Wayyaaneen Ergamtoota Bobbaafte!

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Dhugaadhaaf, 

bilisummaaf, wal qixxummaa fi mirga abbaa biyyummaa ofitiif dhaabbannaan hidhaman ni hiikkatu, madaahan ni fayyu, du’anis ni galu. Dhugaan injifataadha. Inni dhugaa qabatee qabsaawe, inni walqixxummaaf wareegame, inni mirga abbaa biyyummaaf dararame yoomiyyuu taanaan kufee hin hafu.

Ummanni Oromoo dhugaaf dhaabbate; walqixummaaf qabsaawaa jira; mirga abbaa biyyummaa isaaf wareegamaa ture, wareegamaas jira. Ummati tokko sababa ta’een harka diinaatti kufuu danada’a. Diina isa weeraree saamaa fi ajjeesaa jiruunis akka gadootti ilaalamee salphifamuu fi moggeeffamuu danda’a. Hidhamuu, ajjeefamuu fi dararamuu akkasuma qayee fi qabeenya isaa irraayis buqqifamuu mala. Cubbuu fi daba kana hunda dhugaatu moohata.

Kan Wayyaaneedhaan waggoottan 25 darbaniif ummata Oromoorratti raawwatamaa turee fi jirus kanuma. Wayyaaneen nujjeesaa turteetti, nujjeesaas jirti. Waggoottan 25 darbaniif ilmaan Oromoo kumaa-kitila fixeetti, har’as lafarraa duguuguutti jirti. Lammiin Oromoo mana hidhaatti dararamaa jirus lakkoofsi isaa ammanaan hin beekamu.

Walumaa galatti Wayyaaneen Saamichi fi biyya abbaa keenyaarraa nu godaansisuun baroota darbaniif nurratti gaggeessaa baate ammas dheeraffachuuf tattaafataa jirti.

Dhugaan dhugaadha! “Dhugaan ni qallatti malee hin cittu” akkuma jedhamu san ummanni Oromoo dhugaa qabatee, dhugaaf waan qabsaawaa jiruuf ajjeefamus, hidhamus, saamamus dararamus qabsoo hin dhifne.

Qabsoon isaa guddataaa fi bal’ataa akkasumas diinarras aanaa fuulduratti deemaatuma jira. Irree fi gaachanni saba Oromoo WBOn, goototni dhaloonni haaraan Qeerroon biyya keessatti akkasumas sabboontonni Oromoo biyyaa godaansifamanis bakka jiranitti qabsoo haqaa finiinsaa jiru. Qawweefis ta’e holola diinaatif osoo gurra hin kenniin bilisummaaf lolaa jiru. Kun boonsaadha!

Ummanni Oromoo bara bittaa Wayyaanee keessas haata’u sanaan dura takkaa diinaaf tole jedhee bulee hin beeku. Gootni tokko dhugaaf dhaabbatee mirga isaaf odoo falmuu yoo kufu, dhalootni hafe itti darbee irraa fuudhee finiinsuun kunoo sadarkaa murteessaa yeroo amma irra jiru kanarra geenyeerra. uundurattis ummati Oromoo, ummati dhugaaf dhaabbate kun, ummanni mirgaa fi bilisummaa isaaf dhaabbate ilmaan isaa muratoo fi cichoo faana ta’ee qabsoo isaa finiinsuun murna Wayyaanee; murna isa ajjeesaa fi saamaa jirtu hundeen buqqisee akka ofirraa gatu shakiin hin jiru.

Hanga harra afaan qawweetiin ukkaafamnee akka sabaatti harka Wayyaaneetti manakaraaraa jirra, saamamaas jirra, biyyaayis godaansifamaa jirra. Ammaan achi garuu jireenyi akkanaa, barri bittaa Wayyaanee umrii dheeraa hin qabu. Qabaachus hin qabu; qabaachus hin danda’u.

Harra ummanni Oromoo alaa-manatti qabsoo isaatin fuunduratti tarkaanfachaa jira, gabrummaatti xumura gochuuf diina isa saamaa turtee fi jirtu ofirraa lolataa jira. Qawwees, holola diinaas irra tarkaanfatee tokkummaa isaa jabeefachuun lolli inni gaggeessaa jiru fira boonsee diina raasee jira. Ammaan achis holollis ta’e, qawween diinaa qabsoo Oromoo gufachiisuu hin danda’u. Sochiin kun cimee itti fufnaan ammoo Oromoon biyya isaa Oromiyaa dhihootti bilisa baasuundhugaa hin hafneedha.

Wayyaaneen waggoottan 25 darbaniif ummata Oromoorratti ajjeechaa, hidhaa, dararaa akkasumas holola adda addaa gaggeessaa turteetti.Biyyoota Lixaa fi Bahaa tokko tokko jala deemunis dhugaa biyya keessa jiru dhoksuuf yaalaa turteetti. Kun harra akkuma “Duumeecha Sadaasaa” jedhan san harkaa facahee jira. Bakka hundattuu dhugaan Oromoo calaqqisaa, sobni Wayyaanee ifaa bahaa dhufeera. Akka yaadde Oromoo alaa-manatti qooduu hin dandeenye. Akkuma muldhachaa jiru Oromoon kan yeroo kamiituu caalaa alaa-manatti tokko ta’ee hadheeffatee Wayyaaneen lolaa jira. Wayyaanee waliin “nama Gumaa” ta’uu qabsoo isaatin mirkaneessaa jira.

Yeroo ammaa kana WBOn, Qeerroon Oromoo walumaa galatti ummanni Oromoo Oromiyaa keessatti Wayyaanee fi ergamtoota ishii rukutaa, qabeenya ishii barbadeessaa jira. Waltajjii hololaa diinni qopheeffate mara lagachuun akeeka wayyaanee fi lukkeelee hoongeessaa mootummaa gabroomfataa dhiphisaa jira.

Haaluma wal fakkaatuun hawaasni Oromoo biyyoota garagaraa keessa jiraatus qabsoo Oromoo finiinaa jiru kana; caalaatti jabeessuuf qabeenya, beekumsaa fi humna isaatin tumsa walirraa hin cinne taasisaa jira. Sabboontoonni Oromoo biyyoota alaa jiran kunneen qabeenyaan hidhannoo WBO cimsuu fi sochii qeerroo jabeessuu cinaatti, hiriira walirraa hin cinne bahuun Wayyaanee balaaleeffachuu fi saaxiluun gama Dippiloomaasitiinis injifannoolee gurguddoo galmeessisaa jiru. Kan darbe seenaaf dhiifnee tarkaanfidhuma dhiheenya kana Gamtaan Awurooppaa fi miseensoonni Kongirasii fi Seeneetii Ameerikaa Wayyaaneerratti fudhatan yoo kaafnee ilaalle qabsoon hawaasa Oromoo biyya alaa ammam bilchaataa fi cimaa akka deeme ifatti mirkaneessa.

Wayyaaneen harra biyya keessatti qofaa osoo hin ta’in qabsoo hawaasni Oromoo biyya alaa jiraatu taasisee fi taasisaa jiruun biyyoota ishii gargaaraa turan biratti bullukkoo qaanii haguuggataa jirti. Dharri ishiin hololaa baate harkaa facahee salphachaa jirti.

Biyyoonni baayyeen shiraa fi yakka Wayyaanee hubachuun tarkaanfii mataa isaanii fudhachaa jiru. Walumaagalatti Oromoon qabsoo biyya keessaa fi alatti gaggeessaa jiruun hidhannoonis ta’ee gama dipiloomaasitiin injifataa ta’eera. Kun cimee itti fufuu qaba.

