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11-28-08
Report Release on November 27th from Human Rights Watch states that the Ethopian government should free 53 ethnic Oromos arrested several weeks ago due to suspicious ties to terrorists organizations. HRW.org believes the detainees should be released from costody because it the probablity of torture in confinement is really high. Since mid October the Ethopian government has arrested a large number of ethnic Oromos, and the government continues to claim that the Oromos have connections to terrorists plots to organized crime. Even though Ethopia has the right and true concerns of actual attacks, they means of imprisioning this particular ethnic group, looks to be suspicious and seems to be targetting them just because of their region and cultural background. The Ethopian government has largerly grown discontent with the Oromos and this is a "legal" way of putting the Oromos in jail for reasons that have no support behind them. The Ethiopian government blames the Oromo rebels for numerous grenade and bomb attacks in Addis Ababa and elsewhere in recent years. A public statement by police and intelligence officials on November 22 accused legal opposition parties of harboring terrorists bent on "dismantling the national constitution" within their ranks. This is just an example of grief from the government.
Overall I think that countries in Africa has always grown up with the idea of many tribal groups and different society, but it wasn't until colonization and modern times that has battled these ethnic groups against each other for a better future in this society. Just as in the case with the Rwanda when the Tutsi won more power in governmental seats the Hutus felt oppressed and second-class so there was growing tension, and this same thing is occuring here. The Ethopian government feels discontent from the Oromos so they are trying to oppress them.
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/11/26/ethiopia-charge-or-free-ethnic-oromo-terrorism-suspects
1 comment:
This is an outrage. Does the government have proof of this? The government in corrupt in Ethiopia. Unless he has proof of this terroism NO ONE should be in prison. Their is a long history of corruption going on and i dont know if the government is really putting these people in jail for the right reason or not.
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