the rights of Ethiopian citizens through which they can express their opinions and dissatisfactions with the performances and activities of their government

However, in the past two decades the current Ethiopian government proved that peaceful assemblies and demonstrations, expression of thoughts are not tolerated. Since the current government came to power in 1991, thousands of citizens who held political agenda different from the ruling party’s were systematically jailed, abducted or killed. Those who criticized the government of Ethiopia including journalists, bloggers, universities and high school students and teachers who took to streets to demand their rights peacefully were beaten, arrested and detained or killed. The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa has been reporting in different ways on the systematic human rights violations by the Ethiopian government and its security agents against peaceful demonstrators. These include the recent case of Oromo students from different universities and colleges. The Oromo students were discriminately targeted particularly in the past six years[3].  The current political crises in Oromia regional state of Ethiopia is the continuation of the above facts.  Peaceful protests against the so called the Master plan of  Addis Ababa, which is likely to cause the estimated eviction of around 6 million Oromo  peasants around the area and planed to be sold to the wealthy non-Oromos, should not be considered as  a criminal activity. Instead it should be tolerated and be considered as one of the ways that the citizens can express their thoughts and concerns on the development plan of the government in which they were not consulted and did not give their consent.

The Addis Ababa Expansion-related protests quickly spread around universities, colleges and high schools all over Oromia. And in response, contrary to the provisions in the constitution of the land and international basic and fundamental rights of the citizens, the Ethiopian government launched a brutal crackdown against peacefully demonstrating Oromo students in order to freeze the peaceful demand of the protestors. As a result of this brutal crackdown by special squads, more than 36 students were killed, hundreds wounded and thousands of others arrested and thrown into detentions. The protest against the expansion of Addis Ababa was not limited to students only, but also involved city dwellers, farmers and workers in Oromia. The most affected area was the Ambo Town and its surroundings where 16 University and high school students were killed, including the eight (8) year old boy.

The Ethiopian Government’s atrocities that targeted  the Oromo nation during the nationwide protest from April 24 to May 24, 2014 have been condemned by worldwide human rights organizations, public media, and other civic organizations..

The Human Rights Watch[4], Amnesty International[5], Oromia Suport Group[6], Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa[7], The guardian[8], BBC[9] , CNN[10] and  The Create Trust[11]   are among the organizations which  condemn and reported  the crime against humanity taken against the Oromo nation by Ethiopian armed force.

The Ethiopian Government has repeatedly implemented various excessive forces to dissolve peaceful protests in violations of international treaties it has signed and ratified. The responses to legal, constitutional and peaceful protests should not include actions that violate human rights, such as arbitrary arrests and detentions, even guns or other violence.  HRLH believes many atrocities, that were not reported on due to the tight controls, restrictions, and censorships on all local and international media, are taking place. The Ethiopian Government does not have any justification for the illegality of the protests for taking such brutal action against peaceful and unarmed students and other protestors.   An illegal protest may happen if the protest becomes violent or is in violation of the state’s laws of public order and civility.

Even if some peaceful protests include deliberate acts of civil disobedience, in which case it is permissible for states to make individual arrests of law offenders. However, as recognized by an HRC panel discussion on the matter (A/HRC 19/40)[12], the increasing use of criminal law against protest participants may ultimately contradict the states’ responsibility to uphold the right to peaceful assembly.  In this situation the Ethiopian Government clearly violated the right to legal peaceful protest.

Recommendation:

1. The Ethiopian Government first of all must respect and implement the rights of citizens enshrined in the constitution of the country (1995) and enforce the Ethiopian penal code of 2004
2. Ethiopia must avoid an excessive force in response to Oromo protests
3. The Ethiopian Government must abide by all international human rights instruments to which the country is a signatory
4. The Ethiopian Government must allow a fully independent, civilian-led investigation into the death of Oromo students and civilians including gross human rights violation in Oromia.

