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Addis Prepares for a protest rally joining nationwide uprising that
calls for an end to tyranny
By Engidu Woldie
ESAT News (August 19, 2016)
Residents of Addis Ababa will take to the streets on Sunday calling
for the end of the tyrannical regime joining the nationwide uprising
in all directions of the country despite brutal and deadly crackdown
by TPLF regime forces.
Organizers and activists who spoke to ESAT said residents of the
capital Addis Ababa were ready to show solidarity on Sunday with the
people of Amhara and Oromo who have been bearing the brunt of the
fight against the brutal regime whose forces have been shooting live
bullets at protesters.
Disturbing videos of killings of protesters have been shared over the
social media especially in the last few days showing TPLF forces
shooting at close range at protesters killing several people. Over one
hundred people were killed in just one weekend alone in Gondar and
Bahir Dar while killings have been reported almost on a daily basis in
the Oromo region where protests have been going on for nine months
now.
A visitor to Addis Ababa who is on vacation in his hometown told this
reporter on the phone that there have been a heavy presence of
security and soldiers on pick-up trucks on every corner in the city.
Activists told ESAT that red cards have been produced for distribution
and everyone will carry one on the day of the protest. The showing of
the red card has a strong significance in this soccer crazy capital
with diehard fans of local and international soccer teams. The
residents of Addis will hold the thousands of red cards high in the
air to unequivocally send a message to the despotic regime that it is
“out.” “People had enough already and they want the brutal regime to
go,” a resident told ESAT on the phone on Thursday.
In Gondar, residents will be clad in white attires for a rally on
Saturday in memory of those killed by TPLF security forces. Organizers
said white attires were chosen to stand in contrast to regime cadres
who will come out commemorate the death of Meles Zenawi, the tyrant
who was the mastermind of ethnic divisions and animosity among the
people which they have now rejected as they show solidarity to one
another rejecting the minority rule. Residents of Gondar have just
concluded a three day stay at home protest shutting down government
offices, businesses and transportation.
In Robe, Bale, Oromo region security forces on Wednesday shot
indiscriminately at the thousands of protesters killing at least one
(pictured). Video shared on the social media show security forces
shooting at protesters who were peacefully marching down a street.
In Amba Giorgis, Gondar, residents of the town held protest rally on
Thursday that was concluded with freeing 14 prisoners from the town’s
jail. The prisoners were detained by the regime’s security in the
recent protest held in the town.
Meanwhile, officials of the ruling EPRDF have been holding meetings
with government employees at various levels begging for their
collaboration to thwart any uprising. ESAT got hold of a document
prepared for the meeting that accused Patriotic Ginbot 7, an armed
opposition based in Eritrea, OLF and the Eritrean government of
orchestrating and directing the ongoing uprising in the Amhara and
Oromo regions.
Received on Fri Aug 19 2016 - 06:35:57 EDT