March 6, 2012; Finfinnee

Mr. Milkessa Midhegssa, a Political Science Lecturer at Dire Dawa University; was reportedly taken to custody after security agents accused him of fueling the students uprising that is shaking many Universities and Secondary schools in Ethiopia specially that of Dire Dawa University. Mr Midhegsa, who is popular among the Oromo students in the campus, was targeted several times before he got his subsequent release. Currently, it was said that he is keep in a very brutal and notorious prison of Ma’ikelawi, where traditionally political dissidents are kept and torture and mistreatment is regular.

In similar news, kidnapping of students by government security agents continued unabated. In Adama University students were denied admission to University, even if they are finally free from custody in a rarely functioning judicial system. Waqjira Gutama is one of these, after making his way from prison to the University; who was kidnapped in front of his dormitory and his where about remained unknown. His families are currently suffering from his disappearance and their search effort so far become fruitless.

Last month, a student named Magarsa Waqjira, who disappeared from Hawaasa University in February, was finally found in the custody of the notorious Ma’ikelawi prison.

Even if the regime in Ethiopia is getting busy by the day harassing students and civilians with no clue of the crime they are accused of, the organized Qeerroo movement is shaping its movement to all directions and the support of the public is rising enormously.

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