HRLHA

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^[1] Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 1995,http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=193667
[2]  Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 1995,http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=193667
[3] http://humanrightsleague.com/2014/03/14033/,  http://humanrightsleague.com/2013/03/ethiopia-academic-institutions-are-meant-to-teach-not-to-serve-as-political-tools/,   http://humanrightsleague.com/2013/01/ethiopia-beatings-arrests-and-detentions-at-addis-ababa-university/

http://humanrightsleague.com/2012/02/widespread-violence-against-students-in-ethiopia/,http://humanrightsleague.com/2012/01/continued-violence-in-academic-institutions/

http://humanrightsleague.com/2011/08/kidnappings-and-disappearances-of-university-students/

http://humanrightsleague.com/2011/05/ethiopia-a-generation-targeted-the-futures-of-a-nation-at-risk/#respond

http://humanrightsleague.com/2011/04/ethiopia-human-rights-league-of-the-horn-of-africahrlha-urgent-action-and-appeal-2/

[4] Ethiopia: Brutal Crackdown on Protests, http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/05/05/ethiopia-brutal-crackdown-protests

[5] ETHIOPIA: AUTHORITIES MUST PROVIDE JUSTICE FOR SCORES OF PROTESTERS KILLED, INJURED AND ARRESTED IN OROMIA, http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR25/002/2014/en

[6] Press Release from the Oromia Support Group (OSG) on the Oromo demonstrators arrested, beaten and shot dead by the Ethiopian Agazi Security Forces, 7 May 2014,http://ayyaantuu.com/human-rights/press-release-from-the-oromia-support-group-osg-on-the-oromo-demonstrators-arrested-beaten-and-shot-dead-by-the-ethiopian-agazi-security-forces/

[7] Ethiopia: Ambo under Siege, Daily Activities Paralyzed HRLHA Urgent Action, 13 May, 2014
http://humanrightsleague.com/2014/05/ethiopia-ambo-under-siege-daily-activities-paralyzed-hrlha-urgent-action/
-ETHIOPIA: Region-Wide, Heavy-Handed Crackdown on Peaceful Protesters HRLHA Urgent Action, May 01, 2014
http://humanrightsleague.com/2014/05/ethiopia-region-wide-heavy-handed-crackdown-on-peaceful-protesters-hrlha-urgent-action/
-Ethiopia: Worrisome Situations in Detention Centres HRLHA – Urgent Action, May 24, 2014
http://humanrightsleague.com/2014/05/ethiopia-worrisome-situations-in-detention-centres-hrlha-urgent-action/
[8] Ethiopia crackdown on student protests taints higher education success,http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/may/22/ethiopia-crackdown-student-protest-education
[9]Ethiopia protest: Ambo students killed in Oromia state, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27251331
[10] Ethiopian Security Forces Open Fire on Students, http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1125264
[11] When Enough is Enough: Rise up People of Ethiopia, May 23, 2014
http://thecreatetrust.org/

[12] Summary of the Human Rights Council panel discussion on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context  of peaceful protests prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session19/A-HRC-19-40_en.pdf

oromo demonstration in bergen against human rights violation in ethiopia...

#oromoprotest Barbaric Attack On Oromo Student By Tplf

Oromo Protests-Ethiopia

State Senate Passes Resolution Condemning Ethiopian Authorities’ Violence Against Oromo Students

Posted: Caamsaa/May 16, 2014 · Gadaa.com

The following is a copy of the Minnesota State Senate resolution condemning the Ethiopian authorities’ violence on Oromo students, who are protesting the Addis Ababa Master Plan.

#OromoProtests FDG: Renewed Anti-Land-Grabbing Students Protests at Wallaggaa University. Four Oromo Students Reported Dead; Several Hundred Oromo Students Injured

Posted: Caamsaa/May 14, 2014 · Gadaa.com

#OromoProtests FDG continued at Wallaggaa University in the Nekemte Campus on May 14, 2014 to demand that the Addis Ababa Master Plan be annulled, and to demand for the institutionalization of the Special Interests of Oromiyaa over Finfinnee per the Constitution. The Addis Ababa Master Plan is termed as the Master “Genocide” Plan by Oromo activists as it aims to evict millions of Oromo farmers around Addis Ababa (whose Oromo name is Finfinnee), and hand out the land to local and foreign land-grabbers – with the Chinese being main actors of the ongoing land-grabbing campaigns in Oromia/Ethiopia.

