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11/10/2008 |
| Qottoo Qaraa |
Malicious Propaganda Does Not Cover Up The Truth
The TPLF/EPRDF is staging a hilarious drama alleging to have apprehended members of Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) leadership and others who were planning anti government activities. OLF unequivocally and emphatically dismisses such allegation as fabricated and completely false propaganda intended to confound the OLF with terrorism as well as to divert the attention of the general public from the current wave of mass persecution being committed against the Oromo people.
Contrary to what the EPRDF regime is trying to convince the peoples of the country, there is un- announced mass campaign targeting Oromos across all sectors of the society and regions. As of last week, waves of mass abduction and arrest are going on targeting Oromos in all the regions. Oromo business men, teachers, university lecturers, journalist, members of Oromo legal political organizations who have seats in the parliament, students and peasants are being rounded up and put behind bars. Even though complete list of those detained have not fully been compiled yet, an estimate of more than two hundred innocent Oromos have so far been arrested. The wave is still continuing in all regions.
The glaring evidence of this poorly managed fabrication is the exhibit of weapons displayed as evidence. The same weapons were shown while accusing another organization. How can the same weapons be in the hands of two different organizations with no relation what so ever, is a simple question of any lay person. The truth is that this propaganda of the TPLF is a fabrication that utterly failed from inception.
All these dreadful atrocities against the Oromo people is a sign of desperation and hopelessness of the EPRDF regime that thinks detention, intimidation, harassment and abduction will dampen the Oromo people’s determination and commitment to the legitimate struggle for freedom and democracy. The OLF takes this latest action of the regime as an intensification of its war against the OLF and the Oromo people. The OLF will continue to defend itself and the struggle and call upon Oromo people to intensify its struggle of self defense.
We also call on the peoples of Ethiopia and the world public at large to do everything possible to save the lives of innocent Oromo individuals who are inhumanly rounded up, incarcerated and exposed to all forms of torture in the prison cells of the TPLF regime.
Victory to the Oromo People!
Oromo Liberation Front
November 6, 2008
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11/10/2008 |
| Qottoo Qaraa |
To The International Community
Human right organizations
All Concerned bodies
It is the high time for all the concerned body to interfere in the gross human right violation of Oromo from all walks of life and secure their constitutional freedom. As of 30/10/2008 the TPLF led Ethiopian government has put under unlawful detention more than 100 Oromo’s of different background in different cities of Oromiya including in the capital city under the notorious pretext of supporting the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). The list we have yet received includes
1. Mr.Baqale Jirata ,General Secretary of (OFDM)Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement, Registered legal political Organization.
2. Mr.Ishetu Kitili ,Owner of Hawwii Hotel
3. Mr.Asafa Dibaba ,Lecturer of Afan Oromo at Addis Ababa University
4. Mrs.Lelise Wodajo , Wife of journalist Dhabessa Waqjira
5. Mr.Kebede Borena ,Manager of Hilton Hotel , Addis Ababa
6. Mr.Dasta Kitili ,Brother of Mr.Ishetu Kitili
7. Mr.Worqina ,Teacher in Dambidollo school
8. Mr.Namoomsa Warqina ,Teacher in Bakejama school
9. Mr.Geetahun , From Wollega University
10. Mr.Belay Korme ,From Neqemte Hospital pharmacy
11. Mr.Kabade Bulti ,Trader
12. Mr.Niguse Dhaba
13. Mr.Fiqadu Jalqaba , College student
14. Mr.Baqale Negeri
15. Mr.Dejene Dhaba , Trader
From Manasibu and Qiltu karra district the following Oromo’s were imprisoned for the same allegation
16.Mr.Qajela Abdata from Mandi town ,member of OFDM imprisoned from 1997- 2003 and in 2005 and now for the third term.
17.Mr.Tokkon Mardasaa ,Member of OFDM and imprisoned in 2005 , tortured to the level of disability and confiscated his property
18.Mr.Bulti Jalata , OFDM member imprisoned in 2005,tortured to the level of disability and confiscated his property.
This is only part of the list and the imprisonment is still going on in all Oromia Zones especially in Finfinne ( Addis Ababa ),Baddannoo, Burqaa, Kurfaa, Calle, Gurawwaan,Mettaa, Geedoo, Neqemte, Finca’a.
Accordingly we call up on International Community, European Parliament, European Commission, USA, AU, UK and the human right groups Amnesty International, Human Right Watch, International Red Cross, UNPO, UNHCR and all the concerned body to speak up on the injustice carried against the Oromo people for being Oromo alone by the Meles Zenawi government
Oomo Parliamentarians Council
Nov 8. / 2008 |
11/10/2008 |
| Qttoo Qaraa |
ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT IMPLICATES OFDM IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
Sunday, 11.09.2008, 10:39pm (GMT)
The Government has announced on TV this evening that it has arrested many OROMOS in connection with terrorist activities. OFDM can never cooperate with OLF because OFDM is openly and legally carrying on political activities within the framework of the Ethiopian Constitution. We have evidence that the government is preparing the ground to massively arrest and detain peaceful Oromos including law-abiding OFDM members. We do not understand the purpose of such a move because we know that the Government is fully aware of our activities, which are entirely legal and political in nature.
The government wants to intimidate and silence OFDM. OFDM has been speaking in Parliament on national issues such as famine, inflation, ethnic conflicts, etc.. and has even called on the government to invite the opposition to meet it at a round table discussion to find solutions for national problems.
What the government has announced tonight is absolutely untrue as regards to what they said about OFDM. It’s a case of forcibly silencing a political party by implicating it in criminal activities for which it is absolutely impossible to find legal evidence. Of course, trumped up evidence can always be fabricated by a government.
I, the leader of OFDM, have spent much of my life working for peace and international cooperation within the United Nations System. I could never head an organization which has anything to do with illegal activities, and EPRDF is fully aware of this, but wants to punish OFDM for speaking out honestly and forcefully always with the intention of the progress and growth of Ethiopia.
The arrest of Bekele Jirata, who has been detained for the last eight days without having any visit by his lawyer, family and priest, is evidence that EPRDF has the intention of punishing unrelenting opposition members, even though they are impeccably legal.
OFDM appeals to the government, the International Community and the peoples of Ethiopia to support OFDM at all times and assure everybody that OFDM has never had any illegal intentions or done anything illegal by way of associating itself with OLF or any other group which operates outside of the Ethiopian Constitutional framework.
Thank you.
Bulcha Demeksa
Chairman, OFDM
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