ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ

“በተከሰተው ሁከት በቀጥታ ወይም በተዘዋዋሪ መንገድ በጥፋቱ ተሣታፊ የሆኑ ሰዎች ሁሉ በሕግ ተጠያቂነታቸው መረጋገጥ አለበት!”
(አዲስ አበባ ጥቅምት 18 ቀን 2012 ዓ.ም.) ፤በወቅታዊ የሰብዓዊ መብቶች ሁኔታ ከኢትዮጵያ ሰብዓዊ መብቶች ኮሚሽን የተሰጠ መግለጫ
በኢትዮጵያ የተጀመረው የለውጥ እና ተሃድሶ እርምጃ በአጭር ጊዜ ውስጥ በርካታ ተጨባጭ ውጤቶች እንዳስገኘ ሁሉ ውስብስብ ተግዳሮቶችም እየገጠሙት ይገኛል፡፡ በተለይ ጥቅምት 12 ቀን 2012 ዓ.ም. ጀምሮ በተቀሰቀሰው ውዝግብ እና ሁከት የተሞላ ነውጥ የበርካታ ሰዎች ሕይወት ከመጥፋቱ፣ የአካል ጉዳት ከመድረሱ፣ ንብረት ከመውደሙ እና የሰዎች መደበኛ ኑሮ እና ሰላማዊ ሕይወት ከመረበሹ በተጨማሪ፤ የህግ በላይነትን በእጅጉ የተፈታተነ እና መሠረታዊ ሰብዓዊ መብቶችን ከፍተኛ አደጋ እና ስጋት ላይ የጣለ እጅግ አሳሳቢ ክስተት ነበር፡፡
በዚህ ሁከት ምክንያት ከሚዲያዎች ዘገባ መሰረት እስከ አሁን ባለው መረጃ ከ70 - 80 የሚደርሱ ሰዎች ሕይወት ጠፍቷል፡፡ ከእነዚህ ውስጥ አስር ያህሉ ከፀጥታ ኃይሎች ጋር በተፈጠረ ግጭት በጥይት ተመተው የሞቱ ሲሆን አብዛኛዎቹ ሰዎች በሁከቱ ተሳተፉ ሰዎች እጅግ አሰቃቂ በሆነ መንገድ በግፍ እና ጭካኔ በተሞላበት ሁኔታ በዱላ በድንጋይ እና በስለት ተደብድበው እንዲሁም በእሳት ተቃጥለው ተገድለዋል፡፡ በመቶዎች የሚቆጠሩ ሰዎች ደግሞ የአካል እና የሥነ ልቦና ጉዳት ደርሶባቸዋል፡፡ በሚሊዮኖች የሚገመት የግለሰቦች፣ የሕዝብና የአገር ንብረት ወድሟል፡፡ እንዲሁም የሃይማኖት ተቋማት ሆን ተብሎ በተፈጸመ ጥቃት ለጉዳት ተዳርገዋል፡፡
አሁን ባለው የኢትዮጵያ ተጨባጭ ሁኔታ ማናቸውም ዓይነት ቅሬታ ወይም ጥያቄ በሕጋዊና ሰላማዊ መንገድ ሊቀርብ የሚችልበት ምቹ ሁኔታ መኖሩ ይታመናል፡፡ ለዚህ ውዝግብ መነሻ በሆነው ጉዳይ ላይ በሰላማዊ መንገድ ሃሳባቸውን ለመግለጽ የሚሹ ሰዎች ቢኖሩም ሁከት የቀሰቀሱ፣ የፈጸሙ እና ያስፈጸሙ እንዲሁም ቀጥተኛና ተዘዋዋሪ ድጋፍ የሰጡ ሰዎች መኖራቸው ግን አይካድም፡፡ ማናቸውንም ዓይነት ቅሬታና ጥያቄ በአመፅ እና በእልቂት ማስፈራሪያ ለማስፈፀም የታየው ተግባር እና የአስከተለው ጉዳት የሕግ የበላይነትን፣ የአገር ሰላም እና ሥርዓትን በአደባባይ በመገዳደር እና በመጣስ ከፍተኛ የሰብዓዊ መብቶች ቀውስ ያስከተለ በመሆኑ በየደረጃው በቀጥታና በተዘዋዋሪ መንገድ በጥፋቱ ተሣታፊ የሆኑ ሰዎች ሁሉ በሕግ ተጠያቂነታቸው መረጋገጥ አለበት፡፡ ይህን ጥፋት የፈፀሙ እና ወይም የጥፋቱን ተግባር እንደ መልካም ሥራ ያወደሱ ሰዎች ሁሉ በዱላ እና በስለት ተደብድበው በእሳት ተቃጥለው የተገደሉ ሰዎችና ቤተሰቦቻቸውን ለአፍታ እንኳን በእራሣቸውና በቤተሰቦቻቸው ተክተው አለማሰባቸው የደረሰውን ጉዳት ይበልጥ መሪር አድርጐታል፡፡ የድርጊቱ ተሳታፊዎች በደረሰው ጥፋት ማዘን መፀፀት እና ለሕግ የበላይነት መከበር የመተባበር ኃላፊነት እና ግዴታ አለባቸው፡፡
መንግሥት የሕግ የበላይነትን ለማረጋገጥና አጥፊዎችን በሕግ ፊት ለማቅረብ ሳያወላውል እንደሚሠራ መግለጹ ተገቢ ሲሆን፤ ይህ የመንግስት ኃላፊነት እና ተግባር በስልታዊ የምርመራ ሥራ እና በሕጋዊ ሥርዓት በአፋጣኝ በሥራ ላይ ሊውል ይገባል፡፡
ከዚህ በመቀጠል ለሚደረገው የወንጀል ምርመራ ሥራ ማንኛውም ሰው በመተባበር እና ውጤቱን በትዕግስት በመጠባበቅ፣ በየአካባቢው የተጐዱ ሰዎችንና ቤተሰቦችን በማጽናናት በመደገፍ እና በመጠገን፤ እንዲሁም የመንግሥት፣ የፖለቲካ እና የልዩ ልዩ ቡድኖች መሪዎች የፖለቲካ ውጥረቱን ከሚያባብሱ ቆስቋሽ ንግግሮች እና ድርጊቶች እራሳቸውን በመቆጠብ ሰላምና መረጋጋት ለማስፈን እና ሰብዓዊ መብቶች ሁሉ እንዲከበሩ የሚደረገውን ጥረት ማገዝ እና ይህን የመሰለ ጥፋት ዳግም እንዳይፈጸም የሚመለከታቸው አካሎች ሁሎ በከፍተኛ ኃላፊነት ስሜት ሊሰሩ ይገባል፡፡
https://www.facebook.com/Ethiopian-Human-Rights-Commission-202584253551816/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARAnvsbDrmOoi4OF5FBGfajXNG788UzefnrC37ec4RkS62iwSsVxLBDgGsQ0XAKIBMnEMyivCKrlA72G&hc_ref=ARQ8PZLTBM9zIeroWNBWSBwMslXo7abd_sy4dwZnpSG7MLfSA1eqpy2HDt5Bnbm-FH8&__xts__[0]=68.ARDlYrPWhLB1C8l2VdsdrTV2_gooyGmC7Ya2feOhUDHtmK4U9ADK9EguyUoGDZOD3r1LwZMhN3jWxpHDl7_EakopDM0X-lei-XPvfT0cqzI-6fXL5bXdzU3cHLLNZJ4ehDNI65yydD9uNBNgrJdY6CHGPhQ1d2YEnJPRyDDocYv5adVl42jbYhYc3IN9bMmH3U62Ri9rkgUCbvOgpDT66yq_XjJgKm06EAtZNkDzUnnZvtVi2RUzA0IUykLQ4_m1yhCYtLMYgTfS8En0V2GmXjpvClN9ZA_fen8jYj6hk0Y_SLYtfltO1MgXmdTFwH2m-rgH-bIg4WDsiTHVXrQ