According to sources, three Oromo students were reported dead at the Wallaggaa University May 14, 2014 #OromoProtests FDG, and one fell/was thrown from a high-rising building. And, medical staff at the nearby hospital have reported up to 200 injured Oromo students being brought to the emergency room. The Agazi TPLF Ethiopian Security Forces continue to lead the violent crackdown of the nonviolent Oromo Students Movement known as #OromoProtests FDG. When students barricaded themselves in dorm rooms, the Agazi forces have demolished walls to enter the rooms, and carry out their harassment, killings and arrests of the students.

Meanwhile, several hundred Oromo students are being arrested en masse at Jimmaa University; this latest campaign of mass arrests by the TPLF Ethiopian regime is in addition to the already arrested hundreds of Jimmaa University Oromo students and Oromo university professors/instructors.

Here are some photos from today’s Wallaggaa University incident: photos show the atrocities being committed by the Agazi TPLF Ethiopian Security Forces on unarmed Oromo students. Warning: some of the photos are gruesome; viewer discretion advised.

Photo: Oromo Student Shot Dead by the Agazi Federal Security Forces of the TPLF Ethiopian Regime (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Injured Oromo Students (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Injured Oromo Student (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Wall of a Dorm Room Demolished as Agazi Makes Its Way to Harass, Kill and Arrest Students Who Barricaded Themselves in Dormitory (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Mass Detentions of Nonviolently Protesting Oromo Students (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Mass Detentions of Nonviolently Protesting Oromo Students (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Mass Detentions of Nonviolently Protesting Oromo Students (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Mass Detentions of Nonviolently Protesting Oromo Students (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Mass Detentions of Nonviolently Protesting Oromo Students (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: The Agazi Federal Security Forces of the TPLF Ethiopian Regime (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: The Agazi Federal Security Forces of the TPLF Ethiopian Regime (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: The Agazi Federal Security Forces of the TPLF Ethiopian Regime (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: The Agazi Federal Security Forces of the TPLF Ethiopian Regime (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Oromo Student Injured by the Agazi Federal Security Forces of the TPLF Ethiopian Regime (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Oromo Student Injured by the Agazi Federal Security Forces of the TPLF Ethiopian Regime (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Oromo Student Injured by the Agazi Federal Security Forces of the TPLF Ethiopian Regime (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Oromo Students at the Hospital Ward; Injured by the Agazi Federal Security Forces of the TPLF Ethiopian Regime (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Oromo Student Injured by the Agazi Federal Security Forces of the TPLF Ethiopian REgime (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Oromo Student Injured by the Agazi Federal Security Forces of the TPLF Ethiopian Regime (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Oromo Student Injured by the Agazi Federal Security Forces of the TPLF Ethiopian Regime (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Oromo Student Injured by the Agazi Federal Security Forces of the TPLF Ethiopian Regime (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Photo: Oromo Student Injured by the Agazi Federal Security Forces of the TPLF Ethiopian Regime (Date: May 14, 2014; Location: Wallaggaa University – Nekemte Campus) 

Oromo Demonstration in Bergen against Human Rights violation in Ethiopia...

U.N. expecting to feed 6.5 million Ethiopians this year

Hunger in Ethiopia again

May 13, 2014 (Reuters) – The World Food Programme will help to feed nearly 6.5 million Ethiopians this year, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday, with the country hit by locusts, neighboring war and sparse rainfall.

“We are concerned because there is the beginning of a locust invasion in the eastern part of the country, and if it’s not properly handled it could be of concern for the pastoralist population living there,” WFP spokeswoman Elizabeth Byrs told a U.N. briefing in Geneva.

“And in the northern part of Ethiopia there has been less rain than average for the third or fourth consecutive year.”

Ethiopia is also dealing with growing refugee numbers due to the conflict in neighboring South Sudan, sapping WFP’s budget for feeding new arrivals in the country, which is at risk of a shortfall as soon as next month.

More than 120,000 South Sudanese have crossed over into Ethiopia in the past six months, mostly women and children who are arriving “famished, exhausted and malnourished”, WFP said in a statement.

