Saturday, September 20, 2014

በህወሓት አገዛዝ በኦጋዴን ሕዝብ ላይ እየተፈጸመ ያለውን የጅምላ ግድያ በጽኑ እናወግዛለን

መስከረም 7 ቀን 2007 ዓ.ም.
የአገራችን የኢትዮጵያን በትረ ሥልጣን በጠመንጃ ኃይል የተቆጣጠረው ዘረኛው የወያኔ አገዛዝ የሥልጣን እድሜውን ለማራዘም በኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ላይ እየወሰደ ያለውን እሥራትና ግድያ አጠናክሮ መቀጠሉን የሚያጋልጡ ማስረጃዎች በየጊዜው ከራሱ ከአገዛዙ እየሾለኩ በመውጣት ላይ ናቸው።
መስከረም 5 ቀን 2007 ዓም በኢትዮጵያ ሳተላይት ቴለቪዥን በምስል ተደግፎ የቀረበው በኦጋዴን ወገኖቻችን ላይ የተፈጸመው ጭፍጨፋ ከነዚህ ማስረጃዎች አንዱ ነው ።
የወያኔን አገዛዝ ይቃወማሉ የተባሉና በኦጋዴን ክልል ከሚንቀሳቀሱ ተቃዋሚዎች ጋር ንኪኪ አላቸው የተባሉ እነዚያ የጅምላ ጭፍጨፋ ሰለባ የሆኑ ምስኪን ዜጎች አስከሬን መሬት ለመሬት እየተጎተተ አንድ ቦታ እንዲከማች ሲደረግ፤ አስከሬኑን ለመሰብሰብ ከታዘዙት የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች አንዱ የገዛ ወንድሙ አስከሬን ከሚጎተተው መሃል እንደነበረ መስማት ህሊናን የሚሰቀጥጥና የወያኔ የጭካኔ እርምጃ አቻ የሌለው ደረጃ ላይ መድረሱን የሚያመላክት ነው።
በደርግ ዘመን ቤተሰብ የተገደለበትን ሰው አስከሬን ለማግኘት የጥይት ዋጋ ለመክፈል ይገደድ ነበር በማለት ሥርዓቱን በነጋ በጠባ የሚወነጅል አገዛዝ ከሚወነጅላቸው ሥርዓት በባሰ በኦጋዴን የገደለውን ንጹህ ዜጋ አስከሬን የገዛ ወንድሙ መሬት ለመሬት እንዲጎትተው አድርጓል። በዚህም ህወሓት በሰብዓዊነት ላይ ከቀደምቶቹ ሁሉ የከፋ የሚሰቀጥጥ ወንጀል ፈጽሟል። ቀደም ሲል በበደኖ፤ በአርሲ፤ በአርባ ጉጉ፤ በሃዋሳ ፤ በጋምቤላ እና ድህረ ምርጫ 97 በአዲስ አበባና ሌሎች የአገሪቱ ከተሞች ነዋሪዎች ላይ በወያኔ ልዩ ትዕዛዝ ተመሳሳይ የጅምላ ጭፍጨፋዎች ተካሂደዋል። ይህ ሁሉ ወንጀል እየተፈጸመብን አስከዛሬ ወያኔን በጫንቃችን ተሸክመን ለመኖር የተገደድነው እነዚሁ ጥቂት ዘረኞች ሕዝባችንን በዘር፤ በቋንቋና በሃይማኖት በመከፋፈላቸው አንዱ የኅብረተሰብ ክፍል ሲጠቃ ሌላው በዝምታ የሚመለከትበት ሁኔታ በመፈጠሩ ነው።
ግንቦት 7 የፍትህ የነጻነትና የዲሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ ወያኔ በኦጋዴን ሕዝብ ላይ የፈጸመውን ይህንን አረመኔያዊ እርምጃ አጥብቆ ያወግዛል። ጊዜው ሲደርስ የዚህ ወንጀል ፈፃሚዎች ለፍርድ መቅረብ አለባቸው ብሎ ያምናል። ስለሆነም ወያኔ ሕዝባችንን አቅም ለማሳጣት ላለፉት 23 አመታት በኅብረተሰባችን መካከል የገነባውን የጥርጣሬና የጥላቻ ግንብ በመናድ እያንዳንዱ ኢትዮጵያዊ በኦጋዴንና በሌሎች የአገራችን ክፍሎች ወገኖቻችን ላይ እየተፈጸመ ያለውን ሰቆቃና እልቂት ለማስቆም እንዲችሉ የተቻለውን ሁሉ ያደርጋል።
ኦጋዴን ውስጥ ለፈሰሰው የንጽሃን ደምና በሰብዓዊነት ላይ እየተፈጸመ ላለው ወንጀል ተጠያቂው ሥልጣንን በኃይል የሙጥኝ በማለት በአገርና በሕዝብ ሃብት ዘረፋ ላይ የተሰማራው ጥቂት የህወሃት አመራር መሆኑ አያጠያይቅም። ይህንን ወንጀለኛ ቡድን ለፍርድ ለማቅረብ ንቅናቄዓችን ግንቦት 7 የሚያደርገውን ሁለገብ ትግል ለፍትህ ለነጻነትና ለዲሞክራሲ የቆመ ኢትዮጵያዊ ሁሉ እንዲቀላቀል በዚህ አጋጣሚ ጥሪ ቀርቦለታል።
ድል ለኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ!!!

