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Ethiopia: Arrests Upstage Kerry Visit

9 Bloggers, Journalists Held Before US Official Arrives

(Nairobi, April 28, 2014) – The Ethiopian authorities should immediately release six bloggers and three journalists arrested on April 25 and 26, 2014, unless credible charges are promptly brought, Human Rights Watch said today.

United States Secretary of State John Kerry, who is scheduled to visit Ethiopia beginning April 29, should urge Ethiopian officials to unconditionally release all activists and journalists who have been arbitrarily detained or convicted in unfair trials, Human Rights Watch said. The arrests also came days before Ethiopia is scheduled to have its human rights record assessed at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s universal periodic review in Geneva on May 6.

“The nine arrests signal, once again, that anyone who criticizes the Ethiopian government will be silenced,” said Leslie Lefkow, deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “The timing of the arrests – just days before the US secretary of state’s visit – speaks volumes about Ethiopia’s disregard for free speech.” 

On the afternoon of April 25, police in uniform and civilian clothes conducted what appeared to be a coordinated operation of near-simultaneous arrests. Six members of a group known as the “Zone9” bloggers – Befekadu Hailu, Atnaf Berahane, Natnael Feleke, Mahlet Fantahun, Zelalem Kibret, and Abel Wabela – were arrested at their offices and in the streets. Tesfalem Weldeyes, a freelance journalist, was also arrested during the operation. Edom Kassaye, a second freelance journalist, was arrested on either April 25 or 26; the circumstances of her arrest are unclear but all eight individuals were apparently taken to Maekelawi Police Station, the federal detention center in Addis Ababa, the capital.

The police searched the bloggers and journalists’ offices and homes, reportedly with search warrants, and confiscated private laptops and literature. On April 26, another journalist, Asmamaw Hailegeorgis of Addis Guday newspaper, was also arrested and is reportedly detained in Maekelawi. 

The detainees are currently being held incommunicado, Human Rights Watch said. On the morning of April 26, relatives were denied access to the detainees by Maekelawi guards, and only allowed to deposit food.

Human Rights Watch released a report in October 2013 documenting serious human rights abuses, including torture and other ill-treatment, unlawful interrogation tactics, and poor detention conditions in Maekelawi against political detainees, including journalists. Detainees at Maekelawi are seldom granted access to legal counsel or their relatives during the initial investigation phase.

The Zone9 bloggers have faced increasing harassment by the authorities over the last six months. Sources told Human Rights Watch that one of the bloggers and one of the journalists have been regularly approached, including at home, by alleged intelligence agents and asked about the work of the group and their alleged links to political opposition parties and human rights groups. The blogger was asked a week before their arrest of the names and personal information of all the Zone9 members. The arrests on April 25, 2014, came two days after Zone9 posted a statement on social media saying they planned to increase their activism after a period of laying low because of ongoing intimidation.

A Human Rights Watch report in March described the technologies used by the Ethiopian government to conduct surveillance of perceived political opponents, activists, and journalists inside the country and among the diaspora. It highlights how the government’s monopoly over all mobile and Internet services through its sole, state-owned telecom operator, Ethio Telecom, facilitates abuse of surveillance powers. 

Kerry is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom in Addis Ababa “to discuss efforts to advance peace and democracy in the region.” Kerry should strongly urge the Ethiopian government to end arbitrary arrests, release all activists and journalists unjustly detained or convicted, and promptly amend draconian laws on freedom of association and terrorism that have frequently been used to justify arbitrary arrests and political prosecutions. The Obama administration has said very little about the need for human rights reforms in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said.

“Secretary Kerry should be clear that the Ethiopian government’s crackdown on media and civil society harms ties with the US,” Lefkow said.  “Continued repression in Ethiopia cannot mean business as usual for Ethiopia-US relations.”

Source: HRW

Waamicha Walgahii WWDO Dargaggoota Oromoo DMV maraaf

Waldaan Walgargaarsa Dargaggoota Oromoo (WWDOn) yeroo muraasaaf quunnamtii/hojii sadarkaa koree gidduu qofaatti daangessee ture xumureee hamilee haarawaan hojii isaa idlee itti fufuuf qophii isaa raawwatee jira.

Akkuma kanaan, koreen gidduu WWDO walgeettii gaafa 04/13/2014 adeemsiseen hojii boonsaa fi bu’uuraa kan dargaggootaa fi uummata Oromoo walitti fiduu fi Network ijaaruu WWDOn hojjechaa ture caalatti itti fufuun barbaachisaa waan ta’eef haalawwan ittiin hamilee miseensota keenyaa fi dargaggoota Oromoo jabeessinuu fi humneessinu irratti tooftaa harawaan itti adeemuuf waan saganteessineef waamicha goonee karoora kana miseenotaa WWDO fi dargaggoota Oromoo (harawaa) naannoo kana jiraataniif ibsuun barbaachisa akka ta’e irratti walii galuudhaan murteessinee jirra.