The recent influx has brought total refugee numbers to 500,000 in Ethiopia. The U.N. also provides food for millions of needy or undernourished Ethiopians, including 670,000 school children and 375,000 in HIV/AIDS programs.

Ethiopia’s overall situation has vastly improved over recent years and the economy now ranks as one of the fastest growing in Africa. But deep problems remain.

Malnutrition has stunted the growth of two out of every five Ethiopian children and reduced the country’s workforce by 8 percent, WFP said, citing Ethiopian government data.

The International Monetary Fund expects Ethiopia’s economy to grow 7.5 percent in each of the next two fiscal years but says the government needs to encourage more private sector investment to prevent growth rates from falling thereafter.

Source: Reuters

Ethiopia: Ambo under Siege, Daily Activities Paralyzed

HRLHA Urgent Action

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

13 May, 2014.

The brutal attempts of crackdown against Oromo protesters by the Agazi Special Squad continuing unabated in different parts of the regional state of Oromia, reports coming from Ambo in central Oromia indicate that the town and its surrounding has come under virtual seizure by the Agazi Federal Armed Force, daily movements and activities becoming almost impossible.

According to information obtained by HRLHA (this morning) form its correspondents, the Agazi Special Squad has been deployed in Ambo Town and its surrounding in much larger number than before and engaged in indiscriminately kidnapping the local people from along the streets and throwing them into detention centres in the area. There are also reports of widespread rapes being committed against female detainees.

Although the protests against the plan to annex some central small towns of Oromia into the Capital Addis Ababa/Finfinne have been involving Oromos from all walks of life, age and gender, the prime targets have been the youth, university, college, and high school students in particular. Since the protest started in different parts of the regional state of Oromia two weeks ago, more than 50,000 (fifty thousand) Oromos have been arrested and detained from Ambo, Gudar, Tikur Inchini, Ginda-Barat, Gedo, and Bakko-Tibe towns in West Showa Zone of Central Oromia alone, Apart from along the streets in cities and towns, especially students are being picked up even from dormitories and classrooms on universities and college campuses. Reports add that there have been around twenty(40) extra-judicial killings so far that have resulted from brutal actions against unarmed and peaceful protesters by armed forces.

Ever since the violence against Oromo protesters started two weeks ago, and following the release of its first urgent action over the incidents, the Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) has been monitoring the situation through its correspondents in the region; and has been able to obtain some of the names of the Oromos (students and others) who have so far been killed, kidnapped or arrested, and detained or disappeared. There are also cases of beatings and wounds or injuries inflicted on some of the protesters by the heavy-handed federal armed force. The names are listed below:

Partial List of arrested Students from Addis Ababa University May 11, 2014

1	Abebe gadafa	12	Lataa Olani
2	Alamayo Taye	13	Melaku Girma
3	Gaddisaa dabalee	14	Mulata Eliyas
4	Gamada Dhidhita	15	Nigusie Gammada
5	Gudata Wakne	16	Nigusie Yoosef
6	Guddina	17	Sisay Safara
7	Indalu Yigezu	18	Taye Teshome
8	Jabessa ekele	19	Teshome Ararsa
9	Jamal Usman	20	Waqo Roba
10	Jilo Kamew	21	Yaatanii Utukan
11	Kebede Guddata

May 11, 2014 Arrestees from different universities in Oromia
No	Name		Department	Institute Name
1	Abebe Taddese		Political Science	Addis Ababa University
2	Chala Dirriba			Dirre Dawa University
3	Lencho		Electrical & Computer Engineering	Adama University
4	Fawaz Ahmed Usman		Mechanical Engneering	Adama University
5	Obsa Jawar		Management	Adama University

