Ethiopia: The Justice System Becoming a Political Tool in Ethiopia

HRLHA – Calls for Reversal of Racially and Politically Motivated Sentences

August 15, 2013

Press Release

The Federal High Court of Ethiopia sentenced 21 Oromo Nationals (most of whom are university students) to as much as 2-8 years in prison on 7th August, 2013. The report HRLHA received indicates that all of them have spent about three years pending trials on alleged charges of collaborating with the opposition organization of Oromo Liberation Front with the intention of committing terrorist crimes. According to information obtained by HRLHA through its correspondents, most of the defendants were very young Oromo students picked up at different times from different universities and colleges in the regional state of Oromia and other parts of the country.

The HRLHA has learnt that most of the 21 Oromo defendants did not even have acquaintance of each other, let alone collectively committing terrorist crimes, as they were brought together from different universities in the country and met each other in the jail. According to some legal experts, the fact that the charges were mere fabrications aimed at imposing punishments intended for political intimidations has made it difficult for the accused to defend themselves. However, by blatantly acting as a political tool of the ruling party, the court handed down the guilty verdict on the Oromo nationals without taking into consideration some evidences that the defendants attempted to present to defend themselves against the charges. There are more concerns that particularly five of the twenty one defendants who were charged with additional and separate article (criminal code, article 241, “Attack on the Political or Territorial Integrity of the State”, http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/70993/75092/F1429731028/ETH70993.pdf) from the sixteen others might face very harsh punishments.

Although this verdict did not come as a surprise, as it is not the first of its kind, it has enormously added to the accumulation of partiality, injustice and unfairness of the justice system, raising further concerns among the human rights groups, and defenders of justice and equality including the HRLHA.

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HRLHA Press Release, August 15, 2013.pdf

Hagayya 14,2013 Asoosaa

Garboomfataan mootummaa Wayyaanee hojjetoota guutummaa biyyattii miindaa gad aanaan hojjechiisuu irraan darbee hojii dhabdummaa fi qaalainsi jireenyaa hammaachaa kan dhufe yoommuu tahu,diddaan hojjettootaas daran jabaachaa jira.Haalli kunis daran jabaachuun Naannoo Beenishaangul Gumuz Godina Matakkaal aanaa Daangur bakka Qoxaa jedhamu keessaa hojjettootni investimentii qonnaa Hindii tahan dabalinsa miindaa gaafachuun hojii dhaaban.Mootummaan wayyaanee hojjettoota kana dura dhaabbachuuf waraanaan yaalus hojjettootni nuyi alagootaaf hojii hin hojjennu jechuun dhaabanii jiran.Hojjettootni kunneen gaaffii mirgaa dhiyeessaa kan turan bubbulus hindootni kunneen deebii gahaa kennuu fi tuffachuu dhabuu irraa hojii dhaabuun oomishni qonnaa dhaabbatee jira.Diddaan wal fakkaataan guutummaa Impaayera biyyattii keessatti hammaachaa dhufuun isaas beekamee jira.

በተለያዩ ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች በሚገኙ የኦሮሞ ልጆች ላይ የተላለፈ ኢፍትሀዊ ውሳኔ እና በኦሮሞ ህዝብ ላይ የተከፈተው ዘመቻ ትግሉን ከግብ እንዳይደርስ አያደርገውም፤

የወጣቱ(ቄሮ) የነፃነት መግለጫ

እ.ኤ.አ ነሐሴ/2013 የወያኔው ፍርድ ቤት ባዋለው ችሎት በእነ ደቻሳ ዊርቱ መዝገብ በተከሰሱ 24 የኦሮሞ ተማሪዎች ላይ ያስተላለፈው ውሳኔ ከእውነት የራቀና ሆን ተብሎ በኦሮሞ ህዝብ ላይ የተከፈተው ዘመቻ አካል ነው፡፡ በመሆኑም ለዚህ ኢፍትሀዊ ውሳኔ የወያኔ መንግስት እና ቅጥረኞቹ በኦሮሞ ህዝብ ላይ እያደረሱ ለሚገኙት ወደር የሌለው ግፍ እና በደል ከተጠያቂነት አያመልጡም፡፡

