Pretension of respect for fundamental human rights has sweepingly taken over as Ethiopians’ monarch!
Amnesty International has confirmed that at least 75 supporters of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) were arrested over the weekend from various places in different parts of Oromia Regional State, as Ethiopian authorities intensify the crackdown on dissenting political views ahead of the general elections.
“The return of mass arrests of opposition activists and supporters is a worrying signal in Ethiopia.”
—Deprose Muchena, Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa
“The return of mass arrests of opposition activists and supporters is a worrying signal in Ethiopia. These sweeping arrests risk undermining the rights to freedom of expression and association ahead of the 2020 elections,” said Deprose Muchena, Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa.
Arrests took place across the state including in Finchawa town in West Guji Zone of Oromia, and Shambu town in Horo-Guduru Wallaga Zone of Oromia.
These sweeping arrests risk undermining the rights to freedom of expression and association ahead of the 2020 elections.
Chaltu suffered humiliations repeatedly n prison. Now Abiy's gangsters broke her door n Shambu at dawn & put her to prison again. Why such violence against a single woman, while Ethiopia's security turned its face when barbarians knifed & stoned citizens n October? @AbiyAhmedAlihttps://t.co/DmOcQT8wTQ
Shame on you guys in power! As bona fide Ethiopian, am ashamed of the pretentious Abiy Ahmed's gov't; tired of its lies and arrogance against citizens! https://t.co/DmOcQT8wTQ
"When they [government officials] first came they told us an investor was coming and we would develop the land alongside one another. They didn't say the land would be taken away from us entirely. I don't understand why the government took the land."
Farmer Gemechu Garbaba
His wife adds:
"Since the land was taken away from us we are impoverished. Nothing has gone right for us, since these investors came."
Africa succumbs to colonial-style land grab
Channel 4 News, 7 January 2012
