Oromo Community in Las Vegas: the Lives of Our Heroes and Heroines Have Gone Not in Vain!

The following is a statement from the Oromo Community in Las Vegas.

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The lives of our heroes and heroines have gone not in vain!
We, the Oromo Community of Las Vegas, were deeply saddened when we heard about the death of Eng. Tasfahuun Camadaa Gurmmeessaa on Ausgust 24, 2013 in TPLF’s Kalitti concentration camp, where thousands of Oromos are being detained and treated inhumanely. It is hard to believe that Tasfahuun’s life has ultimately gone forever in the hands of those who conspired against him.

The EPDRF/TPLF regime keeps committing crimes on the Oromo people through the pretext of OLF supporter when the truth is being an active Oromo is seen as a crime by the EPRDF/TPLF government. Recently, more than twenty innocent Oromo students were collected from different universities and brought to court, then thrown to jail. Death, exile, torture and mass-killing of the Oromo people by the EPRDF have increased now than ever. The government is designing different strategies to eliminate the Oromo people from the root.
We have all learnt from Tasfahuun Camadaa Gurmeessa’s family, relatives, friends and attorney that he was a man of vision, determined, genius and a role model from his home village to all the communities he had served in his profession until the date he was forced to leave his country. Eng. Tasfahuun Camadaa’s vision was broad though cut short too early. It is easy to imagine the consequences of missing people like Eng. Tasfahuun Camadaa on the Oromo people in general. Our past experience has taught us that, unless we hold hand in hand and say enough is enough to this cruel regime, many will follow the fate of Eng. Tasfahuun Camadaa.
We, the Oromo Community of Las Vegas, strictly condemn the EPRDF/TPLF government for all the unsympathetic actions they had committed against Eng. Tasfahuun Camadaa Gurmeessaa. They intimidated him on his home country, forced him to leave his country, brought him from a Kenyan refugee camp with his other friends, confined him underground where there was no light, where they barely breathed, and no sanitation. They demoralized him, tortured him, and finally beat him to death. We, as a community, also need to bring to the attention of the EPRDF government that the lives our heroes and heroines have gone not in vain! The sacrifice, up to his life, that Eng. Tasfahuun had paid for the sake of his people’s freedom has engraved the symbol of heroism in our hearts, and he will be remembered forever among the Oromo people. In addition to this, we consider the killings of Oromos at Kofale, Arsi, and other places for the cause of their religious freedom as injustice.
Ultimately we would like to extend our heartfelt condolence to the family, relatives, and friends of Tasfuun Camadaa on this sorrow time. May the Almighty give you all His courage to bear all this pain! Eng. Tasfahuun Camadaa biyyoon sitti haa salphatu!
Oromo Community of Las Vegas
August 31, 2013

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