Kanaaf, dargaggooti Oromoo naannoo Washington, DC, Maryland fi Virginia jiraatttan hundi Dilbata gaafa Caamsaa 11, 2014 guyyaa keessaa sa’aa 6:00w.b. irraa kaasee sagantaa addaa fi miseensas ta’e kanneen harawaa dhufuu malan hirmaachisu waan saganteesineef qophii kana irratti hirmaachuudhaan dammaqiinsaan waan dhimma mataa keenyaa irratti qooda fudhannee hojii ijaarsaa fi humneessa dargaggootaa naannoo kanaa fuunduratti akka furguggifnu kabajaan isin haffeerra.

Asumaan fedhii waliif biramachuu, yaadaa gamtaa uumuu fi hafuura tokkumaa ummata keenya keessatti hundee jabeeffachaa jirullee nuti dargaggooti yeroo itti caalatti jabeessinu irratti waan argamnuuf dirqama lammummaa keenya illee karaa itti ba’uu dandeennu akka yaada waliif hirru irra deebine waamicha lammummaa isiniif dhiyeessaa, rakkoolee ummati keenyaa fi biyyi teenya Oromiyaan yeroo ammaa keechatti argamtu ilaalchisees mariin ni gaggeeffama.

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Dargaggoon Oromoo Irree Oromiyaati!!
Koree Gidduu WWDO

Iccitii “Master planii” TPLF isa 2ffaa.

Ebla 28, 2014

Marsaa 1ffaa; Tooftaa magaalaa finfinnee babaldhisuu jedhuun jiddu gala Oromiyaa (Showaa) handhura Oromiyaa keessaa addaan kutanii maqaa biraa itti moggaasuun bulchiinsa “Federaala TPLF” jala galchuudha, kana jechuun Oromiyaan jiddu galli keessaa citee inni afe baha Oromiyaa fi Lixa Oromiyaa addaan qoodama jechuu dha. Aadaan Oromoo, afaan Oromoo qabeenyi Oromoo qaama kabiraa tiin dhuunfama jechuu dha. Haalli kun ilmaan Oromoo biyya alaa fi biyya keessa jirtaan mormii guddaa akka kaasan taasisee jira.

Marsaan 2ffaa; Akkuma Finfinnee kana magaalaa Oromiyaa adda addaa akka malee babaldhisuu dhaan bulchiinsa “Federaala TPLF” jala galchuu dha. Oromiyaa qofaa otoo hin taa’iin magaalaa sabaa fi sab-lammootaa hundaa keessatti tooftaa dhuma wal-fakkaatu hojiirra oolchuu dha. Tooftaan “Master planii” 2ffaa kun magaalaa sabaa fi sablamootaa hundayyuu bulchiinsa federaalaa jala galchuu dhaa, nannawa albuuda adda addaa qabu bulchiinsa naannolee harkaa fuudhanii bulchiinsa federaala/TPLF jala galchuudha. Akkuma walii galaatti Bulchiinsi Godina Tigiray magaalaa Addis Maqalee jedhuun babaldhatee, hanga daangaa Somalia, Sudan, Kenya fi Djibouti tti fulla’a. Bifuma wal-fakkaatuun magaalaa Asab ammatee hanga Galaanaa diimaa tti fulla’a jechuu dha. Mapiin armaan gadi tti maxxane iccitii “Master planii” TPLF isa 2ffaa kan saaxiluu dha. Egaa dubbiin kun Oromiyaa qofaa otoo hin ta’iin sabaa fi sab-lammootaa Itoopiyaa keessa jiran hunda kan rifachiisuu fi kan mirgaaf isaan kakaasuu dha.

Ethiopia detains bloggers and journalist

Security forces arrest six bloggers and a journalist in latest crackdown on opposition voices.

April 26, 2014 (Al Jazeera) — The Ethiopian government has arrested six independent bloggers and a journalist in what human rights group Amnesty International has called a “suffocating grip on freedom of expression”.

Six members of independent blogger and activist group ‘Zone 9’ and a prominent Ethiopian journalist were arrested on Friday in the capital Addis Ababa.

All six bloggers were arrested at night by armed security forces and taken from their homes to the Federal Police Crime Investigation Sector ‘Maikelawi’, where political prisoners are alleged to be held in pre-trial, and sometimes arbitrary detention.

The Zone 9 group who are said to be very critical of government policy and have a strong following on social media had temporarily suspended their activities earlier this year after accusing the government of harassing their members.

Journalist Tesfalem Waldyes who writes independent commentary on political issues for a Ethiopian newspaper was also arrested.

