Gabaasa Qeerroo Gurraandhala 5,2012

Maqaa Waldaa Misooma Oromiyaa jedhuun mootummaan Wayayanee ilmaan Oromoo irraa waan qaban akka kennan bara darbee jalqabee dirqisiisaa turuun isaa ni yaadatama.Maallaqni funaaname kun dhimma bulchinsa mootummaa wayyaaneef ooluu kan hubatan uummatni oromoo Aaanaa Gindabarat Maallaqa funaaname 500,000 bakka buutee dhabne jechuun yoommuu raadiyoo faanaatti iyyattan gaazexeessitootni yaada uummataa fuudhan qilleensa irra akka hin oolchine amanamtootni mootummaa kun gaaffii biyyaa waan ta’eef akka qilleensa irra hin oollu iccitiin raadiyoo faanaa keessaa ba’e ifa godhee jira.Uummatni Ggaaffii kana gaafates irra deddeebbiin gaazexeessitoota faanaa cinqaa jiraachuun isaas beekkame.

(Qeerroo, Adaamaa, 05 February 2012) The United Nations criticized the Ethiopian government’s use of an anti-terrorism law to curb freedom of expression by jailing opposition politicians and reporters critical of the state.

According to Bloomberg report in December, two Swedish journalists were sentenced to 11 years each by an Ethiopian court for supporting terrorism after being captured with a banned rebel group.

An exiled journalist, two writers, a politician and one other individual, all from Ethiopia, were given terms ranging from 14 years to life last week for plotting terror acts.

Journalists “should not face criminal proceedings for carrying out their legitimate work, let alone be severely punished,” Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, said in a statement posted on the website of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Ethiopia holds journalists accountable when they commit crimes, Communications Minister Bereket Simon said.

“Ethiopia clearly differentiates between freedom of expression and terrorism,” he said in a phone interview from the capital, Addis Ababa, today. “This is simply a very wrong defense of foreign journalists who have been caught red-handed when assisting terrorists.”

Ethiopia was the third-largest recipient of humanitarian aid in the world in 2009, receiving $3.8 billion, according to Global Humanitarian Assistance, the Wells, England-based research group. There are 26 UN agencies operating in Ethiopia, according to the Addis Ababa-based Development Assistance Group, which represents Ethiopia’s donors.

Terror Acts

Next month, 24 people including government opponents, exiled journalists and dissident writer Eskinder Nega, begin their defense of charges of committing terror acts under the Horn of Africa nation’s 2009 law.

“Journalists, bloggers and others advocating for increased respect for human rights should not be subject to pressure for the mere fact that their views are not in alignment with those of the government,” Margaret Sekaggya, who speaks for the UN on behalf of human rights defenders, said in the statement.

Critics are applying “double standards” as they do not claim freedom of expression is endangered when journalists are prosecuted in the West, according to Bereket.

Five human-rights groups, including London-based Amnesty International and New York-based Human Rights Watch, said a court case today in Addis Ababa threatens the “last remaining human rights monitoring NGO in Ethiopia.” The Addis Ababa-based Human Rights Council is trying to get a decision to freeze its funding reversed, the group said yesterday.

In 2009, Ethiopia banned charities working on human rights from receiving more than 10 percent of their funding from abroad.

–Editors: Paul Richardson, Karl Maier.

To contact the reporter on this story: William Davison in Addis Ababa via Nairobi at pmrichardson@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Antony Sguazzin at asguazzin@bloomberg.net.

