STATEMENTS ON PLIGHT OF OROMO REFUGEE COMMUNITY IN CAIRO
Today on 28th October 2014, the Oromo community in Egypt protested in front of UNHCR office to denounce in response to the Ethiopian community allegation during the protest on 19th October 2014, supported by the Ethiopian Embassy in Egypt, to denigrates Oromo refugees in Cairo. On behalf of Oromo Refugees Community in Cairo, we want to express our serious concerns with the treatment of our community by the Ethiopian government allied Ethiopian community in Egypt.
As it is well known, Oromos have been oppressed in the Horn of Africa region over the past 120 years. Oromos still strive to save their lives in many ways, and often escape from Ethiopia, eventually crossing many borders until they find a peaceful place to definitely settle.
We, the Oromo community in Cairo in exile, would humbly forward our letter of complaints to your honored office concerning the above matter hoping for a timely intervention.
The Oromo people constitute 40% of Ethiopian population and have undergone successive oppression in the hand of present and past regimes through all sort of tortures which succumbed us to leave our beloved country ‘Oromia’ and made us scattered all over the world. The TPLF government sees Oromos as threats to its political power. For this reason, the TPLF government is intent on weakening the human, economic, and intellectual capacities of the Oromo people in and outside Ethiopia through political killings, intimidation, abductions and disappearances, unlawful imprisonments and torture against the Oromo people. This has been going on for over two decades.
To escape from such gross human rights violations, many Oromo refugees have been forced to flee from their homeland and are dispersed all over Africa, especially to Egypt through difficult journey and route to save their lives. Oromo refugees in Egypt are experiencing a multitude of human rights violations, including violent attacks by Ethiopian agents and attempts of political assassinations and intimidation targeted by the Ethiopian Embassy in Cairo through its extension of the Ethiopian community.
FEARS AND CONCERNS
The numbers of Oromo refugees in the Republic of Egypt are increasing day by day, and about 1000-1500 people refugees and asylum seekers have already registered at UNHCR, the current political situations in Ethiopia are not pleasing. When they reach Cairo, Oromos were subjected to harassment from agents of the Ethiopian Government and the Ethiopian Embassy in Cairo and the community allied to it i.e. the Ethiopia Community.
In a recent development, the Ethiopian community backed by the Ethiopian Embassy in Cairo to discredit Oromo refugees in Cairo and continuously distributed leaflets and other oppressive propaganda to all international media, such as the Amhara TV called ESAT and other medias outlets, which distort the reputation of our Oromo community by terming Oromo community in Cairo as “Islamic minority and terrorists.” The latest protests organized on 19/10/2014 by the Amhara community in front of the Office of the High Commissioner for refugees in Cairo were evident.
Through the aforementioned, it becomes evident that Oromos suffer in different ways in both, their homeland and their exile. For the above reason, we organize peaceful protests to condemn these practices and seek for national and international protection.
Resolutions and appeals
1. We condemn the Ethiopian community act of oppressing us backed by the Ethiopian authority
2. Oromo people have common political problem, and not religious problems. This claim of using religious issues to get sympathy from resettlement countries and marginalize oromo refugees, both Christian and Muslims, we want to show the world that the Oromo people are united – and we have three religion, Muslims, Christian and Waqefata. We know too well that a religion is for God, and our nation homeland Oromia for all and we, therefore, uphold our national unity irrespective of the religion of the Oromo belong to.
3. We condemn the Ethiopian Embassy hand in Oromo internal refugees affairs and condemn the Ethiopian Government to stop intimidating our community.
4. We appeal to the UNHCR to be proactive and make efforts to pressure the Egyptian government to protect Oromo refugees in Egypt – whose lives are threatened by Ethiopian agents, ensure that Oromo refugees human rights are respected and release Oromo refugees who were in Egyptian detentions to be released, ensure that they not forced to deportation to danger in home country.
5. Call upon the Office of the High Commissioner for refugees in Cairo refugee to give attention to the protection of Oromo refugee members, leaders and activist who were targeted by regime in Egypt. Make sure to give appropriate security and safety of our members who escaped the junta of the Ethiopian regime and those who were wanted by regime and possible resettlement in a third country.
6. Condemn the killing and disappearance of Oromo students in Ethiopia, murder and imprisonment of Oromo students in Ethiopian universities who were demonstrating a peaceful demonstration to protest the land grabbers and against expansion of capital Addis Ababa.
