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የዜጎችን መጠለያ የማግኘት ተፈጥሯዊ መብት በሕግ ስም መጣስ በአስቸኳይ ሊቆም ይገባል!
22 FebPosted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
የአማራ ብሔራዊ ንቅናቄ National Movement of Amhara
በአዲስ አበባና በዙሪያው ባሉ ከተሞች ዘርን መሠረት ያደረገ ቤት የማፍረስና የማፈናቀል እርምጃ በአስቸኳይ እንዲቆም የአማራ ብሔራዊ ንቅናቄ (አብን) ያሳስባል። አብን ማንኛውም ዜጋ በመረጠው አካባቢ ጎጆ ቀልሶ የመኖር ተፈጥሯዊ መብት እንዳለው ይገነዘባል። ይሁን እንጅ «ኢትዮጵያዊነት ሱስ ነው» እየተባለ ከበሮ በሚደለቅበት በዚህ ሰዓት «አዲስ አበባ የእኛ ናት፤ ሌላው ከፈቀድንለት ብቻ ይኖራል» በሚል አክራሪ ቡድን ፊታውራሪነት የሚደረገው የዜጎች መጎሳቆል የሚያሳስበን መሆኑን እያሳወቅን፤ ይህ ነገር በአስቸኳይ የማይቆም ከሆነ ሁሉንአቀፍ ትግል በማድረግ ግፈኞቹን ፊት ለፊት የምንጋፈጣቸው መሆኑን ከወዲሁ እናሳስባለን።
ስለሆነም በለገጣፎና እና በአዲስ አበባ ዙሪያ ባሉ ከተሞች ጎጆ ቀልሰው በሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያውያን ላይ «ከእኛ ወገንአይደላችሁም» በሚል አክራሪነት የሚደረገው መፈናቀልና ንብረት ማውደም በዋናነት የኦሮሚያ ክልላዊ መንግስት እና የፌዴራሉን መንግሥት ለተጠያቂነት የሚዳርግ መሆኑ ታውቆ በአስቸኳይ እንዲቆም፥ ጉዳት የደረሰባቸው ዜጎችም ተመጣጣኝ ካሳ አግኝተው ሰላማዊ ኑሮ የሚኖሩበት ሁኔታ በመንግሥት ወጪ እንዲመቻችላቸው እየጠየቅን፥ መላው ኢትዮጵያዊያን ከተጎጂዎች ጎን በመቆም እንዲያጽናና እና ግፈኞች ለሕግ እንዲቀርቡ ከአብን ጎን ተሰልፎ ግፊት እንዲያደርግ አበክረን እንጠይቃለን።
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ማራብሔራዊ ንቅናቄ
ቅፅ 1 ቁጥር 14 የካቲት 15/2011 ዓ.ም
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AHRE open letter concerning house demolition and forced mass evictions in Oromia Region, Legetafo town
22 FebPosted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
February 21, 2019
To Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed
CC: Lemma Megersa, President of Oromia Regional State
Association for Human Rights in Ethiopia (AHRE) pens this letter to express its concern following the demolition and planned demolition of thousands of houses in Legetafo town which left families on the street. This comes as a shock to AHRE which has warmly welcomed the overall reforms in Ethiopia, despite some pressing challenges.
AHRE has published numerous statements concerning forced displacements and other human rights concerns that recurred in the country and intensified to a larger scale in the past couple of years. The mass eviction against thousands of families is being conducted by officials themselves, unlike intercommunal conflicts and displacement in the rest of the country which involved the communities themselves, albeit reports of lower level of officials’ involvement.
AHRE has learned that the town was established in 2008 as a new special Zone along with seven other towns as part of the then Oromo People Democratic Organisation (OPDP) plan to curb the expansion of Addis Ababa to its outskirts. Against the local authorities’ claim that the houses were built violating the town’s master plan, several evicted families have bought the plots of land and built the homes before 2008. Many of them also say they have been paying hundreds of thousands in local currency to the town administration for utilities including electric and water bill, and other land payment fees. Those evicted include children, mothers, new born infants, the elderly, and the handicapped. This is all the more disappointing when evictees were given a short notice (7 days) with no other options of a possible substitute residence.
Dear honourable Prime Minister Abiy, AHRE has in different occasions warmly welcomed and commended the incredible positive steps your admiration took towards bringing peace with Eritrea; releasing political prisoners; opening up the political space etc. Ethiopia is signatory to The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The right to adequate housing mandated by the UN defines forced eviction as “the permanent or temporary removal against the will of individuals, families and/or communities from the homes and/or land which they occupy, without the provision of and access to appropriate forms of legal or other protection.” Thus, the measure is in clear violation of the right to housing which Ethiopia is signatory to.