Thursday, September 18, 2014

The Ethiopian Diaspora and consciousness

by Yilma Bekele

The Bay Area that currently is home away from home for thousands of Ethiopians is nothing like any other place that I have known. I was born in a small village on the southern part of Ethiopia and have resided in Addis Abeba, Oregon and Seattle Washington before moving here. The Bay Area is unique. I thank the Gods and celebrate my luck whenever I have a chance.Ethiopian products imported by TPLF
The place where I originated from is not known for such movement of people from one location to another. As much as I remember the majority of the people I know were born, grew up and die within a few miles of their home. A trip to the next town a few miles away was talked about days from departure. My journey to America was definitely a mind boggling experience and by any stretch of the imagination not an understandable act by most of my family and neighbors for the period I came to America.
The same thing cannot be said today. As I drive to go to work every day the sight of elderly Ethiopian mothers and grandmothers walking down Telegraph avenue, gray haired grandfathers sitting outside Pete’s coffee, taxi drivers silent greetings from the next lane is always a welcome sight to start the day. It looks like no one is left at home. They are all here. They make me feel at home.
Of all the places I have lived it is the Bay Area that gives me a sense of belonging and the absence of that feeling of being stranger in a new land. This is so because this corner of the world is where the world comes to prove that American concept of ‘the melting pot’ phenomena. No one asks you ‘where are you from?’ in the Bay Area. There is a restaurant for every food type, a worship place for any religion, a market for all ethnic product and court appointed translator for any language of your choice.
If you have a relative coming to the US from the remotest corner of Ethiopia, please send them to the Bay Area where they can be made to feel at home In no time. Chances are he/she will find someone from the same village to welcome them and remove that feeling of fear and anxiety as they say in a ‘New York minute’ and that is faster than a blink of an eye.
This experience probably can be said of most metropolitan areas where we congregate due to abundance of jobs and that sense of comfort we get when we are with each other. This situation of finding ourselves in a faraway place although not out of choice has also got a silver lining where good can be harvested from the bad situation. Our elderly parents get to spend the last days of their life with their children and grandchildren and experience a dignified living. We have a choice of schools to go to and there is no limitations on what we want to achieve in life. From what I can see it is fair to conclude we are one hard working people that excel in the professions we choose.
Is it fair to ask what else do we learn during our stay in this land? We definitely learn the value of hard work and honest living. We also notice the wonderful way the different cultures manage to live in peace and harmony without sacrificing their uniqueness. Respect for others and show of empathy to those that find themselves in challenging situation is a lesson we cannot avoid. Any time there is a natural catastrophe anywhere in the world we see people giving what they could, being stressed to no end and going out of the way to help. Most of the time they don’t even know where the heck the location is but that does not stop them from wanting to help.