Partial list of Oromos  killed by Agazi Armed Force of the Federal Government

	NAME	SEX	Birth Place	Occupation	Academic institution	Place of execution
1	Ababa Kumsa	M		student	Wallaga
2	Abdii Kamaal	M		student and Krate Trainer	Gudar	Gudar
3	Abdiisaa Guutuu	M		9 years old teenager	-	Gudar
4	Abdiisaa Fiixee			Bussinessman		Gudar
5	Abdisa Nagasa	M		student	Wallaga
6	Alamnee Bayisa Tashoomee	M		9th grade	Ambo	Ambo
7	Alamayyoo Hirphasaa	M		9th grade	Ambo	Ambo
8	Alemaayyoo Urgeessaa	M		Farmer	Gudar	Gudar
9	Baayisaa Soorii	M
10	Biikkolee Dinqaa	M
11	Biqilaa  Belay	M		Merchant	-	Ambo
12	Bultii Yaadasaa	M	Jibaat	Techinical student		Shanaan
13	Darejjee	M		Kebele Milisha	-	Ijaajjii
14	Falmata Bayecha	M		Medicine 5th year	Jimma	Jimma
15	Galana Adaba	M		Governance 3rdyear	Jimma	Jimma
16	Getachew Darajie	M		Governence 3rdyear	Jimmaa	Jimma
17	Geetahuun Jiraataa	M		Junior Secondary school	Gudar	Gudar
18	Geetuu Urgeessaa	M		student		Ambo
19	Gexe Tafari	F		student	Wollega
20	Gurmuu Damxoo	M		Junior Secondary school	Gudar	Gudar
21	Gosomsaa  Baayisaa	M		Farmer	-	Ambo
22	Haacaaluu Jaagamaa	M	Jibaat			Shanaan
23	Husen Umar	M		Uni student	Jimmaa	Jimma
24	Indaalee Dessaalenyi	M	Ambo	Diplom holder, Bajaji driver	Ambo	Ambo, 01 Kebele
25	Indaalee Lammeessaa	M		9th grade student	Ambo	Ambo
26	Isra’el Habtamu	M		Uni student	Jimma	Jimma
27	Kebbedee Boranaa	M				Ambo
28	Kumalaa Guddisa	M	Tikur Incini	10th grade	Gudar	Gudar
29	Maammush Gaaddiisaa	M		Busssinessman	-	Gudar
30	Mammush Guutuu	M		11 years old teenager	-	Gudar
31	Naasir Tamaam	M		Driver		Gudar
32	Nagaasaa Lameessaa	M		Farmer oromo elder of 80 years old		Ambo
33	Olmaan Biinagdee	M	Ganjii Gooree	Farmer, 75 years  Oromo elder	-	Ambo
34	Taddasee Gashuu	M	Waddeessaa, Ambo	Liibaan Machaa J.S.School	Ambo	Ambo
35	Tashome Dawit	M		Uni student	Wallaga
36	Zabana Barasa	M		Governance 3rdyear	Jimma	Jimma

Partial list of injured or wounded protestors

	NAME	sex	Occupation	Academic institution	Region	Date
1	Abrhaam Suufaa	M	12th grade student	Ambo	Ambo
2	Balaayi Kuusaa	M		Midaa Qanyii	Ambo	01.05.2014
3	Baayisaa Obsaa	M		Midaa Qanyii	Ambo	01.05.2014
4	Baqalee Itichaa	M
5	Bitamaa Baayisaa	M	7th grade	Ambo	Ambo
6	Darrasaa Ayyaanaa	M		Midaa Qanyii	Ambo	01.05.2014
7	Geetuu warquu				Ambo
8	Gonfaa Mul’isaa	M	Bajajii driver		Ambo
9	Kasaahun Aseffaa	M			Ambo
10	Miidhaksaa ijiguu	M	Bussinesman		Ambo
11	Misgaanaa Mammuyyee				Ambo
12	Roobee  Beenyaa	M			Ambo
13	Shallamaa Caalasaaa	M	High School student	Midaa Qanyii	Ambo
14	Shantamaa Qanaa’aa	M			Ambo
15	Sintaayoo Mirreessaa	F	5th grade student		Addis ketema, Ambo
16	Taaddalaa Tsagaayee	M	9th grade student	Ambo High School	Ambo
17	Warquu ijjiguu	M	Bussinesman	-	Ambo
18	Zarihuun Urgeessaa	M			Ambo

Partial list of indiscriminately arrested or kidnapped and detained protestors

Below is the list of some of the estimated 50,000 Oromos picked up and detained from different towns in West Showa Z0ne:

