Oromo Political Prisoner Bekele Gerba Freed; the Ideals (Anti-Land-Grabbing, Environment, National Equality) He Got Imprisoned for Still Unresolved

Posted: Bitootessa/March 31, 2015 · Finfinne Tribune | Gadaa.com | Comments (4)

Oromo media outlets, OMN and Radio Afuura Biyyaa, have CONFIRMED the release from prison of the Oromo political prisoner Ob. Bekele Gerba, who was the Deputy Chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) at the TIME of his arrestin AUGUST 2011. Ob. Bekele Gerba had been unjustly imprisoned for about three and half years. According to INFORMATION we have received, his fellow prisoner Ob. Olbana Lelisa, the high-ranking leader in the Oromo People’s Congress party (OPC) at the TIME of his arrest with Ob. Bekele Gerba in August 2011, remains imprisoned unjustly.

Issues Ob. Bekele Gerba Imprisoned for Remain Unresolved …

BEKELE GERBA ON LAND-GRABBING AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION:
In 2010 – a year before his arrest, Ob. Bekele Gerba passionately debated during the General Election about land-grabbing, especially land-grabbing around Finfinne, and the appalling environmental pollution in Oromia and beyond (LISTEN below); his firm stand on these issues had brought land-grabbing around Finfinne and environmental pollution to the forefront of the people’s consciousnesses at the time and since then.

BEKELE GERBA ON NATIONAL EQUALITY FOR OROMOS AND OTHER NATIONALITIES IN ETHIOPIA:
His firm STAND on national equality has been also widely reported by the media (LISTEN below); Ob. Bekele Gerba made the appeal for NATIONAL equality for Oromos and OTHER oppressed nationalities in Ethiopia as a political prisoner facing the Ethiopian government’s politically biased and motivated court in NOVEMBER 2012.

የአውሬው መንግስታችን አሳፋሪ ድርጊት በኦሮሞ ህዝብ ላይ

ከ አብነት ዋሚ

March 27/2015

Norway Bergen

      በዚህ ባሳለፍነው 24 አመት እውነት  ህዝባችንን የሚመሩት ሰወች ናቸው የሚለው ነገር ሁል ጊዜም እንድጠራጠረው የሚያደርገኝ ብዙ በደሎች እና የሰብአዊ መብት ጥሰቶች የዘር ማጥፋት ወንጀሎች በኦሮሞ ህዝብ ላይ ሃገሪቶዋን እየመራ ባለው በTPLF ተፈጽሞል᎓᎓ እነዚህ ሁሉ የሰብአዊ መብት ጥሰቶች እና ግፎች በራሳቸው ህዝብ ላይ እየፈጽሙ እና እያስፈጸሙ  ያሉት አሸባሪዎች የሰው ፍጡር ናቸው የሚለውን ለመቀበል አእምሮዬ ባያምንበትም እነዚ ገዳዮች ሰው መሆናቸውን ከመቀበል ውጭ አማራጭ አልነበረኝም

