Massive Protest against Wayyaanee in Calgary, Alberta

HRLHA Participates in 23rd Regular Session of UN Human Rights Council

HRLHA | June 12, 2013

The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) has participated in the 23rd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council held at the UN Geneva Headquarters in Switzerland from May 27 to June 14, 2013. The event particularly hosted by the HRLHA on the past and present human rights situations in Ethiopia took place on the 6th of June, 2013.

HRLHA was represented, at the 23rd regular session, by Mr. Garoma B. Wakessa, the Executive Director of HRLHA and Mr. Tesfaye Deressa, Chief Investigator; and the representatives of HRLHA did presentations on the Adverse Roll of land grab and the encroachments of fundamental rights in Ethiopia respectively. In his presentation under the title “The Consequences of Land Grab in Ethiopia”, Mr. Garoma elaborated on how local farmers in various parts of the country, in Oromia, Gambella and Benshangul regional states in particular, were evicted from their lands and livelihoods without consent and compensations, and ended up in joblessness and poverty. He has also pointed at how the Ethiopian Government has violated the international laws and instruments that relate to investments and/or developments through partnerships of Transnational Corporations and local governments. Read more…

MANNI GOGAA HARREEN IJAARAME, GAAFA WARAABEESSI YUUSU DIIGAMA !!

Y.G(2005) Kutaa 2ffaa  | Waxabajjii 11, 2013

Addunyaan har’a keessa jirru kun , tokko isa tokko liqimsee, bakka bal’ifatee kan itti jiraachuu barbaadudha yoo jenne, dhugaa irraa fagaachuu hin ta’u. haqi addunyaa kana irraa eegaa jirru , dantaan takaalamtee afuura baafachuu isheen qofaa jirtii jennee dubbachuu dandeenya. Adeemsa hannaa kana hubatanii fi addunyaa dantaa ishee waliin arreedaa jirtu kana waliin harka keessa naqatanii hegaree isaanii kanneen dagatan “wayyaanoonni” , guyyaan isaa haa dheeratu malee, addunyaa kana keessaa adda durummaan , kan harka isaanii akka argatan hin shakkisiisu. Wayyaaneen har’a humnaan jiraachuuf waraana ijaarrachuu fi Dinagdee biyyaa tu’attee isa kaan harkattoota ishee qofa taasisuu qofaa odoo hin taane, kan na dura dhaabbata jettu hundumaa dhabamsiisuu, dadhabdu ammo, diiguu akka qabdu beektiif, karaa gara garaa duula gara garaa gaggeeffataa jirti. Kan ishee dura dhaabbate kaasuuf , hidhaa fi godaansiisu irra dabranii, akka nama rashanuu danda’an, Addunyaan dantaan takaalaman hayyamuufii ragaa hedduu tarrisuun ni danda’ama. Read more…

Jaarraan maalif qabsoo hidhannootti ciche?

Waxabajjii 11, 2013

- Haasawa walgahii  Yaadannoo Jaarraa Abbaa Gadaa tan Altanta, USA irraatti  dhihaate
Jawaar Muhammad

