Translated and Compiled in English by: Daandii Qajeelaa

The Oromian Youth Movement (Qeerroo) which was formed a little over a year ago is intensifying the struggle of the Oromo people for freedom, democracy and justice in a scale never seen before.

This report covers  widely intensified movement of Qeerroo over the month prior to the death of the Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi: July 22 through August 22, 2012. The report is directly taken from the archives of Qeerroo website.

August 20, 2012, Ayira Gulliso, West Wollega: TPLF Forces Killed Gamule Tasgara, and arrested several others.

In west Wollegga zone, several protesting Oromo youth were rounded up and arrested on August 20, 2012 and many of them were beaten severely in prison. Among those who suffered an unbearable torture, a young man named Gamule Tasgara lost his life in prison.

For more details A One Month Summary of Oromian Youth Movement (Qeerroo)

(Qeerroo, Finfinnee, 25 Hagayya 2012) Oromoon gaafa birmadummaa isaa sarbamee eegalee, waa halle waliin sarbamuu isaa kan ibsatu keessaa tokko karaa aadaa afoolaa fi hogbarruu isaa ta’uu hayyuun aadaa fi afoola Oromoo ibsan.

Bara dheeraaf  aadaa afoola hogbarruu Oromoo irratti barsiisaa fi qorannoo adeemsisaa kan jiran Dr Asaffaa Tafarraa walatajjii dhimma afoolaa fi hogabbarruu Oromoo USA keessatti qophaa’e  irratti ibsa kennaniin Oromoon erga brmadummaa isaa sarbame, waan dhabe san ibsachaa jiraachuu addeessan.

“Hafe”- jecha gochaa alaagaan biyyaa fi saba Oromoo irratti dalagaa turee fi jiru kan ittiin yaadatan, dhalootaaf dabarsan Seenaa Gaddaa fi Gaabbii dabarsuu dha.

Oromoon har’as waan hafe, waan sarbame, akkanaan dhaloota isaaniitti himachuun Xurree Gadoobaa-Xurree Gadoo Baasuu dhalootaaf itti dhaaman ta’uu dhaamsa Hayyuu Oromoo kana irraa hubachuun ni dnada’ama.

Aadaan diddaa kan abbootii keenya irraa dhaalame ta’uu kan ibsan Hayyuun hogbarruu Oromoo kun, yeroo ammaa kanattis kaan yeroo Fincila Diddaa Garbummaa gaggeessan kaan immoo Diddaa Fincila Garbummaa gaggeessuutti akka jiran illee ifa godhanii jiru.

21 Years of Human Right Calamity

HRLHA Press Release

August 24, 2012

PM Meles Zenawi

Only three heads of state exchanged hands over power in Ethiopia during a period of time that is about a century. This fact by itself is indicative of the non-existence of democracy in the country. During this extended time period, the various peoples and nationalities in Ethiopian never tolerated tyrants. The Feudal Regime of Haile Sellassie faced with various forms of peoples revolts and uprisings. Some paid maximum price, and others were condemned to indefinite incarcerations to bring regime down. Although some of the big questions such as the land ownership issue got answers, the Ethiopian peoples did not see the kind of change they wanted to, especially regarding fundamental human rights. Oppositions continued in different forms under the Dergue Communist Regime, in spite of the absolute political suppression. Again, hundreds of thousands were killed extra judicially, and hundreds of thousands of others sent to prison in the same extra judicial manner. But, that did not prevent the powerful Dergue Regime from falling. Once again, the Ethiopian peoples were very unfortunate that a political change did not come. Things got from bad to worse in some cases under the current TPLF/EPRDF regime. As a result, oppositions continued to be displayed in different forms, only to be met with the harshest hands that the country has ever experienced. The country became the home of countless official and unofficial jails of its own citizens. Most of those detention centres experienced spill-over. Kidnappings, disappearances, extra judicial killings, and many other arbitrary actions happened to be the daily events. Even currently, hundreds of thousands of worshipers of the Muslim Religion are being taken in a mass to concentration camps such as Dhidhessa in western part of the country.

HRLHA_PR-_Aug_24,_2012.pdf