 (ቄሮ ዘገባ፤ ፍንፊኔ፤  05 የካቲት 2012)  የኢትዮጵያ መምህራን ማኅበር (ኢመማ) ለመንግሥት ያቀረበው የደመወዝ ጭማሪ ጥያቄ ምላሽ ባለማግኘቱ አስቸኳይ ጠቅላላ ጉባዔ ለመጥራት ተቃርቧል፡፡

ከጥቅምት 3 እስከ 5 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም. የተካሄደው የኢመማ መደበኛ ምክር ቤት ስለመምህራን የደረጃ ከፍታ፣ ደመወዝና ተፈላጊ ችሎታ በሚመለከት ውይይት ካደረገ በኋላ የደመወዝ ጭማሪ ጥያቄ ያቀረበ ሲሆን፣ እስከ ጥር 30 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም. ድረስ ጥያቄው ምላሽ ካላገኘ አስቸኳይ ጠቅላላ ጉባዔ እንዲጠራ ወስኖ ነበር፡፡

በመላው አገሪቱ 350 ሺሕ አባላት ያሉት የኢትዮጵያ መምህራን ማኅበር የሲቪል ሰርቪስ ሚኒስቴር ማኅበሩ ላቀረበው ጥያቄ እስከ ጥር 30 ቀን ምላሽ ካልሰጠ መደበኛ ምክር ቤቱ በወሰነው ውሳኔ መሠረት አስቸኳይ ጉባዔ ይጠራል፡፡

ምንጮቻችን እንደገለጹት ማኅበሩ ለመንግሥት ያቀረበው የደመወዝ ጭማሪ ጥያቄ ምላሽ ባለማግኘቱ ከጥር 30 በኋላ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ይጠራል፡፡

ማኅበሩ በወቅቱ ባወጣው ባለአሥር ነጥብ የአቋም መግለጫ መምህራን ለሚያቀርቡት የደመወዝ ስኬል ማስተካከያ ጥያቄ የሚሰጠው ምላሽ መጓተት በኑሯቸው ላይ እያሳደረው ያለው ተፅዕኖ በየጊዜው እየናረ የመጣው የመኖርያ ቤት ኪራይ ታክሎበት፣ በአሁኑ ጊዜ መቋቋም ከማይችሉበት ደረጃ ላይ መድረሱን ጠቁሞ፣ ችግሩን ለመፍታት የተጀመረው እንቅስቃሴ እየታየበት ያለው መጓተት ተወግዶ መቋጫ የሚያገኝበትና መምህራኑን ተጠቃሚ የሚያደርግ ተግባራዊ እንቅስቃሴ እንዲጀመር፣ ጉዳዩ የሚመለከተው የመንግሥት አካል ተቋማዊ ኃላፊነቱን እንዲወጣ ጠይቆ ነበር፡፡

ምንጮቻችን እንደገለጹት ይህ የማኅበሩ አቋም መግለጫ ለሁሉም ክልል ማኅበራት ተልኮ በየትምህርት ቤቱ ማስታወቂያ ሰሌዳ ላይ እንዲለጠፍ መደረጉን ከምንጮቻችን ለመረዳት ችለናል፡፡

የኢትዮጵያ መምህራን ማኅበር ለመንግሥት ያቀረበው የደመወዝ ጭማሪ ጥያቄ ሲጓተት ይህ የመጀመሪያ ጊዜ አይደለም፡፡ በጥር 2003 ዓ.ም. ለመንግሥት ሠራተኞች የተደረገው ጭማሪ ቀደም ሲል ከማኅበሩ የቀረበውን ጥናት በአግባቡ ያላገናዘበ መሆኑን በመጥቀስ፣ የሲቪል ሰርቪስ ሚኒስትር አቶ ጁነዲን ሳዶ በተገኙበት የካቲት 26 ቀን 2003 ዓ.ም. የኢትዮጵያ መምህራን ማኅበር አስቸኳይ የምክር ቤት ስብሰባ ተካሂዶ ጭማሪውን በመገምገም፣ የከፍተኛ ትምህርት መምህራንን የደረጃ ከፍታ ጨምሮ ችግሩ መፍትሔ እንዲያገኝ ጠይቆ ነበር፡፡

ይህንኑ የማኅበሩን ጥያቄ መነሻ በማድረግ ማኅበሩ የተወከለበት ኮሚቴ ተቋቁሞ ጉዳዩ ሲታይ ቢቆይም ጥናቱ ተጠናቆ ሊገለጽ አልቻለም፡፡

