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OSA Appeal Letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about the Conflict in Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia
"Sadly, we have learned recently from reliable sources and from our contacts in Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia, that the so called ”Special Police” or “Liyu Police” of the Ogaden Regional State has attacked Oromo communities in Eastern Haragee Zone of Oromia Regional State. The reports are still developing due to the fact that the Ethiopian government denied access to journalists and any independent media to the area. However, we have confirmed through our human rights researchers and through our own contacts that at least 37 individuals either have been killed or made to disappear when the Ogaden Liyu Police raided the counties of Oromia bordering the Ogaden Regional State, mainly Anniya, Jaarsoo and Miesso. An unknown number have been wounded, and an estimated 20, 000 people have been displaced and are in dire situation with no assistance from the government or other non-governmental agencies. It is to be noted that charitable organizations are restricted or in many situations prevented from any movement in the country, especially in Eastern Ethiopia."
OSA Appeal Letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry in Advance of his Trip to Ethiopia
"Your upcoming trip to Ethiopia comes at a time when the Ethiopian government authorities continue with their massive human rights violations under the cover of fighting terrorism by branding dissenters as “terrorists”; religious freedom is curtailed and thousands of Muslims are peacefully protesting every week demanding freedom of religion despite the fact that the government unlawfully prohibited any peaceful rally in the country; millions of Oromo farmers and other indigenous people are unlawfully and forcefully evicted from their ancestral villages and their fertile arable and grazing lands which have been their livelihood for centuries are given to transnational and Tigrayan investors; the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press have been suppressed." Read more
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