Ethiopian authorities lie about crackdown against free speech

April 29, 2014

AFP – Ethiopia said Tuesday several people had been arrested on charges of “serious criminal activities”, but rights groups identified those detained as journalists and bloggers targeted in a sweeping crackdown against free speech.

“They are suspected of some serious crimes, and the police are investigating,” government spokesman Getachew Reda told AFP, without providing details of the alleged crimes.

The journalists and a group of bloggers known as “Zone 9″ were arrested last week, prompting an outcry from rights groups.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called the arrests “one of the worst crackdowns against free expression” in the country, while Amnesty International said it was part of a “long trend of arrests and harassment of human rights defenders, activists, journalists and political opponents.”

Leslie Lefkow of Human Rights Watch said the “arrests signal, once again, that anyone who criticises the Ethiopian government will be silenced”, and called for their immediate release.

The arrests come ahead of a visit this week by US Secretary of State John Kerry.

“The timing of the arrests — just days before the US Secretary of State’s visit — speaks volumes about Ethiopia’s disregard for free speech,” Lefkow added.

The bloggers Zone 9 website, reportedly named after the prison where political detainees are held, listed the names of nine people arrested, saying they were charged with having worked with foreign human rights activists to foment violence or instability.

But the government dismissed the rights groups, and said those arrested were not detained for their work as journalists.

“We don’t take orders from Human Rights Watch,” Getachew said.

- Free speech ‘a crime’ -

An opposition group staged a protest on Sunday following the arrests, calling for “greater liberties and a true democracy” in Ethiopia, but police shut the 200-person demonstration down soon after it started.

HRW said 20 members of the political opposition Semayawi or “Blue” party have also been arrested since Friday, although there has been no official confirmation of exact numbers.

“With the latest arrests, Ethiopian authorities are turning the peaceful exercise of free expression into a crime,” the CPJ’s Tom Rhodes said in a statement.

Amnesty said the group had only restarted blogging last week after suspending their work for the past six months, accusing the government of harassment.

Ethiopia has been accused of cracking down on independent media and has doled out several heavy sentences for journalists charged under the controversial anti-terror legislation, which rights groups have called vague and far-reaching.

“With still a year to go before the general elections, the Ethiopian government is closing any remaining holes in its iron grip on freedom of speech, opinion and thought in the country,” said Amnesty’s Claire Beston.

In 2011, two Swedish journalists were sentenced to 11 years in jail under the law, but were later pardoned after serving 15 months.

Ethiopia has one of the most closed press environments in the world, the CPJ says. It calculates that at least 49 journalists have been forced into exile, the third worst after Somalia and Iran.

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Ethiopia: Semayawai(Blue) Party members are being arrested ahead of Sunday’s (April 27, 2014) Protest Rally

April 26, 2014

Today April 25th and over the last few days, the TPLF lead government has arrested over 30 Semayawi ( Blue) Party members ahead of a protest rally organized by the Party, scheduled to take place on Sunday, April 27, 2014. The protest rally is being organized fully in compliance with the law.

The police arrested several of the Party’s leadership team and several dozen members. As of today, the Vice-Chairperson, several executive committee members and at least 30 other members have been arrested and being held at several police stations in Addis Ababa. Semayawi Party Chairperson, Eng. Yilkal Getnet was also detained but has been released soon after he was taken to the Police station.

We will update as we learn more about this spiteful action against peaceful and legal political opposition members.

