Dereje Atomsa

Father, Human rights activist #OromoProtests #OromoLivesMatter

[Dereje Atomsa @DereAtom]

CAF 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Dereje Atomsa @DereAtom]

Benfica vs Real Madrid again
#uefachampionsleague

[Dereje Atomsa @DereAtom]

Big Gabi is back!!!

[Dereje Atomsa @DereAtom]

5:0

[Jawar Mohammed @Jawar_Mohammed]

Over the past year, alarm has been mounting over the worsening crisis of kidnappings for ransom by armed groups in Ethiopia. Although these crimes are often attributed to non-state actors, reports have also implicated government forces in colluding with various armed groups and sharing in the profits.
To make matters worse, a disturbing trend has emerged: state actors are now openly justifying kidnappings for ransom. Amid ongoing civil wars, the government is increasingly relying on forced conscription to fill its ranks. Initially, the primary targets were underprivileged youth, particularly day laborers working far from their home villages. However, the focus has recently shifted to youth from wealthier families.

Reports indicate that local security officials are detaining young men as they return from school or social venues and forcibly transporting them to temporary detention facilities. While the captured youth await transportation to training camps, brokers approach their families, offering to secure the release of their sons in exchange for substantial payments. These ransoms range from 100,000 to 500,000 birr, depending on the family's wealth. Officials and brokers can easily access family income data from banks and tax records, enabling them to assess the targets ability to pay and determine how much to demand. Those without cash on hand have been forced to borrow from friends or raise funds through their afosha (እድር). Scared of being the next victim, many young men have gone into hiding abandoning their studies and jobs.

Perhaps driven by its financial incentives, this recent forced conscription is not limited to remote rural villages; families in major cities and towns have now become the primary targets. This is not merely based on reports from across the country—a family I personally know had to pay 300,000 birr to secure their son’s release just a few days ago. Such extortion, at a time when the cost of living has become unbearable, is cruel.
Forced conscription itself is a grave violation of human rights, but using it as a state-sponsored tactic for ransom extortion shows a shocking disregard for the basic decency expected of even the most authoritarian government. Whats happening to our people is just tragic!

[Dereje Atomsa @DereAtom]

Back after long ….

[Herman J. Cohen @CohenOnAfrica]

Having suppressed any semblance of self-governance in #Tigray province, the Amhara nationalist regime holding power in Addis Ababa is now about to suppress self-governance in the Oromia province. A sure formula for permanent instability.

[Kylian Mbappé @KMbappe]

Don’t be sad bro, everybody is proud of what you did, you made history. ❤️ @AchrafHakimi

[Dereje Atomsa @DereAtom]

Another African team won the game!!
#FIFAWorldCup2022 #MoroccoVsFrance

[Dereje Atomsa @DereAtom]

WATCH: En-Nesyri scores famous goal to help Morocco knock Portugal out of World Cup | https://t.co/ewfTSckRx2 https://t.co/7RNkk1fIA9

[Dereje Atomsa @DereAtom]

Moroccoooo!!!! Made history!!
#FIFAWorldCup #Morocco

[Girma Gutema (PhDid) @Abbaacabsa]

Despite the understandably furious public outrage caused by the ISIS-styled barbarism of the Fano militia’s gruesome footage that was making rounds across social media platforms since yesterday, all the #OromoProtests staged in multiple cities across Oromia including…

[Dereje Atomsa @DereAtom]

Congratulations Morocco!! Congratulations Mama Africa!!!
#FIFAWorldCup2022 #Moroccoday

[𝗚𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗾 @gumaaoro]

የኦሮሞ ፓርቲዎች: ተፅኖ ፈጣሪዎች : ፖለቲኮኞች: አርቲስቶች : ሚዲያዎች እና የማዕበራዊ ሚዲያ አንቂዎች ከሆዳቸው የዘለለ ነገር መስራት የማይችሉ ደረጃ ላይ መድረሳቸውን በግልፅ አሳይተውናል::
👇👇👇

[Dereje Atomsa @DereAtom]

Senegaaaaal!!!

[Sky Sports Premier League @SkySportsPL]

Could Apple buy Manchester United? 👀

Kaveh Solhekol provides an update on the reported interest of the tech giant 🔴🏟️

[Dereje Atomsa @DereAtom]

Nagaan Boqodhuu!! 😭

[Dereje Atomsa @DereAtom]

Jirra!!

[Dereje Atomsa @DereAtom]

Maybe it’s the 3rd Word War!!
#no_war

[Hᴇɴᴏᴋ G. Gᴀʙɪsᴀ @henokgabisa]

OFC statement regarding the inhumane and degrading treatment of Oromo migrants in Saudi Arabia.