According to Ethiopian journalist Simegnish Yekoye, Waldyes is being denied visitation by friends and family and it’s unclear what prompted his arrest and what charges he is being held under.

Simegnish Yekoye told Al Jazeera she was unaware of why the government had clamped down on journalists and their was growing fear on the future of a free press.

“I am very scared, I don’t know what’s going to happen next,” she said.

Ranked 143 in the 2014 Reporters Without Borders press freedom index, media watchdogs say 49 journalists fled the country between 2007 and 2012 to evade government persecution.

Human rights group Amesty International criticised the arrests, saying “these arrests appear to be yet another alarming round up of opposition or independent voices”.

“The Ethiopian government is tightening its suffocating grip on freedom of expression in a major crackdown which has seen the arrest of numerous independent, critical and opposition voices over the last two days”, Claire Beston, Ethiopia researcher at Amnesty International, said.

Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow reporting from Bahir Dar said it was unclear what will happen to the detained journalists.

“There are scores of journalists currently serving between 14 and 27 years in prison with some charged on terrorism offences.”

Source: Al Jazeera

Oromo Students Nonviolent Movement at Wallaggaa University Against Eviction of Oromo Farmers from Finfinnee Surrounding and Expansion of Addis Ababa

April 26, 2014 (Oromo Free Speech) – Oromo students’ nonviolent protests are underway at Wallaggaa University against the plan (called the Addis Ababa Master Plan) to evict millions of Oromo farmers and dispossess them of their land in Oromian districts surrounding Finfinnee under the pretext of the “urban development of Addis Ababa.”

According to published data, under the current TPLF regime, Addis Ababa has expanded by ~400% since 1991 (from ~13,763.3-ha in 1991 to ~52,706.2-ha in 2014 – see data here); even though the Oromiyaa Region is a federally constituted state, it continues to be annexed by the Habesha government of Addis Ababa.

Political analysts have stated recently that the current Addis Ababa Master Plan will potentially divide the Oromiyaa Region into two by the proposed plan’s annexation of Central Oromiyaa by Addis Ababa, and the subsequent eviction of the Oromo farming communities in Central Oromiyaa under the pretext of “industrial zones.” There are at least 8 industrial zones all over Oromiyaa, such as the Malka Jebdu area under the Dire Dawa Industrial Zone, the Ambo Industrial Zone, the Chinese-owned Bishoftu Eastern Industrial Zone – which is slated to extend all the way to Asella in Arsi Zone of Oromiyaa in the coming few years. In long run the federal state is annexed to Amhara region.

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FDG Qeerroo Bilisummaa Yuuniverstii Amboo Ebla 25 2014

falmii diddaa garbummaa ilmaan oromoo university haramaya !

Hidhamuu Barattoota oromoo Yuuniversitii Jimmaa Irraa

Ebla 22, 2014

Yakka tokko malee barattoota oromoo gaaffii mirgaa miidhaa uummata oromoof jecha gaafataniin barattoota hidhaman maqaan isaanii armaan gaditti tarreeffamanii fi kannee hordofamaa jiran ammo hedduudha ammallee itti fufiinsaan kan nu gahu siif dhaama kan hidhamani jiran kunooti.

1.Darragaa Abdiisaa-Civil Engineering waggaa 3ffaa
2.Kaneeddin-Civil Engineering waggaa 3ffaa
3.Abdii Turaa-Low waggaa 5ffaa
4.Dhaabasaa Jaatamaa-Veternary Medicine waggaa 6ffaa
5.Mo’iboon Baqqalee-Health Officer waggaa 2ffaa
6.Leejjisaa Alamaayyoo-Water Engineering waggaa 3ffaa
7.Derejjee Teffaayee-Chemistiry waggaa 3ffaa

Isaan kuni kan hidhaman yoo tahan barattootni oromoo jilmaatti hordofamuudhaan poolisa wayyaaneen qabamaa jiru,gaaffiin barattootaa fi diddaan jabatee kan itti fufee jiruudha,sochiileen yuuniversitii Mattuu,Wallaggaa,Amboo,Adaamaa fi Haromayyaatti jabaataa jira,haalli jiru baayee sodaatamaadha,kan barattoota Adaamaa gaaffiin keenya yeroo darbee nuuf deebi’aa hin jiru jedhuun ammoo hirira itti fufuudhaaf qophii irra jiru,barattootni oromoooo magaalaa Adaamaa mana barumsaa sadarkaa 1ffaa fi 2ffaa akkasuma qophaayinaa baratan gaaffiin barattoota oromoo yuuniversitii irraa gaaffii keenya jedhanii barattoota mooraa yuuniversitii duukkaa hiriiruuf waraqaa garagaraa barreessuun mana barumsaa adda addaatti maxxansaa jiru itti fufeen siif dhaama haala jiru.
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