Demonstrated against oppression
Alisee Fira Aynagee from Oromo people organized demonstration in Steinkjer Thursday. |
Thursday could hear slogans chanted throughout the square in Steinkjer. The reason was that a group of Ethiopians demonstrated against what they perceive as a dictatorial regime in their homeland.
Being persecuted- We belong to the Oromo people, who are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, with around 40 percent of the population. The Government of Ethiopia has expired from a minioritet at around 6 percent of the people. Oromo being pursued by this government - including set journalists and politicians from our group of people in jail, telling Alisee Fira Aynagee, who organized the demonstration.
- You are far away Ethiopia now. What do you hope to achieve?
- We hope that some of the residents in Steinkjer come to hear our message, and we hope to arouse the Norwegian government, which supports the regime in Ethiopia, says Aynagee.
Amnesty calls for actionA report by Amnesty International tells of persecution, imprisonment, torture and killing of Oromo people in Ethiopia. Among other reports of youths being captured in military camps, where they get glowing coal emptied stomach because parents supporting the Oromo People's Liberation Movement Oromo Liberation Front. Teachers are being tortured when they refuse to teach in government friendly propaganda, and it is expected that Oromo politicians will be gagged towards the election in Ethiopia later this year.
"At least 5,000 of the Oromo people have been imprisoned in Ethiopia between 2011 and 2014 because of peaceful opposition against the government," writes Amnesty.
The organization believes regional and international human rights organizations must react against the Ethiopian government to put an end to the persecution, which is described as "often shocking brutal."
Want secessionOromo people want Oromia shall be independent again. Land area was independent until 1890, when it was conquered and incorporated in Ethiopia.
Since 1978, the Oromo celebrated their National Day to commemorate those who sacrificed their lives to liberate the people from what they see as Ethiopian colonialism.
Oromia is a land area of 600,000 km2, ie about ten times as large as Norway, and about 35 million people considered to Oromo people.
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