AHRE in utmost terms alerts the international community about the looming threat of civil war in Ethiopia.

27th October 2019 by Admin

Press Statement

October 27, 2019

The news coming from Ethiopia this week is extremely disturbing and alarming. Dozens of people are ruthlessly killed based on their ethnicity and faith. At least 67 people have died, according to reports, out of which 54 were stoned to death and remaining died from gunshot from police. The violence had started after Jawar Mohammed, executive director of Oromo Media Network (OMN) and prominent activist, posted a note to his over a million followers on his Facebook page that police had circled his house and tried to withdraw his security forces this Wednesday around 2 AM Ethiopian time. Many of his followers in different parts of Oromia region marched on the streets stating their loyalty to Jawar, which then escalated into violence. Dozens of people were violently killed by crowds of youth, businesses and places of worships were burned to the ground.

According to DW Amharic, in Dodola, 14 people were killed since Wednesday. Residents told DW that, many whose houses had been burnt by mob, are still taking shelter in Churches. In Bale, in two days nine people were buried while two bodies had been sent to families elsewhere. AHRE has videos of helpless citizens who took shelter in churches begging the outside world for help. The number of recorded videos and audios from ethnic minorities is deeply disturbing to hear. Several others have been killed in different parts of Oromia, including in Sebeta, town located in the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding the capital, where eight ethnic Gamos were violently killed two days ago. 

In an extremely worrying development, a video is circulating on social media today where a group of people had summoned a large number of people in Bale Robbe, Oromia region. They instruct the crowd, among other things to evict ‘Neftegnas and Dorzes’, terms largely used to describe Amhara and Gamo ethnic group respectively. They also say, “we will no longer trade with Neftegnas and Dorzes; anyone who refuses order shall be cursed. in addition, they warn against eating with, worshiping, and living together with the Neftegnas. The video was in afaan Oromo and AHRE has not independently verified the translation, however different sources have similar translation.

