#OromoProtests: IOYA Appeal
June 29, 2014
Dear Sir/Madam:
We are reaching out to you as the Board of Officers of the International
Oromo Youth Association (IOYA) whose nation is in turmoil back in
Oromia, Ethiopia. Recently, Oromo students have been protesting against
the new Addis Ababa “Integrated Master Plan” which aims at incorporating
smaller towns surrounding Addis Ababa for the convenience of vacating
land for investors by displacing millions of Oromo farmers. As a
political move, this will essentially result in the displacement of the
indigenous peoples and their families. Oromo farmers will be
dispossessed of their land and their survival both economic and cultural
terms will be threatened. The Oromos strongly believe that this plan
will expose their natural environment to risk, threaten their economic
means of livelihood (subsistence farming), and violate their
constitutional rights.
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