Bu’ureessitota qabsoo Oromoo  kanneen tarree duraarratti maqaan isaanii dhawamu keessaa, tokko, Jaarraa Abbaa Gadaati. Wanni Jaarraan  qabsoo tanaaf addatti gumaache maali?  jennee yoo of gaafanne  adeemsa dheeraa  Waraana Bilisummaa Oromoo (WBO) jaaruuf godhame  keessatti carraaqqii godhamteefi milkii argamteef shoora sadarkaa duraa tapahcuu isaati hubanna. Roorroo Oromoorra gahuuf joollumamaadhaan laalachuu isaatiin ganamaan qabsoof bobbahe; bara 1966 Asabootirraa Minishir bitatatee qabsaa’ota barbaadee dirree falmii Baaleetitti makamee lolee lolchiise. Qabsoodhaaf meshaafi leenjii lolaa garayyuun ammayyee taate  qabaachuun akka barbaachisu waan hubateef  gargaarsa barbaacha gama Somaaliyaa, boodas Bahar Diimaa ceehee Adan, Baagdaadifi Damaasqoo  dhaqe. Achirraahis akeeka tokkooni qasaawoota leenji’amaniifi meeshaalee lolaa ammayyee tahan waliin deebi’uuf karaa bu’e.   Akeekni sunis Qeeyroo Ganamaatiin Qabsoo Hidhannoo Eegaluudha.  Wanni argame ammoo, milkii osoo hin tahin harka mootummaa Soomalee bu’anii hidhamuu tahe.  Mudannoon hamtuun waggaa shaniitiis  murannoo diina Oromoo qabsoo hidhannootin cabsuuf qabu isa keessatti hin laaffifne. Bara 1976-tti yeroo haalli Warraaysaa biyyattii jijjiiree hamilee qabsoo hidhannootiif jirtu laamshesse sanitti, sirni jiru hiddaan buqqa’u malee Oromoof furmaanni hin jiru jechuudhaan, qawwee lameen Elemoo Qilxuufaarraa gaafa lola Xirroo  hafte bakka itti awwaalamanirraa baafatee daggalatti galee WBO humnaafi caasaadhaan ijaarutti seene. Jaarraan gaafa yeroo duraatiif Asabootitti Minishir bitaterraa eegalee hamma guyyaa du’aan addunyaarraa galetti goota dawaan cunqursaa qawweedha jedhee amanu ture;  saba isaatinis hidhadhaa “ qarshiin jahaannam haa dhayxuu qawwee bitadhaa daggala seenaa” jedhee dawwaaqaati jiraate. Read more…

Haasaa Obboo Jawar Ilaachisee Yaada Koo

Dany Gaaraa irraa | Waxabajjii 11, 2013

Oromoota kabajamtoota,

Nu hundinuu waan nufakkaate haasaa Obbo Jawar walga’ii Muslimoota Minesootati gaggeeffame irrati godhe ilaalchisee yaada kenna jirra. Namooni cinaan maaliifi sosoiinsa mirga Muslimootaa qbsoo bilisummaa Oromootiin waliti hidhaa dha jattaa ja’aniin. Kan biraa, Islaamummaa olkaaftee Oromiyaa Islaamaa jaaruuf fedhii qabdaa ja’aniin. Ani akka kootiti shakii fii muufannaa lamaan ka’e kana waan dhugaa irra fagaate je’en ilaala. Wani beekuu qabnu, walga’iin sun kan waamame waayee curqursa Muslimootaa Itoopiyaa irra ga’aa jiruufii qabsoo isaanii irrati haasawuuf ture malee, waayee Oromoo haasa’uufiimiti. Muslimootni Oromoo hinta’in baayyeetu ture: FKN Haji Najiib (Adaree), Goondarirraa, Walloorraa, Guraagee arkamanii turan akkaan dhag’eti. Obbo Jawar waayee rakkoo Muslimoota Itoopiyaa qofa dubbatee haasaa isaa xumuruu nidand’a ture. Haata’uu malee, wani ini akka walga’iin sun hubatu godhe: Read more…

Irreconcilable conflicts between Political Programs of 1998 and 2004

By Leenjiso Horo | June 2013

Points to note:

