Oromo community in tingvoll møre og
Romsdal demonstrating to bring in the attention of Norwegian
government what is going on in ethiopia, Oromia Region to put
pressure on Ethiopian Dictatorial Regime.
We member of the oromo community in
tingvoll, outraged with Ethiopian Government on going rekless attack
on the oromo students that are peacefully demonstrating aganist
irresponssible expansion of Addis ababa for the sole purpose of land
Grabbing.
Oromo students at various universties
and high schools across Oromia, Ethiopia have been staging non
violent demonstration against the Mater plan that is set to expand
Addis ababa into the surounding oromia region. The students were
concerned by the fact that the so called master plan will inevitably
displace millions of oromo farmers and destroy many communities and
their livelihood.
The plan has been facing oppossition
by many oromo communities across the Globe because it breaches
conustitutional right of the people of oromia. Currently there are
rallies being held all over the world. Information about the current
situation of the country can be obtained from community based media
out such us www.ayyaantuu.com,
www.gadaa.com,
www.bilisummaa.com, and
www.finfinnepost.blogspot.no
as well as BBC news and othe international media.
Oromo people have been victims of long
years of continues land grabbing policies of Ethiopian government
were millions lost their land to riches from China, India and Arabs
with out proper compensation. Our people back home are already
suffering from economic and social impact of the poor policies of the
government that gives the priority to the foreigners over its own
people. We also feel such impact directly or indirectly has the high
duty of speaking for those voiceless victims.
The oromo people, its political
organization, civic organization and jouranlists have been the prime
target of the Ethiopian dictatorial Regime in the cover name of
fighting terrorism. The oromo people though the single largest ethnic
group in the country, has been deliberately and systematicaly
marginalised and made powerless so that they can be easily targeted
whenever the demand their rights.
The recent crackdown is not the first
time our young brothers, sisters and children are massacred, torched,
jailed and disappeared. Many university students and lectures, many
high school students and teachers and many businesspersons have
disappeared or have been in jail for many years without justice. Many
of them dying from inhuman treatment, torture, attacks, and
humiliations and from deliberate deprival of medical treatments.
The oromo people have been continually
seeking their rights being respected, but the Ethiopian government`s
response is cruel even for young children and students. This time the
victims were students who just gathered to air their concern of Addis
Ababa expansion plan. They were not violent, and they were not armed,
yet they were violently and brutally crushed notorius assassin squad
well trained and equippid for such purpose.
For the last three weeks untill now a
merciless killer crew has been dispatched to University campuses in
Ambo, Adama, Robe, Wallaga, Jima, Haromaya, Dire Dawa, Metu, Finfinne
(Addis Ababa) and Mada Walabu to quell the rightfully and peacefully
ralling oromo students. We have credible source that indicating more
than 80 innocent oromo individuals, university and high school
students including a 12 years old boy were the victims of such
brutality prepetuated by ethiopian killing machineries these inhuman
group in power in ethiopia even do not care rubbing salt into oromos
wounds. However a witness told BBC that 47 were killed by the
security forces with in one day only in Ambo. The same thing have
been going on in various town and village in oromia .
The international community has been
ignoring the cry of our people for long, but now it is at the stage
they no more ignore it. There were many reports on the misuse of
development aids and support being for military build ups for
cracking down civilian. These were reported by human right group,
civic societies and international NGO have been given deaf hear.
This time the situation is now
exceptionally dire. We fear that it could escalate and contribute to
the already fragile the security of that region. The oromo are saying
enough is enough. It is going to be late to international community
to deal with the fargile political, human and security issue in
Ethiopia. The Ethiopian empire has been depriving oromo of the
natural human rights, but it impossible to control them anymore. It
is the matter of time before the set time is out of control of the
Ethiopian rules.
The tolerance of the people should not
be taken for arrogance.
There are more than enough incidents
and recording confirming the Ethiopian authorities violation of
international human rights law and committed crime against humanity.
The thiopian ruling elites are most likely will continue their wild
act killing, torturing, forcing millions to flee their homes to end
up in refugee camps in neighbouring countries, unless your government
in coordination with other similar bodies exert ultimate push on the
ethiopian to stop committing such crimes.
We understand that the Norwegian
government and the ethiopian government have good relations.
According to the witness told to VOA
afaan oromo(VOA by oromo language) and VOA Amharic on friday 30th
may 2014 that the security force are continully beatting, killing ,
disappearing and arrsting many oromo students and civilian in wallaga
Nekemt town and through oromia. They could not go out to get anything
they want if they have been seen out they will biten and taken to
the jail without any reason. The situation in Oromia Region getting
worst and worst from day to day.
We appeal your government to stand up
for our people and send warning to the Dictatorial regime in Ethiopia
to stop killing our children. We call on your office to listen to the
cries of Oromo people and restore justice and peace to their
villages. The fact that the Oromo people are peaceful, tolerant and
patient should not be taken for wrong. We appeal that hose people who
murdered our children and those who lead and ordered the crime be
investigated and chargeg them for crimes they committed. We ask your
good office and government to tell the Ethiopian authorities to halt
the impelmentation of so the called controversial Master plan until
all the stockholders discuss on its pros and cons and support its
implementations.
We hope that you will understand our
situation at home and address to your government.
Your sincerely
Oromo Community in Tingvoll and Møre
og Romsdal
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