	Name	Sex	Occupation	Place arrested
1	Ababaa Moosisaa	M		Tikur Incini
2	Alamayyoo Irreessoo	M	Was ONC Elected member of Oromia regional in 2005	Ambo
3	Ashannaafii Buusaa	M	12th grade student	Ambo
4	Agidoo Waqjiraa	M	Midaa Qanyii high school	Ambo
5	Ayyaantuu Dagaagaa	F	Merchant of cultural dresses	Ambo
6	Baqqaluu Gidaada	F		Ambo
7	Baayiluu Mallasaa	M	Gudar School	Gudar
8	Bilisee Indaaluu	F	High school student	Midaa Qanyii
9	Biraanuu Addunyaa	M	High school student	Tikur Incini
10	Burgudee Araarsaa	F	Highschool student	Ambo
11	Caalchisaa Aanaa	M	Preacher	Midaa Qanyii
12	Caalaa Baayisaa	M	With his 5-family member	Ambo
13	Camadaa Jaalataa	M	Farmer	Midaa Qanyii
14	Dagguu Takkaa	M	Elementary J.S. School, 8th grade	Addis Ketama-Ambo
15	Dammee Taddasaa	F		Ambo
16	Dararaa Galataa	M	High school Student	Midaa Qanyii
17	Darrasaa Guutataa	M	Farmer	Midaa Qanyii
18	Dawuti Raggaasaa	M	9th grade student	Liiban Maccaa Ambo
19	Dheeressaa Tarfaa	M	Bussinessman	Gudar
20	Dhibbaa Tutishaa	M	Assistant driver	Ambo
21	Gadaa	M	Ambo uni student	Ambo
22	Gechoo Dandanaa	M	High school student	Midaa Qanyii
23	Getaachoo dandanaa	M	Businessman	Gudar
24	Goobanaa Abarraa	M	High school student	Midaa Qanyii
25	Goobanaa Tolasaa	M		Tikur Incinni
26	Gonfaa Dhaabaa	M	Bussinessman	Ambo
27	Gudinaa Abarraa	M	High school student	Midaa Qanyii
28	Iddeessaa Magarsaa	M	Chairperson for Waqqeffata for Ambo area	Amboo
29	Lachiisaa Fufaa	M		Tikur Incinni
30	Lateeraa shallamoo	M		Tikur Incinni
31	Mallasaa Kabbadaa	M	Bussinessman	Ambo
32	Mootummaa Tasfaayee	M		Tikur Incinni
33	Nagarii Dhaabaa	M		Ambo
34	Qanaa’aa Chuuchee	M	Employee of KFO	Ambo
35	Salamoon Dhaabaa	M	11th grade student	Ambo
36	Shallamaa caalaa	M		Gudar
37	Shallamaa Caalasaaa	M	High School Student	Midaa Qanyii
38	Shallamaa Diroo		High School Student	Midaa Qanyii
39	Taaddasaa Misgaanaa	M		Tikur Incinni
40	Taamiruu Caalsisaa	M		Tikur Incinni
41	Tammiree Caalaa		Employee of youth and Sport commission	Caliyaa Geedoo
42	Tamasgeen Abarraa	M	Bussinessman	Ambo
43	Tasfayee Daksiisaa	M	High School Student	Midaa Qanyii
44	Tolaa Geeddafaa	M	High School Student	Midaa qanyii
45	Wabii Xilaahuun	M	Ambo university 3rd year	Ambo

HRLHA calls up on the Ethiopian Government to:

1. Immediately stop the racial and discriminatory violence against Oromos, and bring the culprits  toJustice
2.  Unconditionally release the detained Oromo students and facilitate the resumption of normal classes;
3. Reverse the decision of the plan and present it for discussion and consultations to the concerned Oromo People, and obtain their consents;
4. Compensate all loses and damages that resulted from the brutal actions of its armed forces.

HRLHA also calls up on regional and international diplomatic, democratic, and human rights agencies to challenge the Ethiopian TPLF/EPRDF government on its persistent brutal, dictatorial, and suppressive actions against innocent and unarmed civilians who are attempting to exercise some of their “said-to-have-been-granted” democratic rights.