       ባሳለፍነው አመት December 9/2014 ግን ከ እስከዛሬው ለየት ያለና እነዚ ጨካኞች ሰው አለመሆናቸውን ያረጋገጠልኝ ለሰሚው ሁሉ የሚዘገንን ግፍ በ ኦሮሞ ህዝብ ላይ ተፈጽሞዋል᎓᎓ በተለምዶ ብዙ የእግዚአብሄር ፍጡራን የሆኑ ምድባቸው ከዓውሬ የሆኑ እንስሳት እግዚአብሄር ከሰውልጅ ልዩ ባህሪ እንዲኖራቸው አድርጎ ነው የፈጠራቸው ከልዩነታቸው መሃከል እኔ መጥቀስ የፈለኩት ወይም ከጽሁፌ ታሪክ ጋር ይሄድ ዘንድ የአውሬነት ባህሪያቸውን እና አመጋገባቸውን ነው᎓᎓ አብዛኛውን ጊዜ አውሬዎች ምግባቸውን የሚያገኙት በአደን ነው የሚያድኑትንም እንስሳ ይዘው ከገደሉ ወይም እንዳያመልጥ አድርገው ካደቀቁት በሁዋላ ወደሚፈልጉበት ቦታ ወይም ተረጋግተው ለመመገብ የሚያመቻቸው ቦታ እስኪደርሱ ሬሳውን መሬት ለመሬት እየጎተቱ ይወስዱታል ታድያ አንድ ነገር ላስታውሳቹ እንደዚህ አይነት ባህሪ ያላቸው ፍጡራን ምድባቸው ከአውሬ ነው ስማቸውም አውሬ ይባላል᎓᎓ ይህንን እንደመንደርደሪያ ያነሳሁላቹ ስለፍጡራን ባህሪይ ልነግራቹህ ወይም ላስረዳቹ ብዬ ሳይሆን በቅርቡ በወያኔ ካድሬዎች የተፈጸመውን አሰቃቂ እና ኢሰብአዊ ድርጊት ነው በኦሮሚያ ውስጥ በደራ ወረዳ በጊንዳ ቀበሌ December 9/2014 ከተማ ውበቱ እና ጕደኛውን በአሰቃቂ ሁኔታ ከገደሉ በሁዋላ በከተማ አደባባይ ላይ መሬት ለመሬት እየጎተቱ በአደባባይ በህዝብ ፊት ሰቀሉዋቸው᎓᎓ አንድ በህገመንግስት ወይም በህግ ህዝቤን አስተዳድራለው ከሚል መንግስት እንደዚ አይነት የአሸባሪ ድርጊት ወይም ኢሰብአዊ (አውሬአዊ) ድርጊት የሚጠበቅ ነውን ጎበዝ ምን እየሆንን ነው ያለነው ምንስ እየጠበቅን ነው ያለነው የእኛ ውርደት እኮ ማብቂያ አጣ ሰው በህይወት እያለ ተዋርዶ ሲሞት እሬሳውን ለቤተሰብ ሰጥቶ በክብር እንዳያርፍ ማድረግ ምን ማለት ነው ኢሄ የሰው ባህሪ ነውን ሰዎች እንደዚህ አይነት ፍጽም ኢሰባአዊ የሆነ አረመኔአዊ ድርጊት የሚፈጸሙ TPLF እና የ TPLF ካድሬዎች ምድባቸው ከሰው ነው ትላላቹ እኔ ግን ከአውሬ መድቤያቸዋለው የእናንተን ለእናንተ ትቼዋለው᎓᎓

Govt Tells ODF’s Delegation Led by Ob. Leenco Lata to Leave Ethiopia | Delegation Back to Europe

had Several media outlets have reported that the delegation of the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF), led by its president Ob. Leenco Lata,been ORDERED by the Ethiopian government to leave the country, hours after its arrival in Finfinne (Addis Ababa). The ODF delegation was reported to have landed in Finfinne on March 18, 2015, with the hope of launching a “peaceful political struggle UNDER the current Constitution” in Ethiopia. As of March 21, 2015, upon the ORDER of the Ethiopian government, the ODF delegation, including its leader, has been reported to have left Finfinne for EUROPE.

http://finfinnetribune.com/Gadaa/2015/03/govt-tells-odfs-delegation-led-by-ob-leenco-lata-to-leave-ethiopia-delegation-back-to-europe/

የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት የኢንተርኔት ስለላ

የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት ጋዜጠኞችን ለመከታተል የስለላ የኮምፕዩተር ፕሮግራሞችን መቀጠም መቀጠሉን አንድ ጥናት አመለከተ።

