{"id":68,"date":"2017-02-26T12:33:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T12:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/?p=68"},"modified":"2017-02-26T12:33:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T12:33:10","slug":"statement-on-the-burning-down-of-the-regimes-notorious-prison-at-qilinto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/statement-on-the-burning-down-of-the-regimes-notorious-prison-at-qilinto\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on the Burning Down of the Regime\u2019s Notorious Prison at Qilinto"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the large notorious prisons where the Ethiopian regime detains thousands of Oromos<\/div>\n
and members of other nationalities accused of participating in peaceful demonstrations is<\/div>\n
located just outside Addis Ababa\/Finfinne at a locality called Qilinto was burned down on<\/div>\n
September 3, 2016. A number of prisoners were burned alive while others were shot and killed<\/div>\n
by security forces while trying to escape the raging fire. There were many injuries.<\/div>\n
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According to information we received up to now, seven individuals were known to have been<\/div>\n
burned alive and ten were shot and killed by security forces while trying to escape the fire. We<\/div>\n
suspect that there are many more causalities. Many prisoners who have suffered from severe<\/div>\n
burns and were taken to nearby hospitals. The cause of the fire is not yet determined but many<\/div>\n
suspect the regime.<\/div>\n
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Those prisoners who escaped unharmed or with minor injuries were transported to prisons<\/div>\n
located outside the capital at Zuway and Awash–<\/span>Arba.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The OLF received the news of the burning of the high security prison housing thousands of<\/div>\n
prisoners with shock. We express our deepest sympathy to the families who lost their loved<\/div>\n
ones. The regime must be held responsible for the lives lost and injures sustained. It is known<\/div>\n
that in recent times the regime is in desperate situation from the intensified peaceful struggle for<\/div>\n
liberty and justice by peoples all over the country, particularly in Oromia and Amhara, Ogaden,<\/div>\n
Sidama, etc. regions trying to regain their lost rights and dignity.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The OLF condemns the savage and inhuman acts of the Ethiopian dictatorial regime<\/div>\n
particularly for shooting and killing prisoners trying to escape the raging fire from the burning<\/div>\n
prison building. We call upon human rights organizations and others in the international<\/div>\n
community to help determine the cause of this deadly fire that has affected the lives of<\/div>\n
thousands and condemn the callous act of the regime\u2019s securityforces for killing the prisoners<\/div>\n
trying to escape from harm.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We call upon our people and others in the empire to intensify their struggle for liberation and<\/div>\n
freedom and to get rid of the cruel and dictatorial Tigrean regime.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Victory to the Oromo People!<\/strong>
\nOromo Liberation Front<\/strong>
\nSeptember 4, 2016<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Amharic Version in PDF<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the large notorious prisons where the Ethiopian regime detains thousands of Oromos and members of other nationalities accused of participating in peaceful demonstrations is located just outside Addis Ababa\/Finfinne at a locality called [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}