January 11, 2012 Naqamte
The ongoing University and high school students’ revolution is shaking the city of Naqamte after the students committed themselves for days of sit-in within Wollega University Campus. Shocked by the commitment and stand of the students, the huge security force assembled of different groups of the government armed apparatus have forcefully entered the campus which resulted in a sustained combat in and out of the University and it is being intensified in the city. Accordingly one student named Lenjisa Ragassa from 3rd year Afan Oromo Department was hospitalized after he sustained a serious injury by a gun shot from the security brigade.
What is more the University is trying to silence the students with intimidation, withholding the cafeteria food and violence. Accordingly, Siraj Jamal 2nd year Law and Kamal 2nd year engineering students were died from causes related to chronic hunger and more than 60 students were forcefully taken away after serious of biting and mistreatments. The whereabouts of the students are yet unknown and there is high probability of torture.
But the students are still persisting through the trouble and they are still active within the campus and the city with the support of the working class and the residents of Naqamte.
After the students defended their campus from the invading police force with stones and sticks, the heavily armed and ruthless army of the dictatorial regime have stormed the campus in the midnight causing huge damage and losses, leaving dozens injured and apprehensions of hundreds of students.
The demand of the students include
ü The release of all political prisoners (of which Oromo accounts more than 90%)
ü The Halt of the land grabbing policy; which is evicting farmers and impoverishing thousands if not millions
ü The realization of self determination and self governance as written on the Ethiopian Federal constitution and other campus related academic and administrative matters.
But the regimes’ agent attempt to cover up this student’s revolution on VOA as small incidents of student conflict have angered the high school students in the West Wollega Zone and the residents’ of the city. Accordingly they are standing in solidarity with these students. The support and care of the Naqamte city residents in helping the injured students is said to be of very crucial and historical.
Naqamte is one of the Oromo cities that resisted the brutal dictatorship of the current government for the last two decades.
Justice Shall Prevail!!!
@Qeerroo
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