Ethiopian Asylum Seekers Association in Norway organized a demonstration

By :  Abi Amare

Ethiopian Asylum Seekers Association in Norway organized a demonstration in front of the Norwegian Foreign Affairs august 16,2013 against the TPLF regime in Ethiopia to condemn and Request donors and all members of the international community (including Norway) to re-evaluate the relationship with Ethiopian regime and put pressure on the regime to respect human rights, rule of law, and release all political prisoners,

Strongly condemn collaboration of e.g., Chinese and Indian governments and investors in the massive fertile land grab and deforestation programme, evicting poor farmers, Condemn China’s collaboration with the Ethiopian regime in jamming and blocking independent media, like Voice of America (VOA), and the Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) and denying Ethiopian people access to alternative media, Call up on all Ethiopians and political and civic organizations working for democratic change in Ethiopia to come together and work I unison to realize democracy and rule of law in the country and Strongly condemn the Ethiopian.

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Ethiopian Government has violated Article 18 

The Ethiopian Government has violated Article 18 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights in response to the ongoing Muslim protest movement in the country. Large numbers of protesters and journalists have been arrested, many of whom remain in detention. There are also numerous cases of police using excessive force and killing of peaceful demonstrators. 29 Key figures within the movement have been charged with terrorism offences are currently detained and subjected to torture. Most of those arrested and charged appear to have been targeted solely because of their participation in a peaceful protest movement.

 addtionaly  strongly condemns the heavy-handedness of the Ethiopian government that is causing the deaths of innocent civilians attempting to exercise some of their fundamental rights that are provided for in the country’s constitution and in international human rights instruments. According to reports obtained by the HRLHA through its correspondents, twenty- seven innocent civilians including five children (four in Kofele and one in the capital city, Addis Ababa) have been killed, hundreds have been injured and hospitalized, and thousands of others have been taken into custody in two separate incidents in the first week of August this year. In a clash between armed security forces and Muslim protestors that happened on the 3rd of August, 2013 in the Kofele region of Arsi Zone in Central Oromia, twenty- five were massacred and hundreds were injured and taken to Asela and Shashamane Hospitals

In this regard we will hold a protest demonstration and other activites inorder to;

•   .Be the voice for the voiceless,
•    Show our solidarity with the victimes,
•    Expose this diabolical act,
•   Creat an international pressure,
•  Confirm our continual struggle for freedom and justice in Ethiopia.

Justice for the oppressed!