7. We appeal to UNHCR to understand this grave situation of Oromo claimants and make sure that when rendering protection and humanitarian services to Oromo in exile, consider that the undeserved people
8. will not be favored. Those people who have two identities, secured by Ethiopian government and exit the country at there own will and return. Also had UNHCR documents. This type of injustice is happening while the oppressed Oromo refugees are suffering for long time waiting for services. To our deep disbelieve we Oromos in Cairo are experiencing total discrimination if this culprit have not been uprooted. We appeal to your office to investigate all Oromo claimants matter and solve it amicably so that justice in front of your eye is halted immediately. We therefore request your esteemed humanitarian body to attentively handle our grievance so that the oppressed community at home cannot be made to suffer again at the hand of same aggressors.
9. Lastly we need to remind UNHCR something concerning the Oromo language, it is historically known that any communities, tribes, in the world ignorant of his mother tongue and that are natural according to the law of God. Language as the core of identity of one tribe that express ones culture and heritage. For this purpose we clearly disagree with those culprits who identify themselves as Oromos and yet they are Oromo antagonist. Is it logic that one whose mothers and fathers native language is known and yet they don’t speak??? Reality is not hidden if not ignored. We assure your office that whosoever is from one race or tribe in Africa even if he is born in Hong Kong China, he speaks his mother tongue and that is his identity! What about those who grew up in their mother land and yet don’t know their language??? The huge problem is the problem of Oromo case / claimant which hinders our community. Some unnamed communities used to forge cases or get information to attain their goals using Oromo claims while they don’t belong to us. Through memorizing false cases .it is historically evident for such people hypocritically used Oromo names to achieve their goals. Reality they are agents of Ethiopian authority to destabilize Oromo refugees in diaspora. Refugees just because of their identity, language, culture. It unlawful to use false identity and claim and we request your kind office to review the Oromo problem.
We believes that our rights violations perpetuated against our Oromo people by Ethiopian embassy and allied community are one of the major contributing factors that are threatening our existence and destabilizing our refugee community in Egypt.. Ethiopian government security agent transnational activities perpetuate human rights violations against Oromo refugees; this is a sign of their long-term intent to harm the Oromo people everywhere.
We are convinced that any positive exit in all these issues will help drastically improve Egypt-based Oromo refugees’ life standards and personal conditions. We count on you, your understanding and commitment, being sure that you will not let us down.
UORA-EGYPT EXECUTIVE TEAM
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
PEACEFUL PROTEST
UNHCR REGIONAL OFFICE CAIRO EGYPT
28TH OCTOBER 2014
SeensaToday on 28th October 2014, the Oromo community in Egypt protested in front of UNHCR office to denounce in response to the Ethiopian community allegation during the protest on 19th October 2014, supported by the Ethiopian Embassy in Egypt, to denigrates Oromo refugees in Cairo. On behalf of Oromo Refugees Community in Cairo, we want to express our serious concerns with the treatment of our community by the Ethiopian government allied Ethiopian community in Egypt.
As it is well known, Oromos have been oppressed in the Horn of Africa region over the past 120 years. Oromos still strive to save their lives in many ways, and often escape from Ethiopia, eventually crossing many borders until they find a peaceful place to definitely settle.
We, the Oromo community in Cairo in exile, would humbly forward our letter of complaints to your honored office concerning the above matter hoping for a timely intervention.
The Oromo people constitute 40% of Ethiopian population and have undergone successive oppression in the hand of present and past regimes through all sort of tortures which succumbed us to leave our beloved country ‘Oromia’ and made us scattered all over the world. The TPLF government sees Oromos as threats to its political power. For this reason, the TPLF government is intent on weakening the human, economic, and intellectual capacities of the Oromo people in and outside Ethiopia through political killings, intimidation, abductions and disappearances, unlawful imprisonments and torture against the Oromo people. This has been going on for over two decades.
To escape from such gross human rights violations, many Oromo refugees have been forced to flee from their homeland and are dispersed all over Africa, especially to Egypt through difficult journey and route to save their lives. Oromo refugees in Egypt are experiencing a multitude of human rights violations, including violent attacks by Ethiopian agents and attempts of political assassinations and intimidation targeted by the Ethiopian Embassy in Cairo through its extension of the Ethiopian community.
