(Qeerroo, June 20, 2011)

At the Ethiopian Premier League Championship tournament held in Hawaasa town where the popular St. George club played, the Qeerroo pamphlets where distributed at the scene in huge numbers and the town was swamped by protests.

Shocked by numbers of the pamphlets that has a call from the National Youth Movement for Freedom and Democracy of Qeerroo on it, the TPLF police armed in full have created the atmosphere of insecurity in and around the scene of the tournament and in the town of Hawaasa. Taken by disbelief with the number of the pamphlets distributed and   after losing any clue as to who distributed it; they started to search the people on the street. What is more, they also blamed the fans of St. George club, who come from the capital Finfinne (Addis Ababa) and they started to arrest them.

Angered by this irresponsible actions of the police, the fans and the people engaged in a serious of stone fighting with the police, until the huge number of police arrived at the scene was forced to flee. Until the people gathered started to disperse the popular Qeerroo movement activists where seen protesting with different slogans.  Accordingly the situation developed to full scale protest in the Hawaasa town and witnesses have said the town was forced to pass under huge stress the whole day.

The struggle shall continue and dictatorship will demise.

Qeerroo, 2011

(Qeerroo News, June 18, 2011)

The Oromo students and the Oromo intellectuals are the front runners in raising the quest of the people for freedom and self determination, but the TPLF regards them as enemy and is always hunting them from Universities and their work places without any proof of wrongdoing.

Accordingly, with allegations of links to the National Youth Movement for Freedom and Democracy of Qeerroo, many intellectuals are reportedly picked from their place in the month of June. Even though the numbers are much higher the following intellectuals and professional are picked from their work place blaming them of organizing Qeerroo movements. These are

1. Dr. Fanta Xilahun (Engaged in private business around Arat kilo, Finfinnee)
2. Katama Fufa (Teacher in Jimma Town)
3. Temesgen Irrenaa (Teacher in Innango, Wollega)
4. Ahmed Jundi (Teacher in East Hirna Zone)
5. Jamaal Ibrahim (Employee of Ministry of Agriculture, Bale zone, Gobbaa Town)

With related news, it is to be recalled that the TPLF right hand man in Oromiya, Junedin Saddoo have fired 3 Adama University Lecturers after letting them to be physically assaulted by its cadres, alleging them of organize the popular movement of Qeerroo. Until today, the whereabouts of Taye Fufaa is still unknown.

The struggle shall continue and dictatorship will demise.

Qeerroo, 2011