Gaafa Hagayya 31,Barattooti Oromoo Gaaffiilee Wal Fakkaataa Yuuniversitoota Mara Keessatti Kaasanii Hogganoota Wayyaanee Deebii Dhabsiisan.

September 3, 2014

 Fulbaana 2,2014 Finfinnee

Akkuma armaan dura gabaasaa turretti yeroodhaa yerootti walgayiin barattootaa yuuniversitiilee garagaraa irratti gaggeeffanaa jiruun gaaffiwwan adda addaa biqiluudhaan dhiyaataa jira, gaaffiin yuuniversitiilee Amboo,Wallaggaa,Bulee Horaa,Adaamaa, Jimmaa fi Mattuu irratti Hagayya 31/2014 walgayii irratti gaggeeffamaa ture qondaalota wayyaanee walgayii kana gaggeessaa jiran Abba Duula Gammadaa,Abdulqadir Huseen,Bakar Shaalee,Alamaayyoo Taganuu,Geetuu Wayyeessaa,Mohaammad Tusaa wal duraa duubaan irratti dhiyaata jiru deebii kan hin arganne gaaffiwwan akkaataa armaan gadiitiin dhiyaatee jira.

1. Biyyattiin haaromsa irra jirti(transformation) yeroo jedhamu maal jechuudha? Maalinis madaalamee?
2. Biyyattiin sochiin waggoota 40 fi 50moota keessatti gootu mootummaadhuma Wayyaaneetiinii? Moo mormitoota biraatiini? Wayyaaneen yoo itti fufe misoomnis itti fufa jechuudhaa?
3. Hidhaan laga Abbayaa maaliif daangaa irratti ta’ee?
4. Barattootii fi uumanni Oromoo gaaffii mirgaa yoo gaafate yakka tokko malee maaliif hidhamaa?
5. ABOn akka dhaaba uumata Oroomoof falmu tokkotti dhaaba haqaa jedhamee maaliif hin ilaalamnee?
6. Mootummaan Wayyaanee Ummata Oromoo hidhuu fi ajjeessuu fi lafa irraa buqisuun malee waan Oromoof gaarummaa hojjete maalfaatu jiraa?
7. Qooddaan barnootaa maaliif jiraate? Keesssattuu socialiin %70,Naturalin ammo %30 maalif ta’ee?
8. Mootummaan Wayyaanee waggaa 23 keessatti jijjiirama maalii uummata Oromoof fidee?
9. Barattoota gaaffii mirgaa dhiyeessuu irratti lubbuudhaan wareegamanif maalif yaadannoon hin godhamuu?
10. Barattoota Yuuniversitii irraa eebbifamani fi kanneen eebbifamuuf deemaniif maaltu yaadamaa jiraa?
11. Keeyyanti 39 walitti bu’iinsa fi lubbuun baayenillee hedduu itti wareegamee jira kanaaf maaliif hin kaafamu yoo ka’u baate ammoo maaliif hin faayya’uu gaaffii dhugaa irratti hundaa’ee?
12. Humni waraana biyyaa nagaa buusuuf jecha gara biyya alaatti maaliif ergama?kunis akkamiin ilaalamaa?
13. Manni maxxansaa haqa irratti hundaa’e mootummaan wayyaanee cufee namoota kana hojjetanis biyyaa ariyee jira,dhiibbaa mootummaan wayyaanee irratti godhe yoo tahe qaamni mormitootaa ammoo maaliif isaan irratti dhiibbaa hin godhuu?
14. Walgayiin yeroo ammaa gaggeeffama jiru waa’ee barattootaa qofamoo, waa’ee biyyaatimoo, waa’ee oromoo qofa irratti hundaa’eetii? Moo waa’ee sabaa fi sab-lammii hunda irratti xiyyeeffataa?
15. Mootummaan wayyaanee dhiphina guddaa fi kisaaraa(gadibu’iinsa) keessa erga darbee booda waan ta’etti irra deebiidhaan maaliif tarkaanfii fudhataa? Rakkoo dhufu keessatti maalif dursee of qopheessee haala mudatu keessatti of qopheessuu dhiise?
16. Aangowonni olaanaa fooyya’oodha, yeroo ammaa mootummichi gandoota ijaarratee jirutu irratti wal qindeessee isa kuffisuu irratti argamu, mee bulchinsa godhu keessatti ilaalcha akkamii gandoota gurma’anii of ijaaranii jiran irratti qaba?
17. Yuniversitiilee keessatti yaadaa dhiphaa fi fakkaattiidhaan kan deddebi’antu argamu,isaan kana adda baafachuudhaan akkamiin gorsaan, of tahuu irratti akka argama gochu dandeenya? Oromoo ta’anii saba biraa fakkaachuun kan jiraatan?
18. Yuuniversitii keessatti seerri ittiin bulmaataa amantii irraa adda ta’ee utuu jiruu, bulchitoonnis kana utuu beekanii malaammaltummaa kan akka huccuu isaan kaaniif kennuun,isaan kaaniif ammo gargaaraa kennuun,haata’u malee yuuniversitii fi dhaabbilee barnootaa kamiin keessattiyyuu ilaalchi siyaasaa akkamiin gargar ta’ee?
19. Barattootni kanaan dura rakkoo garagaraaf hidhaman maaliif hin hiikamanii? Murtoo akamiitu itti kennamee?