የወያኔ መንግስት የኦሮሞ ተማሪዎችን ከተለያዩ ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች በመሰብሰብ “የኢፌዲሪ መንግስት በአግባቡ እና በፍትሀዊነት የኦሮሞን ህዝብ እያገለገለ አይደለም እያላችሁ ህዝቡ በመንግስት ላይ እንዲያምፅ ለማድርግ አስተባብራችኋል ስለዚህ በአሸባሪነት ወንጀል ተጠያቂ ናችሁ” በማለት የከሰሳቸው ሲሆን ችሎት በማቋቋም በኦሮሞ ልጆች ላይ የረዥም እና የአጭር ጊዜ እስራት ብይን አስተላልፎባቸዋል፡፡ የመብት ጥያቄ ለመጠየቅና ሰልፍ ለመውጣት አስባችኋል በማለት ተማሪዎችን ማሰር እና ከትምህርት ገበታቸው ላይ ማባረር ለረጅም አመታት ሲፈፀም የቆየ ነው፡፡ “የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ሰልፍ ሊወጣ ነው ብላችኋል” በማለት ተማሪዎችን በህዝባዊ አመፅ አስተባባሪነት በመፈረጅ አሰቃቂ ድርጊት ከመፈፀሙም በላይ ኢ-ፍትሀዊ ውሳኔ ስለተላለፈባቸው ብሄራዊ የኦሮሞ ወጣቶች ንቅናቄ ይህን ድርጊት በጥብቅ ያወግዘዋል፡፡ የወያኔ መንግስት የኦሮሞ ተማሪዎችን በማሰር እና የኦሮሞን ህዝብ ከመኖሪያ አካባቢው በማፈናቀል የፖለቲካ ችግሩን ለመፍታት መሞከሩ የህዝቡን የፀረ ባርነት ትግል መቀልበስ እንደማይችል እንገነዘባለን፡፡

የኦሮሞ ተማሪዎች በአንድ በኩል የፀረ ባርነት ትግሉን ለማቀናጀት አስባችኋል እየተባሉ እየተወነጀሉና እየታሰሩ የሚገኙ ሲሆን በሌላ በኩል ደግሞ ባልፈፀሙት ድርጊት አሸባሪ ተብሎ በመፈረጅ ትርጉም የሌለው ክስ ቀርቦባቸው የእስር ውሳኔ ከተሰጠባቸው መካከል፡-

1. ተማሪ ደቻሳ ዊርቱ፡- ከሀሮማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ከ 8 ዓመት፣
2. ተማሪ ኤቢሳ ራቴሳ፡- ከኦምቦ ዩኒቨርሲቲ 8 ዓመት፣
3. ተማሪ አዳሙ ሽፈራው፡- ከአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ 8 ዓመት፣
4. አቶ በርሲሳ ለሚ፡- የአዲስ አበባ ነዋሪ ሲሆን 4 ዓመት፣
5. መምህር ብርሃኑ እምሩ፡- የኮተቤ ኮሌጅ መምህር ሲሆን 4 ዓመት፣
6. ተማሪ ጌቱ ሳቃታ፡- ከአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ 3 ዓመት፣
7. ተማሪ ሴና መረራ፡- ከአርባ ምንጭ ዩኒቨርሲቲ 3 ዓመት፣
8. ጋዜጠኛ አለሙ ተሾመ፡- የአዲስ አበባ ነዋሪ ሲሆን 3 ዓመት፣
9. ተማሪ ዲሪብሳ ዳምጤ፡- ከአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ 3 ዓመት፣
10. 10.  ተማሪ ስለሺ ሶሪ፡- ከሃሮማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ 3 ዓመት፣