Qabsoo ummanni Oromoo biyya keessaa fi alatti taasisaa jiruu fi injifannoolee galmeessaa jiru kanaan kan baaragde Wayyaaneen tibba kana toftaa dulloomaa tokko qabattee gara biyyoota Awuroopaa fi Ameerikaatti ergamtoota bobbaasaa jiraachuun dhagahameera. Kasaaraa gama dipiloomaasitiin irra gahe kana yoo dandeeche dachaasuuf wixxirfachaa jirti. Akka odeessa dhagahamaa jiru kanaatti sochii ummata Oromoo biyya keessaa fi ala jiruun kan dhiphuu hamaa keessa seente Wayyaaneen ergamtoota hedduu bobbaasuun Oromoo garaaf bule yoo argatte sossobachuuf, akkasumas maqaa ABO akkuma barte xureessuun warreen Lixaa dhugaa Oromoon qabu hubatan micciirrachuuf tattaafachaa jirti. Akkuma “Gadi daakanii dadhaban ol daaku.” jedhamu san tarii oolee bulinnaa laataaf yoo ta’e malee bobbaan ergama farrummaa qondaalota wayyaanee kun kan milkaawu akka hin taane eenyufuu ifaadha.

Hawaasi Oromoo biyya alaa jiru yoo lammiin isaa inni biyya jiru madaahu, waliin madaahaa ture, yoo du’u waliin du’aa, yoo hidhamu waliin hidhamaa ture ammas borus akkasuma. Wayyaanee fi ergamtoota sirnichaaf hin galin ta’a malee Oromoon biyya alaa jiru Oromoodhuma garboonfattootaan biyyaa baqachiifame dha. Inni biyya keessaa hidhamaa fi du’aa jirus ta’e inni ala jiru tokkuma. Saba hololli diinaa adda baasuu miti. Baasees hin beeku, baasuus hin danada’u.

Oromoon biyya jiru Wayyaanee jibbeera, xireeffateera, Allis kanuma.

Wayyaaneen Kana hubachu dhabuun qondaalota ishii amanamoodha jettee fi dabballoota garaaf bulan filtee bobbaaftus ergamni isaanii hin milkaawu.

Hawaasni Oromoo biyya kamuu keessa jiraatu holola Wayyaaneef gurra akka hin qabne dalagaadhaan agarsiisaa ture, agarsiisaas jira. Oromoon biyya alaa jiru ergamtoonni akkasii yoo isa mudates akkuma kana durii salphisee, xiqqeesse ofirraa hariyuu qaba. Warra Gumaa, warra dhiiga ilmaan Oromoo kumaa kitilaa dhangalaase waliin gongumaa haasawuu hin qabu. Bakka ergamtoonni kun dhaqan marattis dura goruun qaanessuu, dhiphisuu qaba. Eenyummaa isaanii fi waan isaan deemaniifis dipiloomaatotaa fi mootummoota biyya jiranitti hubachiisuun shira Wayyaanee saaxiluun dubbii fardiidha. Hawaasi Oromoo biyya alaa jiraatu qabeenya, beekumsaa fi humna isaa itti wareeguun injifannoo galmeessise, olaantummaa dippiloomaasii wayyaaneerratti gonfachaa jiru eeggachuu qaba.

Kanaafuu Ummanni Oromoo keessaa-alaan injifannoolee hanga ammaatti qabsoo isaatin gonfate tikfataa, holola diigumsaa QBO fi dhaaba qabsoo kana gaggeessu ABOrratti,akkasumas sochii warraaqsa Xumura gabrummaa gaggeeffamaa jirurratti aggaammattee Wayyaaneen karaa ergamtoota alatti bobbaafattee gaggeessaa jirtu jabinaan dura dhaabbachuun dubbii fardii dha.

Hundi keenya harka walqabannee ergamtootaa diinaa olii gadi deemuun bara bittaa gabrummaa Oromoorratti dheeressuuf dhamahaa jiran kana salphisuu fi tasgabbii dhoorkuu qabna.

Nuti Dhugaaf dhaabbane, dhugaaf qabsaawaa jirra, walqixummaa fi mirga abbaa biyyummaa Oromoof du’aa fi dararamaa jirra waan ta’eef; madoofnus ni fayyina, hidhamnus ni hikkamana, duunus ni alla, hiyyoomnus ni duroomna. Waan ta’eefis hidhaa ajjeechaa fi dararaa kamiifuu osoo duubatti hin jedhin alaa manatti qabsoo keenya gama hundaanuu finiinsinee injifannoolee hafan haa gonfannuun xumura dubbiiti!
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29/04/2016
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Barsiisaa Girmaa Tujubaa Humna Hidhattoota Wayyaanee TPLF Ajjeefamuun Beekame.

