{"id":681,"date":"2022-02-10T20:20:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/?p=681"},"modified":"2022-02-10T20:20:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:20:24","slug":"the-prosperity-party-government-must-stop-physically-and-psychologically-torturing-political-prisoners-and-their-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/the-prosperity-party-government-must-stop-physically-and-psychologically-torturing-political-prisoners-and-their-families\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prosperity Party government must stop Physically and Psychologically torturing political prisoners and their Families."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Oromo<\/p>\n

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The Prosperity Party government must stop Physically and Psychologically torturing
\npolitical prisoners and their Families.
\nOLF Press Release- February 10, 2022<\/p>\n

The Ethiopian government, led by the Prosperity party (PP), has continued cracking down on political dissent,
\nparticularly on members and supporters of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). The PP security apparatus has been
\ntorturing senior OLF leaders and members by unlawfully detaining and keeping them in prisons without any due
\ncourt trial process. They have been kept in different police stations and detention centers away from families and
\nrelatives.
\nThe PP government’s violations against prisoners occur at different detention centers. Burayu detention center is
\none of the stations where prisoners are poorly handled and served. In protest against these poor conditions, senior
\nOLF leaders have been boycotting lunch for a long time. Mr. Mikael Boren, Kenessa Ayana, Dawit Abdeta, Lemi
\nBegna, Geda Gabisa, and Bate Urgessa are among those who have boycotted lunch for a while. As a result, these
\nsenior leaders’ health and overall physical and psychological well-being deteriorate daily. Families of these senior
\nmembers are blocked from visiting them and are always under constant harassment.<\/p>\n

Colonel Gammachu Ayana was following unending court appointment for long time. Although freed by the court
\nyesterday, Colonel Gemechu Ayana still suffers in Mexico Police detention centre.
\nOf the many senior OLF leaders and members kept in prison by the PP government, about 30 of them are detained
\nat Sebeta police station. And recent reports unveiled that several of these political prisoners are being deprived of
\nfood, water, and other basic humanitarian needs. Mr. Dechassa Wirtu, Journalist Bikila Amenu, and Journalist
\nDessu Dula are among those who are not allowed to be served food. Sergeant Dejene Kebede, head of the Sebeta
\npolice station guard, is reported to have trashed the food that families and relatives bring to the station for the
\nprisoners. It is disconcerting to the families, relatives, OLF, and the Oromo people that these unlawfully imprisoned
\ncitizens and leaders are further deprived of the basic human needs that they need to exist.<\/p>\n

It is unfortunate to continue witnessing the PP government’s gross human rights violations against citizens, and
\ncontrarily, it seems that the PP government is getting a free pass for such gross human rights violations. As we
\nwrite this press statement, the physical, psychological, and health conditions of thousands of the OLF leaders and
\nmembers in countless PP’s detention centers across Oromia are extremely worrisome. And these leaders and their
\nfamilies are going through such tortures by the PP government just for their political views. The situation is no
\ndifferent in other regional states across Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the OLF calls upon the international communities, particularly human rights organizations, to stand with
\nand voice for these political prisoners. We would also like to call upon the Oromo people to pay attention to these
\nleaders’ well-being and stand in solidarity with them and their families.
\nVictory to the masses
\nOromo Liberation Front
\nFebruary 10, 2022
\nFinfinn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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