Petition Intended to Stop the Killings of Oromo Women and Children

March 28, 2016

Begna Dugassa Ph.D;  Email: begna.dugassa@gmail.com

One of the Peaceful Oromo protesters gunned down by security forces of the regime

We are saddened to the wide spread killings and imprisonments in Oromia. The killings and imprisonments are unjust and we believe that you are also saddened to the actions of the Ethiopian government security forces. The petition is planned to reach international organizations such as the UN and EU as well as countries that are providing financial assistance to Ethiopia i.e.  the U.S.A, UK, Germany, France, Italia, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Holland and others. The message of the petition is: Stop the Ethiopian government from using the international financial aids to kill Oromo women & children.  To make sure your voices are heard we encourage you to sign this petition.

What it takes to sign the petition?

It takes two easy steps. To sign the petition you simply go to the link below and click on the file. When you open the file, on the right corner you will see: SIGN THE PETITION. In the space provided you enter your name, email address and the country where you reside and hit enter. If other family members or friends want to sign the petition you have to wait until the first person is signed out from the link.

Gootonni Qeerroo Barattoota Yuunibarsiitii Jimmaa Irra Deebiin Sagaleesaanii Magaalaa Jimmaatti Taasisan

Bitootessa 27, 2016 | Qeerroo.org

Afaan qawween dorsifamuun kan duuba hin deebifne barattoonni Yuunibarsiitii Jimmaa Mooraa Arfanirraa Wal ga’uun Walakkaa magaalaa Jimmaa Bakka City centre jedhamutti sagaleesaanii dhageessifataa oolaniiru. Akkasuma waamicha eenyummaa guutummaa magaalattii keessa ka jiran ilmaan Oromoo maraaf taasisaniiru. Hirirri kun har’a sa’a ja’arraa eegaluu miidhamni tokkollee osoo barataarra hin ga’in goolabame Dhaamsa Uummata Oromoo Magaalaa Jimmaaf

Overview: Oromo Protests and State/Government Terrorism in Ethiopia

March 27, 2016 | Gadaa.com

Western governments praise Ethiopia for achieving the fastest growing economy in Africa and for being a key ally in the fight against terrorism. This hides the brutal reality of land grabbing, state/government terrorism, and the incredible cost in human lives and livelihoods. Ethiopia is a multinational country of 100 million people, and all of these nations have suffered state brutality in varying degrees. The country is tightly gripped by the totalitarian repression of a single-party dominated by the elite of a minority ethnic group from Tigray.

Oromo people demand justice from Ethiopian government

          
(Aljazeera Video) — Oromo minority group accuses government of carrying a land grab, and forces a suspension of the development programme.

Resolution of the first Congress of Peoples’ Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (PAFD)

March 27, 2016 | Peoples Alliance for Freedom and democracy

Peoples Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (PAFD) held its first successful general congress from March 21st to 25th 2016 in Eritrean capital, Asmara. The Congress has discussed the status of our collective struggle in particular, the current situation in Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa and the world in details.

Godina baha wallaggaa magaala Naqamtee, Giddaa Ayyaanaa fi Yuuniversitii Wallaggaa Keessatti Waraqaan Qeerroo Warraaqsaa Bittimfamee Jira. Magaala Naqamteetti Uummata Oromoo Maraaf Waamichi Tahe.

Bitootessa 24, 2016 | Qeerroo.org

– Oromoon tokko kaaba fi kibaa fi bahaa fi lixaan ka’I wayyaaneebiyyaa baasi 

– Abbummaan oromoo oromiyaadhaan haa mirkanooftu 

– WBON duruma leenca bosonaati 

– Nuti wayyaane hin beeknu ABO malee 

– Tigreen saamtuu fi hattuudha 

– OPDOn uummata oromoo bakka hin buutu

Jedhu waraqaan balaliituun warraaqsaa bittimfamee kan turee fi aanaa Giddaa Ayyaanatti barataa du’e sirna awwaalcha isaan wal qabsiisuudhaan FXGs guyyaama kana eegale kan ture har’as FXG aanaa kana keessatti jabaate jedhu. Qonnaan bulaan aanaa Giddaa Ayyaanaa hedduun ukkaamfamee jira. barattootni har’a daandii cufaniiru. Agaaziin aanicha keessa olii fi gadi fiigaa jirti. Magaalli Naqamtees dirree qabsoo taateetti hamma ammaatti waraanni wayyaanee itti wal jijjiiruudhaan magaalicha keessa qubatee jira.

Walabummaa Oromiyaaf, Referendumiin Bilisa Ta’e Har’a Geggeeffamuu Qaba. Qiyyaafatnoo ummata Oromoo kan kaleessaa fi kan har’a.

Bitootessa 24, 2016 | Leelloo Sabaa Irraa

Sirna gabrummaa Habashootaa jaarraa 14ffaa irraa eegalee irratti diriirfame, ummatni Oromoo jaarraa 16ffaa keessaa wareegama: lubbuu, qabeenyaa, hawaasummaa fi qaamaa hagana hin jedhamne irratti baasee Oromiyaa keessaa buqqisuun bilisummaa isaa deebifatee: nagaa, badhaadhina fi gammachuun waggoota dhibba sadiif (hanga dhuma jaarraa 19ffaatti) jiraatee ture.

Waggoota dhibba sadiif, bilisummaa isaa tikfatee osuma jiraatu, Oromiyaa deebisanii gabroomfatuuf hooggana Minilikiin weerara Habashooti Oromoo fi Oromiyaa irratti bananis ummatni Oromoo of irraa ittisuuf wareegama lubbuu miliyoona shanii, kan qabeenyaa, qaamaa fi hawaasummaa hedduu eerga baasee booda meeshaa lolaatiin caalamee haa injifatamu malee bilisummaa isaa deebifatuuf ummatni kun haga har’aatti, itti fufee falmaa hadhooytuu geggeessaa jira.

Unrest in Ethiopia: Grumbling and rumbling; Months of protests are rattling a fragile federation

March 23, 2016 | www.economist.com

AN OUTBREAK of public protest unprecedented in its duration and spread since the ruling party took power in Ethiopia in 1991 is stirring a rare cocktail of discontent. Demonstrations started in November mainly by members of the Oromo ethnic group, which accounts for about a third of Ethiopia’s 97m-plus people, have refused to die down. Indeed, they have spread. The government has dropped its plan, the original cause of the hubbub, to expand the city limits of Addis Ababa, the capital, into Oromia, the largest of the federal republic’s subdivisions of nine regional states and two city-states. But the protests have billowed into a much wider expression of outrage. People are complaining about land ownership, corruption, political repression and poverty. Such feelings go beyond just one ethnic group.

Tikaa fi Poolisa Yuuniversitii Wallaggaa Kan Ta’e Rabbirraa Assaffaa Kelkay Namni Jedhamu Uummata Midhaa Hamaa Barattoota Irraan Gahaa Jiraachuu Beekame.

Bitootessa 22, 2016 | Qeerroo.org

Namni  kun Maqaan isaa Rabbirraa Assaffaa Kelkay jedhama.(sabaan immoo Tigireedha) .

Yuunversiitiin Wallaggaa Yeroo hundeeffamerraa kaasee ajajaa poolisoota Yuunibarsiitii Wallaggaati. Rabbirraan Yuunibarsiitii kana keessatti nama mootummaa kana wajjin waliigaluun dur irraa kaasee hanga ammaatti deeninattii (tika) kaampasii kana galchuun dhiiga baratoota Oromoo dhangalaasisuu, hiisisuufi ajjeesisaa nama  jiruudha. Akkasumas jalqaba irraa ka'uun nama Yuuniversiitii kana keessatti uummata Oromoo qomoo qomoodhaan qoqooduun wallitti buusaa tureedha.