April 29, 2016By Qeerrooin Oduu/NewsLeave a comment

Barsiisaa Girmaa Tujubaa jedhamu Godina W/Lixaa Najjootti dhalatan. Digirii isaanii jalqabaa Yunbarsiitii Gondor irraa “Marketing management” dhaan xumuran sana boodas Mana barumsaa Qophaa’inaa Naqamteetti barsiisaa ta’anii ramadamuun hojii barsiisummaa itti fufan, B/saa Girmaa Qaxalee aadaa hojii cimaa akkuma Oromoota bara durii sanaa kan qabu waan ta’eef Yeroo isaa Barsiisummaadhaan M/B Qophaa’inaa Naqamteetti dabarsu irraa kan hafu akkanumaan balleessuu waaan hin barbaannef , dabalataan Yunbarsiitii Riiftivaalii dame Naqamteetti ramadamuun Dukkana doofummaa uummata keenyatti baay’ate sana lammiiwwan isaa lubbuu isaa caalsisee mararfatu sanarraa kaasee waaroo qoroominaafi ifa barnootaa argamsiisuufiif kutannoodhaan utuu hin nuffiin barsiisuu itti fufan Nama baay’ee sabboonaa M/b saa lamaanittuu sabboonummaa isaaniin dorgomaa hin qabne turan gaafa guyyaa 26/03/2016 wayyaaneen galgala naannoo sa’a 1 fi 2 gidduu utuu isaan Barsiisaa turanii galanii Yuunvarsiitii Riifti vaalii fuulduratti konkolaataadhaan irra baasuun ajjeesan. Waan nama gaddisiisu takkaa dhahanii erga kuffiisanii booda si’a lama irra deebisuun ajjeesan.
torbanuma sana keessa M/B qophaa’inaa Naqamtee keessa seenuun koottuu jedhanii isa waaman Innis dhimmi diinota warra dhiiga Oromoo dhangalaase bira na fidu hin jiru jechuun, didee biraa deeme, jarris torban kana yoo ati ati jairaattehoo jedhanii, deeman.ajjeefamuun isaas sanaa booda B/saa Girmaa Tujubaa gosa barnootaa “General Bussiness” Kutaa 11ffaafi 12ffaa barsiisu. Sabboonummaa isaaniifi Amala isaa gaarii, inni
qabu irraan kan ka’e Barattootaafi oromoota hedduu biratti jaallatama guddaa kan argatedha.
FXG baranaa keessattis adda durummaadhaan barattoota Gorsa qalbii namaa ijaaran ciccimoo, gorsaa tureera. barattoota Mana hidhaa turaniifi agaaziin caccabsitee qormaanni jala darbe utuu hin rakkisiin qabxii gaarii kaa’aafi turan, Barnoonni bilisummaa booda ilaalcha jedhu qabatanii Barattoota Oromoo gargaaraa turan.
sodaa tokko malee Daree keessatti basaastonni lammii keessan dabarsitanii diinaaf hin laatiinaa, Abdiin uummataa barataa akka ta’e barataan falmachuu akka qabu, Ifaaf ifatti gorsaa ture, gochaa diinummaa agaazonni wayyaanee, barana Oromoorratti raawwatte barattoota fuulduratti Daree keessatti dubbachuun gochaa diinaa balaaleffatee, barattootasaatti diinummaa diinaa karaa garaagaraan bifa yoomuu sammuu barattootaa
keessaa baduu hin dandeenyeen himaa ture, Fakkeenyaafis wantoota shanan oromoon ajaa’ibu akka armaan gadii kanatti Barattoota Koo Oromoon waa shan ajaa’iba
1. Biqiltuu guddachaa jiru ol adeemaa karaatti hin muru
2,yeroo adamoo adamsu bineensa qe’ee namaatti baqate hin ajjeesu, abbaan qe’ees dabarsee hin laatu
3, Haadhaafi Ilmoo walirratti hin ajjeesu
4, Bineensa hormaataaf quunnamtii gochaa jiru hin ajjeesu, warra wal horu ajjeesuuf “genocide” sanyii duguuggaadha,
5, Bineensa rimaa (garaatti baattu) hin ajjeesu. Kun waa shanan oromoon ajaa’ibu dha
Barana garuu warra agaaziin Ilmaan Oromoo irratti gochaan raawwatame faallaa waan kana hundaati. Oromoon dhala namaaf dhiisiiti bineensaafu hamma kanaa kabaja kan laatudha garuu barana ija isaa duratti dhalli isaa hamma bineensaayyu kabaja dhabani. Qabsaa’aa BBB gochaan akkanaa oromoorra akka dhaabbatuuf falmadhaa,
Kan lammiisaa garbummaa jalaa baafatu lammii baratedha Oromoon siniin qaba adaraa hin laafiinaa jechaa ture basaastuu taatanii immoo obbolaan keessan dabarsitanii hin laatiinaa, waan harra sin nyaattanii bultan boor udaan ta’a waan ajaa’aa kanaaf jettanii adaraa saba keessan diinaaf hin laatiinaa lammii keessan waliin dhaabadhaatii farra diinaa ta’aa malee akka Goobanaa lammii keessan gantanii farra Oromoo hin ta’iinaa. jechaa ture, gorsi isaa waan kana qofa miti waggaa lamaan Isa waliin jirru kanatti kaninni nu gorsaa ture hunda , barreessee hin fixu barattoonni hundi utuu akka qaroo ija isaaniitti ilaalanii diinni keenya wayyaaneen Hayyuu keenya kana karaatti dhaamsite.
Reeffi isaas gara biyya dhalootasaa Najjootti ergameera.Barattootni Kutaa 12ffaas guyyaa harraa Suuraa isaa irratti Hayyuu karaatti dhaame jecha jedhu barreeffatanii dungoo ibsuun Mana barumsaa irraa ka’anii hanga Mana Haadha warraa isaatti boo’aa deemaniiru.Waan nama gaddisiisu B/saa Girmaa Tujubaa misirroo eega bultii ijaarratee waggaa tokko kan hin guunnedha.Kana malees nama dandeettii guddaa qabudha, M/B Qoph. Naqamtee waaree duraaf booda shiiftii lamaan utuu barsiisuu yeroo isaa irraa hafe immoo Yun.Riifti vaalii barsiisa .
guyyaa konkolaataan rukkutanii Isa ajjeesan sana uummannifi barattoonni yaa’anii konkolaataa raayyaa ittisa biyyaa B/saa Girmaa rukkutte sana kan caccabse yoo ta’u, turtii xiqqoo booda waraanni agaazii dhufuun uummata hiraarsuun qawwee dhudhukaasaa ,nama tumaa turan, B/saan Girmaa gara Hospitaalaa geeffamus gommaan konkolaataa si’a lama sammuu isaarra waan ba’eef hafuu hin dandeenye, waan baay’ee nama
gaddisiisu takkaa gommaa irra baasuun lammaffaa gommaa irra deebisanii gommaan konkolaatichaa akkuma qaama Barsiisaa Girmaa dhahetti irratti dhiisanii badan Konkolaatittis uummatatu dhiibee qaama isaarraa buuse.

Ethiopian Prosecutors Charge Oromo Opposition Leaders under Anti-Terrorism Proclamation

OFC-ISG Press Release No. 4  |   April 27, 2016

On April 22, 2016, federal Ethiopian prosecutors charged 22 individuals, including Mr. Bekele Gerba, First Secretary-General of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) with violations of various articles of Ethiopia’s notorious Anti-Terrorism Proclamation (ATP). The charges include – but are not limited to – alleged communication with the banned Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), public incitement, encouraging violence, and causing the deaths of innocent civilians, as well as property destruction in cities such as Ambo and Adama during the recent protests in Oromia, Ethiopia.  All prisoners were previously transferred from Makalawi to Qilinxu jail without any notice to their families or lawyers.

“When they arrived at Qilinxu prison, they were offered to take pills by prison administration which all the 22 prisoners refused,’’ according to Bekele Gerba’s daughter Bontu in an interview she gave to Oromia Media Network on April 23, 2016. ‘’Then the prison polices took 4 of the prisoners – Bekele Gerba, Dejene Tafa, Addisu Bulala and Gurmessa Ayana – to a dark rooms and they are no more with the 18 others,’’ she added. ‘’We, family members, were no more able to visit them this weekend,’’ said Aynalem Debelo, the wife of the Deputy Secretary of OFC, Dejene Tafa. ‘’When we request their whereabouts and demand to visit them, the police has no answer.  They told us to communicate the prison administrators who are not willing to talk to us,’’ they told Oromia Media Network.

Even when they were in Makelawi, prison conditions were harsh and dangerous. Bekele explained this in his own words in the court the following way:

“መታሰር ምንም ማለት አይደለም። አስሮ ሰብዓዊ መብትን መጣስ ግን የትም ሃገር የሌለ ነው። እንደ ኢትዬጵያ መንግስት ጨካኝ የለም።4 በ 5 በሆነች ቤት የምንኖረው 23 እስረኞች ሆነን ነው። እዛችው ቤት ውስጥ ለሽንት የምንጠቀምበት ባልዲ እና የሁላችንም ልብስይቀመጣል። ይህን ተቃውመን የረሃብ አድማ ብናደርግ ‘ከፈለጋችሁ መሞት ትችላላችሁ’ ነው የተባልነው። እኛም ለመሞት ዝግጁ ነን።”

በቀለ ገርባ, 18/03/16

“Imprisonment is not a big deal. Violating prisoners’ human rights is rare in the world. No one is cruel like the Ethiopian government. We share 4 meter x 5 meter with 23 prisoners. We put our clothes and a bucket for emergency in the same room. When we protested this by hunger strike, they told us, “You can die if you want to”. We too are ready to die”.

– Bekele Gerba, Deputy Chairperson of Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), March 18, 2016 at his third remand hearing.

Mr. Gerba appealed to the court about the inhumane and degrading conditions in the prison cell, but to no avail. During his fourth appearance in court, on April 15, 2016, he showed his lawyer the rashes on his body resulting from insect bites, mainly bedbugs and fleas. Such detention conditions violate Article 18(1) of the Ethiopian Constitution, which reads: “Everyone has the right to protection against cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”

Mr. Gerba and others committed no crime, neither were they informed about all the charges against them. Above all, Mr. Gerba believes that only a peaceful and nonviolent struggle can guarantee real change and build a truly democratic society in Ethiopia. Mr. Gerba rejects violence and has stated as much in several interviews. He believes in Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s philosophy of non-violent political resistance and has translated one of Dr. King’s books into Oromo so as to better spread this message. The EPRDF government’s accusations of terrorism against these Oromo political leaders are baseless.  Rather, these charges are being used to suppress the basic human rights of Oromos and other Ethiopian peoples who are struggling to bring democracy, freedom, and justice to Ethiopia.  Such acts by Ethiopian government violate Articles 29, 30, and 31 of the Ethiopian Constitution, which guarantees the “Right of Thought, Opinion and Expression; The Right of Assembly, Demonstration and Petition and Freedom of Association.”

