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Resolution: Conference of Oromo Civic, Professional and Faith-Based Organizations
(A4O, 28 March 2020) Whereas, the Oromo nation, Oromummaa and Oromia are being subjected to unprecedented repression by the Government of Ethiopia (GoE);
Whereas, the GoE engages in a deliberate destruction of Oromo nationalism, dismantling Oromia and reversing the victories our people achieved by heroic sacrifices of our sons and daughters;
Whereas, the GoE works in concert with neo-nafxayas who aspire to re impose their former oppressive and exploitative system;
Whereas, the GoE promotes division and conflict among the Oromo people along regional and religious lines as a strategy for its success;
Whereas, the GoE, having imposed illegal Command Posts on parts of Oromia, is subjecting the Oromo people to untold misery through military rule;
Whereas, the GoE has widened and deepened the killings, arbitrary arrests and beatings of the Oromo people;
Whereas, the GoE burns houses with families inside and granaries full of grain; and sets fire to farmlands and forests without concern for crops or wildlife;
Whereas, the GoE has deployed armed forces to continue hunting down and murder Oromo youth on a daily basis;
Whereas, the GoE continues to refuse to bring to justice those who committed ethnically motivated murders of Oromo students on the campuses of universities in the Amhara regional state,
Whereas, the GoE is not willing to provide any protection to those spared from the killings, but finds the flimsiest of excuses to suspend or dismiss Oromo students from universities;
Whereas, contrary to its promises a few months ago to widen the political space in the country, that the GoE has actually narrowed the space significantly by illegally arresting and/or causing disappearances of leaders and members of the opposition parties and by obstructing and hindering the contacts of opposition parties with their constituents;
Whereas, the GoE intimidates independent Oromo media outlets and imprisons their management and reporters for reporting the truth;
Whereas, the GoE is engaged in hunting down and arresting politically conscious Oromos for not supporting the ruling Prosperity Party of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed;
Whereas, the economic deprivation of Oromo people and robbery of the resources of Oromia by the GoE and its cronies have intensified;
Whereas, the GoE is leaving no stone unturned to demoralize and to force the Oromo nation to surrender and;
Deeply Concerned about the fate of the Oromo people and the survival of the Oromo as a nation and Oromia as land of the Oromo, if the current situation is allowed to persist;
Recognizing the need for the Oromo unity inside and outside the of country more than ever before in combating the ongoing difficult situation imposed upon our people;
We, Oromo Civic, Professional and Faith-Based Organizations, whose names are listed below and who share the aforementioned concerns about the situation of our people and our nation, having deliberated on wide-ranging issues pertaining to our people’s dire situation, and having successfully concluding our first conference from March 28-29, 2020;
We, hereby
1. Approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), and pledge to work together to achieve our shared vision of advocating for the voiceless victims of injustices in Oromia and beyond;
2. Authorize and direct the coordinating committee, and the three others operational committees to lead our Advocacy, Information collection and dissemination, and Resource mobilization and organization efforts, to execute the MoU;
3. Strongly condemn and demand an immediate stop to the ongoing killings, arbitrary arrests, rapes and beating against the Oromo people by Ethiopia armed forces;
4. Demand the immediate lifting of the illegal and undeclared command posts and military rule imposed on Western and Southern parts of Oromia;
5. Call up on the Oromo diaspora to join us in condemning and actively opposing the ongoing repression against our people;
6. Call up on Oromo civic organizations whose names are not listed below to join us so that we can together defend our people’s rights;
7. Call up on all Oromo political organizations operating in Oromia to put their differences aside and unite in condemning the repressive policies of the GoE and, coordinate our people’s resistance to end the killings and arbitrary arrests being committed against our people;
8. Call up on all Zones of Oromia to come to the aid of their compatriots in other zones to once and for all uproot the GoE’s repressive policies which are the root causes of the poverty and misery of our people for there is strength in numbers;
9. Call up on all nations and nationalities in Ethiopia to condemn and actively oppose the killings and arbitrary arrests that the GoE is perpetrating against the Oromo and other peoples as all conflicts in one region can easily spread to their regions;
10. Call up on all organizations advocating for respect of human rights to inform the international community the untold human rights violations the Oromo people are subjected to by the GoE;
11. Remind the international community of its moral obligation and responsibility to speak up against, and to work to prevent the population exodus that is sure to ensue from the continued hunting down and killings of Oromo youth and the resulting forced migration and refugee problems;
12. Urge the international community to bring pressure to bear on the GoE to immediately stop the war it has declared on the Oromo people before the situation escalates into massive displacement, famine, civil war and genocide.
