A Summary of Oromos Killed, Beaten and Detained by the TPLF Armed Forces during the 2014 Oromo Protest Against The Addis Ababa (Finfinne) Master Plan

Compiled by: National Youth Movement for Freedom and Democracy (NYMFD) aka Qeerroo Bilisummaa

July 05, 2014

Background

It is a well-documented and established fact that the Oromo people in general and Oromo students and youth in particular have been in constant and continuous protest ever since the current TPLF led Ethiopian government came to power. The current protest which started late April 2014 on a large scale in all universities and colleges in Oromia and also spread to several high schools and middle schools begun as opposition to the so called “Integrated Developmental Master Plan” or simply “the Master Plan”. The “Master Plan” was a starter of the protest, not a major cause. The major cause of the youth revolt is opposition to the unjust rule of the Ethiopian regime in general. The main issue is that there is no justice, freedom and democracy in the country. The said Master Plan in particular, would expand the current limits of the capital, Addis Ababa, or “Finfinne” as the Oromos prefer to call it, by 20 folds stretching to tens of Oromian towns surrounding the capital. The Plan is set to legalize eviction of an estimated 2 million Oromo farmers from their ancestral land and sell it to national and transnational investors. For the Oromo, an already oppressed and marginalised nation in that country, the incorporation of those Oromian cities into the capital Addis Ababa means once more a complete eradication of their identity, culture, and language. The official language will eventually be changed to Amharic. Essentially, it is a new form of subjugation and colonization. It was the Oromo university students who saw this danger, realized its far-reaching consequences and lit the torch of protest which eventually engulfed the whole Oromia regional state.

For the minority TPLF led Ethiopian regime, who has been already selling large area of land surrounding Addis Ababa even without the existence of the Master Plan, meeting the demands of the protesting Oromo students means losing 1.1 million of hectares of land which the regime planned to sell for a large sum of money. Therefore, the demand of the students and the Oromo people at large is not acceptable to the regime. It has therefore decided to squash the protest with its forces armed to the teeth. The regime ordered its troops to fire live ammunition to defenceless Oromo students at several places: Ambo, Gudar, Robe (Bale), Nekemte, Jimma, Haromaya, Adama, Najjo, Gulliso, Anfillo (Kellem Wollega), Gimbi, Bule Hora (University), to mention a few. Because the government denied access to any independent journalists it is hard to know exactly how many have been killed and how many have been detained and beaten. Simply put, it is too large of a number over a large area of land to enumerate. Children as young as 11 years old have been killed. The number of Oromos killed in Oromia during the current protest is believed to be in hundreds. Tens of thousands have been jailed and an unknown number have been abducted and disappeared. The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa, who has been constantly reporting the human rights abuses of the regime through informants from several parts of Oromia for over a decade, estimates the number of Oromos detained since April 2014 as high as 50, 000.

In this report we present a list of 61 Oromos that are killed and 903 others that are detained and beaten (or beaten and then detained) during and after the Oromo students protest which begun in April 2014 and which we managed to collect and compile. The information we obtain so far indicates those detained are still in jail and still under torture. Figure 1 below shows the number of Oromos killed from different zones of Oromia included in this report. Figure 2 shows the number of Oromos detained and reportedly facing torture. It has to be noted that this number is only a small fraction of the widespread killings and arrest of Oromos carried out by the regime in Oromia regional state since April 2014 to date. Our Data Collection Team is operating in the region under tight and risky security conditions not to consider lack of logistic, financial and man power to carry the data collection over the vast region of Oromia.

click here to view the document :-  List of Oromos killed and detained compiled July 05 2014 compiled by Qeerroo

Gabaasaa: Adoolessaa 5,2014 Godina Jimmaa magaalaa Jimmaa keessatti FDG Qeerroo ykn dargaggootaa fi  barattoota Oromoo Yuunivarsiitii Jimmaan gaggeeffama jiru daran jabaachuun gara mooraa waraanaa fi Poolisootatti tarkaanfachaa jira.