Semayawi Support-North America

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የሠማያዊ ፓርቲ አባላት መታሰር

ሠማያዊ ፓርቲ በቅስቀሳ ላይ የነበሩ 25 ወጣት አባላቴ ታስረውብኛል፣ ፓርቲው ሥራውን በአግባቡ እንዳያካሂድም መሰናክል እየደረሰበት ነው ሲል አስታወቀ።

በአዲስ አበባ አስተዳደር የሠላማዊ ሠልፍ ማሳወቂያ ክፍል ለፊታችን እሁድ ዕለት ሠልፍ ለማድረግ አሳውቀን ሠልፉን የምናደርግበት ቦታ ቢነገረንም፤ ፖሊስ ግን በሥራችን ላይ እንቅፋት እየፈጠረ ነው ሲል ፓርቲው ወቅሷል። ዘጋቢያችን ዮሐንስ ገብረእግዚአብሔር ስለሁኔታዉ የፓርቲዉን ሊቀመንበር አነጋግሮ ተከታዩን ዘገባ ልኮልናል። ይህ ዘገባ ከተጠናቀረ በኋላ የደረሰን ዜና እንደሚያመለክተዉ ደግሞ የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ፕሬዚደንት ኢንጂነር ይልቃል ጌትነት፤ ምክትል ፕሬዚደንቱ አቶ ስለሺ ፈይሳ እንዲሁም የፓርቲዉ የሕዝብ ግንኙነት አቶ ብርሃኑ ተክለ ያሬድ ለቅስቀሳ ከፓርቲዉ ጽህፈት ቤት ሲወጡ በፖሊስ ተይዘዉ ተወስደዋል።

ዮሐንስ ገ/እግዚአብሔር

ማንተጋፍቶት ስለሺ

ሸዋዬ ለገሰ

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Afar Forum condemns killings of innocent civilians

April 22, 2014

Press Release

The Afar Forum strongly condemns the indiscriminate and extra judiciary killings of innocent civilians on April 19, 2014 near the Awash city. The federal police of EPRDF/TPLF killed 12 innocent civilian indiscriminately including a pregnant woman who was crying on the dead body of child who gunned down by the brutal federal force. This blatant disregard for human life is the hallmark of the ERPRD/TPLF military force trained to kill rather than to protect. It’s indisputable fact that these kind brutal military actions have previously been reported from all regions throughout Ethiopia. Particularly, the victims of the aggression in Ogaden, Oromia, Gambela, Amhara and the 2005 massacre in Addis Ababa and elsewhere in the country are still fresh in our memories.

The statement from the federal police spokesperson Ato Abebe Worku, who even do not know how to pronounce the name and the location where the incident took place, down played and denied the killing of innocent civilians. However, eyewitnesses confirmed the indiscriminate killings of unarmed civilians by the brutal federal police. As a result, the people who live in the area closed the Djibouti –Addis Ababa road to show their frustration, continued harassment and indiscriminate killings of unarmed Afars by the brutal EPRDF/TPLF forces. The government has threatened the civilians from further demonstration in Afar region and warned, those who demonstrate would be convicted as terrorists.

Under the rule of EPRDF/TPLF the Afars are subjected to continued killings and detention for opposing eviction from their ancestral land, displacement from water points along the Awash River, for crossing the Djibouti-Addis Ababa road without causing interruption. Since April 1991 the EPRDF/TPLF forces have killed countless innocent Afars without due process. There is an ongoing displacement of the Afars from the fertile Awash River basin to more hostile areas where there is no water and grazing for their cattle. Attempts by Afar elders from all the five Zones to appeal their situation, lack of justice and due process to the so called federal authorities has fail on deaf ears.

The continued inter ethnic conflict between the Afars and Somali/Issa/Hawiya which is often instigated by the federal forces has claimed hundreds of lives in the last decays and continues to harm both the communities. The EPRDF/TPLF government has totally failed to bring a lasting solution to the conflict and to secure the security and safety to the people of the Afar region.

We call upon the Ethiopian people, political organizations and the international community to condemn the continued incriminated killings of the Afar by EPRDF/TPLF forces and advocate for the right of indigenous Afar people who are endangered nationality within the areas they live.