FEARS AND CONCERNS
The numbers of Oromo refugees in the Republic of Egypt are increasing day by day, and about 1000-1500 people refugees and asylum seekers have already registered at UNHCR, the current political situations in Ethiopia are not pleasing. When they reach Cairo, Oromos were subjected to harassment from agents of the Ethiopian Government and the Ethiopian Embassy in Cairo and the community allied to it i.e. the Ethiopia Community.
In a recent development, the Ethiopian community backed by the Ethiopian Embassy in Cairo to discredit Oromo refugees in Cairo and continuously distributed leaflets and other oppressive propaganda to all international media, such as the Amhara TV called ESAT and other medias outlets, which distort the reputation of our Oromo community by terming Oromo community in Cairo as “Islamic minority and terrorists.” The latest protests organized on 19/10/2014 by the Amhara community in front of the Office of the High Commissioner for refugees in Cairo were evident.
Through the aforementioned, it becomes evident that Oromos suffer in different ways in both, their homeland and their exile. For the above reason, we organize peaceful protests to condemn these practices and seek for national and international protection.
Resolutions and appeals
1. We condemn the Ethiopian community act of oppressing us backed by the Ethiopian authority
2. Oromo people have common political problem, and not religious problems. This claim of using religious issues to get sympathy from resettlement countries and marginalize oromo refugees, both Christian and Muslims, we want to show the world that the Oromo people are united – and we have three religion, Muslims, Christian and Waqefata. We know too well that a religion is for God, and our nation homeland Oromia for all and we, therefore, uphold our national unity irrespective of the religion of the Oromo belong to.
3. We condemn the Ethiopian Embassy hand in Oromo internal refugees affairs and condemn the Ethiopian Government to stop intimidating our community.
4. We appeal to the UNHCR to be proactive and make efforts to pressure the Egyptian government to protect Oromo refugees in Egypt – whose lives are threatened by Ethiopian agents, ensure that Oromo refugees human rights are respected and release Oromo refugees who were in Egyptian detentions to be released, ensure that they not forced to deportation to danger in home country.
5. Call upon the Office of the High Commissioner for refugees in Cairo refugee to give attention to the protection of Oromo refugee members, leaders and activist who were targeted by regime in Egypt. Make sure to give appropriate security and safety of our members who escaped the junta of the Ethiopian regime and those who were wanted by regime and possible resettlement in a third country.
6. Condemn the killing and disappearance of Oromo students in Ethiopia, murder and imprisonment of Oromo students in Ethiopian universities who were demonstrating a peaceful demonstration to protest the land grabbers and against expansion of capital Addis Ababa.
7. We appeal to UNHCR to understand this grave situation of Oromo claimants and make sure that when rendering protection and humanitarian services to Oromo in exile, consider that the undeserved people
8. will not be favored. Those people who have two identities, secured by Ethiopian government and exit the country at there own will and return. Also had UNHCR documents. This type of injustice is happening while the oppressed Oromo refugees are suffering for long time waiting for services. To our deep disbelieve we Oromos in Cairo are experiencing total discrimination if this culprit have not been uprooted. We appeal to your office to investigate all Oromo claimants matter and solve it amicably so that justice in front of your eye is halted immediately. We therefore request your esteemed humanitarian body to attentively handle our grievance so that the oppressed community at home cannot be made to suffer again at the hand of same aggressors.
9. Lastly we need to remind UNHCR something concerning the Oromo language, it is historically known that any communities, tribes, in the world ignorant of his mother tongue and that are natural according to the law of God. Language as the core of identity of one tribe that express ones culture and heritage. For this purpose we clearly disagree with those culprits who identify themselves as Oromos and yet they are Oromo antagonist. Is it logic that one whose mothers and fathers native language is known and yet they don’t speak??? Reality is not hidden if not ignored. We assure your office that whosoever is from one race or tribe in Africa even if he is born in Hong Kong China, he speaks his mother tongue and that is his identity! What about those who grew up in their mother land and yet don’t know their language??? The huge problem is the problem of Oromo case / claimant which hinders our community. Some unnamed communities used to forge cases or get information to attain their goals using Oromo claims while they don’t belong to us. Through memorizing false cases .it is historically evident for such people hypocritically used Oromo names to achieve their goals. Reality they are agents of Ethiopian authority to destabilize Oromo refugees in diaspora. Refugees just because of their identity, language, culture. It unlawful to use false identity and claim and we request your kind office to review the Oromo problem.
