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.
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.
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.
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.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.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.
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