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Press Briefing Note on Ethiopia
A spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville
Location: Geneva
Date: 3 July 2020
Subject: Ethiopia
We are deeply concerned at violent events in Ethiopia this week where a prominent singer and activist from Oromia Region, Hachalu Hundessa, was shot and killed in the capital, Addis Ababa on Monday. The killing of Hundessa sparked protests across the country, including in the capital and in Oromia Region. While some of the protests were peaceful, a number were violent from the outset. According to information we have received, roads were reported to be blocked in most parts of the Oromia Region and buildings vandalized and burnt, while there were gunfire and bomb explosions in Addis Ababa.
The authorities responded to the spread of the protests by shutting down the Internet in Oromia Region, as well as in Addis Ababa, making it extremely difficult to verify reports about the number of people killed and injured. According to the Government, around 50 people were killed, while media sources indicated some 80 people had died, including three members of the security forces.
We note with concern that the protests following Hundessa's killing have increasingly taken on an ethnic undertone. We, therefore, call on all, including young people, to stop carrying out ethnically-motivated attacks and to stop inciting to violence, acts that only serve to exacerbate underlying tensions.
We also urge the security forces to exercise restraint when managing protests and to refrain from using unnecessary or disproportionate force. Thirty-five people were reported to have been arrested by security forces on Tuesday evening during a protest over the location of Hundessa's funeral. According to the police, the protesters, who wanted the singer to be buried in Addis Ababa, unsuccessfully tried to prevent his body from being taken to his hometown of Ambo. His funeral went ahead in Ambo on Thursday. The shutting down of Internet services is of particular concern as it disproportionately restricts the enjoyment of the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and risks further exacerbating tensions. We urge the authorities to restore Internet access without further delay.
The authorities have announced that suspects in Hachalu Hundessa's murder have been arrested. It is essential that there is a prompt, thorough, independent, impartial, and transparent investigation into his death to ensure those responsible are held accountable. The victims and their families have the right to justice, the truth, and reparations.
We also stand ready to provide support to the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission in its investigation of potential human rights violations during these violent events.
ENDS
For more information and media requests, please contact: Rupert Colville - + 41 22 917 9767 / rcolville@ohchr.org or Liz Throssell - + 41 22 917 9296 / ethrossell@ohchr.org or Marta Hurtado - + 41 22 917 9466 / mhurtado@ohchr.org
The authorities responded to the spread of the protests by shutting down the Internet in Oromia Region, as well as in Addis Ababa, making it extremely difficult to verify reports about the number of people killed and injured. According to the Government, around 50 people were killed, while media sources indicated some 80 people had died, including three members of the security forces.
We note with concern that the protests following Hundessa's killing have increasingly taken on an ethnic undertone. We, therefore, call on all, including young people, to stop carrying out ethnically-motivated attacks and to stop inciting to violence, acts that only serve to exacerbate underlying tensions.
We also urge the security forces to exercise restraint when managing protests and to refrain from using unnecessary or disproportionate force. Thirty-five people were reported to have been arrested by security forces on Tuesday evening during a protest over the location of Hundessa's funeral. According to the police, the protesters, who wanted the singer to be buried in Addis Ababa, unsuccessfully tried to prevent his body from being taken to his hometown of Ambo. His funeral went ahead in Ambo on Thursday. The shutting down of Internet services is of particular concern as it disproportionately restricts the enjoyment of the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and risks further exacerbating tensions. We urge the authorities to restore Internet access without further delay.
The authorities have announced that suspects in Hachalu Hundessa's murder have been arrested. It is essential that there is a prompt, thorough, independent, impartial, and transparent investigation into his death to ensure those responsible are held accountable. The victims and their families have the right to justice, the truth, and reparations.
We also stand ready to provide support to the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission in its investigation of potential human rights violations during these violent events.
