Friday, May 16, 2014

The Assosa Tigreans killing was planned in advance and local authorities knew about it

The killings of 9 Tigreans in Assosa were planned in advance and the local authorities knew about it, according to Abraha Desta, an ARENA party member from Mekele.
ባለፈው ሳምንት 9 የትግራይ ተወላጆች በቤኑሻንጉል ጉሙዝ ክልል አሶሳ ከተማ ታርደው መገደላቸው ይታወሳል። አንድ ሌላ የታክሲ ሹፌርን በጥይት ተገድሏል (ከትግራይ)። በአንድ የዕጣን ድርጅት ይሰሩ የነበሩ ሦስት የአማራና ኦሮምያ ክልል ተወላጆችን ተገድለዋል። ትናንት ሐሙስ ግንቦት 7ም አንድ መኪና በታጣቂዎች ተይዞ በእሳት ጋይቷል። በተሳፋሪዎቹ የደረሰ ጉዳት በትክክል ባይታወቅም አንዲት ተሳፋሪ ግን ቆስላ ተገኝታለች።
በ9ኙ የትግራይ ተወላጆች ላይ የደረሰውን ግድያ ለማጣራት በመኮርኩት መሰረት ግድያው ሆን ተብሎ ታቅዶ የፈፀመ ስለ መሆኑ አረጋግጫለሁ። ሙሉ መረጃ ያላቸው አሶሳ የሚኖሩ የትግራይ ተወላጆች እንዳረጋገጥሉኝ ከሆነ ዓማፂ ቡድኑ የትግራይ ሰዎችን አርዶ ለመግደል ማቀዱ ይታወቅ ነበር። የወረዳው አስተዳዳሪ ይህን መረጃ ከግድያው በፊት ደርሶታል። ባከባቢው የሚገኘው የመከላከልያ ሰራዊት አዛዥም ግድያ እንደሚፈፀም ተነግሮታል። ባጠቃላይ መንግስት ግድያው በተመለከተ ሙሉ ቅድመ መረጃ ነበረው። መንግስት መረጃ እያለው ግድያው መከላከል አለመቻሉ ኗሪዎችን አሳዝኗል። በአሶሳ የሚኖሩ የትግራይ ተወላጆች መንግስት ተገቢውን ፀጥታ የማስከበር ተግባር አለመፈፀሙ አስገርሟቸዋል። መንግስት ለስልጣኑ እንጂ ለህዝብ ደህንነት እንደማይተጋም አስረግጠዋል። አሁንም አሶሳ አከባቢ የሚኖሩ የሌላ ክልል ተወላጆች ስጋት ዉስጥ ናቸው።
መንግስት በትግራይ ልጆች ላይ ግድያ እንደሚፈፀም እያወቀ ለምን መከላከል እንዳልቻለ ለህዝብ መግለፅ ይኖርበታል። የሰለማዊ ሰዎች ደህንነት መጠበቅ ባለመቻሉም ይቅርታ ይጠይቅ፣ ተገቢውም ካሳ ይክፈል።

ዘጠኝ የትግራይ ተወላጆች በአሶሳ ታርደው መገደላቸውን አብርሃ ደስታ ከመቀሌ ዘገበ!

ከአብርሃ ደስታ ፌስቡክ የተወሰደ፡
“ባለፈው ሳምንት የጉልበት ሥራ ለመስራት በአንድ ኮንትራክተር ተቀጥረው ወደ አባይ ግድብ በደህንነት መኪና ሲጓዙ ከነበሩ 28 የትግራይ ተወላጆች ዉስጥ ዘጠኙ ታርደው ሲገደሉ የተወሰኑም ቆስለዋል። ባለፈው ቅዳሜ ደግሞ አንድ የትግራይ ተወላጅ በተመሳሳይ ተገድሎ ተገኝቷል። ቀጥሎም በአንድ ድርጅት ሲሰሩ የነበሩ ሦስት ሰራተኞች መገደላቸው ተሰምቷል። ገዳዮቹ ከኢህአዴግ ጋር የተጣላ የአንድ ዓማፂ ቡድን አባላት ናቸው።
ባከባቢው የፌደራል ፖሊሶችና መከላከያ ሰራዊት አባላት ቢገኙም ወንጀሉ መከላከል እንዳልቻሉ ታውቋል። ሁኔታው ለማረጋጋት ሲሉ አቶ ፀጋይ በርሀና አቶ አዲሱ ለገሰ ወዳከባቢው ቢጓዙም የተለመደ ፖለቲካ ከመስበክ የዘለለ ነገር አላደረጉም። መንግስት ፀጥታን ማስከበር ይገባዋል። ደግሞ ሰለማዊ የቀን ሰራተኞች በደህንነት መኪና መጫን ተገቢ አይደለም። በደረሰ ጉዳት ጥልቅ ሐዘን ይሰማናል።
ወላዲት ትግራይ መዓዝ ይኾን ሓዘንኪ ዘብቅዕ?”
የሕወሃት አገዛዝ እንደሚፈልገው፡ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ የዱር አውሬ ይመስል እርስ በርሱ ከመባላት ተቆጥቦና አንደነቱን አጠናክሮ፡ ዘረኛውን አገዛዝ ከሥልጣን አውርዶ ለፍርድ ማቅረብ ብቻ ነው የሚጠበቅበት።
የትግራይ ሕዝብም፡ አንደነቱን ከኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ጋር አጠናክሮ፡ ደህነንቱን ሳይሆን ጥፋትን ወደ እርሱ አቅጣጭ እየገፉበትን ያሉትን በስሙ የሚነግዱትን ጠላቶቹን ከሌሎች ኢትዮጵያውያን ጋር በጋራ መፋለም ይኖርበታል!
በመካከላችን ያለችው አንድ በጋራ የምንካፈላት ኢትዮጵያ – የሁላችንም አገር – ስለሆነች የጥቂት ዘረኞች ብቻ እንዳትሆን ባለን ኃይል ሁሉ ልንፋለም ይገባናል!