Yuunversiitii Wallaggaa keessattis nama biyya biyyaan qooduun gita hojii irrattis nama ramadaa kan jiruudha. Nami kun yeroo ammaa haalaan barattoota Oromoo fi uummata Oromoo rakkisaa waan jiruuf uummanni magaalichaa haalaan hadheefatee waan jibbeef innii fi fakkaattonni isaa daran Oromoo rakkisuu filmaata godhatanii jiru.

TPLF fascists have been biting the hands of the Oromo people that fed them for the last 25 years

March 22, 2016 | By Olaanaa Saboonaa

The peaceful resistance of the Oromo people has to be accompanied by a civil armed (guerrilla) resistance movement.

Ummatni Oromoo Magaaloota Addaa Naannawaa Finfinnee Keessa jiraatan Qeerroo Bilisummaa Oromoo waliin marii Fincila Xumura Gabrummaa caalatti finiinsu akeekkate geggeffatan

Bitootessa 22, 2016 | Qeerroo.org

Ummatni Oromoo Magaaloota Addaa Naannawaa Finfinnee Keessa jiraatan Qeerroo Bilisummaa Oromoo waliin marii Fincila Xumura Gabrummaa caalatti finiinsu akeekkate geggeffatan. Fincilichi akka injifannoon xumuramuuf gahee isaanii gumaachuuf qophii ta’uu isaanii kan mirkaneessan jiraattonni magaalewaan kun ibsa ejjennoo Qabxii 7 of keessa qabu baafachuun marii isaanii milkiin gaariin xumurataniiru.

The Shadow Over Ethiopia's Construction Boom

March 21, 2016 | Bloomberg.com | By William Davison

• Building glut seen fueling biggest political crisis in decade
• Fatal land protests near capital have raged since November

Ethiopian farmer Mulugeta Mezemir on his farmland in front of
Country Club Developers properties in Addis Ababa, Ehiopia.

When Ethiopian farmer Mulugeta Mezemir ceded his land three years ago to property developers on the fringes of the expanding capital, Addis Ababa, he felt he had no choice.

A gated community with white picket fences and mock Roman pillars built by Country Club Developers now occupies the fields he tilled in Legetafo, Oromia region, after the 60-year-old said local government officials convinced him to accept an offer or face expropriation. He took the cash and vacated the land, which in Ethiopia is all state-owned.

Vague political pretentiousness of the Ethiopianists

March 19, 2016 | By Yaadasaa Dafa

It is true that political conceptualizations often emerges as a result of the prevailing political conditions. Such political conditions makes it so easy for a group of opportunists and freebooters to take advantages of the created states of affairs of the people to attempt to advance their ambiguous dreams. But before jumping into camouflaging the people’s intention and eschew the genuine struggle and wishes of the people on their own pathetic path, one needs possess not only the moral strengths that is absolutely essential and prerequisites to master the fundamentals of the cause, but also have the courage to question the erroneous establishment that drenched the acumen on the colonized people leaving no choice than standing for their rights at this very moment.

Miseensonni Mana-maree United States Afur Akka Miidhaan Mirga Dhalaa-namaa Oromiyaa Keessaa Qoratamee Dhihaatuuf Gaafatan

Bitootessa 19, 2016 | WASHINGTON, DC (VOA Afaan Oromoo)

Miseensonni Mana-maree  Yunaayitid Isteets afur,  gamtaadhaan – Ministara Dhimma-alaa biyya isaanii – Joon Keeriitti xalayaa barreessaniin, haala mormii Oromiyaa keessaa fi miidhaa dhaqqabe ilaalchisee, guyyoota sagaltama keessatti akka ibsi bal’aan kennamuuf gaafatanii jiran.

