Wayyaanoti duula walgahiitiin barattoota ko’oomsaa jirti; diddaan immoo walgahii irrattis mul’achaa jira.

(Oduu Qeerroo, 20 Onkoloolessa 2011) Mootummaan abbaa Irree Wayyaanee barattootaa fi barsistotaa Universitii fi Kollejjiiwwan Oromiyaa adda addaa keessatti sababa dhimma amantii irratti mari’achuu jedhuun wal-gahii wal-irraa hin cinneen muddaa akka jirtu gabaasame.

Maddeen Qeerroo akka gabaasanitti, mootummaan Wayyaanee guutummaa biyyattii keessatti duula walgahii fi walmarii dhuma hin qabne Univaristiiwwan Oromiyaa keessaatti adeemsisaa jirti.

Akka odeessa nu dhaqqabeetti, keessaayyuu giddu gala Oromiyaa keessaa Univarsitii Amboo keessatti wal-gahiin fedhii barattootaa fi barsiistotaa malee wamame guyyaa Wiixataa Onkoloolessa 17, 2011 irraa eegalee guyyoota 6f walitti aansee geggeeffamaa jira.

Haalli wal-gahichi itti waamame guyyaa lamaaf barattoota fi barsiistota guutuu (mara), guyyaa lamaaf missnsota warra abbaa garaa, fi guyyaa lama barsistotaaf akka ta’e beekamee jira.

Tooftaan Wayyaanee yeroo ammaa sochii fi diddaa Qeerroo fi uummata Oromoo jabaachaa dhufe dura dhaabbachuu waan hin dandeenyeef mata duree wal-gahii rakkoo naannoo hin jirretti uummata hojii isaa fi barattoota barumsa irraa dhaabuudhaan seminaara/barumsa waa’ee dhimma amantii sababeeffachuudhaan karoora tokko malee qabeenya uummataa gar malee abdii kutannaashee akka dhoksuuf itti fayyadamaa akka jirtu beekameera.

Haata’uutii barattooti humnaan akka hirmaatan godhamanis dubbii diduu fi yeroo wayyaanoti lallaban dhimma biraa haasa’uun diddaa isaanii agarsiisaa akka jiran odeessi nu dhaqqabe ni hubachiisa.

Kanumaan wal-qabatee warreen miseensota ishee ta’aniif qarshii guddaa dhoksaadhaan akka durgootti kaffalaafii akka jirtuu fi barattoota harka caalu immoo barumsa irraa kuttee halkanii fi guyyaa ‘barumsa’ waa’ee amantii jedhuun nuffisiisaa akka jirtus beekameera.

Goototi barattota Oromoo garuu shira Wayyaaneen sochii Qeerroo Oromoo dura dhaabachuuf hojjechaa jirtu kan dursanii fi shira ishees kutannoodhaan kan kukkutan ta’uusaa karaa adda addaa mul’isaa akka jiranis beekamee jira.

Email Message from Finfinnee: Voice of the voiceless

Dear Qeerroo B,

First let me introduce myself to you as Mr. MM (just for security reason). I am from Finfinnee.Since I recently moved to one International Finance Institute, I have been blessed with access to free online media which otherwise is highly censured here in Ethiopia. As you may know, domestic media is absolutely owned by the regime while foreign based, domestic affiliated media (like websites) are blocked in most places. In such environment, its very difficult to ashame the oppressors by bringing plights of oppressed civilians to light.

Today, I want to share with you a very brief story of one ill treated ordinary civilian and politely ask you to cry foul on behalf of her by putting her horrendous nightmare out to public.

Her story goes like this: Her name is Jalale Tasisa, she is a young mother of one and a nurse by profession. She was arrested on July 25,2011, at her home in Addis Ababa. Initially it was said that the police was looking for her brother who is member of the OFDM and was also allegedly accused for being sympathizer of OLF; once they realized that they missed him, they arrested and detained her at Maikelawi (a prison in the capital) where she remained without any charge till this date except that she appeared in court twice in the last three months. where each time the police asked for additional time to collect more evidence, which adds nothing apart from testing her endurance.