Gaaffiwwan kun deebii kan hin arganneedha jedhu kanneen walgayii kana irratti hirmaataa jiran,kun Hagayya gaafa 31kan ta’e yoo tahu fulbaana 2 irrattis gaaffiwwan ka’an kanatti aansinee kan dhiyeessinuudha.

Poverty on the Streets of Addis Ababa

Published on September 1st, 2014 | by Meredith Maulsby

September 2, 2014 (The baines report) — Poverty can easily be seen throughout the capital of Ethiopia, but nowhere is it more evident than when you pass a beggar on the street.  Beggars are everywhere in Addis Ababa, and they represent a vast range of demographics. There are men, women, children of all ages and conditions– some with their mothers, some without, and the severely disabled.

Older children, rather than begging, try to sell you gum or clean your shoes, while the younger children walk in front of you asking for money or food, not leaving you until they spot another person to ask.  The women are often with young children, sometimes babies, and usually with more than one.  I was once walking down the street and a young child no older than 2 or 3 who was being held by his mother made the signal they all make to ask for food or money while calling me sister.  I thought this child probably learned this signal before he even learned how to speak.  Women are often seen grilling corn on the sidewalk on a small grill to sell to people passing by.

I have been told the severely disabled have most likely suffered from stunting, polio or the war.  I have seen men with disfigured legs so mangled that they can not walk but instead drag themselves down the sidewalk. Others are in wheelchairs and unable to walk.  And this city is not easy for the disabled.  The sidewalks, where they exist, are not always flat and not always paved. There are also often giant holes in the middle of the sidewalk or loose concrete slabs covering gutters.  On the main roads, near where I’m staying there are tarps and blankets off to the side of the road where the beggars must sleep or live.

It is a very difficult scene to walk through.  You want to help them all and give everyone a little bit of money or food. But there are so many it would be nearly impossible to give to them all.  We have been told to not give to beggars because once you give to one you will be surrounded by others.  When people do give money to beggars it is often very small bills or coins that will not go very far.

I have often wondered how much money they actually receive. Perhaps it would be beneficial to do more in depth look at why these people became beggars and where they come from. After a cursory search for research and reports on beggars in Addis Ababa, I found very little.  There is a study on the disabled beggars and a report focusing on children.  There is a documentary that follows two women who come to the capital from a rural town and become beggars in order to raise money for their family when climate change creates a food shortage.

