{"id":15422,"date":"2015-02-04T10:07:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T10:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/?p=15422"},"modified":"2015-02-04T10:07:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T10:07:40","slug":"ethiopia-flagrant-human-rights-abuse-against-oromo-nationals-continues-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/?p=15422","title":{"rendered":"ETHIOPIA: Flagrant Human Rights Abuse against Oromo Nationals Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHRLHA Urgent Action
\n\tFeb 01, 2015
\nFor immediate Release
\nIt is cruel, brutal and inhumane to hang any person for any wrongdoing particularly in Ethiopia, a country that claims democracy is its core principle of governance. The execution of Ketama Wubetu and his friend by Ethiopian solders- by hanging on a fence- on December 09, 2014 in Salale zone of Dera District in the regional State of Oromia was barbaric. If the hanged men were members of an opposition group fighting against the government, once they were captured they should have been brought to justice.
\nSadly enough, the government soldiers shamelessly displayed the bodies of these two Oromo nationals to the public- including children. This kind of inhuman and fascistic action will not solve the political crisis in the country. Rather, it will complicate and escalate it to another level. The fascistic action committed against the two Oromo nationals by the government army clearly shows that justice in the country is dysfunctional and symbolic.
\nBy doing this the Ethiopian Government has blatantly violated international humanitarian law and international human rights law principles including international human rights standards.
\nThe Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa highly condemns the federal armed force, as well the Oromia regional state militia, for their fascistic acts against these two individuals and calls upon the Ethiopian government to bring the killers to justice. The Government of Ethiopia should also explain the situation to the world community particularly to the UN Human Rights Council that it is a member of.
\nThe HRLHA calls upon regional and international donors, UN member states and Organizations to take measurable steps against the Ethiopian TPLF\/EPRDF government for its persistent brutal, dictatorial, and suppressive actions against civilians. It also urges all national, regional and international diplomats, donor countries and organizations and human rights groups to join hands in putting pressure on the Ethiopian government so that it invites immediately neutral body to investigate the human rights situation in the country.
\nBACKGROUNDS:
\nThe Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) has reported (May 1st and 13th, 2014, urgent actions, www.humanrightleague.org) on the heavy-handed crackdown of the Ethiopian Federal Government\u2019s Agazi Special Squad and the resultant extra-judicial killings of 34 (thirty-four) Oromo nationals, and the arrests and detentions of hundreds of others. Amnesty International in its most recent report on Ethiopia – \u201cBecause I am Oromo \u2013 Sweeping repression in the Oromia region of Ethiopia\u201d \u2013 has exposed how Oromo nationals have been regularly subjected to arbitrary arrest, prolonged detention without charge, enforced disappearance, repeated torture and unlawful state killings as part of the government\u2019s incessant attempts to crush dissent. <\/p>\n

RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to the Ethiopian Government and its concerned officials as swiftly as possible, in English, Amharic, or your own language expressing:
\n\uf076\t explanation for its brutal and fascistic action against citizens and invite immediately nutria body for investigation
\n\uf076\tthe Ethiopian authorities to ensure that the killers are brought to justice immediately
\nSend Your Concerns to:
\n\u2022\tHis Excellency: Mr. Haila Mariam Dessalegn \u2013 Prime Minister of Ethiopia
\nP.O.Box \u2013 1031 Addis Ababa
\nTelephone – +251 155 20 44; +251 111 32 41
\nFax – +251 155 20 30 , +251 15520
\n\u2022\tOffice of Oromiya National Regional State President Office
\nTelephone – 0115510455
\n \u2022 Office of the Ministry of Justice of Ethiopia
\nPO Box 1370, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Fax: +251 11 5517775; +251 11 5520874 Email: ministry-justice@telecom.net.et
\nCopied To:
\n\uf0d8\tOffice of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
\nUnited Nations Office at Geneva 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Fax: + 41 22 917 9022 (particularly for urgent matters) E-mail: tb-petitions@ohchr
\n\uf0d8\tHuman Rights Treaties Division (HRTD)
\nOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
\nPalais Wilson – 52, rue des P\u00e2quis
\nCH-1201 Geneva (Switzerland)
\nTel.: +41 22 917 97 06
\nFax: +41 22 917 90 08
\nE-mail: cat@ohchr.org<\/p>\n

\uf0d8\tSecretariat contact details
\nSecretariat of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
\nOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
\nPalais Wilson – 52, rue des P\u00e2quis
\nCH-1201 Geneva (Switzerland)
\nMailing address
\nUNOG-OHCHR
\nCH-1211 Geneva 10
\nSwitzerland
\nTel: +41 22 917 97 44
\nFax: +41 22 917 90 22
\nE-mail: opcat@ohchr.org
\nInternet: http:\/\/www.ohchr.org<\/p>\n

\uf0d8\tCommittee on Enforced Disappearance (CED)
\nHuman Rights Treaties Division (HRTD)
\nOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
\nPalais Wilson – 52, rue des P\u00e2quis
\nCH-1201 Geneva (Switzerland)
\nMailing address
\nUNOG-OHCHR
\nCH-1211 Geneva 10 (Switzerland)
\nTel.: +41 22 917 92 56
\nFax: +41 22 917 90 08
\nE-mail: ced@ohchr.org <\/p>\n

\uf0d8\tOffice of the UNHCR
\nTelephone: 41 22 739 8111
\nFax: 41 22 739 7377
\nPo Box: 2500
\nGeneva, Switzerland<\/p>\n

\uf0d8\tAfrican Commission on Human and Peoples\u2018 Rights (ACHPR)
\n48 Kairaba Avenue, P.O.Box 673, Banjul, The Gambia.
\nTel: (220) 4392 962 , 4372070, 4377721 \u2013 23 Fax: (220) 4390 764
\nE-mail: achpr@achpr.org
\n\u2022 \t\tOffice of the Commissioner for Human Rights<\/p>\n

\uf0d8\tCouncil of Europe
\nF-67075 Strasbourg Cedex, FRANCE
\n+ 33 (0)3 88 41 34 21
\n+ 33 (0)3 90 21 50 53<\/p>\n

\uf0d8\tU.S. Department of State
\n \t \tLaura Hruby
\n \t\tEthiopia Desk Officer
\n \t\t U.S. State Department
\n \t\tHrubyLP@state.gov
\n \t\tTel: (202) 647-6473 <\/p>\n

\uf0d8\tAmnesty International \u2013 London
\nClaire Beston
\n\t\tClaire Beston” ,
\n\uf0d8\tHuman Rights Watch
\nFelix Hor
\n“Felix Horne” ,
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