Galen Rupp – USA (2:10:05), Eliud Kipchoge – Kenya (2:08:44) and Feyisa Lilesa – Oromia (2:09:54)

RIO DE JANEIRO (Letsrun)— Plenty of storylines emerged from the 2016 Olympic marathon. Eliud Kipchoge stamped himself as the greatest marathoner of all time by winning the race in 2:08:44. Galen Rupp earned the bronze medal to cap a stellar meet for the United States distance squad. But those are sporting achievements. What Ethiopia’s Feyisa Lilesa did today goes far beyond running.

As Lilesa crossed the finish line in 2:09:54 to earn the silver medal, he threw his hands above his head to form an “X”. Afterward, at the post-race press conference on a dais 50 yards from the marathon finish line, he spoke slow, powerful, chilling words, explaining the gesture was meant to demonstrate his solidarity with his Oromo people in Ethiopia. Amnesty International reports that at least 97 Oromo were killed inpeaceful anti-government protests earlier this month. This is the latest in a string of protests that Human Rights Watch estimates have resulted in over 400 deaths in all. In addition to the killings, many more have been arrested and detained by the government.

 

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(Los Angeles Times) — Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia was nearing the finish line at the men’s marathon on Sunday morning when he crossed his wrists above his head.

The silver medalist did it again. And once more at the end of an extraordinary news conference — standing alone and posing for photographers — in which he explained his show of solidarity with protesters in his homeland, Ethiopia.

He explained that the gesture was in protest of the killing of the Omoro people, saying he stands with the resistance movement, adding that the government was “killing our people.”

Lilesa was asked about the consequences of his protest. He said maybe “they kill me…if not they kill me, they put me in prison.”

Later, it was mentioned that the International Olympic Committee frowned upon political protests/gestures at the Games.

Said Lilesa: “They can’t do anything. It’s my feeling.”

Athlete Feyisa Lilesa, who clocked 2nd and took Silver in this year’s Rio Olympic in men’s Marathon, crossed the finishing line with his hands crossed, a sign that is now widely recognized as a symbol of civil resistance in Ethiopia, a country gripped by successive anti-government protests which began in Nov. 2015,

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Haala Yeroo fi Fincila Xumura Gabrummaa(FXG) Irratti Ibsa Qeerroo Bilisummaa Oromoo Irraa Kenname.

Hagayya 20,2016

Qeerroon  Bilisiummaa Oromoo Sochii Warraaqsaa Biyyoolessaa Oromiyaa FXG Akka waliigalaatti bifa jaarmiyaalee qabsoo bilisummaa hundaa hirmaachiisee fi beektoota Oromoo  fi uummata Oromoo dammaqsuun dirmachiiseen Ebla 11/2014 irraa eegaluun Sochii Warraaqsaa biyyooleessa Oromiyaa FDG irraa hamma FXG bifa qindaa’ee fi ammayyoomeen  Qeerroon Bilisiummaa Oromoo finiinsuu nan eegale. Sadaasa 12/2015 torbaan tokko keessatti guutummaa Oromiyaa dhuunfachuun uummatni  Oromoo haala kamiin osoo hin daandgeefamiin bilisummaa isaa fi  Walabummaa Oromiyaaf falmachuun  Wareegama qaalii baasuun lubbuun ilmaan Oromoo 850 olii  Wareegamuun , kumoota kudhanootaan rasaasaa agaazii Wayyaaneen Kan madeeffamanii fi kumoota dhibbootaan kanneen lakkaa’aaman jumlaan ukkaanfamuun baadii tokko malee Oromummaa yakkamuun kan  hidhaaman yoo ta’uu;  Qabsoon Warraaqsaa Biyyoolessa Oromiyaa FXG utuu takkaa addan hin citiin marsaa 8ffaaf  itti fufinsaan gaggeeffamuun teessoo mootummmaa abbaa irree raasuu irraa darbee akka sirnatti sirna federaaliziimii fi dimookiraasiin wayyaaneen ganna 25 oliif ittin Addunyaa sobaa  turte ifatti kan saaxileefi buulchiinsaa sobaa maqaa OPDOn dahachuun waggaa 25 oliif uummata gowwumsaa turan diiguun Wayyaaneen bulchiinsa Oromiyaa zoonii waraanaa 8 jala galchuun sadarkaa waraanaan bulchutti kan jijjirrate yoo ta’uu; OPDOf uummanni Oromoo wal irraa gargar bahuu kan danda’ee jiruu fi sochiin kun seenaa Qabsoo Bilisiummaa Oromoo keessatti boqonnaa haaraawaa kan baneefii saboota cunqurfamoo biyyatti irraa illee dirmannaa argachuu fi fakkeenyummaa garii “Akka qabsoo Warraaqsaa biyyoolessaa Oromiyaa FXG” (like Oromoo Protest ) jechuun mirga isaaniif falmachuuf kanneen Wayyaanee jala dhaabbachuu eegalaan jiraachuun beekamadha.  AKKASUMAS kanneen Wayyaanee kufaatii jala geessee waan jirtuuf qooddannaa bu’aa Sochii warraaqsaa kanaatti of waamuu fi bu’aa battalaaf fiigaa jiraan illee jiraachuu Qeerroo Bilisiummaa Oromoo hubachuun warraaqsaa biyyoolessaa Oromiyaa daran jabeessuun  abbaa irree Wayyaanee EPRDF/TPLF/OPDOtti xummura gochuun bilisummaa keenyaa gonfachuuf haala qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo Warraaqsaa FXG fi haalaa biyyattiin keessa jirtu ilaalchisuun ibsa Gabaabaa itti aanuu  kana uummata Oromoo hundaafi jaarmiyaalee Qabsoo Bilisummaa Oromoo fi beektoota activistoota Oromoo hundaaf dabarsee jira. Continue reading →

Engineer Balaay Waaqasaa

Hagayyaa 20,2016 Warraaqsaa Biyyoolessaa Oromiyaa FXG Marsaa 8ffaaf Utuu walirraa hin citin gaggeeffamaa jiruun walqabatee Torbee Darbee warraaqsaa Magaalaa Fınfınnee Keessattı Gaggeeffameen İlmaan Oromoo qaroo hawaasaa ta’an 3500 Oliittı lakkaa’aman Magaalaa Fınfınnee qofa keessa ukkaanfamuun gara dabarfaman  Kan Hojjetaa İnstitutii Magaalotaa Oromiyaa Engineer Balaay Waaqasaa fı Barsiisaa Gaaddisaa Abdiisaa keessattı argamaan Mooraa Leenjii Waraanaa Wayyaanee Awwaas Arbaa Jedhamuu bakka Maatıın illee arguu hın dandeenyettı hıdhamuun dararamaajıeaachuu Maddeen Qeerroo Bilısummaa Oromo gabaasan.

Barsıısaa Gaaddisaa Abdıısaa

Hagayya 20,2016 Komishiinii poolisii godina Arsii lixaa keessaa ergamtoonni Wayyaanee OPDOn halkan edaa magaalaa Asaasaa keessatti hiriira yeroo darbee irratti magaalaa hanga baadiyyaa walitti qabdee hiite walitti qabdee gara kaampii waraanaa malkaa waakkannaatti fe’aa bulte, amnas asuma magaalaa Asaasaa keessaa namoota 35 hidhuuf akka qophiirra jirtu kan dhagayame yoo ta’uu namoonni isiin hidhuuf ergamoota magaalaa keessa babbaastee jirtu keessaa Continue reading →