Ethiopia: The Continuing of Deaths and Displacements in Eastern Oromia
July 16, 2013Public: for immediate Release
In a development relating to HRLHA URGENT ACTION, May 7, 2013, ” Ethiopia: Loss of Lives and Displacement Due to Border Dispute in Eastern Ethiopia”
HRLHA has learnt that three innocent
civilians have been killed and two others wounded in eastern Oromia’s
Regional State, in Ethiopia in a violence that involved the Federal
Government’s special force known as LIYYU POLICE. According to
HRLHA informants, the three dead victims of this most recent attack by
the federal Liyyu Police/Special Police that took place in the early
morning of July 7, 2013 in the Gaara-Wallo area in Qumbi District of
Eastern Hararge Province in Eastern Ethiopia were:
- Mr. Ibrahim Henno, 38,
- Mr. Mahammed Musa, 26
- Mr. Mohammed Yusuf , 27
The two wounded victims of this same
violent action were Mr. Nuredin Ismael (age 25) and Mr. Ali Mohammed
(age 27). HRLHA has confirmed that both Mr. Nuredin and Mr. Ali have
since been being treated at the Hiwot Fana Hospital in the city of
Harar. More shocking was that the bodies of the three dead victims were
eaten by hyenas, because there was nobody around to pick and burry; as
the whole village was deserted when the villagers were forced by the
armed federal forces to leave the area. According to HRLHA
correspondents and other sources, the forced eviction has been taking
place in the name of alleged border dispute between the two neighbouring
states of Oromia and Ogaden; although the Ogadenis have reiterated that
they have not made a land claim along the border. The victims claim
that the forced displacements that have been going on for over eight
months were always accompanied by dispossessions, lootings, and
confiscations of properties.
The Human Rights League of
the Horn of Africa once again urges the Ethiopian Federal Government and
the Regional Government of Oromia to discharge their responsibilities
of ensuring the safety and stability of citizens by taking immediate
actions of interference to bring the violence to end, and facilitate the
return of the displaced Oromos back to their homes. It also calls upon
all local, regional and international diplomatic and human rights
organizations to impose necessary pressures on both the federal and
regional governments so that they refrain from committing irresponsible
actions against their own citizens for the purpose of political gains
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
- Please send appeals to the Ethiopian Government and its concerned officials as swiftly as possible, in English or Amharic, mentioning to refrain from committing irresponsible actions against their own citizens
- to bring to justice those members of “LIYYU POLICE” Police who committed crimes against innocent civilians
APPEALS TO:
• His Excellency: Mr. Hailemariam Dessalegn – Prime Minister of Ethiopia
P.O.Box – 1031 , Addis Ababa
Telephone – +251 155 20 44; +251 111 32 41
Fax – +251 155 20 30 , +251 1552020
- His Excellency Alemayehu Atomsa
Oromiya National Regional State President Office
Telephone – 0115510455
• Office of the Ministry of Justice
PO Box 1370, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Fax: +251 11 5517775; +251 11 5520874 Email: ministry-justice@telecom.net.et
CC
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva 1211
Geneva 10, Switzerland Fax: + 41 22 917 9022 (particularly for urgent
matters) E-mail: tb-petitions@ohchr.org This e-mail address is being
protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• African Commission on Human and Peoples‘ Rights (ACHPR)
48 Kairaba Avenue, P.O.Box 673, Banjul, The Gambia.
Tel: (220) 4392 962 , 4372070, 4377721 – 23 Fax: (220) 4390 764
E-mail: achpr@achpr.org
• U.S. Department of State
Tom Fcansky – Foreign Affairs Officer
Email;-TOfcansky@aol.com>Washington, D.C. 20037
Tel: +1-202-261-8009
Fax: +1-202-261-8197
• Amnesty International – London
Clairy Beston
Telephone: +44-20-74135500
Fax number: +44-20-79561157
Email;- TGibson@amnesty.orgThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Human Rights Watch
Filix Horn/ Leslie Lefkow
| lefkowl@hrw.org; rawlenb@hrw.org | |
Tel: +1-212-290-4700 , Fax:+1-212-736-1300 Email: hrwnyc@hrw.org
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