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon

Miseensonni Mana-maree Murtii-seeraa yokaan Senetii Yunaayitid Isteets – Jefrii Merkilee fi Raan Waayiden, akkasumas – Mana-mareetti, miseensonni damee qajeelcha seeraa – Eerl Bilaaminoor fi Suuzaan Baanaamiichii, xalayaa har’a mallatteessanii ministaricha Dhimma-alaa Yunaayitid Isteetsitti ergan keessatti — Itiyoophiyoon, biyyoota michoota  Yunaayitid Isteets faayida-qabeeyyii fi gargaarsa alaa Yunaayitid Isteets kennitu adda-durummaan fudhatan keessaa tokko ta’uu ibsanii —–

​“Garuu, gargaarsi mootummaan keenya kennuu – ka dantaa waaraa  fi safuu Yunaayitid Isteets qabdu hin mine ta’uu mirkaneeffachuu qaba” – jechuun akeekkachiisan.

Kanaaf jecha, guyyoota sagaltama dhufan gidduutti — bulchiinsa naannoo oromiyaa keessatti mormii ka’e irratti humnoonni naga-eegumsaa Itiyoophiyaa tarkaanfii fudhataniin – miidhaalee dhala-namaa  irra ga’an, hidhaalee seeraa-alaa fi dhiittaalee mirga dhala-namaa dhaqqabaan akka bal’inaan tarreessanii dhiheessaniif, Ministaricha Dhimma-alaa Yunaayitid Isteets – Joon Keerii gaafatan – Miseensonni Mana-maree Yunaayitid afuran.

OromoTV: #OromoProtests Gaafii fi Deebii Artist Suutee Bareentoo Waliin Taasisne

Bitootessa 19, 2016  
             

WBO lotoota Wayyaane 71 hojii ala godhe

Bitootessa 17, 2016 | SBO

Waraanni Bilisummaa Oromoo (WBO)n… Kibba-Baha Oromiyaa Godina Baalee Keessa Sossohu Kasaaraa Guddaa Waraana Wayyaanee Irraan Gahuun Injifannoo Boonsaa Galmeesse.

Irree fi Gaachanni Ummata Oromoo WBOn Godina Kibba-Baha Oromiyaa keessa sossohu Bitootessa 13 fi 14,2016 Baalee Onoota gara garaa keessatti waraana gabroomfattuu wayyaanee FXG dhaamsuuf ummata Oromoo irratti rorrisaa jiruu fi sochii WBO danquuf socho’u irratti tarkaanfii laalessaa fudhateen loltoota diinaa 71 ol hojiin ala gochuu fi mi’oota waraanaa adda addaa booji’uu Ajaji WBO Godina Kibba-Baha Oromiyaa ifa godhee jira.

“ABO”Walaloo Warraaqsaa

             

IBSAA EJJANNO (CAAYA TOKKUMMAA OROMOO MASRII) IRRA

Bitootessa 15, 2016 | CAAYA TOKKUMMAA OROMOO MASRII irraa

Duraan duursee nagayaa fi fayyaan Oromoo hunda bakka jiranitti haadhaqabu isiniin jenna. Akkuma beekkamu dhiheenya kana guyyaa 12/3/2016 ayyaanni OMN kan amata 2ffaa sababeefachuudhaan masri magaalaa kaayroo keessatti kabajamuun niyaadatama haata’u malee qaamni hinbeekamne dahoo OMN godhachuudhaan summii baqattoota Oromoo biyya masrii baqatummaadhaan jiraattan keessatti uumuun niyaadatama, akkasuma wanni ayyaana kana irratti argame ajandaa ykn qabxii guddoo ta’ee hawaasa Oromoo addunyaa keessa faca’ee  jira walumaagalatti qabsoo amma biyya keessatti deemaa jirutillee gufuu guddaa ta’ee argamee jira.

