{"id":1790,"date":"2011-12-21T06:33:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T11:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/174.120.63.226\/~hrlha\/?p=1790"},"modified":"2011-12-21T06:33:14","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T11:33:14","slug":"1790","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/?p=1790","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia – Appeal to HRLHA, From Oromo community of South Rogaland, Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Scrabble for the \u00a0land in Ethiopia by \u00a0Trance National Companies and \u00a0rich foreign states in the past four years had already \u00a0evicted more than 3million \u00a0people in Oromia, Gambela, Benshagule and other areas. To halt the land robbery of TPLF Government many international Civic Society Organizations and medias were demanding the donor organizations and Countries to put pressure on TPLF Government. However no measure has been taken to freeze this genocidal act of TPLF led Ethiopian Government action.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Oromo community of South Rogaland, Norway, released an appeal \u00a0demanding \u00a0the International Civic Organizations, \u00a0International Diplomats \u00a0and others to cooperate with \u00a0them to fight against\u00a0 the TPLF Government to stop the land grab ruining the lives of million citizens in Oromia, Ogaden, Gambela, Benshangul and others.<\/em><\/p>\n

The following is \u00a0an appeal \u00a0from the Oromo community of South Rogaland, Norway sent \u00a0to \u00a0HRLHA head office<\/em><\/p>\n

Oromo community of South Rogaland\u00a0Postboks 638,<\/p>\n

4305 Sandnes, Norway<\/pre>\n
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To Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa\/HRLHA<\/p>\n
210-761 Jane Street<\/p>\n
M6N 4B4 Toronto, ON<\/p>\n
Canada<\/p>\n
Tel; (416) 767 8784 or (647) 280 7062<\/p>\n
E-Mail; hrldirector@mail.org<\/p>\n
19 December 2011<\/p>\n
Dear Sir\/Madam,<\/p>\n
Over the past years\u00a0 scramble for vast tracks of agricultural lands in Ethiopia by foreign transnational companies and\u00a0 foreign governments have been made thousands of families homeless and exposed them to \u00a0malnutrition, famine, starvation\u00a0 and poverty.\u00a0 Much of this\u00a0 land is located in Oromia regional state with fast increasing populations suffering from hunger and under-nourishment.<\/p>\n
Today, the family farming land which our people used for centuries to produce different crops to meet their dietary needs has been taken by the Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front (TPLF) led Government of Ethiopia and leased to the foreign transnational companies and states to produce food for exports.<\/p>\n
This massive land grabs targeting tens of millions of acres of the Oromia, Gambella, Ogaden, Benishangul-Gumuz and Southern Nations, Nationalities and peoples(SNNPR) regional states and arable land for the benefit of private investors and for the interests of foreign states, violate the rights of our people by depriving their rights of livelihoods, restricting their access to natural resources, and exacerbate poverty, hopelessness, insecurity and loss of their cultural identity. It will also accelerate eco-system destruction and the climate crisis which affect the future generations.<\/p>\n
We \u00a0Oromo Community in Rogaland, Norway \u00a0call on the Ethiopian Government to respect the constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Proclamation No 1\/1995, article 40\/3 \u201cLand is a common property of the Nations, Nationalities and Peoples of Ethiopia and Shall not be subject to sale or to other means of exchange\u201d and immediately halt all massive land grabs current or future and return the plundered land to the owners.<\/p>\n
Finally, we \u00a0appeal\u00a0 to\u00a0Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa(HRLHA) to support our struggle of\u00a0\u00a0 fighting against land grabs in Ethiopia by putting pressure on the Government of Ethiopia to respect the right to property of Oromo nations and others \u00a0granted in Ethiopian constitution of 1995.<\/p>\n
Sincerely<\/p>\n
Yours Sincerely<\/p>\n
Dugassa Nemie<\/p>\n
Chair man of Oromo community of South Rogaland, Norway<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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