One needs to understand the chain of events that gave rise to the hatch out of Oromo Dialogue Front (ODF).  It is the result of a silent and secret creeping of a group within the rank of OLF members in the diaspora with the purpose in mind to dismantle the OLF and its political program. The Political Program of 2004 was a project laid out as a foundation for the formation of Oromo Democratic Front (ODF).   It was written by those who are now leadership of the ODF.  The project was conceived long ago by the former members of OLF’s Foreign Relation Office based in Sudan.  Suffice it to recall the various attempts that had been made on the part of the leadership of ODF to divide the members of the OLF, weaken nationalists unity so as to dismantle the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in order to organize ODF.  The core leadership of the ODF  is the former participants in the London Conference of 1991.  The London conference was a sellout of Oromiya and its independence.  It was this group that later disarmed and encamped the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA).  After the OLF left the Transitional Government Ethiopia and organized Extra-ordinary Congress/Kora Hatattamaa in 1998, this group refused or failed to attained the congress and then worked to split the organization. And now, it is complaining that Congress as the basis for the difference, conflict and hence the split of the OLF in 2001.  Then it organized the Bergen Conference of 2004. Following it, the same year it helped organize the 2004 ABO Shanee-Gumii Congress where the today’s ODF members forced  amendment of the Political Program of 1998. The group itself wrote the amendments to the Political Program of 1998.  ABO Shanee became a victim of this group and its political scheme. Later on, when the nationalists within ABO Shanee-Gumii understood the dangerous and sinister political line of this group and confronted it, the group split from ABO Shanee-Gumii and  formed Jijjiiramaa in 2008.  However, Jijjiiramaa was rejected by the nationalists and the Oromo people. Consequently, Jijjiiramaa factionalized and fractured into various pieces of groupings.  For this reason, the core group of Jijjiiramaa changed the name Jijjiiramaa to Oromo Dialogue Forum (ODF)/Waltajjii Mariii Oromoo (WMO).  Then out of the womb of Oromo Dialogue Forum (ODF), the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF) hatched out. And now, finally the cat is out of the bag: this was the secret plan that the group had been hatching over years.  The formation of ODF is the result of years of secret underground organizing of an organization within the OLF. Read more…

RAB interviews Obbo Tolera Adaba a senior journalist in SBO Media

June 10, 2013

Oromo Refugees in Egypt staged amazing Demonstration of UNITY in front of UNHCR Cairo on 09/06/2013

June 10, 2013 (Oromo Sons/Daughters Refugee Association (OSRA – Egypt))  The Oromo Refugees in Egypt staged a big demonstration today Sunday 09/06/2013 demanding for their rights and protection from the UNHCR office in Cairo and the Egyptian authorities and Egyptian people in General. Members of both Oromo Communities in Cairo prepared such an amazing demonstration in cooperation which exhibited the UNITY of all Oromo refugees and asylum seekers from every corner of Oromia: from east to west and north to south of Oromia. It is really an amazing demonstration where all walks of the Oromo refugees in Egypt: men and women, families and singles, single mothers and unaccompanied children, and so on participated to raise their voice in front of the UNHCR office in Cairo regarding the security problem and harassments they are facing from Egyptian society because of the recent controversies between the two states Egypt and Ethiopia. Read more…

Baqattoonni Oromoo Liibiyaafi Tuuniiziyaa Gariin Biyya Sadaffaa Keessa Qubsiifamani

Waxabajjii 10, 2013 (Oromo Press) – Obbo Mardaasaa Addisuu baqattoota Oromoo biyyoota Kaaba Aafrikaa, Gaanfa Aafrikaafi Arabaa  keessatti  gargaaruudhaan muuxannoo waggaa baayyee nama qabu. Muuxanoo hojii namoomaa (humanitarian) isaarraa nuuf hira.

Dowwii kana keechatti, Obbo Mardaasaa Aaddisuu waliin rakkooleen baqattoota Oromoorra Kaabaafi Gaanfa Afrikaatti  gahaa ture/jiru maal akka fakkaatan gadifageenyaan laalla. Keechumattuu, yeroo dhiyoo keecha Liibiyaafi Tuuniziyaa irraa baqatoota Oromoo haga tokko biyya sadaffaa keessa qubachiisuurratti milikii ykn bu’aa argame nuuf ibsa, Obbo Mardaasaan. Akkuma beekkamu oggaa sadi duraa eegalee sochiin farra-mootummoota abbaalee-irree Tuuniiziyaa, Liibiyaafi Masirii keessatti ta’uun isaa niyaadatama. Sochileefi wal-waraansonni sunneen ummatootuma biyyoota kanneenituu daran miidhe. Read more…

Oromo TV “Mormii Muslimoota Itoophiyaatifi Qabsoo Oromoo: Walfaalleessan Moo waliiff tumsan?”