Our job as journalists is to report stories as they are. Threats and abuses don’t change the fact that colleague journalists are being illegally held in Ethiopia. The gains that many fought for, died for and celebrated 2 years ago are being reversed as we watch.
Remember when @PMAbiy invited all #Oromo opposition parties to participate in elections? Their members and leaders are now imprisoned. Elections are cancelled. All “reforms” have been reversed in #Ethiopia. #FreePoliticalPrisoners
The story of Micah opens an eye to how Ethiopia is violent against the Oromo.
Him & family left Ethiopia long ago because of persecution.
He went back 2 years ago as expat to help OMN with his computer skils.
Now, another violence! He was detained a few hours ago!
Press release from @UNHumanRights .
NOTE: @EthioHRC is not independent nor is it impartial. So, let’s discount that. Let’s allow the people to determine themselves and their right in a civil and democratic way. There is indigenous knowledge for that!
Update: It has been 100 hours since #Ethiopia introduced a near-total internet shutdown cutting off the people from a lifeline in times of crisis ⏱
Digital rights are human rights: connectivity should be restored to all Ethiopians #Internet4Ethiopia
📰 https://t.co/y5ATw7JHAh
A book written a year ago on how ethiopian reform is highjacked, claims that one day Abiy Ahmed summoned #HaacaaluuHundeessaa to the palace and told him “The struggle has come to an end... your role should be supporting the reform...or else, you won’t be tolerated.”
This is Redwan who was arrested along @Jawar_Mohammed and Bekele Gerba et al.
I know Redwan in person. All he wanted was to open youth soccer academy in Seattle and in Ethiopia
Check out His channel https://t.co/Lz7wat2yWt
#HaacaaluuHundeessaa is the latest prey to political assassination. Ambachew, General Se'are and Geza'i a year ago were murdered and Abiy Ahmed had shown no iota remorse. Abiy is incompetent to lead the nation #AbiyMustResign
Confirmed: #Ethiopia is in the midst of a near-total internet shutdown from ~9:00 a.m. local time amid unrest following last night's shooting of prominent Oromo singer Haacaaluu Hundeessaa; incident ongoing 📉
📰 https://t.co/y5ATw7JHAh
Hachalu Hundessa showed that music could change hearts and minds across the world. My heart goes out to the Oromo community mourning his powerful voice and tireless activism.