ዓለም ዓቀፉ የመብት ተሟጋች ሂዉመን ራይትስ ዎችና ለጋዜጠኞች መብት የሚከራከረዉ CPJ እንዳመለከቱት፤ ባለፈዉ ጎርጎሪዮሳዊ ዓመት ማለቂያ ኢትዮጵያ ይህን የመሰለያ ፕሮግራም መጠቀሟን ሲቲዝን ላብ የተሰኘዉ የካናዳ የጥናት ተቋም ይፋ አድርጓል። በጣሊያን ኩባንያ ለገበያ የቀረበዉ ይህ የኮምፕዩተር የስለላ ፕሮግራም በተለይ የኢትዮጵያ ሳተላይት ቴሌቭዥን ( ኢሳት) የተባለዉ ጣቢያ ጋዜጠኞች ላይ ለክትትል መዋሉ ተገልጿል።

በቶሮንቶ ካናዳ ዩኒቨርሲቲ መንክ በተሰኘዉ የዓለም አቀፍ ግንኙነት ተቋም የሚገኘዉ የሲትዝን ላይ ተመራማሪዎች ባለፈዉ ታህሳስ ወር መጨረሻ ገደማ ላብ ነበር ከኢሳት ዋና ሥራ አስኪያጅ ከአቶ ነአምን ዘለቀ ምንነቱን እንደሚለከቱ አንድ ኤሜይል የደረሳቸዉ። እንደዘገባዉ አቶ ነአምን ስለምርጫ 2015 መረጃዎች እንደያዘ የሚጠቁመዉን የኢሜይል መልዕክት ዉስጡን በመጠራጠር ነበር የፀጥታ፤ የሰብዓዊ መብቶችና የመረጃ ቴክኒዎሎጂን በሚመለከት ለሚመራመረዉ ቡድን ያስተላለፉት። ብዙም ሳይቆይ ሲቲዚን ላብ ያ መልዕክት በመንግሥት የሚተዳደረዉ የኢትዮ ቴሌኮም የኮምፕዩተር ማዕከል ጋ የተገናኘ መሆኑን እንደረሰበት ይገልጻል። የሂዉመን ራይትስ ዎች የኢትዮጵያ ጉዳይ ተመራማሪ ፊሊክስ ሆርን፤

«የሲቲዝን ላብ ተመራማሪዎች በርካት ተመሳሳይ ጉዳዮችን አግኝተዋል። ከኢሳት ጋ ግንኙነት ያላቸዉ በዉጭ የሚገኙ ጋዜጠኞች ለመንግሥታት ሰላይ የኮምፕዩተር ፕሮግራም በሚያቀርበዉ በጣሊያን ኩባንያ የስለላ ፕሮግራም በየግላቸዉ ጥቃት እንደደረሰባቸዉ አረጋግጠዋል። አንድ ኮምፕዩተር አንዴ በዚያ ሰላይ ፕሮግራም ከተጠመደ ኮምፕዩተሩን ያጠመደዉ ግለሰብ የፈለገዉን መረጃዎችን ማግኘት ይችላል። የኢሜል፤ የስካይፕ ግንኙነቶችን ና አድራሻዎችን ማግኘት ይችላል፤ ባለቤቱ ሳያዉቅ የዌብ ካሜራዉን ሊከፍት ይችላል፤ ባጠቃላይ የዚያን ሰዉ ኮምፕዩተርን ሙሉ በሙሉ ይቆጣጠረዋል።»

Integrated Master Plan or Intended Marginalisation Plan against Oromos?

bilisummaa March 3, 2015 Leave a comment

“My task which I am TRYING to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel – it is, above all, to make you see. That- and no more, and it is everything.” Conrad (1985 [1897]:1)

We have been told many times over by The Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) about development in Ethiopia without understanding its meaning and significant impact on democracy, economy, social and human rights. As we know, there are many different definitions of development, understanding the term “development” is crucial since it has changed throughout HISTORY. The easiest way to define development in our case is to describe it in terms of the improvement of the lives of the society which is not happening as TPLF Inc wants us to believe. Development is not just only about economic growth, but the elevation of the living standards of the whole society and should aim to create economic, social and political improvements so that all people can live a dignified life. It is good to have development for poverty alleviation without excluding other social aspects such as human rights, good governance and treatment of citizens fairly and equally without favouring one group or any group over the other for any reason.