Ilmaan Oromoo mooraa waraanaa Wayyaanee magaalaa Jimmaa keessatti argamuu kan kutaa 12ffaa (Asira 12nya kifile xoor’ jedhamee beekamuu fi buufata waaraanni  eegumsa godhina dhiha biyyattii jedhamee beekamuu keessatti FDG eegaleen humnooti waraanaa ajaja mootummaa irraa gadi darbu fudhachuu diduun gaaffii kakaasaa jiraachuun isaanii beekame.

Haala kanaan kan baarage mootummaan Wayyaanee humna qorattaa addaa jechuun kallattiin dhalootaan Oromoo kanneen ta’an warreen ta’an qoratamaa akka jiran beekame. Ajajootni Waraana TPLF/EPRDF aangoo waraanaa ofiin dhunfachuun Oromoo fi saboota biroo maxxantuu fi ergamtuu godhachuun itti fayyadamaa jiraachuu irraan mormiin mooraa waraanaa kana keessatti dhalatee jiruu ilmaan Oromoo qorannoo guddaaf saaxilee jira.

Poolisootni dhalootaan Oromoo ta’anii fi Oromummaa isanitti amanan maqaa sochii FDG barattootni Oromoo Yuuniversiitii Jimmaa gaggeessa jiran keessa harka qabdu, dargaggoota barattoota Oromoo Yuuniversiitii Jimmaatu isin ijaaree, miseensa Qeerroo ta’uun ijaaramtanii jirtu fi gaaffiilee kanneen fakkaatan dhiheessuun qormaataan akka cinqaa jiran gabaasi keessa moorichaa qeerroo dhaqabe addeessa.

Yeroo amma kanattui Poolisootni haala kanaan dararamaa jiran:

1. Poolisii Dabaloo Dassalee Godina Baha Wallaggaa aanaa Kiiraamutti kan dhalate yeroo Qeerroon dargaggootni barattootni Oromoo Yuuniversiitii Jimmaa FDG mootummaa irratti gaggeessan, Qawwee fudhattee gara Godina dhaloota kee Kiiraamuu deemuun uummata FDG kakastee, fincala baha Wallaaggaa keessatti gaggeeffame keessa harka qabda jechuun sobaan yakkamee wajjira Poolisii Godina Jimmatti hidhamuun dararama jira.
2. Poolisiin Daani’eel jedhamus maamila poolisii Dabaloo Dassaleetti Qeerrootti ijaaramtanii FDG gaggeeffama jiru keessa qooda guddaa qabdu, Ajaja fudhachuu diddaan, Barattoota Oromoo Yuuniversitii Jimmaa fi Koolleejjii barsiisota Jimmaa waliin hariiroo qabdu, barattoota qaba hidha jechuun ajajamtanii barattootni akka hin hidhamne mootummaa dura dhaabbatan jedhamuun kanneen hidhamanii dararama jiran keessatti kan ramadaman ta’u.

Qindeessitooti FDG   Oromoo ilmaan Oromoo kun Oromoo ta’uu qofaan balleessa tokko utuu hin qabaatiin dararamaa waan jiraniif Polisootni Oromiyaa dhalootan Oromoo ta’an bakka jiranii dammaquun roorroo saba isaanii irraa akka ittisaniif wamicha caasaa keessaan akka dabarsaa jiru addeesee jira.

Adoolessaa 4,2014 Guyyaa har’aa godina Jimmaa Magaalaa Jimmaa keesatti Poolisootni sirna Wayyaanee Kora bittinneessaa Jedhamuun beekaman humna hin beekamneen haleelaman.Haala kanaan Nammotni hedduun Madaa’uun Poolisiin sirna Wayyaanee tokkos battalatti ajjeefamera Polisootni sirna Wayyaanee tajaajilan maqaa kora bittinneessaa jedhamuun beekaman magaalaa Jimmaa naanna’uun sodaa fi yaaddoo mootuummaan Wayyaanee keessa lixee jiruun poolisootaa hafanii fi uummata naannichaa keessatti soda guddaa galchaa jiru.