United we Stand!!
Oromo Civic, Professional and Faith-Based Organizations
1. Advocacy4Oromia
2. Bilal Oromo Dawa Center
3. Canaan Oromo Evangelical Church
4. Charismatic International Fellowship Church
5. Global Gumii Oromia
6. Global Oromo Advocacy Group
7. Global Waaqeffannaa Council
8. Horn of Africa Genocide Watch
9. Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa
10. International Oromo Women’s Organization
11. International Qeerroo Support Group
12. Mana Kiristaanaa Fayyisaa Addunyaa
13. Oromo Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
14. Oromo Communities’ Association of North America
15. Oromo Evangelical Lutheran Church of Washington DC Metropolitan Area
16. Oromo Evangelical Lutheran Mission Society
17. Oromo Human Rights and Relief Organization
18. Oromo Legacy, Leadership and Advocacy Association
19. Oromo Lutheran Church of Baltimore
20. Oromo Parliamentarians Council
21. Oromo Studies Association
22. Oromia Support Group
23. Tawfiq Islamic Center
24. Union of Oromo Communities in Canada
25. United Oromo Evangelical Church
26. Washington DC Metropolitan Oromo SDA Church
March 28, 2020
Murtiilee fi Ibsa Ejjennoo Gamtaa Jaarmiyoota Oromoo
(A4O, Bitootess 28, 2020) Uummanni Oromoo, Oromummaa fi Oromiyaan roorroo hamaa jala jiru. Mootummaan Itoophiyaa Oromummaa balleessuu, Oromiyaa diiguu fi injifannoolee ummatni Oromoo dhiigaa fi lafee ilmaan isaatiin gonfate irraa mulquuf karoorfatee itti bobba’ee jira. Biyyattii irratti Nafxanyoota deebisee aangomsuu fi sirna isaanii deebisuuf Habashoota wajjiin qindoominaan socho’aa jira. Akeekasaa kanas milkeessuuf ummata Oromoo ganda, kutaa fi amantiin qoodee walirratti bobbaasuu tooftaa siyaasaa godhatee hojjeta. Seeraan ala labsii yeroo hatattamaa uummata Oromoo irratti labsuun naannoolee Oromiyaa bakka adda addaatti Rayyaan Ittisa biyyaa uummata irratti roorrisaa jira.
Mootummaan kun reebicha, hidhaa fi ajjeechaa uummata Oromoo irra geessaa jiru yeroo kamuu caalaa jabeessee fi bal’isee itti fufee jira. Manneen uummata keenyaa maatii isaanii wajjiin walitti qabee guba; midhaan gonbisaawwanii fi oyiruu ykn maasaa keessatti ibidda itti qabsiisa; bosona Oromiyaa bineensa isaa wajjiin guba. Barattootni Oromoo naannoolee biraa keessatti wayta ajjeefaman kanneen ajjeesan seeratti hin dhiheessu. Yakki suukanneessoon akkasii dalagamaa jiraatuu isaanii osoo beekuu gaaga’amtootaaf ittisa hin godhu. Kanneen hafanis sababa adda-addaa itti funaanuun barnootarraa ari’a. Keessumattuu, barattoota Oromoo godinaalee Oromiyaa ‘Command Post’ jalatti bulaa jiran irraa dhufan adda baasee ari’a. Naannolee Oromiyaa bulchiinsa ‘Comand Post’ jala jiran keessatti Raayyaan Ittisa Biyyaa Qeerroo fi Qarree akka bineensaa adamsee guyyaa guyyaan ajjeesaa, jumulaan hidhaa fi dararaa jira.