Afar Forum

Stuttgart, Germany, April 21, 2014       

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Part 1: The End is in Sight - Lifelines - Al Jazeera English

Dark secrets of foreign investment in Ethiopia and tears of the poor

April 22, 2014

by Nathnael Abate (Norway)

The rapid growth of world economy has resulted in strong partnership between countries, multinational companies and cooperates. This made the greatest gateway for international companies directly to involve in foreign investment process in the labor cheap countries. Since cheap labor forces produce very high profits. In most developing countries the priority of government is self-enrichment by all possible means but not fulfilling the interest of public. For sake of their own benefits both government and foreign cooperates increase the bond between them overtime. Eventually these foreign companies become the head masters of government because they nurture government with a lot of cash and the corrupted regimes are happy to have it in their pockets. Now the government is spokesman and servant of the companies or cooperatives rather than being the protectors of citizens. Cooperates controlled government will take all the measures against its own citizens in order to protect the interest and benefits of the foreign corporates, specially the dictator regimes such as the regime of Ethiopia.

Foreign investment by itself has no adverse impact on any society as long as it does not harm or violate the interests and tradition of locals, indigenous and citizens of the country where the investment takes place. But in most cases foreign investments in developing countries have suppressive, exploitative and long lasting impacts on the lives of local people. For example, foreign investments are highly destroying lives of indigenous people in western and southern Ethiopia. The Government is forcibly displacing the indigenous communities from their ancestral lands in order to supply land for foreign and local investors. These areas were rapidly being converted into commercial agricultural investment centers. The government is depriving small scale farming, pastoralists, fishing grounds and other life sustaining activities of indigenous people in the area.

The corrupted TPLF regime backed transnational cooperatives in Ethiopia indirectly confiscating the land and other natural resources that have been home and food source for indigenous community for thousands of years. Interlocked partnership among the regime of Ethiopia and transnational companies have no short or long term benefits to the local community or the country. Industrial and agricultural products produced by these firms will be exported to other countries and profits will be transferred to home of their origin. Money from land lease or sell, tax and other sort of shares will furnish the pockets of dictator juntas. It will not benefit by any means the local communities. There are also violent tactics used against the locals (including rapes, intimidation, murder, harassment) as well as lack of consultation, compensation, legal redress and derogation of national and international laws intended to protect indigenous and pastoralists communities’ rights to own and use resources. In south Omo valley about 86% of land was occupied by the investors which used to be farming, hunting, fishing and grazing ground for natives. The successive Ethiopian regime has never cared for dark skinned Ethiopian indigenous people in south Omo valley and in Gambella (west Ethiopia) rather they were all referred as a second citizens and sub humans.

The selling and leasing of land that is home for native tribes in Gambella and South omo had severe consequences on locals. Many families were scattered searching for food, water and graze land and these interdependent tribes become hopeless and helpless. In the name of investment hidden corruption chain has taken newest paths in Ethiopia since recent years. In this corruption chain some participated directly and others indirectly. For instance the fertilizer potash company called YARA which is owned by Norwegians gives about 30% of its profit to Ethiopian regime. The interplay between the Yara and the Ethiopian Regime is that, YARA supplies the fertilizer to the regime and Ethiopian Government force farmers to use the fertilizer and pay for it. If the farmer is not willing to use the fertilizer soon he loses his land. Improper use of fertilizer could permanently damage the soil and the current use of fertilizer in most part of Ethiopia is improper. Government only focuses on selling large quantity of fertilizer and gaining profit from it but not the future severe consequences.

