{"id":15325,"date":"2015-01-06T12:17:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T12:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/?p=15325"},"modified":"2015-07-07T21:41:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T21:41:11","slug":"ethiopia-oromo-voices-from-ethiopia-prisons-hrlha-urgent-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/?p=15325","title":{"rendered":"ETHIOPIA: Oromo Voices from Ethiopia Prisons"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HRLHA Urgent Action<\/p>\n

Jan 05. 2015<\/p>\n

For immediate Release<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Since the March-April 2014 crackdowns against the peaceful Oromo protesters who have protested against the Ethiopian Federal Government\u2019s plan of annexation of 36 small Oromia towns to the capital city of Addis Ababa under the pretext of the \u201cAddis Ababa Integrated Plan\u201d<\/em>, thousands of Oromo nationals from all walks of life from all corners of Oromia regional state including Wollo Oromo\u2019s in Amhara regional state have been detained or imprisoned. Some have disappeared and many have been murdered by a special commando group called \u201cthe Agiazi force\u201d. The \u201cThe Agiazi\u201d force is still chasing down and arresting Oromo nationals who participated in the March-April, 2014 peaceful protests. Fearing the persecution of the Ethiopian government, hundreds of students did not return to the universities, colleges and high schools; most of them have left for the neighboring states of Somaliland and Puntiland of Somalia where they remain at high risk for their safety. Wollo Oromos who are living in Ahmara regional state of Oromia special Zone are also among the victims of the EPRDF government. Hundreds of Wollo Oromos have been detained because of their connection with the peaceful protests of March-April 2014.\u00a0 The EPRDF government has detained many Oromo nationals in Wollo Oromia special Zone under the pretext of being members or supporters of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), as prisoners\u2019 voices from Dessie\/Wollo prison have revealed.<\/p>\n

From among the many Oromos who were picked from different districts and places from Wollo Oromia special Zone in Amhara regional state in April 2014, the HRLHA reporter in the area has received a document which shows that 26 Oromo prisoners pleaded to the South Wollo High Court that they were illegally\u00a0 detained first in Kamise\u00a0 town military\u00a0 camp for 36 days, Kombolcha\u00a0 town Police Station for 27 Days, and Dessie city higher 5 Police Station for 10 days- places where they were severely tortured and then transferred to Dessie Prison in July 2014.\u00a0 According to the document, they were picked up\u00a0\u00a0 from three different districts and different places by federal police and severely beaten and tortured at different military camps and police stations and their belongings including cash and mobile telephones were taken by their torturers. In their appeal letter to the South Wollo high court they demanded<\/p>\n

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  1. Justice and release from the prison because they had been arrested without court warrant and didn\u2019t appear in front of the court for more than eight months- which violates the Ethiopian constitution.<\/li>\n
  2. The return of their belongings, including 1000 \u2013 5000 Eth Birr and their mobile phones. The name of the detainees are as follows:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    No<\/td>\nName<\/td>\nGender<\/td>\nDistrict<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    1<\/td>\nMehamed Weraku Bediru<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawe Hariwa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    2<\/td>\nEndris Said Mohamed<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawe Hariwa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    3<\/td>\nAhmed Hassen Ali<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawe Hariwa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    4<\/td>\nSaid Beshir Amin<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawe Hariwa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    5<\/td>\nAdam Muhamed Husein<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawe Harwa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    6<\/td>\nMuhamed Yekufa Nure<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawe Hariwa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    7<\/td>\nAhmed Sheh Faris<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawe Hariwa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    8<\/td>\nAhmed Muhamed Said<\/td>\nM<\/td>\n\u00a0Dawa Chaffa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    9<\/td>\nHusein Ali Hussein<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawwa Chaffa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    10<\/td>\nHusein Muhamed\u00a0 Kamal<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawa Chaffa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    11<\/td>\nIbrahim Abgar Muhamed<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawa Chaffa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    12<\/td>\nMuhamed Umer Ibrahim<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawa Chaffa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    13<\/td>\nYusuf Idris Husein<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawa Chaffa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    14<\/td>\nUmer Abdu Yesyf<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawa Chaffa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    15<\/td>\nIbrahim Hassen Shaffi<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawa Chaffa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    16<\/td>\nIbrahim Adam Gomed<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawa Chaffa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    17<\/td>\nYimam Tusuf Ahmed<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawa Chaffa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    18<\/td>\nAhmed Muhamed Bushura<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDawa Chaffa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    19<\/td>\nMuhamed Hydar Arbiye<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nSanbate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    20<\/td>\nUmar Ahmed Muhamed<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nSanbate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    21<\/td>\nMusa Hassen Ali<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nSanbate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    22<\/td>\nBirhanu Dula Tadesse<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nSanbate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    23<\/td>\nDame Damisie Gamada<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nSanbate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    24<\/td>\nAhmed Sheh Muhamed<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nSanbate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    25<\/td>\nAbdal Umar Tuka<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nSanbate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    26<\/td>\nUmar Ali Angude<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nSanbate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    The Ethiopian Government for the past 23 years has continually breached:<\/p>\n

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    1. the 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia Articles 14-19[1]<\/a> by arresting citizens without court warrant, used torture and inhumane degrading treatments and deprived citizens of their livelihoods and generally discriminated against Oromo nationals<\/li>\n
    2. international[2]<\/a> treaties\u00a0 it has signed and ratified\n