The Oromo Federalist Congress International Support Group (OFC-ISG) is saddened by the magnitude of charges brought against Mr. Gerba and other political prisoners. We would like our supporters, friends, and the world to know that these charges are false allegations. As stated by the Chairperson of the OFC-ISG, in an interview with Oromo TV, “What worries OFC-ISG most is the fate of that country.  If such acts of absolute repression crush every peaceful movement and produce radicals, it is advantageous neither to Ethiopia, nor to the West. Therefore, we ask the international community to stand by our side and put pressure on the Ethiopian government to unconditionally free all Oromo political prisoners since the government has already taken accountability for the poor governance that ignited the Oromo protests in Oromia.”

The Oromo Federalist Congress International Support Group (OFC-ISG) is a non-profit organization established in 2010 with the mission to bring an end to the brutal oppression, injustice, and inequality with a view to advancing human rights, rule of law, good governance, protection of the environment, and sustainable development in Ethiopia by supporting the struggle of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) through advocacy, education, and financial contributions.

Ethiopian Security Forces Open Fire on Students

(CNN iReport) — There has been widespread protest by Oromo students in universities in Ethiopia against unpopular ‘Addis Ababa-Finfinnee surrounding integrated master plan’. Oromo students in Haromaya, Jimma, Ambo and Wollega universities held protests.

Although officials in Oromia state and Addis Ababa city administration insist the plan only intends to develop Addis Ababa and its surrounding, Oromo students and the wider Oromo elites believe the plan is to displace farmers in the outskirts and suburban areas of the city, meet the growing demand for land, and weaken the Oromo identity. The Ethiopian constitution grants a special interest to the Oromia state regarding administrative, resource and other socio-economic matters in Addis Ababa, in its article 49 which never have been implemented. This has largely resulted in significant resistance within the ruling party, OPDO, in Oromia and a continues pressure to materialize the implementation.

The protest against the doomed to fail master plan is held in four universities sofar. Yesterday (26/04/2014) at Wollega University, the infamous and notorious Federal police opened fire at innocent Oromo students. Reports and eye witness indicate unknown number of students were hurt and some have fled to the bushes. The people of Nekemete town were prevented from joining the resistance. Even then some of the residents broke through line of federal police force and joined the protest.

At similar protest in Jimma university, the security forces picked more than 10 students and jailed them. Further 15 students in Ambo university were jailed.

The uproar against the plan is resonating across different segments of Oromo society. A singer by name Jafar Yusuf was jailed last week that is believed to be because he released a single condemning the plan. The diaspora is is voicing its concerns through the newly launched diaspora based Oromia Media Network

The security forces in Ethiopia are dominated by the Tigrayan minority who have been in power since the downfall of Derg communist regime in 1991. The Oromos are the most prosecuted in Ethiopia. More than 40000 Oromos are in jail, although the correct figure is hard to know.

#OromoProtest Daily, April 26, 2016

Sad News

Sad NewsJaal Margaa Dabaloo to’annaa Wayyaanee jalatti kufuun dhaga’ame!Obbo Margaa Dabaloo Godina Wallaggaa Bahaa Aanota Giddaa waliigala (Giddaa Ayyaanaa,Kiiramuu,Eebantuuu,Galiilaa fi Haroo Limmuu) gidduu socho’uun waggoota 18ttan darban oliif mootummaa Wayyaanee wajjin wal’aansoo jabaa geggeessaa kan ture biyya keessaa harka wayyaaneetiin to’atamuun dhaga’ame

Obbo Margaa Dabaloon ilma isaanii ilaalcha sabboonummaa keessatti Guddisan dargaggoo Darajjee Margaa Dabaloo Liigii Dargaggoota KFO kan ture ji’a shaniin dura harka wayyaaneen to’atamuun isaas beekameera.
Obbo Margaa Dabaloo waa’ee mirga uummata Oromootiif waggoota dheeraa bosona kan jiraateef uummati Oromoos falmii dhageessisuun wabii lubbuusaa ta’uu akka qabu qeerroon Giddaa dhaameera!

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Musliimoonni Magaalaa Jimmaa fi Finfinnee Irraa Qabamanii Mana Hidhaatti Dararamaa Jiran Digdamman Guyyaa Boorii Mana Murtiitti Akka Dhihaatan Beekame!
# RDH Kibixata, Ebla 18/2008 (April 26, 2016)
Musliimoonni Magaalaa Jimmaa fi Finfinnee irraa humna tikee wayyaaneen butamuun galmee himannaa Kadir Mohaammad jalatti himatamanii jiran guyyaa boorii Mana Murtiitti akka dhihaatan beekameera.
Musliimoonni kun humna tikee wayyaaneen butamuun mana hidhaa Maa’ikelaawwii keessatti baatiiwwan shanii oliif hidhamuun dararamaa erga turanii booda Mana murtiitti dhiheeffamuun, yakka shororkeessummaatiin kan himataman yommuu ta’u, Manni Murtii kaangaaroo Himatamtoonni kun abbaan seeraa nuuf haa jijjiiramu jechuu isaaniitiin, adeemsa murtii isaanii ji’oota sadiif addaan akka citu akka taassise ni yaadatama.
Akka seera biyyattiitti himatamtooni baatii 4 caalaa mana hidhaa Maa’ikelaawwii keessatti hidhamuu akka hin qabne kan labse ta’us, Mootummaan Wayyaanee garuu himatamtoota kana ji’oota shanii oliif mana hidhaa maa’ikelaawwii keessatti hidhuun dararaa tureera.
Himatamtoonni kun waggaa tokkoo oliif murtee osoo hin argatiin mana hidhaa kessatti daramaa kan jiran yommuu ta’u, adeemsi murtii isaanii addaan erga citee turtii baatii sadii booda guyyaa boorii waaree dura sa’a 2:30 irratti mana murtii Lideetaatti akka dhihaatan beekameera.
Hawaasni Musliimaas guyyaa boorii dhaddacha irratti argamuun deggersa isaa akka agarsiisu waamichi dhihaateer

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‪#‎OromoProtests‬ Bekele Gerebe again  he have been charged what he never committee crime along side OFC members by Tigray government. We can see that how vicious TPLF regimes become, against our nations and all Ethiopians that’s why Bekele Gerebe and his fellow OFC members have been charged this week by TPLF. They are labeled them by being OLF Member and the TPLF have listed OLF as terrorist group for long time when TPLF Terrorist evils still operating in Ethiopia as terrorist. Bekele Getbe the man who’s even refuse to spoke to OLF leaders shouldn’t deserve this just by meeting OLF supporters it’s doesn’t mean he is OLF. We know they have been just because they are Oromo’s and the TPLF still un willing to give up on killing, kidnaping torturing abusing and chasing down all Oromo national from child to elderly even pregnant women including well educated intellectual Oromo’s all over Oromiyaa. Being Oromo in Ethiopia at the moment is crime, It’s really sad indeed.
What our Oromo nations to know is we are at war since 1992 by Terrorist Tigray librations front (TPLF ) now our nations in secret genocides form since by minority Tigray TPLF and they are still work hard to keep Oromo’s silence by any means to survive and stay on power for little while and the TPLF criminality against humanity unlimited. Amhara siitariit yabasabasa zinab ayfaram yiiale” so that’s why they are never stop killing and destroy our people life but it’s not easy for them after our nations are united Oromo people still resisting and fighting along side with QEERRO and some of them even start joining OLF, may be they are on Military training and no body knows The remain QEERRO in Oromiyaa must be with our nations it’s war time against Tigray and and we will never ever give up fighting against injustice and our right al Oromo will achieved their own freedom, we have a people with a massive populations we don’t to fear for minority Tigray who is equipped heavy weapon and machines gun by Wester any more, After what they have done to Oromo nations. They don’t have capable ruling Oromo’s or other Ethiopians any more it’s over. We know for sure the TPLF are already fighting for survival only by killing
Unfortunately that’s no for long and watch out while they are even going to collapsed them self just matter of time.
Our struggle is continues !!