The symbolic human right guardian western rich countries which are also political, economic and social partners of dictator regimes increased and continued their aid for further deterioration of poor lives. Western foreign aid budgets are used as a driving force of human right violations in Africa particularly in Ethiopia. This devastating hidden exploitative system is wiping out poor, indigenous people, local communities, peasants, pastoralists and is causing permanent damage to land and other natural environment in the area. For large scale agriculture wide area of forest is cleared and which in turn increases massive emission of Co2 in to local climate. In addition to forest clearing also Ethiopia regimes main strategy of renewable energy source what is so called hydroelectric dams (“Reservoirs [created by large dam projects] are a significant contributor to climate change, and that hydropower schemes in some cases may have a greater impact on global warming than fossil fuel power stations.” ) . In South Omo, Gilgil Gibe and some other parts of the country many people were displaced without any compensation from their homes and property for dams’ construction. Research suggests that organic matter, decomposing vegetation and soil, in shallow reservoirs in warm tropical areas emits large amounts of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere and that even after the vegetation is fully decomposed, gases continue to be released. And yet hydro development is promoted as a ‘green’ alternative to fossil fuel.

The south and west Ethiopia natives are paying price for non-self-benefiting and biased development policy of the government. They are forcibly displaced from their ancestor’s grave land or possessions. This people have very little employment room to be employed in newly introduced sectors and sometimes may have access to physical labor with very low payments and bad treatments .Those employed in the sector are from Tigray and other regions. These communities are plunged further into poverty, environments are destroyed and irreparable harm is caused to this indigenous community.

There are also many houses of poor and shelters being demolished and demolishing going on in bigger cities(In Addis Ababa and regional cities) to sell the land without compensation for those who owns the land or shelter on the place. According to the December 26, 2013 report of Zegabi, people whose houses got demolished in capital Addis Ababa said “They (government officials ) did not even [allow] us enough time for [the] evacuation” with sorrow in their eyes and extreme fatigue on their face. “They immediately started to plow down all the houses with bulldozers for no consideration. All the houses turned into dust and rubble right there in front of our eyes. The place we used to call home was no more, a barren land in its place.” I enquired if they were given prior notice of the demolition.

Their heartfelt and emotional answer was “They had told us that this place was going to be removed and plowed down three or four months ago. But there was no legal notice. It was just word of the mouth. And we were always asking for places to be given to us. And the people at the concerned offices always said that at one time one of the officials wasn’t around to decide or at another time the map for the place was not prepared. And now they are telling us to wait for our answers living outside. What kind of justice is that? There is no where we can apply to to get justice. The Sub city administration will not do anything for us and we have been trying to ask the Red Cross for help but it’s all bureaucratic.”

The land which is taken away either from the indigenous people of far rural area or poor of the cities will be sold to foreign investors or domestic riches. The money from selling and leasing land will be in the pockets of woyane officials to make their life joyful while leaving behind tears, sorrows, homelessness and poverty to the indigenous and poor people. They (our rulers) made us poor. We are crying and they are laughing.

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God bless Ethiopia

source ECADF 

በስደትም መሰለል – በኖርዌይ ኢትዮጵያውያን ተቃውሞ አሰሙ

“እነሱ ሁለት አገር አላቸው፤ እኛ አገር አልባ ሆነናል”

April 14, 2014 08:37 pm By Editor 1 Comment

የኢህአዴግን የስለላ መዋቅርና አካሄድ አስመልክቶ እየወጡ ያሉ መረጃዎች ተበራክተዋል። ኢህአዴግ ራሱን እንደሚስለው ዓይነት ድርጅት ሳይሆን በሰብዓዊ መብት አያያዝ ጉድለት ያለበት፣ በሚዲያ ነጻነት ኋላ ቀር፣ የተቃዋሚ ፖለቲከኞችን በማሳደድ ግንባር ቀደም፣ አፋኝ ህግ በማውጣትና በማሸማቀቅ ወደር የማይገኝለት፣ ለሚያወጣው ህግና ደንብ የማይገዛ፣ የውስጥ ችግሩ ታይቶ በማይታወቅ መጠን ዜጎችን ለስደት እየዳረገ እንደሆነ እየተመሰከረበት ነው።