ምንጮቻችን እንደገለጹት፣ መንግሥት እስከ ጥር 30 ድረስ ለቀረበለት የደመወዝ ጭማሪ ምላሽ ካልሰጠ ማኅበሩ በሚጠራው አስቸኳይ ጠቅላላ ጉባዔ በመንግሥት ላይ ተፅዕኖ የሚያሳድር ውሳኔ ሊያስተላልፍ ይችላል፡፡

የኢትዮጵያ መምህራን ማኅበር ፕሬዚዳንት አቶ ዮሐንስ በንቲ በበኩላቸው፣ ማኅበሩ አሁንም ከመንግሥት ጋር እየተወያየ መሆኑን ገልጸዋል፡፡

“ጥያቄያችሁ ምላሽ ካላገኘ ምን ዓይነት ዕርምጃ ለመውሰድ አስባችኋል?” በሚል ላቀረብንላቸው ጥያቄ “ምን ማድረግ እንዳለብን የሚወስነው ጉባዔው ነው” የሚል ምላሽ ሰጥተዋል፡፡ ከዚህ ጋር በተያያዘ የገዢው ፓርቲ ኢሕአዴግ ኃላፊዎች አባል የሆኑ መምህራንን ባለፈው ቅዳሜ ሰብስበው ማነጋገራቸው ተሰምቷል፡፡

ምንጮቻችን እንደገለጹት ጉዳዩ የሚመለከተው  የመምህራን ማኅበሩ ያቀረበው የደመወዝ ጥያቄ ተገቢ ቢሆንም፣ “ጥያቄያችን ምላሽ ካላገኘ ከጥር 30 በኋላ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ እናካሂዳለን፤ ሥራ እናቆማለን፤” የሚለው የተወሰኑ መምህራን አስተሳሰብ ትክክል አለመሆኑን የገዢው ፓርቲ ኢሕአዴግ ኃላፊዎች አባል የሆኑ መምህራን ለባለሥልጣናቱ አሳስበዋል፡፡

(Qeerroo, Finfinnee, 4 Guraandhala 2012) Wal qixxummaan amantiilee fi sabaa fi sablammootaa biyyattii keessatti kabajamee jira jechuun uummata gowwoomsuuf  mootummaan wayyaanee television fi raadiyoon ololu yeroodhaa yerootti saaxilamaa jira.

Guyyoota dhiyoo darban Godina Shawaa lixaa magaala ijaajjii keessaa maqaa amantiin namoota hidhaatti guuruun isaa ni yaadatama.

Ayyaana hordoftoota musliimaa Mawlid biyyattii keessatti kabajamuuf jedhu irratti qeerroon diddaa qindeessa,wal dhabdiin hordoftoota amantaa kiristaanaa fi musliimaa gidduutti uumama sodaa jedhuun mootummaan wayyaanee waraana gara Jimmaa, Baalee fi Harargeetti bakkeewwan hordoftootni musliimaa baay’inaan  jiranitti bobbaasuu fi magaala Finfinnee keessattii fi naannoolee maratti of eeggannoon akka eegan walii dhaamuun isaanii saaxilamee jira.

Erga Warraaqsi biyyattii keessatti jalqabee yuunivarsiitiileen,dhaabbiileen barnootaa gad aanaa fi magalootni Oromiyaa keessaa halkanii fi guyyaa waraanaan tikfamaa jiraachuun isaas beekamaa dha.

Qeerroon oromoo kutannoon wayyaanee hirriba dhabsiisee biyya abbaa isaa dhuunfachuuf jabinaan walii dhaamee jira.

Qabsoon itti fufa ! Gabrummaan ni kufa!

Feb 2, 2012 Finfinne

After series of discussions and party members meeting failed to materialize in legitimate response to the genuine demand of the public led by the National Youth Movement of Qeerroo, cadres and party members of the ruling coalition EPRDF/OPDO are organizing themselves to say no to the crackdown and to show their support and sympathy for the Qeerroo led movement for justice and democracy.