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Ebla 25 Bara 2016) Naannoo Finfinnee Godina Addaa Oromiyaa Magalaa Buraayyuu Ganda Gafarsaatti Ebla 25/2016 Mootummaan wayyaanee ilmaan oromoo irratti mana jireenyaa diigaa akka oole oduun suuraan deggaramee nu gahe ifa godheera.oromootin mani jireenyaa jalaa diigame kun mootummaan wayyaanee karoora Maaster Pilaanii qabu ifatti hojiira oolfachuu waan dadhabeef tooftaa gara garaa baasee lafa keenyarraa waan nu buqisaa jiruuf oromoo bakka jiruu akka nuu birmatu jechuun dhaamsa dabarffachuu isaanii dhaamsa SBO qaqabe irraa hubachuu dandeenyeera.

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ውጤት አልባው ኢሕኣዴግ የውጪና የደህንነት ፖሊሲውን እንዲፈትሽ የቀረበለትን ሃሳብ እየመረመረው ነው:: ‪#‎Ethiopia‬‪#‎EPRDF‬ ‪#‎EthiopianForeignPolicy‬‪#‎MinilikSalsawi‬ ‪#‎Dictators‬

Minilik Salsawi (ምንሊክ ሳልሳዊ) – የደህንነት ተቋሙን ምስጢር ለውጪ ሃይል አሳልፈው ሰጥተዋል የተባሉ የደህንነት ሃይሎች አስሯል::በተባለበት በዚህ ሳምንት ውስጥ ኢሕኣዴግ መራሹ መንግስት የውጪ ፖሊሲውን እንዲፈትሽ የቀረበለትን ሃሳብ እየመረመረው መሆኑን ለኢሕኣዴግ አገዛዝ የደህንነት እና የዲፕሎማሲ አማካሪዎች ቅርብ የሆኑ ምንጮች ጠቁመዋል:: በአራት ዘርፍ ተከፍሎ በግለሰቦች አምባገነናዊ አመራር ስር የወደቀው የደህንነት እና የዲፕሎማሲው ዘርፍ በከፍተኛ ደረጃ በሃገር እና በዜጎች ላይ አደጋ መደቀኑን ምንጮቹለምንሊክ ሳልሳዊ ተናግረው ኢሕኣዴግ የውጪ ፖሊሲው ከዜጎች ይልቅ ዜጋ ላልሆኑት ቅድሚያ መስጠቱ እንዲሁም የደህንነት ተቋማቱ ዜጎችን ለማጥፋት ሌት ተቀን እየሰሩ መሆናቸውን በግልጽ ያስቀመጠ ሲሆን እየተከተለ ያለው ፖሊሲ አደጋው ለሃገሪቱ ካሁኑ በባሰ መልኩ ብሄራዊ ውርደትን ያከናንባል በተያዘው ቸልተኝነት እና ነገርን በንግግር ብቻ አንጠልሎ መተው አደጋው የከፋ መሆኑ ተገልጿል::

ለሃገር ቅድሚያ ሰጥቶ ዜጎችን ማክበር ማስከበር ያልቻለ መንግስት የውጪን ወረራ መመከት ያስቸግረዋል የሚሉት አማካሪዎቹ ከውጪ ሃይሎች ለሚደረግ ማንኛውም የግልጽ እና የእጅ አዙር ወረራ ሕዝብ ፊቱን ካዞረ መመከት ስለማይቻል ወቅታዊ ሁኔታዎች ስጋታቸው መስፋቱን ጠቁመዋል::ሕዝቦች በመንግስት ላይ እምነት የሚኖራቸው ብሄራዊ የዜግነት ማንነታቸውን የሚያከብር አገዛዝ ሲኖር መሆኑን መዘንጋት የለብንም የሚሉት አማካሪዎቹ ለዜጎች የምንተገብረውን እና የምንጠቀምበትን ቋንቋ ልንለይ እና ልናውቅ ይገባል ሲሉ ከሽብር ጋር በተያያዘ በዜጎች ላይ የሚጻፈው ስም አሳሳቢና ብዙም የማያስጉዝ በሕዝቡ ብቻ ሳይሆን በአባላቱ ጭምር ተቃውሞ ያለበት የሕግ ሂደት መሆኑን አስምረውበት ዜጎችን በሃገሪቱ ወንጀለጫ መቅኛ ሕግ መክሰስ እየተቻለ በሽብር ሕግ ማንገላታቱ አደጋው የከፋ መሆኑን አስቀምጠዋል::የሕወሓት ባለስልጣናት ይህን ሃሳብ ቢያስከፋቸውም ራሳቸው በጠየቁት መሰረት ተጠንቶ የቀረበላቸው መሆኑ ታውቋል::

60 ሺህ የሚጠጉ ኢትዮጵያውያን በተለያዩ የአለም ክፍሎች ተከራካሪ መንግስት አጥተው በየእስር ቤቱ እየማቀቁ ይገኛሉ:: እንዲሁም በተለያዩ የደህንነት የጨለማ ድብቅ እስር ቤቶች በርካታ ዜጎች ካለፍርድ ታስረው ይገኛሉ::የደህንነት አባላቱ በቡድን በመደራጀት ዘረፋ እና ግድያ ይፈጽማሉ:: በተጨማሪም ሽብርተኛ የሚለውን የማያሟሉ ዜጎች በየእስር ቤቱ በሽብር ስም ተከሰው መገኘታቸው ትልቅ ስጋት መሆኑ ተጠቁሟል::ይህ በደመነብስ አገር የሚመራው ሕወሓት መራሹ ጁንታ የመጨረሻው ሰአት ላይ መድረሱ ሲታወቅ በከፍተኛ ደረጃ የውጪ ሃይሎችን ይፈራል የመከላከያ ሰራዊቱ እንደማይዋጋለት ስለሚያውቅ ወደ ጦር ሜዳ አይልክም ሲሉ ምንጮቹ የጠቆሙ ሲሆን ሕወሓት ራሱ ያደራጃቸው የወሮበላ ሰራዊቶች የመከላከያ ልብስ በማልበስ ሕዝቡን እያስፈጀ መሆኑን ጠቅሰዋል::‪#‎ምንሊክሳልሳዊ‬

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#‎oromoProtests‬ 26/4/2016 hiriira guyyaa arraa sabboontoonni magaalaa waashingitanifii naannoo isii jiraatan waajjira dantaa alaa USA fulduratti godhame

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ODUU magalla Adaree iraa ykn Harar iraa amma nu dhabaqee kana dubissa Ebla 26 bara 2016
Magaalaa Harar keessa arra wayaaneen jiraattoota mana isaanii buqaasuuf dhufanii ummataan waliitti bu’uudhaan arra ganama sa’a 8:00 am ummanni waliitti dirmachuun humnoottii mootummaa wacaafaadhaan qaaneessanii deebisan kanaaf ummanni wal gurmeessanii naannoo baadiyyaa irraa waliitti dhufanii ammallee eeggachaa jiran haalli kun ammaan duraas ummata oromoo magaalaa irraa baasuuf karoorfame dubbatamaa jiruudha. Ammaf oduun nu gesse kana qofa jelaa buune issiin gabafnaa galatoma