Both the government of Ethiopia and large NGO’s, like USAID and the UN, are working to stop the “cycle of poverty.”   There are major health and nutrition projects being implemented all over the country, but these are long-term projects that do not address the immediate needs of people on the streets. Short term solutions such as creating shelters or centers for the disabled and homeless could allow beggars more opportunities for housing but could also generate income potential through workshops and other skill development programs.

Source: The baines report

ትዉልዱ ግልጽ አቋም! September 1, 2014 “አንገዛም!” የትዉልዱ ግልጽ አቋም!

ትዉልዱ ግልጽ አቋም!

September 1, 2014

“አንገዛም!”

  የትዉልዱ ግልጽ አቋም!

ይህ ትዉልድ የባርነትን ሠንሠለት ሰባብሮ ፍርሃትን ገድሎ ነጻነቱን ፍለጋ እስከ ወዲያኛዉ አድማስ ጥግ እንኳ ቢሆን ለመጓዝ ወስኖ የወጣ ጀግና ትዉልድ ነዉና “አልገዛም!” ካላ ቃሉ ጽኑ ነዉ!

ነጻነትን ያረገዛ ትውልድ ግፍና ጭፍጨፋ አላቆመዉም። የደቡብ አፍርካዉ የስዌቶ  ጭፍጨፋ (the Soweto Massacre 1976 ) ፣ በኬንያ የታየዉ  የሆላ ጭፍጨፋ “Hola massacre 1959” ወይም በሃሬሮና ነማ ሕዝቦች ላይ የተፈጸመዉ የነሚቢያዉ ጅኖሳይድ  “Herero and Nama Genocide 1904” አልያም የ‘Robben Island’” እስር የትዉልዱን የነጻነት ጥያቄ እንዳልገታ ፤ የነጻነትን ብርሃን እንዳላጫለማ ታሪክ ምንጊዜም ህያዉ መስካር ነዉ።

ዛሬም ቢሆን ከማዕከላዊ እስከ ቃሊቲ፣ ከቅሊንጦ እስከ  ዝዋይ የእስር ቤቱ ቁጥር ቢባዛም ፣ የማሰቃያ ዓይነቶች ቢበራከቱም ፣ ግዲያና ሽብር ቢፋፋምም  ይህ ትዉልድ “ነጻነቴን!” ብሎ ወቷልና ፈጽሞ  የሚያቆም አይሆንም። ነጻነትን የተጠማ ትዉልድ ለእዉነት በእዉነት የሚታገል ኀያል ኃይል (Super Power) ያለዉ ባለራዕይ የነጻነት ሠራዊት እንጂ በመንደርተኞች ኣሉባልታ የሚሳናከል እርባናብስ ስብስብ አይዴለምና!

በተደጋጋሚ እንደተገለጸዉም ሆነ በታግባር እንደተረጋገጠ የትዉልዱ መሠረታዊ ዓላማ (basic Objective) የኦሮሞ ሕዝብን ብሔራዊ ነጻነትን ማረጋገጥ ነዉ። ለዚህ ዓላማ ስኬት ሕዝባችን ዘማናትን ያስቆጠረ ዉድ ዋጋ ስከፍልበት ቆይቶ አሁን ለባርነት የመጨረሻ ስንብት የሚደረግበት  ያታርክ ፊጻሜ ላይ አድርሰዉታል። ይህንን የትግል ምዕራፍ በኃላፊነት የተረከበዉ ትዉልድም ኃላፊነቱን ጠንቅቆ የሚያዉቅ ብቻ ሳይሆን ኃላፊንቱ የሚጠይቀዉን ዋጋም  (responsibility) ጭምር ለመወጣት ዝግጁ ስለመሆኑ በአደባባይ አስመስክሯል። ነጻነት በነጻ አይገኝምና ሞትና እስራት ሳይገድበዉ ርቆ ተጉዟል።