We believes that our rights violations perpetuated against our Oromo people by Ethiopian embassy and allied community are one of the major contributing factors that are threatening our existence and destabilizing our refugee community in Egypt.. Ethiopian government security agent transnational activities perpetuate human rights violations against Oromo refugees; this is a sign of their long-term intent to harm the Oromo people everywhere.
We are convinced that any positive exit in all these issues will help drastically improve Egypt-based Oromo refugees’ life standards and personal conditions. We count on you, your understanding and commitment, being sure that you will not let us down.
UORA-EGYPT EXECUTIVE TEAM
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
PEACEFUL PROTEST
UNHCR REGIONAL OFFICE CAIRO EGYPT
28TH OCTOBER 2014
Komintiin Itiyoophi’aa mootummaa abbaa irree wayyaaneen hogganamu uummata Oromoo fi kominitii Oromoo biyya Masrii Cairo irratti duula maqa balleessii fi Case Oromoo fudhatama dhabsiisuuf duula ballaa bane jira.
Yeroo dheeraaf hawaasa Oromoo magaalaa cairo jiraatan irratti dhoksaan shira adda addaa xaxaa turan. Kanatti quufuu dadhabuun Onkoloolessa 19/10/2014 wajjira UNHCR Cairo duratti hiriira bahuun jibbaa saba keenyaaf qaban ifatti baasanii dubbatan. Kominitiin Amaaraa wayyaaneen hogganamu kun, kominitiin Oromoo cairo kan muslimoota qofaa fi Finxaalesitoota akka tahetti balaaleffachuun UNHCR goolesitoota faana akka hin hojjenne gaafatan.
Duulli diinni biyya irraa nu hari’atee biyya ambaattis nu jalaa hafuu dide kun baqatoota Oromoo magaalaa cairof dhimma jiraachuu fi jiraachuu dhabuu ti. Mirga baqattummaa keenya fudhatama dhabsiisuuf duula Oromoo irratti banan kana cimsinee dura dhabbanna. Wajjirri UNHCR fi kaneen dhimma baqataa irratti hojjetan hunduu duula sobaan nu irratti baname kana hubattanii mirga baqattumaa qabnuu fi gaafachaa jirru irratti akka shakkii hin seenne hubachiifna.
Oromoon jaarraa 19ffaa keessa huma bittuu Habashaan weraramee erga qabroome kaasee biyya isaa dhabee, afaan, aadaa, seenaa, qabeenyaa isaa irratti ajajuu fi kkf mulqame. Qe’ee dhalete irratti akka lammii lammaffaatti ilaalama.
Oromoo tahuu isaan yakkamee, ajjeefama, samama, hidhama, sodaachifama, seera duratti loogiitu irra gaha, biyya irraa har’atama. Dhitaminsa mirgaa fi saaminsa dinagdee dangaa hin qabnetu humnaan irratti raawatama.
Sabni Oromoo erga humnaan cabees callisee yeroo inni falmachuu dhiise ta’e hin jiru. Oromoon Oromoo tahuu isaatti amanu badii tokko malee yakkama. Nutis baqatoonni Oromoo biyya Masri cairo jiraannu oromummaa keenya qofaan biyya Itiyophi’aa keessatti yakkamnee dararaa fi miidhaan adda addaa nu irra gahee kan lubbuu keenya baafannee as geenyee dha. Maatiin keenya hiriyaa fi firoota hedduutu nu irraa wareegaman. Mana hidhaatti darbatamanii hafan.
Seenaa saba Oromoo of duuba deebinee yoo ilaalle umamaan amantaa mataa isaa dnada’e waqeffannaa fi sirna bulmaataa hundeen dimokiraata’aa tahe sirna Gadaa qaba. Amantaa kirstaanaas tahe kan muslimaa yeroo adda addaatti kan itti dhufee fi ummatichi fudhatee dha. Har’a sabni Oromoon amanta sadii ordofuun beekama “Amantaa Waqeffataa, Musliimaa fi Kiristaana” hundaafuu ilaalcha wol qixaa fi kabajaa guddoo qaba. Amantoon amantaa hundaa wol- hubannoo gaariidhaan woliin jiraatu. Koominitiin baqatoota Oromoo Biyya Masrii jalatti kaneen miseensa tahan amantaa gurguddaa kana sadan ordofu. Ilaalcha amantaan ormas tahe wolii isaanii qoodanii hin beekan. Komintiin habashaa jibbaa oronoo irraa qabaniif jecha olola dharaa nu irratti banuun fuula keenya UNHCR biratti gurrachessuun case Oromoo balleessuuf duula cubbuutu nurratti deemaa jira.
