(OLF News, June 5, 2009) According to a preliminary report we received from Finfinnee (Addis Ababa), over 3000 Oromo students of Hawasa University staged a protest against the TPLF regime yesterday, June 4, 2009. The participants of the demonstration stated that the atrocities the current Ethiopian government is committing on the Oromo people is escalating from time to time, among which are harassing the entire Oromo population under the pretext of supporting OLF, deliberately inventing conflict between Oromo and other ethno-national groups, dividing the Oromo people along clan and religious lines, political repression and economic exploitation, and many more.
The main objective of the current demonstration of Oromo students of Hawasa University is to oppose the divide-and-rule policy the TPLF regime and to ask the government stop dividing the Oromo people along clan, regional, and religious lines and to ask stop orchestrating conflict not only between Oromos and several other national groups but also between Oromos and Oromos.
The current demonstration of Oromo students of Hawasa University is reported to have attracted a large crowd of about 3000 students. Among the slogans the students were chanting were:
· Stop Harassing the Oromo people,
· Respect the Dignity of the Oromo people,
· Self-determination of the Oromo people should be realized,
· Stop divide-and-rule policy, and others.
It is to be recalled that OLF News has reported on May 20, 2009, May 29, 2009, and May 31, 2009 that the TPLF regime has concocted conflicts between Oromo and other national groups such as Afar, Argobba, and Sidama in which about 200 people lost their lives and several others injured and property destroyed.
Stay tuned with OLF News with more details of this news of the Oromo student demonstrations.
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