{"id":15849,"date":"2016-11-21T00:53:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T00:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/?p=15849"},"modified":"2016-11-21T01:03:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T01:03:32","slug":"ethiopia-state-of-emergency-used-as-systematic-state-repression-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/?p=15849","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia: State of Emergency Used as Systematic State Repression\u00a0 in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0HRLHA\u00a0 Press Release<\/h1>\n

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November 20, 2016<\/p>\n

The\u00a0 March 2014 Oromo student protests, which began at Jima University and spread quickly to Ambo University then in a few days to all universities, colleges, high schools and elementary schools in Oromia and continued for two months, captured the attention of the world community for the first time.\u00a0 In those two months, over 81 Oromos, mostly university students, were killed and thousands detained by the crackdown on the protest by Agazi force\u00a0 and\u00a0 silenced.\u00a0 After\u00a0 eighteen months, the protest flared up again on\u00a0 November 12, 2015\u00a0 in Ginchi Town<\/a> in Western Showa 80 km south of the capital city.\u00a0\u00a0 Since then, Oromia has remained in a human rights and humanitarian crisis. The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) lists over 2000 Oromo deaths, thousands of disappearances and tens of thousands of detentions. Many more thousands have left their homes behind and are now living in forests in order to escape the TPLF sponsored killing squads.<\/p>\n

To calm the peoples’ anger- after indiscriminate shootings\u00a0 from both the ground and the air of innocent Oromos at the Irrecha festival in Bishoftu on October 2, 2016- the government declared a state of emergency on October 8, 2016<\/p>\n

Since the State of Emergency was declared, millions of\u00a0 Oromo civilians across Oromia, including children, have been forced to endure a life of hardship under siege .<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
District<\/td>\nMissing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elfata<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ambo Town<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Babich<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bakko<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chobe<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gudar Town<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ginci Town<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Oromo civilians of all walks of life continue to be at the receiving end of frequent indiscriminate attacks by the TPLF\u00a0 government killing force Agazi every day. Killings, rapings and the looting of money and valuables\u00a0 are common; every day people\u2019s houses are broken into by government forces. The killing squad Agazi\u00a0 force\u00a0 also continues to commit other grave violations, including war crimes such as indiscriminate killings, arbitrary detentions, torture, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions in Amhara\u00a0 region and Konso zone in Southern people regional state.<\/p>\n

According to the HRLHA informants, many Oromo youths have gone missing on a daily basis from their homes, workplaces and universities. Oromos missing from West Shewa districts are listed in table 1. About 149 people from Debre Markos town\u00a0 Gojjam zone\u00a0 in\u00a0 Amhara regional state (307 km distance from Addis Ababa)\u00a0\u00a0 have been detained in Maikelawi Adis Ababa according to HRLHA’s informants.<\/p>\n

The following are among the many Oromos detained in Showa zones, Central Oromia\u00a0 by TPLF forces in November 2016<\/p>\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
#<\/strong><\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/td>\nPlace of Detention<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/strong><\/td>\nGazu Abara<\/td>\nBacho, South West Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Mamo Kabada<\/td>\nBacho , South West Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/strong><\/td>\nGuddisa Balcha<\/td>\nBacho , South West Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/strong><\/td>\nBoddina Guta<\/td>\nBacho, South West Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/strong><\/td>\nTagany Hayile<\/td>\nBacho, South West\u00a0 Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/strong><\/td>\nMoti Didda<\/td>\nBacho, South West Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/strong><\/td>\nTariku Gutama<\/td>\nBacho, South West Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/strong><\/td>\nBirhanu Nuguse<\/td>\nBacho, South West Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/strong><\/td>\nAbbaba Girma<\/td>\nBacho, South West Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/strong><\/td>\nMalkamu Kabade<\/td>\nBacho, South West\u00a0 Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/strong><\/td>\nGolaa Hayilu<\/td>\nBacho, South West Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/strong><\/td>\nAman Roba<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

13<\/strong><\/td>\nBadhane Mammo (F)<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

14<\/strong><\/td>\nHusen Kallata<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

15<\/strong><\/td>\nTasho Chaka<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community<\/p>\n

South East Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

16<\/strong><\/td>\nQanani Biftu<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

17<\/strong><\/td>\nNamichu Gammado<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

18<\/strong><\/td>\nKadir Jarra<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

19<\/strong><\/td>\nHamid Jarra<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community South East Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

20<\/strong><\/td>\nHabib Jarra<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/td>\nPlace of Detention<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nDargi Jilo<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

22<\/td>\nAbbayu Jilo<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

23<\/td>\nHirpha Ida’o<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community South East Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

24<\/td>\nAman Hidato<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

25<\/td>\nKadir Nunno<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

26<\/td>\nAnkura Ida’o<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

27<\/td>\nGammado Gishe<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

28<\/td>\nKabada Rooba<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

29<\/td>\nAbadi Galato<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community South East Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

30<\/td>\nAbdo Tubbe<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

31<\/td>\nKadir Kibba<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

32<\/td>\nMilkesso Shukri<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

33<\/td>\nBariso Ida’o<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community South East Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

34<\/td>\nAbbooma Wayyu<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

35<\/td>\nKadir Kibbesso<\/td>\nShashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community South East Shewa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

36<\/td>\nJamaal Tubala,<\/p>\n

community Adiministretar<\/td>\n

Shashamanne,Tatessa<\/p>\n

Community (South East Shewa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Though it is difficult to obtain information from Ethiopia due to the government\u2019s suspension of all information outlets including Facebook, the Internet and others,\u00a0 HRLHA’s documentation provide fresh evidence that\u00a0 group exterminations are taking place at night in Oromia. For example, on November 6, 2016 at 5:00 am, three brothers- Marabu Jamalo, Abdissa Jamalo and Tola Jamalo- were killed in cold blood<\/strong> by the TPLF killing squad Agazi force\u00a0 in their home in Easter Arsi Zone in Shirka district. Their father Mr. Jamalo Hussein said “my children have been killed by the fascist government killing squad, Agazi, not because they stole or did\u00a0 anything wrong,\u00a0 but only because they are\u00a0 Oromo<\/strong>s”. Such crimes are widespread all over Oromia and Amhara regional states, especially at night, and are being perpetrated on an ever-increasing scale and as part of the State of Emergency policy. There is also\u00a0 evidence of the government targeting special groups such as youth, educated citizens and journalists.<\/p>\n

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