Call for Peaceful Mass Demonstration Against the Repressive Ethiopian Regime

Oromo nationals, who live in Europe will join and hold a peaceful mass demonstration in front of the Parliament of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium, on 12 April 2013 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.

The purpose of the demonstration is to protest against the widespread human rights violations, including arbitrary arrests, torture, extrajudicial killings, disappearances, genocide, human trafficking and uprooting of Oromos from their ancestral land and grabbing their land in the name of investment by the repressive Ethiopian TPLF regime. It is also to ask the European Union to put pressure on the Ethiopian government that it should respect the human rights of the Oromo people in accordance with international human rights laws and release all Oromo political prisoners. There will also be an educational seminar in Antwerpen on 13 April 2013 commencing 9:30am.

Protest Date: 12 April 2013
Protest Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Place: Rue Wiertz 60 Wiertz Straat 60
           B-1047 Brussels
           Belgium

Coordinating Committee