Ethiopians in Ottawa speaks loud
Eshete Mesganaw
September 23, 2016
September 23, 2016
Today in a massive turnout Canadians of Ethiopian Heritage raised their voice to the government of Canada their anger and
frustrations over the ongoing Human Rights Abuses and political crisis in Ethiopia.
The demonstrators, enchanted slogans and mottos which sent a strong message to
the government and the public in Canada.
They insisted, Canada must not be silent about the ongoing atrocities in
Ethiopia. It must speak loud against who abuses Canadian assistance to commit
crimes against humanity and genocide. They
requested the Government to put pressures on the Ethiopian government to to
unconditionally release political prisoners, allow an independent investigation
by the United Nations and open up the political space
The demonstration is organized by the
cooperation of Ethiopians living in Ottawa, the nation's Capital and Toronto,
Canada's largest city through their coordinating committee. They marched
towards the national parliament, the Prime Minister's office and US embassy in Ottawa. Among other things
demonstrators; have condemned in strongest terms the brutal crackdown of dissents,
torture, killings and mass arrest in the Oromiya, Amhara Regions and the people
of Konso in Southern Ethiopia. They decried the burning of prisoners of
conscience, who are supposed to be under Government's protection, is a heinous
crimes committed against prisoners by the regime.
It is learned that the massive turnout
is an unusual and attended by many peoples from all walks of life. One of the
organizer of the demonstration, an activist and coordinator of the Toronto Task
Force, Sahelu Bekele has commented that such massive rally is a reflection of
the worsening political crisis and brutal crackdowns in Ethiopia. He further urged,
since the regime is intensifying its repression, all political parties and social forces in the opposition
camp should muster energies and pool their resources to expedite the democratic
transformations that all Ethiopian are demanding and anxiously waiting for.
The demonstration have the audience
with Honorable Gordon John, member of Parliament, on behalf of the Canadian
government. He expressed to the demonstrators that everyone has freedom of
expression and free speech. He appreciated the demonstrators for coming to
express their concern and informing what is going on in Ethiopia.
The leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox
Tewahedo Church, Ethiopian evangelical Church and the Ethiopian Muslims'
representative have urged the people and various groups to work together in
unity. A letter addressed to the Prime
Minister, Justin Trudeau and to the Parliament were delivered by the company of
the organizers and Community leaders.
Ethiopians
concluded their rally in a very fruitful, orderly and peaceful manner. The Task
force have also thanked Ethiopians for showing up at such time of critical need
to show solidarity to the Ethiopian people. The task force, have expressed
their readiness to double their effort until the regime's changes.
Unity for human rights is a member of the organizing task force.
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