HRLHA Urgent Action

December 25, 2015

The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) has confirmed that deaths resulting from the ongoing crackdown of peaceful protesters in various parts of the regional state of Oromia has now reached 122, while mass arrests and detentions have also been intensified. Top officials of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) party have been targeted in the most recent cases of kidnappings, arrests and detentions. Accordingly, Mr. Dajane Tafa, Deputy General Secretary of OFC, was kidnapped by federal armed forces and taken away to yet unknown destination yesterday morning, December 24, 2015 around the area known as Giyorgis, in the centre of the Capital Finfinne/Addis Ababa on his way to work. In the same way, Mr. Bekele Garba, Deputy Chairman of the OFC, who spent about four years in jail on fabricated allegations and released recently, was also arrested yesterday afternoon from his home in Adama and taken away also by armed federal forces. HRLHA has been informed that homes of both Mr. Dajane Tafa and Mr. Bekele Garba have been searched for hours; and that of Mr. Bekele Gerba in particular remained invaded and surrounded by the federal armed forces until late in the afternoon.

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FDG itti fufuun gaaffiin uummata Oromoo deebii argachuu qaba hidhamtootii fi hogganootiin siyaasaa hidhaman daddaffiin haa gadhiifaman jechuun barattooti Oromoo Yuuniversitii Wallaggaa mooraa Naqamtee sagalee isaanii dhageessifataa oolan,mootummaan Wayyaanee Itiyophiyaan waraana fi humna poolisaa mooraatti guuruun barattoota burjaajessaa oole.Qawwee dhukaasuu fi humnaan barattootatti roorrisuu irraan kan ke’e humni waraana Wayyaanee kun ammoo gaaffi haqaa barattooti qaban keessatti ukkaamsuu hin dandeenye.