The question is, when the development that TPLF Inc often trumpets is accompanied by violent processes causing immense destruction to economy and immeasurable sufferings to citizens with loss of life, how would one have the moral standing to call it development? If the development as the government claims is in favour of the LOCAL PEOPLE, why does the government not consult Oromo farmers who are victims of this false development before implementing its PLAN? The fact is that the plan is not in the interest of the Oromo people as it is aimed to rob them of their land and make them mere bystanders as members of the ruling junta use the land to enrich themselves at the expense of the dispossessed Oromo mass.

Statement of the Executive Committee of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF)

March 5, 2015

The Executive Committee (EC) of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) held its meeting from February 19th to 23rd, 2015. This meeting was the first for the newly formed Executive Committee at the reunification of the two groups – OLF Shanee Gimii and OLF-Transitional Authority.

At this meeting, detailed report and analysis on the general situation of the Oromo people’s liberation struggle and the Oromo masses, the situation of the regime and the region as a whole was presented by the OLF Chairman. In addition, the heads of the various departments reported on activities of their departments. Likewise the chairman of the Coordinating Committee of the planed National Congress has presented detailed report on the progress of the work of the Committee. The meeting has thoroughly assessed the various reports and passed relevant decisions.

The EC conducted a thorough analysis and review of the performance of the organization and its leadership. Hence, it took important decisions aimed at transforming the day to day management of the work of the struggle. In addition, the EC addressed the situation of the Oromo people in general, the brutality of the Ethiopian regime against the Oromo people and others, peace and stability in the Horn of Africa and global issues and laid down vital directives to intensify the liberation struggle.

The EC discussed the recent detailed reports of a number of human rights organizations and government agencies on the violation of Oromo human rights. It is realized that in spite of the systematic human right violations being committed against Oromo individuals and the nation in general, the Western governments that are sustaining the Ethiopian brutal regime CONTINUE to provide military, diplomatic and financialsupport to it.

Appeal Letter of Oromo Students of Jimma University

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To: The Administration of Jimma University

March 2, 2015, Jimma (qeerroo) — We, the Oromo STUDENTS of Jimma University, are deeply disturbed by the multifaceted repression, subjugation, political marginalization, economic exploitation, and mass and indiscriminate killings that the Oromo people are subjected to by the current TPLF/EPRDF government and profoundly distressed by the endless insults, harassment and humiliations we are facing from the remnants of the old and neo-nafxanyas (gun carriers who settled on our LAND by force) here in our university and in the Ethiopian empire at large. To add insult to our injury, Abay Tsehaye, one of the prominent leaders of the Ethiopian regime and one of the founders of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), has demonstrated his contempt of the Oromo people by his current provocative and inflammatory remark. It has been exposed on several independent media outlets that Abay Tsehaye arrogantly stated that, the so-called Addis Ababa Master Plan, which was met with fierce opposition from the Oromo public, “will be realized whether you like it or not” and bragged that anyone who opposes the Master PLAN “will face severe punishment.” Basically, this Tigrean chief, who is currently serving as the “advisor” of the TPLF-led government, undermining the power of the people, arrogantly stated that the Oromo people have no right to oppose the evil PLAN that the Tigrean led Ethiopian regime has put forward.

Abay Tsehaye’s contemptuous and disrespectful remark is a clear testimony of the attitude of the entire TPLF gang who has been using the so called OPDO “Oromo organization” as a tool to subjugate the Oromo nation and not in any measure an equal partner in the EPRDF coalition as they try to mislead the public. We consider his disdainful and condescending remark as remorseless and callous act of ridiculing of the blood and graves of our fallen brothers and sisters who he and his cohorts have murdered in broad day light for no crime other than showing opposition to this so called “Master PLAN” they have designed in order to loot Oromo land and subjugate the great Oromo nation.