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Ethiopia: Mass detention of Oromos continue

Posted on , Updated on by Elias Kifle

Widespread arrest of Oromos in Addis Ababa and other parts of the counrty continued, this time targeting women, including a 3-year-old child, OLF News correspondent reported from Addis Ababa.

Among several women who were apprehended from their homes and work places in Addis Ababa on November 4 and 5, 2008, by the government “security” forces that wear plain cloth are Mrs. Asaadaa Imaanaa; Mrs. Caaltuu Taakkalaa; Mrs. Urgee Abbabaa fi; Mrs. Dirribee (Boontuu) Ittaanaa.

Particularly, Mrs. Urgee Abbabaa is reported to have been arrested with all her family: her brother Darguu, her husband Girmaa and more shockingly, with her three year old child.

This is a continuation of the current wave of arrest of the Oromo people by the regime in power, as reported by OLF News and many other media outlets, including TPLF government controlled media.

It is also to be recalled that OLF News has reported that, on October 30, 2008 the TPLF forces have arrested a prominent Oromo TV journalist Mrs. Lalisee Wadaajoo, the wife of Mr. Dhaabasa Wakjira, a journalist himself detained for three years and now forced into exile.

As we have reported earlier, Mrs. Wadaajoo have been denied visit of her relatives which only strengthened the suspicion that she must have been severely brutalized in prison. Particularly from the latest report, which indicates that, the lawyer of Mrs. Wadaajoo was turned down and even intimidated when he attempted to visit her on November 3, 2008.

– Source: OLF

6 thoughts on “Ethiopia: Mass detention of Oromos continue”

  1. OLF,
    Only if you had a freedom fighting voice instead of talking as if the Oromos are the only oppressed people/the only people who deserve freedom that you would have less enemies. Your hateful strategy is your major failure as the rest of us too are humans & many of us oppose what’s happenning.

  2. Ethiopians must take in charge of the security of their country because the consequence of being the onlooker will be eternal death to Ethiopia.

    virus and bacteria are both deadly to the livelyhood of Ethiopians as tplfolfwoyanes are both venomous to the lives of Ethiopians.Fight the enemies and clear off Ethiopia from destructive forces.

  3. aresting the oromos in mass under the cover of the terror plot by the woyanes is a sigin of desperation in part of the TPLF.IT’S UNBLIVABLE THE WAYANES ARE STILL SINGING THE OLD MUSIC.BUT THIS MUSIC SEEMS LUCKS A LISTEING EAR.

  4. Pleas we have to stand with the innocent Oromo civilians to stop this mass arrest and imprisonment by sending Email or by phoning to international offices to stop this genocid activities of TPLF.

    Use the following address

    Simone Joseph – Foreign Affairs Officer
    U.S. Department of State
    Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor
    Washington, D.C. 20037
    Tel: +1-202-261-8009
    Fax: +1-202-261-8197
    Joseph, Simone O (DRL) [mailto: [email protected] ]
    European Commission Delegation to Ethiopia
    Paola Cerea – Human Rights Project officer
    [email protected]

    • Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
    United Nations Office at Geneva
    1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
    Fax: + 41 22 917 9022
    (particularly for urgent matters)
    E-mail: [email protected]

    • African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
    48 Kairaba Avenue, P.O.Box 673, Banjul,
    The Gambia.
    Tel: (220) 4392 962, 4372070, 4377721 – 23
    Fax: (220) 4390 764
    E-mail: [email protected]

    • Amnesty International – London Telephone: +44-20-74135500
    Fax number: +44-20-79561157
    • Human Rights Watch – New York, Tel: +1-212-290-4700
    Fax: +1-212-736-1300
    Email: [email protected]

  5. Arresting the Oromos or other Ethiopians based on ethnic group, does not prevent the Woyanes from collapsing. In fact, for the time being it can give Woyane a time to rob the Ethiopian peoples more and more. Woyane believes when it attacks some ethnic groups, the others will be happy and stand on it’s side. That is why Woyane has come out with the card of ethnic politics. But the time is not far away when the Woyane will be run out of this ethnic politic cards. This is the same act with the Italian Giraziani during WWII of ocupattion.

  6. TPLF can knock at any ethnic group’s door at any time. Now the Oromos are the main target because of the coming elections and their numbers. The Oromos are the majority ethnic group in our country and Meles believes that if he has the Oromos under his control, he or his Woyanes will win the next election. Therfore he must destroy any opposing Oromo whether he/she is a member of any Oromo organization or not.

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