11. ተማሪ አብዲሳ ጉደታ፡- ከመዳወላቡ ዩኒቨርሲቲ 3 ዓመት፣

12. ተማሪ መሬሳ ኃ/ኢየሱስ፡- ከአዲስ አበባ የግል ኮሌጅ 3 ዓመት፣

13. ተማሪ ደሜ ዘሪሁን፡- ከአዲስ አበባ የግል ኮሌጅ 3 ዓመት፣

14. ተማሪ አብዲ ደረጀ፡- ከወለጋ ዩኒቨርሲቲ 4 ዓመት፣

15. ተማሪ አለማየሁ ራጋሳ፡- ከሀዋሳ ዩኒቨርሲቲ 3 ዓመት፣

16. ተማሪ ደረጀ ጌቱ፡- 3 ዓመት፣

17. ተማሪ ዳግም በቀለ፡- ከአዳማ ዩኒቨርሲቲ 3 ዓመት፣

18. ተማሪ ጌታቸው አበራ፡- ከሻምቡ 3 ዓመት፣

19. ተማሪ ሻፊ ሰኢድ፡- ከጅማ ዩኒቨርሲቲ 3 ዓመት፣

20. ጅሬኛ ደሳለኝ፡- 3 ዓመት ከ3 ወር፣

21. አለማየሁ ረጋሳ፡- 3 ዓመት፣

22. ሻሼ ሰኢድ፡- 3 ዓመት፣

23. መምህር ለሚ፡- 4 ዓመት፣ እንዲሁም

24. አለሙ ተሾመ፡- 3 ዓመት እስራት ተፈርዶባቸዋል፡፡

ከላይ ስማቸው የተገለጹት የኦሮሞ ተማሪዎች ያለምንም ጥፋት ከተለያዩ የትምህርት ተቋማት ከትምህርት ገበታቸው በመያዝ የታሰሩ ሲሆን ይህ መንግስት በኦሮሞ ተወላጆች ላይ እየወሰደ ያለው የጠላትነት ውሳኔ የተጨቋኙን ህዝብ ቁስል የበለጠ ያደማል እንጂ ትግሉ እንደማያቆም መታወቅ አለበት፡፡

ብሄራዊ የኦሮሞ ወጣቶች ንቅናቄ የኢፌዲሪ መንግስት በኦሮሞ ላይ የሚፈፅመውን አረመኔያዊ ድርጊት እንዲያቆም በጥብቅ ያሳስባል፡፡

ትግሉ ይቀጥላል! የባርነት አገዛዝ ይወድቃል!

ድል ለኦሮሞ ህዝብ!

ብሄራዊ የኦሮሞ ወጣቶች ንቅናቄ

ነሀሴ 2013 አዲስ አበባ     

Ibsa Qeerroo Amharic Version

Hagayya 13,2013 Finfinnee
Hojii misoomaa fakkeessuun dhimma siyaasaa jabaa kan ittiin gaggeessaa jiru mootummaan Wayyaanee inni tokko hidha Abbayyaati.Maqaa hidha Abbayyaan qotee bulaa irraa kaasee maallaqa dirqamaan akka kaffaluu fi diddaawwan garaa garaa turuun isaas ni yaadatama.Yeroo ammaa kanatti hojjetootni hidha abbayyaa guutummaan dabalinsa miindaa gaafachuun mootummaa wayyaanee rifaatii keessa buusee jira.Mootummaan wayyaanee gaaffii keenyaaf deebii hatattamaa hin kennu taanaan tarkaanfii fudhanna jechuun kan beeksisan yoommuu tahu wayyaaneenis deebii kennuu dhabuu irraa hojjettoota drilling machine kanneen tahan 40 guutummaan hojii dhaabuu isaanii beeksisanii jiran.Hojii eegumsaa irratti kanneen hojjetan namoota 87 keessaas hojii nama 10 duwwaan akka seenan beekamee jira.Hojjettootni 2000 ol tahan gaaffiin kun hatattamaan deebiuu qaba jechuun gaaffiin muddaa jiru.Hojiin hidha abbayyaa hojii siyaasaa biyyattii jabaa kan tahe yeroo ammaa diddaa jabaan hojjettoota irraa mudachuu irraa mootummaan wayyaanee rifaatii jabaa keessa seenee jira.Hojjettoota hidha kanaa kanneen tahan rakkoo fayyaaf saaxilamaa turuun isaaniis ni yaadatama.