Blocking Information Cannot Stop Us from Moving Forward – Commentary on the Jamming of OMN

By Tibebu Sime*
There is no doubt that all dictators are coward, but all of the dictators across the African continent, theWayyane of Tigray is the most coward regime ever lived on the inhabited Earth. Thanks to the Cold War opportunity – which was on their side, since they came to power in 1991 after the fall of the Communist government, they have never won a single face-to-face debate with the peoples in Ethiopia despite the fact that they have monopolized all the media outlets to block information from the public.
Let alone in this digital world, where people can get access to information all over the social media, they could not stop our people from demanding their inalienable rights way back in the dark days. If they think it is OMN or Oromo Voice which have mobilized the Oromo students to protest against their devilish conspiracy to annihilate the indigenous people of the land under the guise of the so called ‘Integrated Master Plan,’ then they are lost in the middle of wilderness because Oromo students have gone way far beyond their reach. We were born and grew up in this bitter struggle for self-determination.
Blocking websites, jamming radio & television stations, and stealing ballot box have never saved the brutal regime of the Wayyane of Tigray from shaking, and will never save them from their inevitable demise. From the day they had set their foot in Oromiyaa, they have tried their best to intimidate us by imprisoning and killing us en masse. But I am sure they’ve clearly seen it: our people’s struggle for freedom and democracy is growing more than ever. This regime has failed miserably. Its grip on power at the barrel of gun has already started disintegrating. The only thing they can do after all is to complicate the situation where no one will come to rescue them. Let me remind you some of the worst atrocities the militias and mercenaries of this regime have committed in the last two decades against nations and nationalities in Ethiopia:
1. OMN wasn’t on air when they gunned down dozens of Oromo students in schools across Oromiyaa, and dismissed over 400 students from Addis Ababa University for peacefully protesting against the decision to move the capital city of Oromiyaa Regional State from Finfinnee to Adama.
2. OMN wasn’t on air when they massacred thousands of Anuak civilians in December 2003 for no reasons.
3. OMN wasn’t on air when they massacred hundreds of Sidama civilians at Looqqe village on May 24, 2002 for demanding their constitutional rights to form their own Regional State.
4. OMN wasn’t on air when they murdered 300 peaceful demonstrators in Addis Ababa following the 2005 elections fraud.
5. OMN wasn’t on air when they wiped out a number of villages in Ogadenia in 2005/06/07/08 in the name of uprooting the Ogaden rebels.
Having committed these crimes for which they will be held accountable at a right time, did they stop people from resenting their inhuman reign? The obvious answer is ‘NO’. They have even exacerbated it.
My people, we have to say “enough is enough!” It is high time for us to get prepared to fight these freaky invading militias who are devoted to killing us mercilessly in a broad daylight. There is no other cruelty than shooting small kids of 8 years old on a street. I don’t think it’s necessary to tell you that – the only way out living with shame – is to be determined to make an indelible mark in the history of our nation by paying the ultimate sacrifices so that our next generations will live in peace and learn the value of dying with honor.
In the end, it’s the responsibility of the international community, particularly the West, which is channeling billions of dollars in aids, to put pressure on this regime to sit down with the real stakeholders to hand over the power to the people before it is too late.
Victory to the Oromo People!
* Tibebu Sime: qeerransoo@yahoo.com

MN Senate Resolution on Oromo Issue

(ayyaantuu) Another Victory in Minnesota (Minnesotaa keessatti injifannoon lammataa dhagayame).
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