JUSTICE
FOR TEFERA LEGESE AND ALL THOSE AGGRESSED
Tefera
Legese is an Oromo National Congress (UEDF) member who was elected to
the parliament, May 15, by his
Northern
Shoa
constituency. As the EPRDF is presently engaged in organizing a
renegade ONC, security forces kidnapped Tefera, took him to an
undisclosed location, beat him up severely and then abandoned him at
the place called Bajedera after
threatening to kill him if does not join the renegade ONC group. He
did not and his attempt to get legal redress has gone nowhere.
Previously to this CUD leadership member Debebe
Eshetu was beaten up by the security agents. The car of ONC leader Dr.
Merera Gudina was smashed by security men. All over the country,
dozens of opposition party officials and members have reported
beatings and torture. It can be asserted that the ruling EPRDF has
broken all legal restraints and let loose its security forces and
soldiers on the people. With hundreds behind bars, with more in
prisons and concentration camps like Zwai, with very many disappeared
prisoners, the human rights record of the EPRDF has sunk from bad to
worse. Sadly, the head of the regime is spearheading this violation of
rights by making incendiary and irresponsible speeches aimed at
sparking inter ethnic violence and justifying official repression
against the people. The regime has denied the pe ople their
inalienable rights including the right to protest peacefully through
rallies and demonstrations. This state of affairs is exacerbating the
tension in the society and could very well lead to unwanted
consequences in the near future.
Please
call for an end to the repression by the EPRDF in
Ethiopia
!
Socepp