According to informants of Qeerroo, the meetings which still continued in some places and cities through out Oromiya is marred by disagreement, threat and suspicion after members have failed to give any clue of the Qeerroo struggles network. They are also said to be angry on the state media continued propaganda of development while people are imprisoned in mass and some are dying in and out of the notorious prisons in the country. Especially members of the OPDO party in some Universities namelyAddis Ababa, Wollega, Ambo, Adama and Jimma have been said to be in good terms with the Qeerroo movement.

In a U turn change of mind, Addis Ababa University OPDO party members have issued a statement denouncing the current state of crackdown on people with a legitimate demand and declared their allegiances to the public call for change. A statement sent to Qeerroo have claimed that they have waited so long for the evolution of the system to respond to the demand of the Oromo people but nothing seems to materialize at the will of the party. Our persistence for the cause of the Oromo people in staying with the party membership has only widened the political line between the Oromo public at large and this is clearly counterproductive, their statement reads written in Afan Oromo.

Finally they have listed a 3 point stand in which they have

1.      Declared their resignation from their OPDO party membership,

2.      Honored the expensive price paid by Oromo people in their struggle for justice and democracy, while regretting with their role in clamping down with dissents and spying for the killing machine of the Woyane government

3.      They have also called their fellow party members to follow suit to enhance the struggle for a just cause and redress the injustice being done to the people calling out for help;

On the other side, while the scrutiny and crackdown continues; it is to be remembered that the Qeerroo National Movement Leadership have reiterated their commitment to continue their struggle to success.

@ Qeerroo

Kanneen ‘Haqa’, ‘Bilisummaa’ fi ‘Demokraasii’f Qabsoofna Ofiin Jedhan Dursa
Hiikaa Maqoota Kanaa Waliin Haa Araaraman!
Haqa’, ‘Bilisummaa’ fi ‘Demokraasii’ jechuun maqoota gaggaarii dha. Maqootni
kabajamoo fi eebbifamoon kun garuu kanneen kaayyoo faallaa maqoota kanaa qabatanii sosso’an tokko tokkoon irra ejjetamanii yoo buruqfaman argaas, dhagahaas jirra.
Murnoota siyaasaa tokkummaa Itoophiyaa tiksuuf dhaabbanne ofiin jedhan keessaa tokko
tokko maqoota eebbifamoo kana of moggaasanii duula farra haqaa, farra bilisummaa fi
farra demokraasiitti bobba’aniiru. Kanneen akkasii kun, hawwiin isaanii gonkumaa waan
dhugoomuufii hin dandeenyeef jecha maqaa tokko qabatanii bara baraan laphee ummataa
keessatti ititanii jiraachuus hin danda’ani. Akkuma faranjoonni ‘An empty barrel makes
the most sound’ (Barmeelli duwwaan sagalee guddaa uuma) jedhan, ofumaaf arraba
dheeratu malee duubbeen isaanii duwwaa dha. Kun ammoo mallattoodhuma dhaabota
deeggarsa ummataa bal’aa of duubaa hin qabnee fi mirga ummatootaafis iddoo malu hin
kenninee ti.‘Haqa’, ‘Bilisummaa’ fi ‘Demokraasii’

Nuti  barattootni  Oromoo Yunivaristii Finfinnee miseensota OPDO turre, ogummaa baranneen kallattii sagantaa siyaasa OPDOtin, haaluma heera mootummaarratti lafa kaayameen mirga fi fedhii ummata Oromoo kabachiisuu fi tiksuudhaan  hojiirra oolchina hubannoo jedhuun dhaabbata kanatti miseensa taane. Haa ta’u malee fedhii qabnu kana hojiin muul’isuuf yeroo adda addaatti leenjii siyaasaa kennamaa ture irratti mirgoonni waraqaarra jiran, keessayyuu ummata Oromoof hojiitti akka hiikaman gaafachaa turruyyuu gurri kana dhagahuu dhabamuurraa mormii yeroo yerootti kaasaa turreen walshakkiin hammaatudhaan gara wal diigutti deemaa turrerra. Haala fi deemsa akkasiitin mirgaa ummata Oromoo tiksuufis ta’ee kabachiisuuf hin danda’amu jechuudhaan kan yeroon dhaabbata kana keessaa of baasudhaan dhiyootti biraa hafes baayyee turan. Nuti garuu yaadaa fi falmii dhiyeessinuun mirgoonni waraqaarra ka’aman sunneen akka har’aa boritti akka hojiitti hiikaman dhiibbaa taasisuu itti fufuudhaan ijibbaataan biraa deebina yaada jedhuun cichoominaan hanga yoonaatti miseensummaa itti fufne. Ibsa Ijjannoo bar. OPDO Yun. FF

