Ethiopia: The Continuing of Deaths and Displacements in Eastern Oromia

July 16, 2013

Public: for immediate Release

In a development relating to HRLHA URGENT ACTION, May 7, 2013, "Ethiopia: Loss of Lives and Displacement Due to Border Dispute in Eastern Ethiopia"

HRLHA has learnt that three innocent civilians have been killed and two others wounded in eastern Oromia’s Regional State, in Ethiopia in a violence that involved the Federal Government’s special force known as LIYYU POLICE.

Ethiopian Troops Leave Somali Town, Leaving Gap

July 17, 2013 | Associated Press

MOGADISHU, Somalia :- A military spokesman in Somalia says that government forces will help to replace Ethiopian troops who vacated a Somali town in recent days.

The pull-out by Ethiopian troops from the town of Baidoa on Sunday and Monday increases the pressure on African Union and Somali forces to fill the vacuum before Islamist militants take over the region.

Ethiopia: Opposition protestors detained after rare show of dissent

July 17, 2013 | Sudan Tribune

Authorities in Addis Ababa have arrested dozens of members and supporters of the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) party, an Ethiopian opposition group, locally known as Andnet.

The arrests were made on Monday in the Ethiopian capital after the group held two protest rallies in the towns of Gondar and Dessie in the Amhara region.

“Security forces arrested 42 UDJ members and supporters in Addis Ababa”, the party’s chairman and a former Ethiopian president, Negasso Gidada, told Sudan Tribune.

Oromia/Ethiopia:Why Obang Metho Refused To Accept Reality?

               

The Oromo and the War on Terror in the Horn of Africa

July 16, 2013 | Aljazeera

By Akbar Ahmed* and Frankie Martin*

The Oromo and other long-suffering communities do not want independence but to be treated as citizens of the state.

In August 2011, Bekele Gerba, an English teacher at Addis Ababa University and prominent politician, met with a delegation from Amnesty International to discuss the human rights situation in Ethiopia. Gerba, a vocal activist on behalf of his largely Muslim Oromo people, was deputy chairman of the opposition party Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) and a member of the executive committee of Medrek, the country’s main opposition coalition.

[Author Abdi Fite Questions]: Are You Oromo or Ethiopian first?

                    

Oromiyaa baldhoo qoqooduuf shira wayyaaneen itti turtee fi jirtu. Nutoo gochaa diinaa kana bifa kamiin hubachaa jirra?

Adoolessa 14, 2013 | Camadaa Hundee irraa*

Wayyaaneetti mataa dhukubbii guddaa kan itti ta’ee jiru keessaa, baayyina ummata Oromoo fi baldhina dachee oromiyaa ti. Wayyabummaan oromiyaa fi ummata Oromoo xiqqeessuuf jecha eega aangoo qabattee kaastee shira dhuma hin qabne oromiyaa keessatti dalagdee jirti. Haata’uuti garuu shirri TPLF kun akka isheen barbaadetti dhugoomufii tasa hin dandeenye. Qorqalbii oromiyaan baldhoodhaa fi ummati Oromoo biyyatti keessa wayyaba jedhu balleessuuf jecha heeraa fi seera ofii tumatte dahoo godhachuudhaan ummta Oromoo irratti daba dhiifama hin qabne irratti hojattee jirti. Shira wayyaaneen hojataa turtee fi ammas itti jirtu amma tokko kaasanii ilaaluun eddu gaarii dha.

Kennaan, dandeettii fi beekumsi Oromoo kan fedhii saba Oromootiif hin taane ykn hin oolle hiikkaan isaa maali?

Adoolessa 14, 2013 | Abdii Boruutiin*

Mata duree kanaan barruu kana akkan dhiyeessu kan na taasise, barreeffama dhiyoo kana Obboo Fayyis Oromiatiin mata duree “Oromo Talents in the Habesha Political Clubs jedhuun dhiyaate dha. Barruulee Obboo Fayyis dhiyeessu, xinnaatee yoo xinnaate waggoota afran dabran keessatti hordofaan ture, hordofaan jiras. Akka ilaalcha kiyyaatitti, barruuleen Obboo Fayyis tokko tokko qabiyyeen isaanii mormisiisaa haa ta’an malee, kan hafan harki caalaan isaanii kan barumsa namaaf kennanii dha jedheen yaada. Ani Obboo Fayyis fuulaan beekuu baadhus, nama beekumsaa fi dandeettii guddaa qabu akka ta’en hubadha. Kanaafuu akka ilma Oromoo tokkootti kabaja fi ulfina guddaan qabaaf. Dandeettii barreessuu isaallee nan dinqisiifadha. Yeroo tokko nan yaadadha, yeroo anis barreessuu jalqabu, yaada jajjabeessaa naaf barreessinaan, “…Obboo Fayyis, nama akka keetii kanarraa yaada hamilee namaa jajjabeessu argachuun kiyya baay’ee na gammachiisa. Ati nama fakkeenya gaarii namaaf taatu dha..” jedhee yaada isaarratti akka deebiitti yaada (comment) koo barreesseen ture. Ammas taanan dandeettii isaa gaafii keessa galchuu kiyyaa miti. Obboo Fayyis nama (Barreessaa) dandeettii qabu dha.

Radio Simbirtuu: Adooleessa 11, 2013 – Aadaa fi Siyaasaa (Adde Ilfinash Qannoo, Dr. Baqqalaa G-Maaramii fi Obbo Raayyaa Caalaa)

             

Ethiopian suspected of torture to go to trial

DENVER — An Ethiopian immigrant who prosecutors suspect tortured and killed dozens of political prisoners in his home country in the 1970s has decided to proceed to trial on immigration charges.

Kefelegne Alemu Worku, who was living in the Denver area under the name Habteab Berhe Temanu, is charged with unlawfully procuring citizenship or naturalization, and aggravated identity theft. If convicted of both counts, he could face up to 12 years in prison and fines up to $500,000. He has not been charged in Denver with any crimes related to prison abuse.