Hagayya 13,2013 ArbaaMici

Dhiibbaan mootummaan Wayyaanee barattoota Yuunivarsiitii irratti gaggeessaa jiru hammaachuu irraa har’a  Hagayya 13,2013 ganama irraa eegalee barattootni Yuunivarsiitii Arbaminc Koollejjii fayyaa kampaasii Nacci saar keessaa baratan sirna mootummaa wayyaanee dura gamtaan dhaabbatan,Mootummaan wayyaanee barattoota dhaabbiilee barnootaa keessaa saa barbaade fuudhee hidhee saa barbaade hiikee murtiis barbaade kennuu irraan siyaasa isaa jabeeffachuuf baajata barattootaaf bahe fayyadamuu hin qabu jechuun gamtaan gaaffii dhiyeessanii jiran.Mootummaan wayyaanee gocha kanaan kan baarage waraana hedduumminaan itti bobbaasuun gaaffii mirgaa dhaabuu yaalus waraanni gaaffii mirgaa dhaabuu hin dandau jechuun barattootni gamtaan gaaffii mirgaa finiinsaa jiru.Yeroo ammaa kana mooraan yuunivarsiitii kanaa waraanaan kan tikfamaa jiru yoommuu tahu mootummaa Wayyaanee bututeef harka hin laannu jechuun qeerroon Yuunivarsiitii Arbaminc gabaasee jira.

Murtiin Dabaa Barattoota Oromoo Yuuniversitii Adda Addaa fi Duulli Uummata Oromoo Irratti Baname Qabsoo Oromoo Galii Hin Hanqisu.

Ibsa Qeerroo Bilisummaa

Hagayya gaafa 7 bara 2013 Manni Murtii Wayyaanee dhaddacha ooleen galmee barataa Dachaasaa Wiiruu jalatti barattoota Oromo 24 irratti murtii fudhate murtii haqa irraa jallatee fi duula ta’e jedhamee ummata Oromoo irratti baname waan ta’eef jallina haqa Oromoo kanaaf mootummaan Wayyaanees ta’e gartuun sirnicha tajaajiluun miidha hanga hin qabne baratootaa fi addattis ummata Oromoo irraan gahaniif gaafatama jalaa hin bahan.

Baratoota Oromoo Yuuniversitiilee adda addaa irraa walitti qabuun  himata “mootummaa EPRDF mootummaa haqaa fi ummata Oromoo sirnaan tajaajilaa hin jiru jechuun ummata mootummaa irratti kakaasuuf qindooftanii waan jirtaniif maqaa shororkeessummaan yakkamtan” jechuun mootummaan Wayyaanee baratoota Oromoo dhaddacha isaa dhaabee murtii hidhaa wagga dheeraa fi gabaabaa irratti murteessee jira. Oromoon mirga akka gaafatuuf jettanii gara fuula duraatti hiriira bahuuf mariyataa jirtu jechuun barattoota yeroo hidhanii fi barnoota irraa ar’inan baroota dheeraaf muldhatee jira. “Ummati Oromoo gara fuula duraatti hiriira bahuuf jettu” jechuun barattoota maqaa qindeessummaan qabamanii yakka gara malee fi murtiin dabaa Wayyaanee irratti jigaa waan jiruuf sochiin dargaggoota Oromoo biyyoolessaa gochaa kana gadi jabeessee balaaleffata. Mootummaan Wayyaanee barattoota Oromoo hidhuu fi ummata Oromoo qe’ee irraa buqisuun rakkoo siyaasaa furuuf tattafachuun qabsoo diddaa ummata Oromoo tasa dhaamsuu akka hin dandeenye kanuma waliin beeksifna.

Guutummaa Ibsa Kanaa Dubbisuuf :- Barattooa Oromoo Yuuniversitii Adda Addaa Irraa Hidhaman ilaalchisee Ibsa Sochii Dargaggoota Biyyoolessaa

Ethiopia: Extreme Brutality against Civilians

HRLHA

HRLHA Appeal and Urgent Action

August 10, 2013

For Immediate Release

The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) strongly condemns the heavy-handedness of the Ethiopian government that is causing the deaths of innocent civilians attempting to exercise some of their fundamental rights that are provided for in the countrys constitution and in international human rights instruments. According to reports obtained by the HRLHA through its correspondents, twenty- seven innocent civilians including five children (four in Kofole and one in the capital city, Addis Ababa) have been killed, hundreds have been injured and hospitalized, and thousands of others have been taken into custody in two separate incidents in the first week of August this year. In a clash between armed security forces and Muslim protestors that happened on the 3rd of August, 2013 in the Kofele region of Arsi Zone in Central Oromia, twenty- five were massacred and hundreds were injured and taken to Asela and Shashamane Hospitals.

Read more:- HRLHA Appeal and UA , August 10, 2013.pdf