We kindly urge your good office and your administration to issue an order to local authorities to immediately stop mass demolition and evictions; and compensate those families whose houses were demolished.
Kind Regards,
Yared Hailemariam
Executive Director of AHRE
Mobile: +32 (0)486 336 367
የሕወሃትንና የትግራይን የበላይነትና ትሥሥራቸውን ለያይቶ መገንዘብ ያስፈልጋል!
12 Janበከፍያለው ገብረመድኅን The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
ባለፉት 27 ዓመታት ኢትዮጵያውያን፡ የሕወሃትን የበላይነት ባይቀበሉትም ጠንቅቀው አውቀውታል! በሕወሃት አባሎችና በመላው የትግራይ መካክለል የእኩልነት፣ የሃብትና የተደላደለ ኑሮ ጠበል ለሁሉም ባይዳረስ፣ የትግራይ
የበላይነት ከአድዋ ተጉዞ፣ በመካከላቸው ያሠረጸው ተስፋ በሃገሪቷ መጎርመት መመጀመሩ እያደር ይበልጥ እየታየ ነው!
ደብረጽዮን ገብረሚካኤል ለሕወሃት ሊቀመንበርነት በተመረጡ በሣምንት ውስጥ ነው በሕወሃት ስም የሚነግዱትን ለፍርድ እንደሚያቀርቡ ማስጠንቀቂያ የሠጡት። ይህ ማለት ደብረጽዮን ንጹህና ተሃድሶ በእርግጥ የመሻት ሳይሆነ፡ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ቁጣ በድርጅቱ ሙሰኝናትና ዘረኝነት መማረሩን ከመገንዘብ ለጊዜው ለመቆጣጠር መሆኑ አያጠራጥርም።
ስለሕወሃት የበላይነት እየተነጋገርን እያለን ትግራዊ ካልሆኑ ኢትዮጵያውያን የተለያዩ አስተያየቶች ተሠንረዋል። ሊሆን አይችልም የሚለው ኢትዮጵያዊነትን ያንጸባረቀ ጥርጥር ከሚያሳዩ — ከዚህ በላይ ምን ያድርጉን — እስከሚሉ በጋለ ቁጣ የተሞሉ ዜጎችም አሉ።
እኔ እንደምገነዘበው፣ ካለፈው ዓመት ይልቅ ዘንድሮ እኔም የሕወሃት የበላይነት አለ ወደሚለው ብቻ ሳይሆን፡ የትግራይም የሚያሰኙኝ ብዙ ምልክቶች እየታዩኝ ነው። እያንዳንዱ ሕዋታዊም ከልብ ያምንበታል።
በሌላ አባባል፣ ለማንኛውም ኢትዮጵያዊ ዛሬ ትልቁ ተግባር የእነዚህን አንድነትና ልዩነት አበክሮ ማየትና መከታተል፣ እንዲሁም የሃገራችንን ነጻ የማውጣቱ ትግል አካል ማድረግ ያስፈልጋል!
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Ethiopia parliament speaker says TPLF ‘disrespect’ made him quit
15 OctPosted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
by AFP
“I resigned because my peoples and party were disrespected,” he said. “However, I will struggle to bring the necessary respect and do the best I can for Oromo people to gain their rights.”
The speaker of Ethiopia’s lower house of parliament, who resigned last week, said Saturday that he quit because of “disrespect” of his ethnic group.
Abadula Gemeda, a member of the Oromos, the country’s largest ethnic group, announced last Sunday that he was stepping down after seven years as speaker of the House of People’s Representatives.
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TPLF Ethnicities: ሕወሃት ለምን ይሆን ገና ከንጋቱ የእያንዳንዱ ዜጋ ዘር በመታወቂያ ካርዱ/ዷ ላይ እንዲጻፍ በሕግ ያስገደደው? ከሶማሌ ክልል ጋር ሕወሃት ያለው ግንኙነት መሠረቱ ምንም ምሥጢር ስላልሆነ ከሕወሃት ካድሬዎችና መኮንኖች ተገንዘቡ!
16 SepUneasy peace & simmering conflict: The Ethiopian town where three flags fly
16 MayPosted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
by Tom Gardner in Moyale, The Guardian
Fresh tension in a disputed area has reopened old wounds between the Oromia and Somali states, as ethnic federalism fails to contain violence
Three different flags flutter in the breeze along the road that runs through Moyale in southern Ethiopia. The first is green, yellow and red: the colours of the Ethiopian federal state. Then, on the side of the road: red, black and white, with a tree in the centre, the colours of the Oromo. And a third: the green, white and red, with a camel in one corner, of Somalia.
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