Ambo story – shocking human right violations against Oromo people
June
3, 2014 (Tamiru Blog) — In a recent interview with a local media, Mr
Abdulaziz Mohammed – the Vice President of Oromia Region stated that “No
one is arrested and we don’t have any information about the arrest.”
The Vice President’s single statement says two contrasting ideas at a
time – denying the arrest allegations and ignorant about the arrest. In
the first place it is a shame for the Vice President to deny the reality
on the ground – where more than 49 people were killed and 800 people
have been arrested, tortured and imprisoned.
These atrocities are in response to a series of demonstrations or
protests by the Oromo people who demand the government to stop removing
farmers from their ancestral homeland in the name of ‘development’. The
demonstration at the initial stage was peaceful and in order before the
government’s heavily armed security forces and the military started
shooting and killing people.
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