ያለነጻነት መኖር ያዉም ደግሞ በአናሳ ቡድን ነጻነትን መነጠቅ በእጅጉ የስቆጣል። ሕመሙም ጥልቅ ነዉ። ይህንን ታሪካዊ ጥላሸት ለመንጻት  እስከ አሁን የተከፈለዉን ዉድ ዋጋ  እያሰብን ከእንግዲህ ወዲያ ይህ ታርክ የህዝባችን መታወቂያ ሆኖ እንዳይቀጥል ታሪካዊ ግዴታችንን ለመወጣት እነሆ በየፍልሚያ መስኮች ሁሉ ተሰልፈናል። ነጻነቱን የጠየቀ ሕዝብ ተሻግሮ ይሄዳል። ማሸጋጋሪያ ኃይሉ ደግሞ በዘመኑ ላይ የተገኘ ትዉልድ ነዉ። ለኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ያ ትዉልድ ተነስቷል። “እምብኝ ነጻነቴ!” ብሎ ታጥቆ የወጣ ትዉልድ ተንበርካኪ አሽከሮች (Bakar Shaalee, Warqinaa Gabayyoo, Abbaa Duulaa Gammadaa, Alamaayyoo Taganuu, Abdulqaadir Huseen, Geetuu Wayyeessaa, Mohammad Tusaa, Isheetuu Dassee…) በሚያሰሙት ጭንቀት ወለድ  ሠሞነኛ ጩሃት ይቅርና  የቅኝ ገዢዎችን በታሊዮን ሠራዊት እንኳን ቢሆን   በትኖ የሚያልፍ ፣ ሞትን የደፈረ   ፣ በደሙ ጎርፍ  ሕያዉ ታርካዊ ዝክርን ጽፎ የሚያልፍ በዘማናት ዉስጥ አንዴ ብቻ የሚገኝ ፍርሃት ዓልባ ብርቅዬ ትውልድ ነዉ።

በመሆኑም በቀጥታም ሆነ   በተዘዋዋሪ ፣ ከዉስጥም ይሁን ከዉጭ ዛሬ የኦሮሞን የነጻነት ትግል ለማደናቀፍ ለሚትሹ ኃይሎች በሙሉ መልስ አለን። መልሳችን ኃይልን በኃይል ለማስቆም የደፈረ ትዉልድ መነሳቱ ነዉ። ይህ ትዉልድ የባርነትን ሠንሠለት ሰባብሮ ፍርሃትን ገድሎ ነጻነቱን ፍለጋ እስከ ወዲያኛዉ አድማስ ጥግ እንኳ ቢሆን ለመጓዝ ወስኖ የወጣ ጀግና ትዉልድ ነዉና “አልገዛም!” ካላ ቃሉ ጽኑ ነዉ!

ይህ የትዉልዱ ግልጽ አቋም ነዉ።

ሕይዋታችን ለነጻነታችን!!

September 1, 2014

Oromia: Enhanced Master Plan to Continue Committing the Crimes of Genocide

The actions taken were aimed at destroying Oromo farmers or at rendering them extinct.  

~Ermias Legesse, Ethiopia’s exiled EPRDF Minister

August 30, 2014 (Oromo Press) — The announcement of the implementation of the Addis Ababa Master Plan (AAMP) was just an extension of an attempt by EPRDF government at legalizing its plans of ridding the Oromo people from in and around Finfinne by grabbing Oromo land for its party leaders and real estate developers from the Tigrean community. The act of destroying Oromo farmers by taking away their only means of survival—the land—precedes the current master plan by decades.  Ermias Legesse, exiled EPRDF Deputy Minister of Communication Affairs, acknowledged his own complicity in the destruction of 150,000[1] Oromo farmers in the Oromia region immediately adjacent to Finfinne. He testifies that high-level TPLF/EPRDF officials are responsible for planning and coordinating massive land-grab campaigns without any consideration of the people atop the land.  Ermia’s testimony is important because it contains both the actus reus  and dolus specials of the mass evictions[2]:

Once while in a meeting in 1998 (2006, Gregorian),the Ethiopian Prime Minster Meles Zenawi , we (ERPDF wings) used to go to his office every week, said.  Meles led the general party work in Addis Ababa.  We went to his office to set the direction/goal for the year. When a question about how should we continue leading was asked, Meles said something that many people may not believe. ‘Whether we like it or not nationality agenda is dead in Addis Ababa.’  He spoke this word for word. ‘A nationality question in Addis Ababa is the a minority agenda.’ If anyone were to be held accountable for the crimes, everyone of us have a share in it according to our ranks, but mainly Abay Tsehaye is responsible.  The actions taken were aimed at destroying Oromo farmers or at rendering them extinct.  29 rural counties were destroyed in this way.  In each county there are more or less about 1000 families.  About 5000 people live in each Kebele (ganda) and if you multiply 5000 by 30, then the whereabouts of 150,000 farmers is unknown.

Zenawi’s statement “the question of nationality is a dead agenda in Addis Ababa” implies that the Prime Minister planned the genocide of the Oromo in and around Finfinne and others EPRDF officials followed suit with the plan in a more aggressive and formal fashion.

Announcement of the Addis Ababa Master Plan and Massacres and Mass Detentions

AAMP was secretly in the making for at least three years before its official announcement in April 2014.[3]  The government promoted on local semi-independent and state controlled media the sinister plan that already evicted 2 million Oromo farmers and aims at evicting 8-10 million and at dividing Oromia into east and west Oromia as a  benevolent development plan meant to extend social and economic services to surrounding Oromia’s towns and rural districts. Notwithstanding the logical contradiction of claiming to connect Oromia towns and rural aanaalee (districts) to “economic and social” benefits by depopulating the area itself, the plan was met with strong peaceful opposition across universities, schools and high schools in Oromia. Starting with the Ambo massacre that claimed the lives of 47 people in one day[4], Ethiopia’s army and police killed over 200 Oromo students, jailed over 2000 students, maimed and disappeared countless others over a five-month period from April-August 2014.

Full document Oromo Press

Killing, Arresting and Torturing of Oromo Youth Men and Women Will Not Stop the Struggle of the Oromo People for Justice and Freedom – Statement of the National Youth Movement for Freedom & Democracy 

The following is a statement from the National Youth Movement for Freedom and Democracy 

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August 29, 2014

The Tigrayan minority TPLF-led Ethiopian regime has continued arresting and torturing of the Oromo nationals in an attempt to stop the struggle of the Oromo nation for freedom, democracy and justice. Currently, the atrocities committed by this regime on innocent Oromo civilians have escalated to an unimaginable scale. Hundreds of Oromo students, teachers, farmers, daily labourers, and civil servants are languishing in prisons located at several places in Oromia. The overwhelming majority of those who are sent to detention centres are subjected to severe and inhuman tortures.

Some have died in prison cells, or thrown out of jail and left to die in hospitals, simply because they could not stand the torture. Oromo nationalists Wako Tola (teacher), Usmayyo Musa (singer), Alamayehu Gerba (handicapped university student), Nimona Tilahun (former University student), Tesfahun Chemeda (engineer), Aslan Hassan (university student), and many others were all killed by the regime’s police as a direct result of torture while in prison cells. Those who survive the brutal torture will be subjected to trumped-up charges and will be brought to judges of the kangaroo court of the regime. Before bringing to the court, false witnesses are prepared and “evidence” is planted at their homes by the regime’s police, and get convicted based on these fake testimonies and made-up and planted “evidences.” Others are kept in prison indefinitely without any charge at all. In few cases, judges render “not-guilty” verdicts after the prisoners have already spent several years in jail and let them go “free.” In some of such cases, the police arrests them back before they even leave the courthouse and prepare other made-up charges. This has been a well-known and established norm of the judiciary system of the current regime in Ethiopia. Oromo students are subjected to such police brutality and unjust judicial process, and branded as “terrorists” for no crime other than raising the rightful and legitimate questions of the Oromo people in a peaceful and non-violent manner. It is not an exaggeration if we say this regime in Finfinne (Addis Ababa) is a mafia regime, brutal than the former apartheid regime of South Africa.