AHRE has released many statements for the past couple of years alerting international institutions and the government about increasing ethnic based attacks, violence and displacement. Executive Director of AHRE, Mr. Yared Hailemariay, says that “Having closely followed these unfortunate incidents, AHRE strongly believes that the current situation is grave and particularly different because the killings have occurred at the same time in different parts of Oromia, including in the outskirts of the capital city; because of the tensioned political climate between the prime Minister and Jawar Mohammed and in general the weak nature of the central government; and because the video circulating will likely lead to more killings.” He also says that “The death toll and violence does not seem to abate and AHRE was still receiving unconfirmed reports of violence in Oromia when preparing this report.” Majority of the deceased are ethnic minorities and Christians.

There are a number of cases where police have ceased a high number of firearms; local news has reported about these firearms repeatedly in this year alone. This is particularly worrisome because officials and police have collaborated in the attack against minorities in recent violence, which worsens the already dangerous situation.

Therefore, it is with utmost urgency and gravity, that we alert the international community about the looming threat of civil war and likelihood of genocide in Ethiopia. Action must be taken swiftly by government forces, international community and all concerned bodies. We urge and alert all concerned bodies that every important action must be taken immediately to avoid civil war in the country. 

https://ahrethio.org/2019/10/27/ahre-in-utmost-terms-alerts-the-international-community-about-the-looming-threat-of-civil-war-in-ethiopia/?fbclid=IwAR3x6113VcIWTzu_P-MswMSkjvt7oetVaNAknHmx3ro_pYFJMzYdXVfMcxY

67 Killed in Ethiopia Unrest, but Nobel-Winning Prime Minister Is Quiet

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Weeks after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is coming under harsh criticism over his silence in the face of protests this week that police said had resulted in the deaths of 67 people.

Mr. Abiy remained at a summit meeting of African leaders in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi, Russia when thousands of people took to the streets of the Ethiopian capital and several regional towns on Wednesday.

The protests were spurred by a prominent critic of the prime minister who had accused the police of plotting an attack on him. The critic, Jawar Mohammed, is the founder of an independent media network, and claimed that there was a plan to arrest or possibly kill him at his house in the capital, Addis Ababa.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/25/world/africa/ethiopia-protests-prime-minister.html

In Ethiopia, a forgotten refugee in her own land

Sululta, Ethiopia - The rain beats loudly on the metal roof of Amina Yuya's new home, as her neighbours hastily gather clothes from a washing line and bundle a foam mattress through a doorway to escape the downpour.

Under the glow of a single light bulb, Amina tells the story of her flight from the eastern Ethiopian town of Jijiga, the capital of Ethiopia’s Somali region, almost exactly two years ago.

"They came at night at around 7pm," she recalls, as the youngest of her seven children squirms on her lap. "There was about 10 or 15 of them. They dragged us from our home and began beating us. They set houses on fire and killed three of my neighbours. I was lucky to escape."

She does not know what happened to her husband that night but she assumes he, too, was killed.

The 35-year-old mother was one of tens of thousands of ethnic Oromos chased from their homes by armed gangs in eastern Ethiopia two years ago.

During 2017 nearly one million people were displaced following clashes between ethnic Oromos and ethnic Somalis in Ethiopia’s Oromia and Somali regions.

Hundreds were killed, on both sides, mostly by regional security forces.

Amina fled with her children to a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), where she stayed for seven months.

Once they brought us here we were crushed morally ... we didn't get what we expected. We are starving, we are suffering, and we are all alone.

AMINA YUYA

She was then taken by bus to the town of Sululta, near the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. That's where she now lives, 650km from her old home town, in a block of corrugated iron sheds with some 30 other families.

"They told us they'd build us a house in Finfinee," she says, using the Oromo name for the national capital. "But once they brought us here we were crushed morally ... we didn't get what we expected. We are starving, we are suffering, and we are all alone."

'I don't have full hope in the government'

Amina's story is echoed across Ethiopia, which in the past two years has witnessed an eruption of land, resource and identity-related conflicts resulting in vastly swollen ranks of IDPs.

In 2018, following the appointment of Abiy Ahmed as prime minister and the process of liberalisation he set in motion, nearly three million people were displaced - the highest figure for new displacements recorded anywhere in the world.

The government's response to the humanitarian crisis was widely criticised, although today it claims there are almost no IDPs left. For several months aid to some camps in the south was blocked, in order to encourage the displaced to return home. In some parts of the country IDPs were forcibly returned, despite fears for their safety.

Oromos like Amina, who said they wished never to return to the Somali region, were promised resettlement within Oromia and in the booming satellite towns which surround Addis Ababa.

Yet two years on, Amina and her neighbours feel they have been abandoned by a government which promised to support them.

She says her view of Abiy, who comes from Oromia and heads the Oromo faction of Ethiopia's ruling party, is mixed.

"At times it seems good things are happening in the country, but at the same time people are still suffering. So I don't have full hope in the government."

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/ethiopia-forgotten-refugee-land-190923074100052.html