Haalli kun itti fufee sochii barattoota Oromoo fi qonnaan bultoota Oromooti sababaa jedhuun keellaalee ykn ittisa bahaa fi galma magaalaa irratti uumata nagaan deemu mara sakatta’a cimaan akka deemsisaa jiran gabaasi qeerroo godinichaa addeessa.

Kana malees Polisoota Kora bittinneessaa Wayyaanee daandii Finfinnee irran Magaalaa Jimmaatti seensisuu irratti ramadamanii jiran irraatti humni hin beekamnee tarkaanfii haleellaa Fudhateen poolisoota Wayyaanee haleeluun tokko irra battalatti ajjeesuun kannee kan sadii immoo akka malee madeeffamuun gabaafama.Walitti dhukaasa sa’atii muraasaaf tureen namootni hedduun akka madaa’an beekamee jira.

Humni hin beekamne kun guyyaa har’a ganama keessaa sa’aatii 9:30WD  irratti galma Magaalaa Jimmaa kellaa guddicha Magaalaa Jimmaa seensa irratti argamu irratti kan fudhatame ta’us haala kana irraa ka’uun yeroo amma kanatti magaalaan Jimmaa raafama guddaa keessa seentee jiraachuu qeerroon gabaasa isaan addeessa.

Adoolessa 6,2014 Anfilloo
Guyyoota muraasa dura abbootii qabeenyaa Qellem Anfilloo irra baajata baasuudhaan sochii Qeerroo deggeranii fi waggoota hedduu mana hidhaa keessa kan turan deebisee shakkuu irraanis hidhaatti guuraa jiraachuu gabaasuun keenya ni yaadatama. Ammas akka gabaasni Qeerroo Qellem har’a Adoolessa 06,2014 ammaan dura Oromoo jiraatota naannichaa kan ta’an deggertoota ABO jechuudhaan waggoota 10 mana hidhaa Wayyaanee Qaallittii fi Maa’ikelaawwii dararrii gurguddaan irra gahamaa turee bahanii maatii waliin iraatan,aLoltooti Wayyaanee ammos irra deebi’uun shakkii maqaa ABOtiin qabamanii gara dhabsiisuun bakka buuteen isaanii akka dhabaman gabaasni Qeerroo nu gahe addeessa.Namoota muraasa maqaan isaanii nu dhaqqabe keessaa:

1.Fekkedee Shibashii-Namni kuni umurii isaa mana hidhaa Wayyaanee Qaallittii fi Maa’ikelaawwii keessatti kan xumuree fi miidhaan hedduun isa qaqqabee jiru akkasuma walitti qabaa uummataa fi uummanni oromoo aanichaallee mootummaa wayyaneef akka hin jilbeeffanne kaka’umsa guddaa hamma jirutti kan raawwachaa jiruudha. Daldalaa mana hucuu kan qabu magaalaa Anfilloo ganda Muggii 01ti.
2.Raaggaa Gabbisaa-maanguddoo umurii 60 oliiti.Qote bulaa jiraataa Anfilloo ganda Eenecheeti.
3.Abiraham Fayisaa-Qote bulaa
4.Yaasin Sayid-Daldalaa bunaa Anfilloo magaalaa Muggiiti.
5.Azaddiin Yaasin-Jiraataa Anfilloo magaalaa Muggii gaba kamisaati.Qote bulaadha.
6.Phaawuloos Tolasaa jedhamu Anfilloo ganda Eenechee keessa kan jiraatu namni kunis yeroo dheeraa mana hidhaa Qaallittii keessatti dararamaa kan ture
Akka gabaasi qeerroo addeessutti Oromooti hidhamanii jiran kanneen kana qofa osoo hin taane torbaan kana keessa gara nama 97 ta’uun beekama. Gara biraan manneen uumfataa fi jiraatota naannichaa hanga har’aatti waraana Wayyaaneen sakatta’amaa jiraachuun beekame.