It is to be recalled that on July 7, 2014, Qeerroo Bilisummaa has compiled a partial list of 61 Oromos who were brutally murdered, and 903 others who were thrown into jail and tortured as a result of the Oromo students protest of April and May 2014, mainly in opposition to the controversial Finfinne (Addis Ababa) so-called “Master Plan.” Most of these Oromo nationals are still languishing in prison and still under brutal torture. Currently, the reports we received indicate that, among those arrested in April/May, 2014, some 25 Oromo nationals are intensely brutalized in the notorious “Maikelawi” prison and Dire Dawa prison. Our reports reveal that these prisoners could not stand the torture and are extremely weakened to a point that they are unable to stand or walk. Just like many others before them, these nationals are also at a risk losing their lives in the prison cells of the regime. Qeerroo Bilisummaa vehemently condemns these callous atrocities of the regime and asks the regime to stop such unlawful, cruel and barbaric practices perpetrated on lawful and innocent Oromo civilian citizens. The TPLF regime should have realized from its own experience with the Derg regime that arresting and brutalizing active members of a nation under occupation will not stop the oppressed nation from struggling for their inalienable right. Past and current history tells us that it will rather intensify the struggle and ultimately freedom, democracy, and justice will prevail over tyrannical rule.

Chaltu Dhuguma – Teacher

The names of the 25 Oromo nationals currently going under severe and intense torture, and at risk of losing their lives are as follows.

Oromo Nationals under brutal torture in “Maikelawi” Prison, Finfinne
1. Chaltu Dhuguma – Wollega University (female teacher)
2. Teshale Bekele – Jimma University
3. Nimona Chali – Haramaya University
4. Bilisumma Gonfa – Haramaya University
5. Abebe Urgessa – Haramaya University
6. Gemechu Bekele – Jimma University
7. Lenjisa Alemayehu – Jimma University
8. Bilisumma Dandana – Adama University
9. Adunya Tesso – Adama University

Student Bilisumma Gonfa

Student Derartu Abdeta

Oromo Nationals under brutal torture in Dire Dawa Prison (all students from Dire Dawa University)
1. Derartu Abdeta Ararso (female)
2. Lencho Tewodros Deksisa
3. Efa Getachew Ibsa
4. Bacha Bezu Balda
5. Tagel Gulumma Olqaba
6. Musa Umar Tusa
7. Tadele Bekele Tolasa
8. Abulsalam Hussein Ganna
9. Moti Bandu Ayyano
10. Gada Banti Gannabi
11. Dereje Tesfaye Mekonnen
12. Amanuel Etefa Terfasa
13. Dessaleyn Korifu Lateny
14. Milkessa Qato Galasa
15. Gadisa Asfaw Retta
16. Olyad Bulbula Indalew

Qeerroo Bilisummaa appeals to all national and international governmental and humanitarian organizations to exert pressure on the Ethiopian regime to stop torturing and brutalizing these Oromo nationals.

Victory to the Oromo People!

August 29, 2014
Finfinne, Oromia

ETHIOPIA: Arrests and Detentions of Oromo Students Continued

HRLHA – Press Release

August 27, 2014

While fresh arrests and detentions, kidnappings and disappearances of Oromo nationals have continued in different parts of the regional state of Oromo following the April-May crackdown of peaceful demonstrators, court rulings over the cases of some of the earlier detainees by courts of the regional state are being rejected by political agents of the governing TPLF/EPRDF Party. The renewed violence by government forces against Oromo nationals started particularly following what was termed as “Lenjii Siyaasaa” (literally meaning “political training) that has targeted Oromo Students of higher educational institutions and has been going on in the past two weeks in different parts of Oromia.