Keessa Beekaa Irrraa,

Wayyaaneen har’as ta’u kaleessa, Ummatootaaf dhaabbattee hin beektu. Wayyaaneen gammoojjii Daddabiit keessatti dhalatte, gonkumaa Sagantaa mataa ishee qabaattee hin beektu. Qabaachuus hin dandeessu. Namoonni hedduun wayyaaneen waan hundaa Biyya isheetti kuufattee foxxoqixi jedhanii yaadan. Isaanis biyya ittiin dorsiisan. Garuu kana irratti gawwamu hin qabnu. Gonkumaa wayyaaneen Biyya ijaarrattee baatii jettenii hin yaadinaa . Maqaa Oromiyaa fi Oromoo jedhu Irratti Shira Wayyaanee

Amajjii 31,2012 Gabaasa Qeerroo Finfinnee

Warraaqsa ummata Oromoo Oromiyaa keessatti jalqabe dhaamsuuf mootummaan Wayyaanee miseensota ishee kanneen tikaa fi OPDO keessattuu ilmaan Oromoo walitti waamuun akka dhaabamuuf marii’achiistus bakkeewwan marii isheetti mormii malee milkoomina argachaa hin jiran .Miseensotni OPDO Oromiyaa keessaas walgahii ariifachasaa maqaa jedhuun cinqamaa jiru.Gaaffiin Qeerroo gaaffii ilmaan Oromoo garbummaa bara baraan rakkachaa jiruu fi dargaggoota Oromoo hojii dhabdummaan rakkachaa jiruuti jechuun miseensotiin OPDO hedduun bakkoota tokko tokkotti ifaan Walgahii Wayyaaenee irrati mormuu jalqabanii jiru. Keessumaa barattootni OPDO ta’ani University  Amboo,Finfinnee fi Jimmaatti ta’an deeggarsa guddaa sochii qeerroof akka qaban ifatti dhaamaniifii jiru.Warraaqsa kana keessatti hirmaachuun dirqama Oromummaa ta’uus walii dhaamanii jiru.

Kana malees marii OPDO University Haramaayaa keessatti Sabboontotaan fashale dhaabuuf mootummaan Wayyaanee halakanii fi guyyaa fiigaa jiraachuu beekamaa dha. Marii isaanii kana milkoomina itti uumuuf  jecha karaa Peace and security yuunivarsiitii kanaa waldiddaan miseensota OPDO gidduutti uumamuu isaa iccitiin isaanuma keessaa Qeerroo gahe saaxilee jira.Rakkoo miseensotuma Wayyaanee irraa ishee mudate dhaamsuufis mariin hoggantoota irraa Magaala Finfinnee keessatti Guyyaa gaafa Amajjii 30,2012 gaggeeffamaa oole jira.

Mootummaan Wayyaanee sochii biyyattii keessaa dhoksuun nageenyaa fi misooma faarsuu duwwaa irratti xiyyeeffachuu akka hin qabne yaadni jedhu hooggantoota OPDO keessaa itti dhiyaachuun guddoo rifaatii uumuu iccitiin walgahii dhoksaa mootummaa kana keessaa ba’e saaxileera. Gara fuula duraa guyyaa eeggannee waraabbii sagalee walgahii Wayyaaneen OPDOf goote ummataaf akka dhiheessunu abdii qabna.

Qabsoon itti fufa! Gabrummaan ni kufa!