ኦባንግ ሜቶ

ኢህአዴግን ሸሽተው አገር ለቀው የተሰደዱ በስደት ምድርም ኢህአዴግ እየተፈታተናቸው እንደሆነ መግለጽ ከሰነበቱ ቆይቷል። በአሜሪካ፣ በካናዳ፣ በጀርመን፣ በስዊድንና በእንግሊዝ አገር ስደተኞችን በመሰለል ተግባር ላይ የተሰማሩ “የስደተኛ ሰላዮች” በስፋት ስለመኖራቸው መረጃ ማቅረብ እንደሚችሉ የሚገልጹ ጥቂት አይደሉም። የተለያዩ ድርጅቶች በዚህ ጉዳይ ምን ያህል እንደገፉበት መረጃ ባይወጣም አቶ ኦባንግ ሜቶ የሚመሩት የአዲሲቷ ኢትዮጵያ የጋራ ንቅናቄ ስራውን ያገባቸዋል ከሚላቸው ክፍሎች ጋር እየሰራ እንደሆነ በዚሁ መድረክ መገለጹ ይታወሳል። በወቅቱ አቶ ኦባንግ “ስደተኛ ሆኖ ስደተኛን መሰለል በህግ የተከለከለ ወንጀል ነውና በዚህ ጉዳይ ርህራሄ ሊኖር አይችልም” ነበር ያሉት።

ማርች 11 ቀን በኖርዌይ የኢትዮጵያ ስደተኞች ማህበር አስተባባሪነት ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ተካሂዶ ነበር። በሰላማዊ ሰልፉ ላይ የፓርላማ ተወካይ፣ የኖአስና/NOASና ዘረኝነትን የሚቃወመው ድርጅት መሪ ተገኝተው ነበር። በሰላማዊ ሰልፉ ተገኝተው ንግግር ካደረጉት መካከል ወ/ት የሺሃረግ በቀለ ይጠቀሳሉ። በኖርዌይ የኢትዮጵያ ስደተኞች ማህበር ጸሐፊ ወ/ት የሺሃረግ በቀለ “እነሱ አገር ቤትም አገር አላቸው፤ በስደትም አገር አላቸው” በማለት ነበር ለጎልጉል አስተያየታቸውን መስጠት የጀመሩት።

የሺሃረግ በቀለ

በሰልፉ ላይ ካቀረቡት ንግግር በተጨማሪ ለጎልጉል አስተያየታቸውን የሰጡት ጸሐፊዋ፣ ስደተኞች ሁሉ አንድ አይደሉም። “ሆን ተብሎ የስደት መረጃና ማስረጃ ማመልከቻው ተመቻችቶላቸው የሚላኩ የወያኔ ቅጥረኛ ሰላዮች አሉ። እነሱ ባለሁለት አገር ናቸው። እኛ አንድም አገር የለንም” ብለዋል። ይህንን ጉዳይ አቅም በፈቀደ ሁሉ ማህበሩ ከአባላቱና ድጋፍ ከሚሰጡት ሁሉ ጋር በመሆን ከዳር እንደሚያደርሰው ገልጸዋል።

“ልብ እንበል” በማለት አስረግጠው የገለጹት ስለ ሁለተኞቹ ስደተኞች ነው። ስርዓቱ ባለው የግፈኛነት፣ የዘረኛነት፣ የከፋፋይነት፣ የዴሞክራሲና የነጻነት እጦት የገፋቸው እውነተኛ ስደተኞች ባግባቡ መልስ ያለማግኘታቸው ጉዳይ ነው። “እነዚህ እውነተኛ ስደተኞች እኔን ጨምሮ አገር የለንም” ሲሉ አገር አልባ የመሆንን ስሜት ይገልጻሉ። ወ/ት የሺሃረግ የኖርዌይ ሚዲያዎችና በስለላ ተግባር የተሰማሩ “ስደተኞች” እንዳሉ በይፋ ቢናገሩም መንግሥት መልስ አለመስጠቱ ቢያሳዝናቸውም ማህበራቸው ትግሉን ይበልጥ እንዲገፋበት እንዳደረገው ነው የሚናገሩት።

