Somalilandsun – A Three-day seminar titled “How to prevent Ethiopian
Human Rights Abuses” was held by the Ogaden Youth and Student Union in
Johannesburg. The aim of the seminar was how to educate the youths, how
to be united, work together and launch campaigns against those
committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ethiopian
Occupied-Ogaden Region.
The Youth vowed to bring to justice those who that believe that they
will never be made accountable and brought in front of Justices.
The South Africa-based Ogaden Youth and Students Union in
collaboration with Ogaden Community in South Africa has launched the
three-days awareness Seminar on preventing Ethiopian human rights
abuses.
Representatives and officials from Ogaden Community in South Africa,
College Students, educators, Intellectuals, politicians and Eastern
Africa Regional commentators participated in the seminar.
Speaking at the inaugural session, the chief speaker,OYSU-Secretary
Mohammed Qani said: “Thank you every one for your participation, I
strongly urge you to play a major role for preventing the human rights
abuses being committed in the Ogaden territory by the Ethiopian Army and
its militia of Liyu Police.”
Axbab Abdi, OYSU Coordinator said, “The Ogaden civilians are in dire
circumstances, and this can only be changed if we all unite and take
action”
The participants watched a shocking footage that showed the Ethiopian
Army and its trained militia, the notorious Liyu Police, targeting
unarmed civilians arbitrarily -raping, beating and detaining and abusing
the detainees.
Some of the participants including a poet, known as Khader Olad who
expressed his feelings by reciting a poem he composed a poem for the
Somali Ogaden struggle against the Ethiopia occupation.
Another important Guest speaker was the chairman of Somali Ogaden
Community in South Africa, Mr. Abdurrahman Sa’id,who spoke at length
about the history of the Ogaden struggle and encouraged the participants
to stand together and confront anything that stands against the noble
cause of the Somali people in Ogaden.
Ogaden Youth & Student Union is a youth-led international
organization based in 24 countries around the world which was
established to educate, advocate and raise awareness in order to bring
an end to the ignored and often hidden genocide taking place in the
Ogaden.
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