ENDS
For more information and media requests, please contact: Rupert Colville - + 41 22 917 9767 / rcolville@ohchr.org or Liz Throssell - + 41 22 917 9296 / ethrossell@ohchr.org or Marta Hurtado - + 41 22 917 9466 / mhurtado@ohchr.org
Video Report of Petitions Made by Baytona for Release of the Unjustly Imprisoned Tigreans in Ethiopia (TMMA)
“ያለምንም በደል በፖለቲካ አመለካከታቸው ብቻ በእስር እየማቀቁ የሚገኙት የትግራይ ተወላጅ የህሊና እስረኞች በአስቸኳይ ይፈቱ፡፡”
ብሄራዊ ባይቶ ዓባይ ትግራይ (ባይቶና)
Thursday, July 9, 2020
ውድበይን መንግስተይን ተስፋይ ኣባኻ እዩ!!
ውድበይን መንግስተይን ተስፋይ ኣባኻ እዩ!!
ዝኸበርኩም ኣሕዋት ኣሓትን ኣነ ካብቶም ኣብ 1977 ዓ.ም (1985 ኣ. ኣ) ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ኣጋጥሙ ዝነበረ ክብድ ሓደጋ ድርቂ ኣብ ቀልቀል ሞት ካብ ዝነበሩ ልዕሊ 300 ሺሕ ተጋሩ ሓደ እየ :: ብመርሕነት ውድበይ ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ (ህወሓት) ዝተወደበ ስደት ብእግሪ ጉዕዞ ኣብ ሱዳን ከይዶም ካብ ሓደጋ ሞት ድሕኖም ክሳብ 8ይ ክፍሊ ብዝተምሃሩ ስደተኛታት ክሳብ 2ይ ክፍሊ ተማህረ ድሕሪ ክልተ ዓመት ንትግራይ ዓደይ ተመልሰ :: ውድበይ ኣብቲ ግዜ እቲ ኢትዮጵያ እትባሃል ሃገር ናይ ባዕላ መንግስቲ ኣለዎ ኣብ ዝባሃለሉ ግዜ ካብ ሓደ ዓማፃይ ውድብ ዘይትፅበዮ ህዝባዊነት ዝተላበሰ ወለዶ ናይ ምድሓን ሰርሓ ኩሉ ዝኾርዓሉ ብፍላይሞ ሰለባ ናይቲ ደርቂ ዝነበርና ተጋሩ ዘይርሳዕ ውለታ:: ከማይ ህዝብን መንግስቲን ሱዳን ተጋሩ ኣብ ዝሓለፉ ሰለስተ ዓማውቲ ብመንነቶም ካብ ክልል ኣምሓራ ድርብ በደል ኣብ ዝበፅሖም ግዜ ንተጋሩ ተመዛበልቲ ዘርኣዮ ሓልየትን ሰብኣዊነት ዝተላበሰ ተግባርን ካብ ቅድሚ 35 ዓመት ትግራዋይ ዘርኡ ከይጠፍእ ዝገበርዎ ተግባር ዘላኣለም ኣብ ልቢ ትግራዋይ ብደማቕ ቀለም ተፃሕፉ ዝነብር ታሪኽ እዩ:: ከም ግለይ ሎሚ ውን ውድብን መንግስትን ክልልና ማለትውን ብሄራዊ ክልላዊ መንግስቲ ትግራይ ኣብ የመንን ስዑዲ ዓረብያን ዝሳቐይ ዘለው ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ትግራይ ብመንግስቲ ፈደራል ክፍታሕ ትፅብት እንተዘይገብር ይምረፅ :: ምኽንያቱ እቲ ኣብ ስልጣን ዘሎ ጠቅላይ ሚንስተር ኣብቲ ቅድሚ ክልተ መዓልቲ ኣብ ፖርላማ ተሓትቱ ዝሃቦ መልሲ ንኻልኦት ስደተኛታት ሰብኣዊነት ተሰምዕዋ ዕቕባ ብምሃብ ብኣብነት ናይ እትግለፅ ሃገር መራሒ ዜጋታቱ ዝፅየፍን ዘላግፅን ፍፁም ሰብኣዊነት ዘይስምዖ ምኻኑ ብግልፂ ኣርእዩ እዩ:: ስለዚ ብሄራዊ ክላዊ መንግስቲ ትግራይ ሕጂ ውን በቲ ናይ ቁርፂ እዋን ወገና ዝኾነ ህዝቢ ሱዳንን እቶም ኣብ ዓለም ዝነጥፉ ዘለው ዓለም ለኻዊያን ሰብኣዊያን ትካላትን ምርድዳእ ብምግባር ናብ ዓዶም ክምለሱ እንተዝግበር:: እንተ እቲ ኣብ ፈደራል ዘሎ ሓይሊ እዞም ስደተኛታት እንተመልስናዮም ንትግራይ ዝሰልጠነ ወታደር ኣዕጥቕኻ ከም ምርካብ ከም ዝሓስቦ ካብ ናይ ሰብ ህይወት ምድሓን ንላዕሊ ጉዳይ ስልጣኑ ከም ዘጨንቖ ካብቲ መደረኡ ምርዳእ ይካኣል:: ውድበይ መንግስተይን ካልኦት ዝምልከተኩም ኣካላትን ጉዳይ ኣሕዋትናን ኣሓትናን ካብዚ ኣፀጋሚ ኩነታት ንምውፃእ ኣብ ዝግበር ፃዕሪ ኩሉ ዝካኣለኒ ንምግባር ድልውነተይ እንተረጋግፅ ካልኦትና ውን ነዞም ናይ ትግራይና ሃፍቲ ተረከብቲ ሕድሪ ዓቕሚ ህዝቢ ትግራይ ዝኾኑ መናእሰያትና ህይወት ናይ ምውሓስ ድጋፍን ፃዕሪን ኩላህና ዝጠልብ እዩሞ ኣብ ጉኒ ነዚ ጉዳይ ምስ ዝሰርሑ ትካላት ብምኻን ሓላፍነትና ክንዋፃእ ፃውዕተይ የቕርብ ::
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ዝኸበርኩም ኣሕዋት ኣሓትን ኣነ ካብቶም ኣብ 1977 ዓ.ም (1985 ኣ. ኣ) ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ኣጋጥሙ ዝነበረ ክብድ ሓደጋ ድርቂ ኣብ ቀልቀል ሞት ካብ ዝነበሩ ልዕሊ 300 ሺሕ ተጋሩ ሓደ እየ :: ብመርሕነት ውድበይ ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ (ህወሓት) ዝተወደበ ስደት ብእግሪ ጉዕዞ ኣብ ሱዳን ከይዶም ካብ ሓደጋ ሞት ድሕኖም ክሳብ 8ይ ክፍሊ ብዝተምሃሩ ስደተኛታት ክሳብ 2ይ ክፍሊ ተማህረ ድሕሪ ክልተ ዓመት ንትግራይ ዓደይ ተመልሰ :: ውድበይ ኣብቲ ግዜ እቲ ኢትዮጵያ እትባሃል ሃገር ናይ ባዕላ መንግስቲ ኣለዎ ኣብ ዝባሃለሉ ግዜ ካብ ሓደ ዓማፃይ ውድብ ዘይትፅበዮ ህዝባዊነት ዝተላበሰ ወለዶ ናይ ምድሓን ሰርሓ ኩሉ ዝኾርዓሉ ብፍላይሞ ሰለባ ናይቲ ደርቂ ዝነበርና ተጋሩ ዘይርሳዕ ውለታ:: ከማይ ህዝብን መንግስቲን ሱዳን ተጋሩ ኣብ ዝሓለፉ ሰለስተ ዓማውቲ ብመንነቶም ካብ ክልል ኣምሓራ ድርብ በደል ኣብ ዝበፅሖም ግዜ ንተጋሩ ተመዛበልቲ ዘርኣዮ ሓልየትን ሰብኣዊነት ዝተላበሰ ተግባርን ካብ ቅድሚ 35 ዓመት ትግራዋይ ዘርኡ ከይጠፍእ ዝገበርዎ ተግባር ዘላኣለም ኣብ ልቢ ትግራዋይ ብደማቕ ቀለም ተፃሕፉ ዝነብር ታሪኽ እዩ:: ከም ግለይ ሎሚ ውን ውድብን መንግስትን ክልልና ማለትውን ብሄራዊ ክልላዊ መንግስቲ ትግራይ ኣብ የመንን ስዑዲ ዓረብያን ዝሳቐይ ዘለው ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ትግራይ ብመንግስቲ ፈደራል ክፍታሕ ትፅብት እንተዘይገብር ይምረፅ :: ምኽንያቱ እቲ ኣብ ስልጣን ዘሎ ጠቅላይ ሚንስተር ኣብቲ ቅድሚ ክልተ መዓልቲ ኣብ ፖርላማ ተሓትቱ ዝሃቦ መልሲ ንኻልኦት ስደተኛታት ሰብኣዊነት ተሰምዕዋ ዕቕባ ብምሃብ ብኣብነት ናይ እትግለፅ ሃገር መራሒ ዜጋታቱ ዝፅየፍን ዘላግፅን ፍፁም ሰብኣዊነት ዘይስምዖ ምኻኑ ብግልፂ ኣርእዩ እዩ:: ስለዚ ብሄራዊ ክላዊ መንግስቲ ትግራይ ሕጂ ውን በቲ ናይ ቁርፂ እዋን ወገና ዝኾነ ህዝቢ ሱዳንን እቶም ኣብ ዓለም ዝነጥፉ ዘለው ዓለም ለኻዊያን ሰብኣዊያን ትካላትን ምርድዳእ ብምግባር ናብ ዓዶም ክምለሱ እንተዝግበር:: እንተ እቲ ኣብ ፈደራል ዘሎ ሓይሊ እዞም ስደተኛታት እንተመልስናዮም ንትግራይ ዝሰልጠነ ወታደር ኣዕጥቕኻ ከም ምርካብ ከም ዝሓስቦ ካብ ናይ ሰብ ህይወት ምድሓን ንላዕሊ ጉዳይ ስልጣኑ ከም ዘጨንቖ ካብቲ መደረኡ ምርዳእ ይካኣል:: ውድበይ መንግስተይን ካልኦት ዝምልከተኩም ኣካላትን ጉዳይ ኣሕዋትናን ኣሓትናን ካብዚ ኣፀጋሚ ኩነታት ንምውፃእ ኣብ ዝግበር ፃዕሪ ኩሉ ዝካኣለኒ ንምግባር ድልውነተይ እንተረጋግፅ ካልኦትና ውን ነዞም ናይ ትግራይና ሃፍቲ ተረከብቲ ሕድሪ ዓቕሚ ህዝቢ ትግራይ ዝኾኑ መናእሰያትና ህይወት ናይ ምውሓስ ድጋፍን ፃዕሪን ኩላህና ዝጠልብ እዩሞ ኣብ ጉኒ ነዚ ጉዳይ ምስ ዝሰርሑ ትካላት ብምኻን ሓላፍነትና ክንዋፃእ ፃውዕተይ የቕርብ ::
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ETHIOPIA: POLITICAL TURMOIL IN ETHIOPIA. THE COUNTRY IS DESCENDING INTO WARFARE A CALL FOR INTERVENTION IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL CRISIS IN ETHIOPIA
July 4, 2020 The HRLHA is asking the international community for international intervention out of profound concern about the quickly deteriorating human rights situation in the Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia- which has been worsening since the prominent Oromo singer-songwriter Hachalu Hundessa was assassinated on June 29, 2020. If the…
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