የዲሞክራሲ ለውጥ ድጋፍ ሰጪ በኖርዌይ ተወካይ በሰላማዊ ሰልፉ ላይ ያረጋገጡትን በመጥቀስ ወ/ት የሺሃረግ የትግሉን መደጋገፍ አመላክተዋል። ድጋፍ ሰጪው መረጃ የማሰባሰብ ስራውን ማጠናቀቁን ማረጋገጡ፣ የስደት ከለላ ካገኙ በኋላ በስለላ የተሰማሩትን ክፍሎች አደባባይ ለማውጣት የሚደረገውን ትግል እንደሚያፋጥነው ከምስጋና ጋር እምነታቸውን ገልጸዋል።

ማህበራቸው ኢትዮጵያውያን ስደተኞች ባሉበት ሁሉ ወኪሎችን በመሰየም የግንኙነት መረብ መፍጠሩን ያመለከቱት ጸሐፊዋ፣ የግንኙነት ሰንሰለቱ መረጃዎችን በቅርብ ለመሰብሰብ እንደሚረዳ አስታውቀዋል። ላለፉት ሰባት ዓመታት የስደት ማመልከቻቸው አዎንታዊ መልስ እንዳላስገኘላቸው የጠቆሙት ወ/ት የሺሃረግ፣ “እንደ እኔ አይነቶች ብዙ ነን። ከኔም የሚብሱ አሉ። ከሚደርስብን የማህበራዊ ችግር በተደራቢ ካገራችን እንድንባረር ያደረጉን ሰዎች እዚህም እረፍት ሊነሱን አይገባም። አገር አልባ መሆን ያሳዝናል። እዚህ ኖርዌይ የተወለዳችሁ ወገኖችም ብትሆኑ ስደተኞች ናችሁና በመረጃ ማሰባሰቡ ስራ ተባበሩን” ሲሉ ጥሪ አስተላልፈዋል። ቀደም ሲል ለተባበሩትም ምስጋና አቅርበዋል። ከጉዳዩ ጋር በተያያዘ ሙያዊ ምክርም ሆነ አግባብነት ያለው አስተዋጽዖ ለማበርከት ለሚፈልጉ ሁሉ ማህበራቸው በሩ ክፍት እንደሆነም ተናግረዋል።

በኖርዌይ የኢትዮጵያዊ ኮሚኒቲ ሊቀመንበር አቶ ፋሲል አለባቸው በበኩላቸው በተጠቀሰው ቀን ለተደረገው ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ሙሉ ድጋፍ እንደሚሰጡ ገልጸዋል። “ሆን ተብሎ የስደት መረጃና ማስረጃ ተመቻችቶላቸው የሚመጡት ሰላዮች የስደት ሂደቱን በማበላሸት እውነተኛ ስደተኞች የከለላ ምላሽ እንዳይሰጣቸው ያደርጋሉ። በዚህ ዜጎች ተጎድተዋል” ሲሉ ለጎልጉል ገልጸዋል።

“እነዚሁ የተመቻቸላቸው ስደተኞች መልስ ካገኙ በኋላ ሆን ብለው ወደ አገራችን መመለስ እንፈልጋለን በማለት የስደተኛ ጉዳይ ለሚያስተናግዱት ክፍሎች የተሳሳተ መረጃ በመስጠት የሌሎች ስደተኞችን ጉዳይ በማበላሸት ስራ ይሳተፋሉ” የሚሉት አቶ ፋሲል አንዳንዴም የተሳሳተ መረጃና የተሳሳተ ምክንያት እንዳቀረቡ በመግለጽ እውነተኛ ስደተኞች ላይ ተጽዕኖ ሊያሳርፍ የሚችል ተግባር እንደሚፈጽሙ አመልክተዋል።