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SEENAA HAALA HUNDEEFAMA ROOBEE
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Oromoon lafa Baale irraa qubate, Oromoon Mandoo ilmaan 7 argatr, Ilmi hangafaas Oromoo Raayyaa dha, Raayyaan Ilmaan 33 argate, ilmaan isaa keessaa gosti Walashee
angoo abbaa bokkuu qaba,abbootti bokkuu ciccimoo qabaachunis beekkama.
Akka kanaan nama Oromoo Raayyaa ta’ee balleessa balleesse irratti murti kan dabarsu
abbaa bokkuu walasheedha,
bara tokko Abbaan bokkuu walashee, Danboobaa Tiksee, kan jedhaman angoon bulchiinsa naannoo walashee kan kennameef waan ta’eef , nama badii akka hannaa fi lubbuu namaa balleessuu raawwate akka balleessaa isaattiin ilaalanii haala seera Gadaatiin murtii jajjaba waan dabarsaniif, namni kamiyyuu walashee dhaquu ni sodaata ture.
Akkuma sirni Gadaa dhiibbaa nafxanyootaatiin badaa dhufeen Abbaa bokkuun Walashee Dhihootti yaadataman Abbaa bokkuu Sheeyimoo Finqilaati.
Magaalaan Walashee guddoon Roobe jedhamti. Haala Roobe itti hudeenfamte, mangudoonni yoo himan akkana jedhu. Roobeen dura gabaan guddoon naannawa sanii, gabaa ganda Abbakara Hambaqaa ta “Mis’ra” jedhamtutu ture. Mis’ra kiiloo meetira kudha lama Rooberraa gara kiibbaattti argamtti. Guyyaa tokko,namni maqaa isaanii Haaji Alii Walee jedhamu, gabaa Misraa ta waare oo’ite dhufanii Ummataa gabaa jiruun:
“Hambaqa waaree baanee, Roobetti eeyidi qixxeen Haaji Alii Walee”
jedhanii ammaan booda gabaan misraa gara roobeetti akka jijjiramtu jedhanii murtii dabarsanii guyyama kana namoota gabaa dhufan hunda gara roobee kaasan jedhama.

Abbaan bokkuu Walashee, Danboobaan Hawaasa Walashee heddu wajjiin, Ummata gabaa Misraa irraa gara Robee yaa’u, laga Togona jedhamutti simatanii haga Robee wajjiin dhufan jedhama.

Kanaan booda Roobeen “Roobee Roobaa torbaanii” jechuun waamamuu eegalte jedhama. Manguddoonni yaada “Roobee Roobaa torbaanii”kana bifa lamaan himu. yaada tokkoon, magaalaan Robee ganda torba Jiddutti waan dhaabatteef yoo jedhan yaanni lammataa, namoonni maqaan isaanii Roobaa jedhaman torba torbaaniin . roobetti walgahanii murtii kan dabarsan waan ta’eef, jechuun himama.
Yeroo ammaa kana magaalan roobee teessoo sabaa fi sablammii hedduuti, ilmaan Oromoo qabsoo abbootiin teenna godhaniin waan hundaanu Olaantummadhaan hortee gitta bittoota nafxanyaa irra ooluun haqa abbaa biyyuummaa isaa firii dhandhamataa ilmaan isaatiif Magalaatti dhaala jira,magaalawwan Oromiyaa keessaa magaalan Abbaan biyya Oromoon Hangafumaan sadarkaa olaanaatti qabeenyaa fi hojii magaala keessaa dhunfate qabe magaala Roobe qofa jechuun ni danda’ama.
Magaala roobe baroota 10 darbanii asitti ummata Oromoo abbaa biyyaa cunqursaa kan jiru “Nafxanyaa Oromoo” , ” Hojjattoota Bulchiinsa Kantiibaa Magaala Roobeti”.
Hojjattoonni bulchiinsa magaala Roobee waggoota 10 darban keessatti angoo mootummaa fedhii dhuunfaa isaani ittiin bahuun birrii miliyoona 100 ol bifa malaamaltummaatiin hataa jiru.
Nafxanyoonni Oromoo,Hojjattoonni Bulchiinsa Kantiiba Magaala Roobee,lafa abboonni teenna nuuf dhaalan maqaa inveestenmeti jedhuun namoota hortee nafaxnyaa mallaqa qabanii fi hortee cunqursitoota angoo irra jiraniif dabarasnii gurguraa turan ammas gurguraa jiru.

Yuunibarsiitii Walqixxee irraa barattoonni Oromoo 27 badii malee hidhamanii dararamaa jiru.

Ebla 24,2016
Yakka tokko malee barattoonni Yuunibarsiitii Walqixxeerraa hidhamanii jiran 27 haala ulfaataa keessa jiraachuu Qeerroon achii dubbatu.Barattoonni kun gaaffii mirga abbaa biyyummaa waan gaafata niif qofa ragaa sobaa irratti qindeeffachuudhaan kan himataman yoo ta’u baay’ee isaanii Yuunibarsiitichi barnootarraa kan haqee jiru ta’ullee mana barnootaarraas dismissal erga ta’anii mana hiraarsa magaalicha keessatti akka hidhamanii jiraachuu akkasuma hidhaatii gadi lakkisuuf Mirga wabii kan eegsisaniif yoo ta’eellee dhabinsa namaaf osoo gadi hin dhiifaman jiraachuu mirga Wabii qarshii 5000 Kumashan shaniis yoo filannoof dhiyeesanillee baay’inaan barattoonni hidhamanii jiran kanfalachuu dadhabanii kunaanamaa jiru jedha odeessi Qeerroo gahe

Barattoota hidhaman 27 keessaa hedduun kaan abbaaf haadha kan hin qabne kaanis kanneen mana namaa ta’anii baratanii as gahan kaansaanii
hojii guyyaa hojjetaa baratanii as kan gahan ta’ullee carraa isaan mudatte kana qolachuun akkaan itti ulfaatee hiree isaanii dararama
taate kan dhamdhamaa jiru.

Ijaaramuu Tumsa Qeerroo Bilisummaa Oromoo Ilaalchisee Ibsa Ejjennoo Qeerroo Bilisummaa Biyya UK

Qeerroon Biyya UK damee tokko jalatti ijaaramaa jiru

Qeerroon biyya UK adeemsa qabsoo Oromoo finiinaa jiru keessatti qooda fudhachuu fi akkasumas gumaacha isaan irraa eegamu taasisuuf ijaarsa eegalanii jiru.

Adeemsi ijaarsa qeerroo kuni kaanan dura kan yaadamee itti adeemamaa tures yoo ta’e illee hojiitti seenamee milkiin itti argame quubsaa hin turre. Gama biraan dargaggoonni magaala adda addaa keessa jiranis bifa adda addaan walitti dhufanii kan socho’aa turan yoo ta’e illee seera ittiin buliinsa barreefame qabaachuu dhabuu fi sochii ture sadarkaa biyyatti gochuu dhabuun  gumaacha qeerroon gochaa turan walbubusuu bira darbee tokkummaa ilaalcha qeerroon qabu irratti illee golgaa ta’ee haguugaa ture.

Qabsoon qeeroon biyyya keessaa FXG keessatti gochaa jiru tarkaanfii hatattamaa fudhachuu waan dirqisiiseef gareen adeemsa ijaarsa qeerroo kana dhugoomsuuf fedha fi kutannoo qaban magaalota adda addaa biyyattii keessa jiran keessaa walitti baba’an walga’ii jalqabaa kan taasisan Mudde 2015 Birmingham tti ture. Sana boodas hatattamaan gareen kuni Amajjii 2016 walitti deebi’uun Qeerroo Bilisummaa Oromoo UK (QBOUK) hundeessuuf wixinee qopheefate. Haaluma wixinichaatiin Seera ittiin buliinsaa(by law) qopheefachuudhaan Qeerroon Ijaaramu kunis gara fuulduraatti maal akka dalaguu qabu karoora yeroo dheeraa fi gabaabaa jechuun dhimmoota Haawaasummaa, Siyaasaa, Diinagdee, Gabbisa aadaa, qorannoo fi kkf irratti bal’inaan waantota gara fuulduraatti dalagamuu qaban tooraa qabsiifatee gara hojiitti seene. Dargaggoota biyya kana jiran walitti fiduu, hidhata isaa sadarkaa addunyaatti babbal’ifachuu fi qeerroo biyya Oromiyaa keessaa qabsootti jiran faana dalaguun jijjirama fiduun mul’ata qeerroo bilisummaa UKti.

