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

2 thoughts on “Email Message from Finfinnee: Voice of the voiceless

  1. Kam akka Jalallee daba malee dabee, yakka malee yakkamee, oromummaa isaatiif hdhamee dararamee, salphatee namaa gadi tahee kan du`e yookaan kan umurii isaa dukkana keessatti murtaahee booyaa bara eeggatu kumaatama. Kan utuu dhugaa qabuu maatii isaaf saba isaa irraa fudhatamee lubbuun isaa bahes kumaatama. oromoonis akka Oromootti tuffatamee, maal fidduu jechuu dhaan waan garaa isaanii nurratti rawwatanii, nureebanii booyicha nu dhorkanii akka dhala namaatti utuu hin tahiin akka sareetti nutti taphachaa waan keenyatti jiraachaa akka jirani utuu beeknuu califnee rafaa jiaachuun keenya ifaa dha. Kun dhala namaa tahee kan yaadu hundi kan fudhatu miti. Ega dhaloonni kun kana caallaa maal sodaannee akka halagaa jalatti akka loonii dararamaa jiraachuun maal akka tahe naa galaa hin jiru. Kun mariis kan barbbaachisu miti. Yeroonis kan kennamuufii hin turre. Furmaatni isaa tokkumaa fi tokkicha. Du`anii ajjeessuu, diina of irraa kaasuu, gabrummaa mannaa bilisummaa filachuu gadheen bitamuu mannaa du`anii lammii ofiif mirga argamsiisuu. Kan kanaa alaa————–

  2. All stories of thousands of Oromos are similar to Jalale. Can Oromos in Diaspora do a little favor to Jalale by signing petition to their MP or governments in their respective country and demanding here release? It doesn’t cost our Diaspora any thing. But it might do Jalale great by bringing her case to world attention.

    God Bless Oromia

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