ከዚህ በተለየ መልኩ ገንዘብ በመላክ /በሃዋላ/ ስራ የተሰማሩ ሰዎች እንዳሏቸው የሚገልጹት አቶ ፋሲል፣ “ወያኔዎቹ ገንዘብ በመላክ ስራ ባሰማሯቸው ሰዎች አማካይነት አገር ቤት ያሉትን ቤተሰቦች በመለየት እንደሚያስፈራሩ ይታወቃል” ሲሉ የትግሉን አስፈላጊነትና ከስደተኞች ማህበር ጥሪ ጎን ስለመቆም ይናገራሉ።

ኮሚኒቲው ለወገኖቹ ጉዳይ ዘወትር እንደሚያደርገው ሁሉ አሁን ለሚደረገው ትግል ከድጋፍ መስጠት ባለፈ አብሮ ለመስራት ዝግጁ እንደሆነ ያሳሰቡት አቶ ፋሲል፣ ማንም ቢሆን ለህግ ሊገዛ እንደሚገባ በሚያስገድድ ስራ ላይ መሰማራት እንደሚኖርበት አመላክተዋል። በማያያዝም አሁን ወደ ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች፣ ወደ ማህበረሰቡ፣ ወደ አክቲቪስቶችና አቅም ያላቸውን ክፍሎች ግንዛቤ የማስጨበትና ጉዳዩን አጀንዳ አድርጎ የመትከል ስራ ላይ ትኩረት ተደርጎ ስራው እንደሚሰራ አስረድተዋል።

ወ/ት የሺሃረግ የመረጃ ማሰባሰቡ ስራ ሲጠናቀቅ ጉዳዩን ከኖርዌይ የፍትህ ተሟጋች አካላት ጋር በመሆን አስቀድሞ ለፍትህ ሚኒስትር፣ በመቀጠልም በየደረጃው ለሚመለከታቸው ክፍሎችና ለዓለም አቀፍ ተቋማት የማሳወቁ ስራ ተጠናክሮ እንደሚቀጥል ለጎልጉል ተናግረዋል።

በሰላማዊ ሰልፉ የተለያዩ ከተሞች የሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያዊያንና ሃሳቡን የደገፉ ተገኝተዋል። አቶ መለስ ለመጨረሻ ጊዜ ኖርዌይ በመጡ ጊዜ የተፈጠረውን ጉዳይ በማስታወስ የስደተኞች ማህበር ቢዘገይም አሁን የደረሰበት ደረጃ ሊበረታታ እንደሚገባ የጠቆሙ አሉ። ስቴንሻዬር የስደተኞች ካምፕ “ስደተኛ” ተብሎ ተመዝግቦ የነበረ እብድ ወጣት አብረውት ካምፕ የሚኖሩ አገር ቤት ያለውን ስርዓት በመቃወም ለህዝብ ግንዛቤ የማስጨበጥ ስራ ሲሰሩ አብሯቸው ይሳተፍ ነበር። ሲሰለፉና ህወሃትን ሲያወግዙ፣ ኢህአዴግን ሲቃወሙ፣ አብሮ በመሆን እየተቃወመ ቪዲዮ ይቀርጽ ነበር። በመጨረሻ በድንገት ተነስቶ አገር ቤት ተመለሰ።

የልጁ በድንገት መሰወር ያሳባቸው የካምፑ ነዋሪዎች ሲያጣሩ በስም የጠቀሱት ሰው አዲስ አበባ መመለሱ ተረጋገጠ። ከወራት በኋላ አቶ መለስ ኦስሎ ሲመጡ ይኸው ሰው ኦስሎ ተገኘ። በማለት የጠቆሙት ክፍሎች ይህንን ጉዳይ ፖሊስ እንደሚያወቀው፣ ማመልከቻ እንደገባለት አብረውት የነበሩት አሁን ድረስ በስጋት ላይ እንዳሉ ይገልጻሉ። source Golgul