Although the agendum for the “Political Training” was said to be “the unity of the country”, it instead has become an opportunity of carrying out further screenings and arrests of students; as around 100 more students have so far been arrested from Ambo University campuses alone and sent to a remote, isolated military camp called Sanqalle, leaving families and friends in fear in regards to the safety and well-being of the students in particular; not to mention the disruption of their studies. The arrests were made following the students’ protest of their confinement into the campuses during this so call “Political Trianing”, and the demand that the killers of their fellow students be brought to justice prior to discussing “unity”. Also, five students of Wallaga University, from among those who were gathered for the same purpose of “Political Training” were kidnapped on the 22^nd of August, 2014 and taken away in a vehicle with plate number 4866 ET; and their whereabouts is not known since then. HRLHA correspondents have also traced another fresh arrest and detention of around 100 Oromo nationals in a small town called Elemo, Doranni District, in Illu Abbabor Zone. It took place on the 14^th of August, 2014; and Waqtole Garbe, Sisay Amana, Tiiqii Supha, Ittana Daggafa, Badiru Basha, Kamal Zaalii, Rashiid Abdu, Zetuna Waaqoo, Daggafa Tolee, Adam Ligdii, Indush Mangistu, Dibbeessa Libaan, and Ofete Jifar were a few among those detainees in Elemo Prison.

More worrisome and frustrating is agents of the federal government’s interference with regional and local judicial systems. More than one hundred students and other Oromo nationals, from among the thousands who were detained following the April-May nationwide protest, have been granted bails in local courts of the regional government of Oromia. These include 64 detainees in Dembi Dollo/Qellem, 10 in Ambo, 40 in Sibu-Sire and Digga District. But, all the court decisions were overruled by political officials representing the federal government. The Dembi Dollo/Qellem detainees in particular were granted bails four times, only to be turned down by political officials all the four rounds. On the other hand, there have been some cases in which prison terms ranging from six months to a year-and-half were imposed on the Oromo detainees, not in courts, but by those representatives of the federal government. Also, some independent lawyers complain that they were threatened by officials from the ruling party; and, as a result, refraining from representing the Oromo detainees. Usual as it has been in the past fifteen or so years, this case of interfering with and disobeying court rulings indicates that the case of these most recent Oromo detainees is purely political.

The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) calls upon the Ethiopian Government to refrain from harassing and intimidating students through such extra-judicial means as killings, arrests and detentions, and denials of justice after detention; and instead facilitate conducive teaching-learning environments. HRLHA also calls upon the Ethiopian Government to unconditionally release the detained Oromo students and other nationals; and, as requested by their fellow students, bring to justice the killers of innocent and peaceful protestors during the April-May crackdown.

BACKGROUNDS:

The human rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) has reported (May 1^st and 13^th, 2014, urgent actions, www.humanrightleague.com) on the heavy-handed crackdown of the Ethiopian Federal Government’s Agazi Special Squad and the resultant extra-judicial killings of 34 (thirty-four) Oromo nationals; and the arrests and detentions of hundreds of others.

Although the brutalities of the armed squad and the resultant fatalities happened to be very high in Ambo Town, the peaceful protests by Oromo students of different universities and faculties have been taking place in April and May in various towns and cities of Oromia including Diredawa and Adama in eatern Oromia, as well as Jimma, Mettu, Naqamte, Gimbi, and Dambidollo in western Oromia.

The Oromo students of universities and colleges in different parts of the regional state of Oromia took to the streets for peaceful demonstrations in protest to the decision passed by the Federal EPRDF/TPLF-led Government to expand the city of Finfinnee/Addis Ababa by uprooting and displacing hundreds of thousands of Oromos from all sorts of livelihoods, and annexing about 36 surrounding towns of Oromia, the ultimate goal of which is claimed to be re-drawing the map of the Oromia Region. The federal annexation plan, which was termed as “The Integrated Development Master Plan”, is said to be covering the towns of Dukem, Gelan, Legetafo, Sendafa, Sululta, Burayu, Holeta, Sebeta, and others, stretching the boundary of Finfinne/Addis Ababa to about 1.1million hectares – an area of 20 times its current size.