Mootummaan kun dirree dimookraasii biyyattii keessatti bal’isuuf waadaa gale cabsuun hooggannootaa fi miseensota jaarmoota siyaasaa kanneen isaan dorgoman ni dhabamsiisa; seeraan ala mana hidhaatti guura; qunnamtii jaarmoleen siyaasaa uummata waliin godhatuuf karoorfatan ni gufachiisa. Dhaabbileen sab-qunnamtii Oromoo dhugaa jiru akka hin gabaafne ni doorsisa, hooggantoota isaanii ni hidha. Saamicha qabeenya Oromiyaas daran hammeessee itti fufee jira. Walumaa galatti, hamilee uummata Oromoo cabsuun, Oromoo jilbeenfachiisuuf dhagaan mootummaan kun hin garagalchine hin jiru.
Namni hunduu hubachuu kan qabu Oromoon akka sabaatti tokkummaan ka’ee haga hin falmannetti rakkooleen kunneen sadarkaa amma irra jiran caalaa hammaatanii itti fufu. Badiiwwan uummata Oromoo fi Oromiyaa irratti mootummaa Itoophiyaan gaggeeffamaa jiran kunneen akkasitti yoo itti fufan, hireen ummata Oromoo yaaddessaa dha; Oromoon akka sabaatti, Oromiyaan akka biyyaatti itti fufuun gaaffii guddoo jala galuu danda’a.
Kanaafuu, nuti jaarmiyaaleen Oromoo adda addaa kan yaaddoolee armaan olitti tuqaman kanneen qooddannu, maqaan keenya armaan gaditti tarreeffaman, rakkoolee akka sabaa fi biyyaatti nu mudatan kanneen irra aanuuf qopha-qophaa socho’uu irra gamtaan socho’uun bu’a-qabeessa ta’uu hubachuudhaan, yeroo dheeraaf marii gochaa turreerra. Marii yeroo dheeraaf ‘technology’ adda-addaatti fayyadamnee godhaa turre goolabuuf Bitootessa 28-29, 2020 walgahii guddaa godhanne jirra. Walgahii kana irratti qabxiilee adda addaa irratti gad-fageenyaan erga mari’anneen booda murtiilee fi kutannoolee asii gaditti tarreeffaman irratti waliigallee baasuun walgahii keenya milkiin xumurannee jirra.
1. Haala hamaa uummata keenyarratti fe’amee jiru kana irra aanuuf tokkummaan Oromoo biyya keessaa fi biyya ambaa murteessaa ta’uu hubachuun, wal-tumsinee gamtaan hojjechuun uummata Oromoof sagalee ta’uuf walii galleerra;
2. Koree sochii gamtaa kanaa qindeessuu fi koreelee raawwii hujii sadi (three operational committees) utubnee jirra. Koreeleen kunis;
2.1 Koree falmii mirga namoomaa (Human rights advocacy committee),
2.2 Koree odeeffannoo funaanuu fi tamsaasuu (Information collection and dissemination committee),
2.3 Koree beekkumsa, dandeettii fi qabeenya maddisiisuu fi gurmeessuu/ijaaruu (Resource mobilization and organization committee)
3. Uummanni Oromoo, keessattuu warri biyya ambaa jiraattan, nu duukaa dhabbachuun rakkoolee saba keenyarra gahaa jiran gamtaan akka balaaleffannu waamicha lammummaa fi obbolummaa isiniif goona;
4. Jaarmiyaaleen Oromoo maqaan keessan asii gaditti hin tarreefamin hunduu, nu duukaa hiriiruun rakkoolee saba keenyarra gahaa jiran gamtaan qolachuu akka dandeenyu, sagalee dabalataa akka nuu taatan waamicha lammummaa fi obbolummaa isiniif dhiyeessina;
5. Dhaabileen siyaasaa Oromoo biyya keesssa jirtan hunduu adda-addummaa siyaasaa keessanii qabattanii ajjeechaa fi hidhaa Oromoo irra gahaa jiru waliin akka balaaleffattan, akka dura-dhaabbattan fi furmaata itti barbaaddan waamicha isiniif goona;
