August 21, 2016

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(Yahoo Sports) — With the eyes of the world upon him, Ethiopian marathoner Feyisa Lilesaused the stage of Sunday’s Olympic marathon to daringly protest his own government back home.
As he neared the finish line and a silver medal, Lilesa raised his arms to form an ‘X’. The gesture is a peaceful protest made by the Oromo people, the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and one that is facing a brutal response to widespread protests that began late last year.
Human Rights Watch estimated in June that 400 people have been killed and thousands more injured as the government attempted to stop the estimated 500 protests that the Oromo people staged to draw attention to systemic persecution by the govermnent.
Lilesa is from Oromia, which is home to a large majority of the country’s 35 million Oromo. He didn’t back down from the protest after the race either, flashing the sign for cameras as a press conference and pledging to do it again during Sunday night’s closing ceremony.
Rule 50 of the Olympic charter bans political displays or protests and the American duo of Tommie Smith and John Carlos was famously stripped of its medals after the pair flashed the black power salute on the medal stand at the 1968 Summer Games.
Lilesa, however, has bigger things to worry about than just losing a medal as such dissent puts his life in real danger if he returns to Ethiopia.







Ameerikaan, Ummati ammi kun miidhamuu ijaan osoo argituu maaliif wayyaanee gargaartii? kan jedhu gaaffii namoota hedduuti. Ameerikaan dantaa ishee irraa kaatee waa tokko akka murteessitu kan hubatus danuudha. Dantaa kana irraa ka’uun, wayyaanee irraan dhibbaa tokkollee akka hin geesifnee wayyaaneenu bareechitee beekti. Kanaaf hammeenyi ishee daangaa dhabee, dhiigni ilmaan cunqurfamoo akka bishaanii dhangala’uu taasifama. Ameerikaan dantaa ishee naannichatti gama hunaan eegisiisuuf jecha, wayyaanee irra harka qabuun waan haqaati. Bara 1991 yeroo wayyaaneen Ameerikaa fi Ingilizii waliin mari’attu, Dolaara tokko Birri shan akka galchituu fi waggaa 20tti , Dolaara tokko birrii 20 akka geesiftuu waadaa seenuu warra keessa beekuutu dubbata. kanaaf karaa boroo ABO wal ga’iin ala godhan . Wayyaaneen Ameerikaa irraa waatokko wayita barbaaddu ykn akka itti hin dubbannee yennaa feetu, warra chaayinaa waliin waliigaltee adda addaa mallatteessitee midiyaan torban tokko guutuu odeessiti. Yeroo kana Ameerikaan rifattee harka gargaarsaa hiixattiif. Kun tapha wayyaaneeti. YKN dippilomaatoota Chaayinaa fi Raashiyaa simachuun Ameerikaa doorsifti. Kun shiroota wayyaanee lakkofsa hin qabnee keessaa isa xiqqoodha. Chaayinaan yeroo dorsiftu akkasuma.