Kominittiin keenya amantaa kamiifuu kan hin loognee fi hidhata hin qabnee dha. Waldaaleen Tokkummaa wangeelaa kiristaana Oromoo cairo warra jarmaa kana cinaa jiranii fi woliin dalagan keessaa tokko tahuu hubachifna.
Ilmaan habashaa Cairo keessa jiraatan arraba mootummaa wayyaanee tahanii ilmmaan Oromoo kan balaaleffatanii fi case isaanii balleessuuf tattaafatan akka case Oromoo addunyaa irratti fudhatama qabu waan beekanii fi kanaan dura Oromoo of fakkessanii case Oromoo himatanii biyya sadaffaa heddumminaan deemaa turan. Amma sobni isaanii kun itti dammaqamee NUHCR ulaagaa ittiin adda baafatu waan kawwateef sobni isaanii fiatti baatee, shirri xaxaa turan waan jalaa fashaleef. Saba Oromoo gudduu kana xiqqeessuu fi akka waan inni amantaa tokko qofaa qabuu fi goolessituu tahetti maqaa hadheessuutti cehan.
Mootummaan Wayyaanee baqatoota Oromoo biyyoota Sudaan, Sumaaliyaa, Jibuutii, Kenyaa fi Yamanitti baqatan abbaa barbaade yeroo fedhetti qabee biyyatti deebisee dararaa adda addaaf akka isaan saaxilu beekamaa dha. Biyya Masr keessatti isa kana gochuu waan hanqateef kominitii Habashaatti dhimma bahee case Oromoo balleessuun diinummaa fi jibbaa akka sabaatti nuuf qabu dhugoomsaa jiran.
Dagaagina sabboonummaa fi guddina shaffisaa ummatni Oromoo mul’isaa jiru irraa soda guddaa kan qaban ilmaan habashootaa saba Oromoo mantaan addaan diiguuf yeroo carraaqan mul’atu. Kuna gochuun akka hin danda’amneef hubachiisna. Ooromootti duuluu irra of tahaa dhaabbadhaa jechaa gochaa kominitiin maqaa Ethiopian of waamu kun nu irratti rawwate balaaleffachuun hiriira nagaa guddaa sagalee Oromoo dhageessisu wajjira UNHCR duratti bahuuf gaafa Onkooleessa 28/2014 barii sa’aa 8:00 AM irratti bahuuf murteeffannaarra. Akkasumas murtiilee ellennoo armaan gadii dabarfanne jirra.
IBSA EJJENNOO
1. Oromoon saba guddaa amantaa isilaamaa kiristaanaa fi waaqeffataa qabuu dha malee, amantaa kamiifuu jibbaa kan hin qabne tahuu akka Addunyaan nuuf hubatu gaafanna.
2. Ilmaan habashootaa kan seenaa keessatti cunqursitoota ummata Oromoo tahan case Oromoo hatanii Oromoo of- fakkeessanii addunyaa dogoggorsuun ammaa kaasee akka nu irraa dhabbatu gaafanna.
3. Ulaagaalee UNHCR ittin case Oromoo adda baafachuuf ka’ate itti amanna. Jarmolee fi Inbaasotiin baqataa faana hojjetani illee akka uLaagaa mataa isanii ka’achuun sobaa fi dhugaa adda baafatan yaadachiifna
4. Turjumaanni wajjira UNHCR keessa hojjetan kan afaan Oromoo fi amaarinyaa wol qixa danda’an malee, akka warri habashaa himatanitti Oromoo qofaaf looganii lammii biro tajaajiluu kan hanqatan akka hin taane beksifna.
5. Gaaffiin Oromoo gaaffii abbaa biyyummaa fi dimokrssaiiti malee dhibdee amantaa miti. Warri biyya keenya irraa nu hari’e amma illee nu biraa hin hafne. Cairo keessattis sodaa nageenyaa guddaa jala nu galchanii waan jiraniif dhimma kana akka wajjirri UNHCR xiyyaafannoo itti kennee faana nuuf bu’u, Nageenya keenyaaf illee wabii nuuf tahu gaafanna.
KOREE BAQATOOTAA FI QINDESITOOTA HIRIIRA MORMII OROMOO MASRII MAGAALAA CAIRO
DHUGAAN YOO IYYUU NI INJIFATA!
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