6. Maddi rakkoo uummata keenyaa hunduu sirna gabroomfataa mootummaa Itoophiyaa ti. Sirna kana hiddaan biqqisuuf tokkummaan ka’uu fi falmatuun murteessaa ta’uu yaadachisaa, roorroo fi dararaa naannoo Oromoo tokkorra gahuuf naannooleen Oromoo biraa akka birmattan waamicha lammummaa fi obbolummaa isiniif goona;
7. Mootummaan Itoophiyaa labsii yeroo hatattamaa kan seeraan ala uummata Oromoo Dhihaa fi Kibba Oromiyaa irratti labse hatattamaan akka kaasu akeekkachiifna;
8. Ajjeechaa, hidhaa, dubartoota Oromoo humnaan gudeeduu fi reebicha Raayyaan Ittisa Biyya Itoophiyaa uummata Oromoo irraan gahaa jiru hadheeffannee balaaleffachaa, hatattamaan akka dhaabbatu mootummaa Itoophiyaa dhaamna;
9. Mootumman Itoophiyaa hojii shororkeessummaa dhaabilee siyaasaa Oromoo, hooggantoota fi miseensota isaanratti raawwataa jiru hatattamaan akka dhaabu akkeekachiisaa, sababa kanaan filannoo biyyooleessaa dhufu irratti rakkoolee uumamuu maluuf mootummaan itti gaafatamaa tahuu beeksifna.
10. Rakkoon naannoo Oromiyaatti uumamu kamuu, naannolee kaaniif illee daafaa nageenyaa ni qabaata. Kanaaf, sabaaf sab-lammoonni Itoophiyaa hundi, uummata Oromoof birmattanii, ajjeechaa fi hidhaa mootummaan Itoophiyaa saba Oromoo irraan gahaa jiru akka balaaleffattan fi dura-dhaabbattan waamicha lammummaa isiniif goona;
11. Jaarmiyaaleen mirga dhala namaaf falmitan hundi badii fi hammeenya mootuummaan Itoophiyaa uummata Oromoo irratti dalagaa jiru mara uummattoota addunyaa, mootummoota Bahaa fi Dhihaatti akka saaxiltan kabajaan isin gaafanna;
12. Uummanni Oromoo, keessattuu Qeerroo fi Qarreen, akka bineensaa adamsamanii guyyaa guyyaan ajjeefamaa, jumulaan hidhamaa jiru. Kuni ammoo buqqa’insaa fi goodaansa uummataa fidaa waan jiruuf uummanni addunyaa qisaasama uummata kanaa baraaruuf itti-gaafatama guddaa qaba. Rakkooleen kunneen babal’achuun too’annoo ala osoo hin ta’in uummanni addunyaa fi mootummoonni biyyoota Dhihaa, lola mootummaan Itoophiyaa seeraan ala uummata Oromoo irratti deemsisaa jiruu fi bulchiinsa ‘Comand Post’ Oromiyaa irraa akka kaasuuf dhiibbaa barbaachisaa akka gootan waamicha keenya dhiyeessina.
Tokkummaan Humna!
Jaarmiyaalee Oromoo (In alphabetical order)
1. Advocacy4Oromia
2. Bilal Oromo Dawa Center
3. Canaan Oromo Evangelical Church
4. Charismatic International Fellowship Church
5. Global Gumii Oromia
6. Global Oromo Advocacy Group
7. Global Waaqeffannaa Council
8. Horn of Africa Genocide Watch
9. Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa
10. International Oromo Women’s Organization
11. International Qeerroo Support Group
12. Mana Kiristaanaa Fayyisaa Addunyaa
13. Oromo Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
14. Oromo Communities’ Association of North America
15. Oromo Evangelical Lutheran Church of Washington DC Metropolitan Area
16. Oromo Evangelical Lutheran Mission Society
17. Oromo Human Rights and Relief Organization
18. Oromo Legacy, Leadership and Advocacy Association
19. Oromo Lutheran Church of Baltimore
20. Oromo Parliamentarians Council
21. Oromo Studies Association
22. Oromia Support Group
23. Tawfiq Islamic Center
24. Union of Oromo Communities in Canada
25. United Oromo Evangelical Church
26. Washington DC Metropolitan Oromo SDA Church
Bitootessa 28, 2020
Advocacy for Oromia 