Lasting Peace Can Only Be Attained When People’s Rights Are Respected

March 12, 2016 | Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) press release

The Oromo people‟s protest to end the military occupation of Oromia and to demand their natural and internationally recognized rights has been going on without interruption for the last four months. During this time, our people and members of the revolutionary youth have conducted themselves with unparalleled discipline by respecting the rights and properties of other nationals living among them and those of its neighbors. The high level determination and discipline the Oromo mass in general the Oromo youth in particular have exhibited during these difficult times have very few parallels. The discipline earned them admiration and sympathy from many in the region and from the rest of the world and propelled them into making headlines in the international news media.

ቄሮ :የኦሮሞ: ወጣቶች: ለነፃነት:ንቅናቄ: ድምፅ: የሳም ንቱ: ዜና:: (SQ) March 12, 2016

             

Hariiroo Dhaabotni Oromoo keessaa fi alatti qabaachuu malan ilaalchisee – Ejjennoo Qeerroo Bilisummaa.

Bitootessa 09, 2016 | Ejjennoo Qeerroo Bilisummaa

Ummatni Oromoo qabsoo hadhooftu gootowwan ilmaa isaa biyya isaanii keessatti gegeessaa jiraniin qarqara Bilisummaa isaa ga’ee jira. Har’a mirgi abbaa-biyyuummaa ummata keenya sadarkaa haalamuu hindandeenyerra ga’ee jira yoo jenne soba hinta’u. Wareegamni gootummaa ilmaan isaa gumaachaa jiran, mootummaa Wayyanee rommisiiseera, of-irrummaa ishees addunyaa guutummaaf saaxileera.

" Yaa Qeerroo ” Walaloo Warraaqsaa

             

Nagaan Waaraa Gaaffii Mirgaa Ummata Oromoo Deebsuu Qofaan Argama

Bitootessa 12, 2016 | Ibsa Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo (ABO)

Ummatni Oromoo guddichii fi kabajamaa fincila xumura gabrummaa marraa kanaa ji’oota afuriif osoo addaan hin citiin adeemsiseen, ummatoota biroo irraa jibbiinsa homaatuu akka hin qabaatiin, mirga isaaf uumamaa fi seera addunyaan deggaramu akka falmatu tahuu, kabajamuun mirga ummatoota cunqurfamoo maraa irraa dantaa fi fedha qabaatuu haala hin mammsiisneen addunyaa mara, addatti ammoo ummatootni Itophiyaa akka hubatan taasisee jira. Fincila adeemaa jiru kana keessatti namusaa fi bilchinni ummatni Oromoo agarsiises kan dinqisiifamu dha. Murannoon ummataa fi addatti dargaggootni Oromoo agarsiisan seenaa Itophaa keessatti kan mul’atee hin beekne tahuu irraa lammiilee Oromoo hundaa fi kanneen nagaaf dhaabbatan hunda boonse. Kanneen hundi walitti eda’amuun haqa qabaatuu hubachiisanii mararfannoo argamsiiseefii duree oduu addunyaa tahuu danda’eera.

Ethiopian community rallies in Calgary to protest police crackdowns in Oromia region

March 12, 2016 | CBC NEWS | By Erika Stark

‘They’re leaving farmers without anywhere to go’

Members of Calgary’s Oromo community rallied in front of MP Kent Hehr’s office on Friday. (Colin Hall/CBC)

About 100 people rallied in front of Calgary MP Kent Hehr’s office Friday morning to protest police crackdowns in Ethiopia over plans to requisition farmland in the African country.

Utah Oromo community calls for U.S. pressure to end Ethiopia violence

March 12, 2016 | Desert News | By Katie McKellar

Holding signs depicting bloodied victims of the violence that has erupted in the Oromia region of Ethiopia over the past several months, Utah’s Oromo community rallied Friday in front of the federal building.

To make confusions clear and appeal to the public

March 08, 2016 | By Berhanu Kelbessa

To whom it may concern

Believing in the reasonably more accurate characteristic based categorization of individuals as wrong or right than a group or groups, including self as well as others in different views or activities, I preferred to share the following facts as basic to understand the reality and to defend the truth as the man who have faced irresistible hardships, but not to compromise the ultimate value of self and others in similar ways of expectation and life.