Gareen kunis carraa argame hundatti fayyadamee irra deddeebiin walga’ii marii hedduu erga taasisee booda gaafa kabaja guyyaa WBO, Gurraandhala 20, 2016, magaala Londontti gaggeefame irratti uummatatti gad ba’e. Gumaacha guyyaa sanaafis baasii pound 450 ta’u kiisa nama dhuunfaa garee dhimma kana dalagaa jiru keessaa argateen T-shirt, Sa’aatii fi Meeshaalee manaa boca seenaa Oromoo ibsuun faayamee qophaa’e qabatee argame. Haaluma kanaan baasii ba’e deebifatee caalbaasii fi gurgurtaa meeshaaleen galii pound 1100 sagantaa sanaaf gumaachuu dabalataan qeerroowwan walaloo fi sagantaa adda addaa qopheessuun sagantichaaf miidhagina laataniiru. Bifuma wal fakkaatuun aantummaa QERROON dhaabbilee Oromoon jalatti hiriiree ofii isaa addunyaatti itttin of beeksisus ta’ee qabsoo isaa cimsatu agarsiisuuf sagantaa busii galii OMN irratti  magaala London fi Bolton irratti meeshaa caalbaasiif ta’u qabatee argamus sagantaan qabamuufii hafuuu isaa irraan kana ka’e milkaa’inni haga aggaamame hin argamne.

Ijaarsi qeerroo kuni sagalee Qeerroo bifa tokko ta’een walitti qabuun gahee dargaggoonni qabsoo Oromoon taasisaa jiru keessatti qooda fudhachuuf ‘Tokkummaa’ fi ‘Oromummaa’ aangeffatee kan dhabbate yoo ta’u, garaagarummaa uumamu malu kamuu akkuma dhaloonni qubeen gochaa jirutti mariidhaan mo’achuudhaaf sagantaa isaa qabatee magaalota adda addaa keessatti walga’ii taasisuu eegaleera. Londotti gaafa Bitooteessa 26, 2016 kan taasise yoo ta’u, Leedstti ammoo Ebla 16, 2016tti raawwata. Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow fi magaalonni biraas walga’ii itti aanuu gaggeessuuf toora qabatanii jiru.  Milkii fi muuxannoo walga’ii kanneen irraa argame bu’uurefachuun walga’ii sadarkaa biyyaatti waamuufis karoorri qabamee jira.

Qeerroon Bilisummaa Oromoo UK dargaggoottaa fi shamarran biyya kana keessa jiran hundaaf maqaa Oromummaa fi Tokkummaatiin akka dhufanii yaadaa qaban mara ifa waliif godhanii, bakka buutota ofii filatanii, seeran ittiin buliinsaa qophaa’e qoratanii walcina hiriiran waamicha dabarsa.

Abbootiin keenya Lubbuu isaaniin Oromiyaa hirphaniiru, dhiiga isaaniin tiksanuuruu, nutis gahee keenya haa baanu. Barri tokkummaa fi bilisummaa amma.

Injifannoon Uummata Oromoof!

Gaashaayee Walduu

Dura Taa’aa Qeerroo Bilisummaa Oromoo- UK

AFARS FACING UNPRECEDENTED CATASTROPHIC SITUATION

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PRESS RELEASE

Currently, the Afar people in Ethiopia are facing disastrous, appalling and unprecedented dreadful famine catastrophe. The famine was not only caused by lack of rain, drought, climate change and effect of El Niño weather conditions as they claim but, it was a result of TPLF/EPRDF corruption, failure of strategies and policies, bad governance, human rights violations, unlawful land grabbing, forcible removal and eviction of Afar People from their traditional grazing land. They were driven away from the banks of Awash River which has been the lifeline of the Afar population that depend on it for survival since time immemorial to make place for the sugar plantations and large-scale agricultural projects owned by TPLF and foreign multinational corporations, companies and investors.

First, the Afar people saying that since 2012, they have been calling on the Federal and Regional Governments to find solution for the water shortages, environmental degradation, destruction of pastors and grazing resources, drying up of the Awash River problems that caused by damming of the Awash River by the regime, nevertheless their appeal and call fell on deaf ear.

Second it is a well-documented fact is that both the Ex-President and the current President of the Afar region, Ex- and current Federal Communication Affairs Office Minister have deliberately and blindly denied the existence of the famine in Ethiopia during 2013-2015.

Third, it is irrefutable fact is that TPLF/ ANDP or “ADE as it is known locally” purposely failed to recognise, acknowledge and to declare the famine on time. They even refused to call publically on the international Community for emergency humanitarian assistance to help the affected peoples in the country.

Additional fact is that, instead of helping the affected peoples by the famine, Federal Government Communication Affairs Office Minister Redwan Hussein blamed and accused the Afar pastoralists for the death of their livestock in order to cover his Government’s forcible removal of Afar pastoralists from their traditional grazing land on the Awash River banks to make away for TPLF, Foreign Multinational Corporations’ and Investors owned large scale Projects. The famine created by TPLF/EPRDF has already caused too many catastrophic problems for the Afar, such as food insecurity, water crisis, widespread malnutrition, health problem and unprecedented death of their livestock. As a result, the Afar have severely suffered.
In addition to the unprecedented famine that was worsened by the policies of the regime the TPLF has developed the following plans to systematically exterminate the Afar in Ethiopia:-

• Unlawful land grabbing and enforced eviction from their land
• Removing them from the Awash River banks forcibly
• Transferring parts of Afar land to the Somali tribe called Issa to create endless conflict between them in coordination with Issa dominated regime of Djibouti for its interests.
• Instigating conflicts between the Afar and their neighbouring peoples
• Removing Afar from all mineralised areas of Afar land
• Appointing uneducated, unskilled, inexperienced and corrupted individuals as Afar region officials to serve the interest of TPLF.
• Creating tribalism, mistrust and division between the ruling mafia and the Afar society;
• Controlling Afar region economic, political, social and cultural affairs by appointed Tigray Security Advisors or Counsellor, locally known as Ammakari

Any person who disagrees or rejects ANDP (QADE) TPLF (WAYANE) order is called anti peace element and sympathizer with ARDUF then; he/she is arrested and imprisoned arbitrarily. Today, the Afar region does not have a legitimate political authority accountable to the Afar. It is ruled by TPLF former fighters who are member of the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF). Their main duty, obligation and responsibility is only to serve their master not the Afar people, as they appointed by TPLF not by the Afar people, they are only accountable and answerable to the TPLF.
As a result of TPLF racially motivated discriminatory politics and policies the Peoples of Ethiopia in all regions are all facing increasing political oppression, economic marginalisation, and social exclusion, gross violation of human rights, horrible famine and internal displacement. The regime continues to unlawfully kill, systematically repress and arbitrarily arrest people in the regions of Oromia, Ogaden, Sidama, Amhara and Gambella in general and in the districts of Konso, Qimant, Humera, Tsegede and Wolkait in particular who fight for their basic human rights.

ARDUF condemns in the strongest possible terms the horrifying famine crimes of killings, displacement and forcible removal from their ancestral land committed by TPLF regime on the Afar people in particular; and against other peoples in Ethiopia in general.

