(OLF News, November 8, 2008): Widespread arrest of Oromos in Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) and other parts of Oromia continued, this time targeting women, including a 3-year-old child, OLF News correspondent reported from Finfinnee.
Among several women who were apprehended from their homes and work places in Finfinnee on November 4 and 5, 2008, by the government “security” forces that wear plain cloth are:
- Mrs. Asaadaa Imaanaa,
- Mrs. Caaltuu Taakkalaa,
- Mrs. Urgee Abbabaa fi
- Mrs. Dirribee (Boontuu) Ittaanaa.
Particularly, Mrs. Urgee Abbabaa is reported to have been arrested with all her family: her brother Darguu, her husband Girmaa and more shockingly, with her three year old child. It is clear that the above named women and many others are now being tortured and brutalized by the inhuman TPLF forces in detention centers. This is a continuation of the current wave of arrest of the Oromo people by the regime in power, as reported by
OLF News and many other media outlets, including TPLF government controlled media.
It is also to be recalled that OLF News
has reported that, on October 30, 2008 the TPLF forces have arrested a prominent Oromo TV journalist Mrs. Lalisee Wadaajoo, the wife of Mr. Dhaabasa Wakjira a journalist himself detained for three years and now forced to flee the empire and became a refugee. As we have reported earlier, Mrs. Wadaajoo have been denied visit of her relatives which only strengthened the suspicion that she must have been severely brutalized in prison. Particularly from the latest report, which indicates that, the lawyer of Mrs. Wadaajoo was turned down and even intimidated when he attempted to visit her on November 3, 2008.
Meanwhile, our reporter from Finfinnee added that currently an intense search operation of alleged weapons is underway by the TPLF Federal Police and the army, on vehicles and ordinary pedestrians in the capital. The search operation is particularly intense in parts of the city where Oromos live in greater numbers.
Further more, some Oromo students of the Finfinnee University told our reporter that the TPLF security forces have been searching their sleeping quarters, for allegedly hidden weapons, creating a great fear and frustration in the Oromo students. It is to be recalled that the Wayyaanee government has selectively
dismissed 330 Oromo students in 2004 for carrying a peaceful demonstration. Moreover, over the last fifteen or so years, Oromo students learning in universities and higher institutions have been the main target of the TPLF regime, subjected to
arbitrary arrest and
unlawful dismissal from their respective colleges and
denial of certificate after they are graduated.
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