Sagalee Qeerroo Bilisummaa Oromoo (SQ) Qophii Bitootessa 7, 2016

             

AMMUMA NATTI HIMTUU?

Bitootessa 09, 2016 | Beekan Gulummaa Irraa

AMMUMA NATTI HIMTUU?

Biyya xinnaaf guddaan keessatti salphatu

Sabnis qaama dhabee iddootti naafatu

Biyya qeerroof qarreen keessatti gufatu

Haqasaaf falmatee du’ee biyyoo nyaatu

Biyya hayyootatti diina guddaa taatee

Kaan hidhaatti naqxee kanis biyyaa baafte

Biyya haati dhiiraa keessatti salphattu

Dhalaaf da’oo taatee rasaasaan reebamtu

Biyya  kan barate jooraa ta’ee labuu

Waan siyaasni dhorkeef gita hojii dhabu

ETHIOPIA DETAINS JOURNALISTS COVERING OROMO PROTESTS

March 08, 2016 | News Week | BY CONOR GAFFEY

A woman and her child await medical attention in Oromia, Ethiopia, January 31. A severe drought and anti-government protests in Oromia have increased restrictions on press freedom in Ethiopia, according to a journalists' association.

Two journalists and a translator were arbitrarily detained for 24 hours on Thursday when reporting on the protests in Oromia, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Correspondents’ Association of East Africa (FCAEA) on Monday. Bloomberg correspondent William Davison and freelance journalist Jacey Fortin, along with their translator, were not given any reason for their detention. Their phones and identification cards were taken during the arrest.

“Oromiyaan tan Oromooti” Wallee Haaraa Artist Ibroo Ibsaa

             

Dhiiga Oromootaa

Bitootessa 04, 2016 | Abdii Baalee Oromiyaa  irraa

Akkam yaa lammii koo,xiqqaa fi guddaan biyyaa,
Hundi ilmaan Oromoo,magaalaa fi baadiyaa,
Jirra galata Rabbii,yaadaa halkan guyyaa,
Dhiigni lammii kootii,diinaan dhangalayaa,
Dhugaan ukkaamamtee,seenaan haqaa booyaa,
Jabaadhaa lammii koo,numatu milkaayaa!!!!!!!!!!!

Obbo Jawaar Mohammed – Ergaa Gabaabduu Qaama Hawaasa Oromoo Maraaf (via FinfinneeTube)

             

Oromo Refugees in South Africa writes letter to President Zuma of South Africa

March 03, 2016

President Jacob Zuma
President of South Africa
Union Buildings
Private Bag X1000, Pretoria 0001
South Africa
Dear Honorable President Zuma:

On behalf of many Oromo refugees in South Africa, Oromo refugees all over the world and Oromos in Ethiopia who are experiencing severe and violent oppression under the Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, I congratulate the African National Congress, the People of South Africa and you on the 104th anniversary of the ANC.

What Right do the Oromo people have to Finfinne?

March 03, 2016 | By Begna F. Dugassa, (Ph.D)*

Since November 2015 to today (March 3, 2016), Oromia has been engulfed by massive political protests. The protest is the biggest ever recorded in Oromia region. As of today about 400 people have been killed, hundreds wounded and thousands imprisoned.  Initially, the protesters have been demanding the following:

1. Return confiscated Oromo land to the Oromo farmers.
2. “No!” to the Addis Ababa master plan (a plan intended to evict Oromo farmers and expand the cityinto Oromia).
3. Bring Finfinne (Addis Ababa) back under Oromia’s jurisdiction as it belongs to the Oromo people both geographically and historically.
4. Make the Oromo language one of the federal government’s working languages.
5. End the structural, socio-economic marginalization of the Oromo people.
6. Ensure true representation of the Oromo people in a genuine federation structure in the Ethiopian state.