ARDUF calls on all Ethiopian opposition forces, civil societies, human rights defenders and journalists to reject and denounce the politics of divide and rule by an iron fist and oppression of TPLF/EPRDF and support a democratic armed struggle to eliminate the fascist regime and to establish a genuine Democratic Federalism based on the rule of law in Ethiopia.

Long live the Victory of ARDUF & Ethiopian Peoples

Military Command Centre (MCC)
Information Desk of ARDUF
Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF)

Why Are Oromo Refugees Getting Sent Back to Ethiopia?

Tariku Debela, in jeans, walks carefully through the streets of Eastleigh, Nairobi. Photo by Ebba Abbamurti.

(Okay Africa) — On a warm eveningLAST month, Tariku Debela was walking home from dinner in the immigrant enclave of Eastleigh, Nairobi, when he was jumped by four men who took his phone and more than $200 in cash. Getting mugged is bad enough, but what happened next is seared in Debela’s memory.

Debela is an Oromo political leader residing in Kenya as a refugee. The men who robbed Debela delivered aMESSAGE in Amharic—a verbal threat from across the border—”side with the Ethiopian government or only death awaits you.”

When Debela decided to flee Ethiopia, after years of brutal political persecution, including torture and imprisonment, he expected to be protected as a refugee in Kenya. Indeed,UNDERINTERNATIONAL law he is. But, Debela and thousands of other Ethiopian refugees who enter neighboring countries have found themselves still within reach of the Ethiopian state, resulting in mistreatment from local governments and neglect from the international organizations ostensibly meant to protect them.

Amnesty International confirmed from sources on the ground that in early January 2016, KenyanSECURITY forces deported 25 Ethiopian refugees from Kenya. This is disputed by Stanley Mwango, spokesperson for the Kenyan government’s Department of Refugee Affairs, who denies the deportations, telling Okayafrica that “Kenya is notSENDINGaway anyone who is legally seeking asylum.”

But Amnesty’sACCOUNT corresponds to reports from Oromo community leaders in Nairobi that Ethiopian refugees are routinely subject to surveillance, harassment, violence and deportation from Kenyan police and border authorities, who they say work in close collaboration with the Ethiopian government.

The border crossing between Kenya and Ethiopia’s OromiyaREGION. Creative Commons photo courtesy of Andrew Heavens.

The outgoing Oromo community leader in Nairobi, Shaga Arado, 38, says most of the Oromos forcibly returned to Ethiopia are detained in military barracks near the border where they are interrogated and in some cases tortured. There are also incidents of Oromo refugees in Kenya disappearing—such as the case of Dabassa Guyo Saffaro, a well known Oromo oral historical and cultural leader who vanished off Nairobi’s streets in lateSEPTEMBER 2015. He has not been heard from since.

Although Ethiopians have consistently sought asylum for years on the basis of political persecution—UNHCR estimates there were 160,427 Ethiopian refugees in 2015—human rights organizations say they expect theNUMBER to grow in light of the ongoing Ethiopian government violence against Oromo protesters.

Peaceful protests began in November 2015 after the Ethiopian government announced plans to expand the municipality of Addis Ababa into the bordering Oromia region. The government has since abandoned the plan, but Human Rights Watch reports that over the past five months, EthiopianSECURITY forces are suspected of killing over 200 protesters and detaining thousands without cause. Oromos, the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, have consistently faced persecution and discrimination from the rulingEthiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) party, which has been in power since 1991. The Ethiopian government did not respond to a request forCOMMENT.

Debela nostalgicallySHOWS off a photo of him with the OFC party leader—Merera Gudina at a past function.

Debela, 33, is aMEMBER of the Oromo Federalist Congress, a political party that is constantly monitored and harassed by the Ethiopian government. In 2005, following Ethiopia’s disputed national elections, Debela was arrested and accused of inciting violence against the government. He spent nine months in prison. Debela was later released on conditions that he should support the government, withdraw his support for the opposition party and refrain from any politicalACTIVITIES. But for Debela, abandoning his political activism wasn’t a choice.

“It was hard for me to wrench my mind away from the reality,” he says. “Seeing the Oromos being dispossessed and systematically impoverished while theirLAND is stolen and dished out to politically correct individuals from the ruling class was what made me speak my mind.”

DebelaCONTINUED his political organizing, and in February 2009 he was arrested and taken to Maikelawi prison. Debela’s second prison sentence was much worse than the first. In Maikelawi, Debela says he was regularly beaten and tortured. After some of the beatings, often with electrical wires, the prison guards poured ice-cold water over his bleeding body. The pain reverberated in his bones; he slept naked on his cell floor in the water. At times he was interrogated at gunpoint, blindfolded and threatened with execution.OTHER times bottles were tied on his penis and testicles. Debela lost track of his location, and of time.

HUMANRightsWATCH has documented political prisoners being taken to Maikelawi and tortured toTRY and coerce confessions. Since the recent Oromo protests, theHuman Rights League of the Horn of Africa issued a brief that Oromo activists arrested and imprisoned in Addis Ababa’s Kalitti Jailhave also experienced torture that lasted over ten hours andRESULTEDin life-threatening injuries.

Debela was released in July 2009; he would later be again arrested and imprisoned threeTIMES. In October 2015, Debela decided he could no longer stay in Ethiopia and expect to survive—he was receiving death threats. In November 2015, Debela traveled from Mandi, Oromia to Addis and then onward to the border towns of Moyale and Hiddi Lola. He then crossed into Kenya and passed through Marsabit and Isiolo before reaching Nairobi.

Arado says other refugees who crossed into Kenya since the beginning of 2016 reportPAYING smugglers to help them evade border guards and make it to Nairobi safely. But their safety is not guaranteed—at least two Ethiopian women refugees who recently arrived in Nairobi via smugglers said they were raped on the journey.

Debela is nowREGISTERED with the UN Refugee Agency; he was given an appointment for a refugee status determination interview in November 2017. Although Debela has yet to make his case for asylum in Kenya, there are indications that many Ethiopians do not receive fair asylum hearings in otherCOUNTRIES, making it more difficult for them to receive legal protection and putting them at risk. The United Oromo Refugees Association in Egypt staged a sit-in this month inFRONT of UNHCR’s office in Cairo to protest the low rate of asylum granted to Oromo refugees.

UNHCR, whichNORMALLY produces guidance for decision-makers who are assessing asylum claims, has not issued guidance for Ethiopian asylum-seekers. As a result, countries may rely more heavily on information from their own sources, which experts say are often flawed. UNHCR’s Kenya office did not respond to a request to comment.

“The biggest problem is that countries do not follow an asylum policy for Ethiopia based on reality,” said Victor Nyamore, Amnesty International’s Refugee Officer in Nairobi. “They prefer to believe theSUCCESS stories of the Ethiopian government about development andHUMAN rights in the country.”

In 2015, Ethiopia received $3 billion in development and aidFUNDING, the majority from the U.S. and Europe, despite that some of its development programs have been documented violating the human rights of local communities. Despite these abuses, donors have not changed their levels ofFUNDING. Ethiopia remains a key Western ally in the region on counter-terrorism efforts, including against Al-Shaabab.

Transitional housing for Somali refugees in Dolo Ado, Ethiopia. Creative Commons Photo courtesy of UNICEF Ethiopia.

Ethiopia is also one of the largest refugee hosting nations in theWORLD for over 700,000 Eritrean, Somali and South Sudanese refugees—which may explain why some governments and international organizations are hesitant to speak out on behalf of the plight of Ethiopian refugees for fear of jeopardizing their existingPROGRAMMING in Ethiopia.

ForNOW, Debela must find a way to survive the waiting period until his case is reviewed. He says he cannot receive any social services for refugees, and he is afraid to call or visit friends in case it compromises their safety. In the meantime, Debela lives alone like a fugitive, skirting shadows on the street and watching for the Ethiopian security forces he believes are still watching him.