I do not know Jalale in person. I came to know her ill-fated story through her husband whom I know when he was Phd student in Europe years ago. According to him since this drama started, there was no single stone he didn’t move to reunite his wife with his two year old son. Unfortunately, nothing has worked for him the way he thought so far and Jalele is still in prison even though it was very clear to people who know her that she is innocent. A heavy depression is the order of the day for the husband and his young son.

Jalele represents hundreds of voiceless Oromos who are being consumed by the untold stress in dark prison-walls in Ethiopia. If you can hear her voice through me, I am sure thousands of people out there who can hear her through you. “Iyyi iyya dabarsi” again for security reason I together with my email account prefer to remain anonymous,

Thank you very much.

MM

Diddaa Qeerroo

(Oduu Qeerroo, Finfinnee, 20 Onkoloolessa 2011) Humni tikaa fi basaasaa wayyaanee diddaa Qeerroo sadarkaa biyyaatti babal’ataa jiru dhaamsuuf duula gaggeessaa jiraatan iyyuu diddaa Qeerroo guyyuu dabalaa jiru dhaabuu akka hin dandeenye beekame.

Yeroo ammaa kanatti bakka hedduutti Qeerroo biyyatti qabanii mana hidhaatti guuruun kan itti fufe yoo ta’u, Qeerroonis tooftaa fi tarsimmoo adda addaa baafachuun mootummaa abbaa irree wayyaanee dura dhaabbachuu isaanii tii fufanii jiru.

Akka dameen Qeerroo bakka addaa addaatii gabaasaa jiranitti, mootummaan garboomsaa biyyattii keessaatti maqaa walga’ii jedhuun manneen barnootaa sadarkaa 2ffaa fi Universiitii keessaattii wal ga’ii sirna feederaaliziimii irratti isiin mariisifnna jechuun barattoota waliitti qabaa jira. Haata’uutii wayita kanatti barattoonnii diddaadhaan dura dhaabbaachaa jiraachutu gabaafameee jira.

kaayyoon wal ga’ii isaa kunis Diddaa Qeerroo akkaa Ibiddaa Saafaa boba’uu eegalee jiruu waan sodaateef barattoota ko’oomsuu (akka waan biraatti qabamanii diddaa hin yaadne gochuu) toftaa akka godhachuu barbaadee gootonnii barattoota biyyattii hubatanii diddaa isaanii babal’isaa jiru.

Magaalaa Finfinnee universiyt kolleejjii kotobeettiis diddaan Qeerroo itti fufee akka jiru beekamee jira. Haala kanaanis kan wal qabate, Humnoonnii tikaa TPLF Maagalaa Finfinnee Goolaa jiraachuun gabaafamee jira

Kanaa biraanis sabboontotaa Oromoo Oromummaan boonan akka malee hordofamaa akka jiran beekamee jira. Keessaayyuu, gidduu darbe erga dameen qorannaa Qeerroo maqaa humnoota tikaa fi abbootii aangoo Wayyaanee ummata hiraarsaa jiran saaxilee asitti hordoffiin sabboontotaa fi namoota jajjaboo irratti godhamu itti fufee jira.

"Wayyaaneen yeroo ammaa kanatti waan qabduu fi dhiiftu wallaaltee jirti," kan jedhan hayyuun seenaa tokko,"Mallasaan waan biyyoota ollaa isaatti ta’aa jiru irraa waa hin baratu taanaan hireen isaas akkuma kan Saadaam, kan Mubaarak, kan Gaadaafii ta’uun shakkisiisaa hin ta’u," jedhanii jiru.

Godinaa Wallaaggaa Bahaattiis Mootummaan garboomsaa Abbootii qabeenyaa waliittii qabee maallaqa kadhachaa wayita jiruttii, abbootiin qabeenyaa immoo ilmaan keenyaa hidhaa qabeenyaa keenyaaf nu jaalattanii jechuun diddaan dura dhaabbatanii akka jiran odeessi Qeerrroo achi irraa nu dhaqqabe saaxilee jira.