Breaking News:- ABMBO Waraanni Agaazii Barattoota Oromoo 53 Irratti Miidhaa Guddaa Geessisuun Isaa Daran FDG Jabeesse

Gabaasa Qeerroo Amboo  Hagayya 25,2014 Goototni barattootni Oromoo Yuuniversiitii Amboo karaa nagaa mirgaa fi kan dimokraasiikaasuun gaaffii mirga abbaa biyyummaa sababa gaafataniif jecha mootummaan faashistii Wayyaanee(Itiyoophiyaa) Waraanaa Agazii Wayyaaneetiin ukkanfamani barattoota 230 mana hidhaa Wayyaanee galma mootummaa magaalaa Amboo keessatti argamutti hidhaman.

Sabboontootni barattootni Oromoo fedhii isaanii malee waraanaa Wayyaaneetiin dirqamanii akka walga’ii afaan faajjii mootummaa Wayyaanee ta’aan kan ta’ee kana irraatti barattootni Oromoo uummatni keenya Oromoon utuu jumlaan hidhamuu, qee’eef qabeenyaa irraa buqqifamuu , Ajjeefamuu, gara dabarfamuu, barnoota irraa Arii’amuu waraanaan doorsifamnee walga’ii Wayyaanee taa’uun hirmii nyaachuudha jechuun FDG guyyaa hanga guyyaa har’atti utuu wal irraa hin kutiin mormii guddaan sirna mootummaa Wayyaanee jala dhaabbachaa jiru.

Sabboontoti barattooti Oromoo 230 hidhaman keessaa waraana Wayyaaneen gara malee reebamuu fi miidhaan guddaa irra gahee hidhaa keessatti dararamaa jira keessaa  gadiiti:-

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10. Barataa Misgaanaa Wadaajoo
11. Barataa Tulluu Balaachoo
12. barataa Dammanaa Tolasaa
13. Barataa dhugaasaa Tarreessaa
14. Barattuu Meetii Nagarii- reebamuun miidhaan irra gahe
15. Barataa Tafarii Abdiisaa
16. Barataa Mulgeetaa Baqqalaa
17. Barataa Mulgeeta Takkalaa
18. Barataa Mulunaa Lataa
19. Barataa Leencoo Ababaa
20. Barataa Lataa Kabaa
21. Barataa Lammii Dabalaa
22. Barataa Shukkaraa Cimdii
23. Barataa Beenyaa Caalaa
24. Barataa Obsinaan Iddeessaa
25. Barataa caalchisaa Faajjii
26. Barataa Abush Fiqaaduu
27. Barattuu Leensaa Hayiluu- reebicha irraan gahan
28. Barataa Hundee Uumaa
29. Barataa Mootummaa Abdiisaa
30. Barataa Daanyee Galataa
31. Barattuu Obsee Lalisaa — uccuu alaabaa uffatte jechuun reebicha irraan gahan
32. Barataa Taddasaa Dheeressaa
33. Barattuu Elzaabet Laggasaa barattuu reebichi hamaan irra ga’ee ilkaan lama irra caccabee jiru.
34. Barataa Roobsan Waaqumaa
35. Barataa waqumaa Rattaa
36. Barataa Lataa Kabbadaa
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38. Barataa Margaa Hundee
39. Barataa Fayisaa Birraa
40. Barataa Firoomsaa Sarbeessaa
41. Barataa Firrisaa Fajjii
42. Barataa Diinayas Daggafuu
43. Barataa Gammachiis Qalbeessaa
44. Barataa Dhaabaa moosisaa
45. Barataa iddoosaa Magarsaa
46. Barataa Hirphaa Gadaa
47. Barataa Darajjee Shambal
48. Barataa Dammanaa Tolasaa
49. Barataa Geetuu Beekii
50. Barataa Geetuu Humneessaa
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53. Barattuu Galaanee kanneen jedhaman kan keessatti argaman barattootni Oromoo 53 kun Hagayya 23,2014 Mana hidhaa keessaa fuudhamanii addatti miidhaan jabaa irra gahuu gabaasi Qeerroo addeessa.