Schools through out Gonder are being closed down after students staged protests demanding the release of all students and political prisoners.

The protest is spreading through out the region as other students picked up the same demands. Eyewitnesses told Ethiopian Review that Meles Zenawi’s Federal Police and special troops reacted brutally to the students protest, savagely beating and arresting them, including 12 and 13 years old girls.

The brutality of Meles Zenawi’s security forces against the young students is shocking and angering the population, leading to further confrontations.

Similarly, protests continue in Jimma and Debub universities, and schools through out Western Shoa are being closed down.