{"id":720,"date":"2022-08-09T16:54:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T16:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/?p=720"},"modified":"2022-08-09T16:54:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T16:54:42","slug":"olf-press-statement-to-set-a-record-on-aus-briefing-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/olf-press-statement-to-set-a-record-on-aus-briefing-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"OLF Press Statement to Set a Record on AU\u2019s Briefing Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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OLF Press Statement to Set a Record on AU\u2019s Briefing Notes
\nAugust 08, 2022, Fininnee
\nOLF, as its core value, always upholds a peaceful resolution of any conflict and political
\nissues. Likewise, we support the attempt being made by AU and other stakeholders to resolve conflict
\nin the Horn, including those in Ethiopia. However, the AU \u201cBrief Notes\u2019 of 4 August 2022 (though the
\nnote is confusingly dated 29 July 2002) has come up with erroneous assumptions and factual fallacies
\nthat one does not expect from a continental organization. A modest observer expects AU to base its
\nconclusion on a non-partisan, solid, and comprehensive analysis of the drivers of the conflict and its
\nactors.
\nThe AU tried to characterize the conflict in Oromiya as merely \u2018ethnic\u2019. Different groups of people
\nwho subsume varied identities have amicably lived with the Oromo people in Oromiya in general and
\nWestern Oromiya in particular. Hospitality, friendliness and protection of non-Oromo groups have been
\nthe hallmarks of the Oromo culture since immemorial. Members of the Amhara ethnic group have lived
\nin the area mainly referred to by AU for the last 30 years and have never complained of misdeeds, as
\nthey have never had any problem. Armed confrontation has been raging by liberation forces since the
\n1980s, and there is no single report of an attack against civilians, including the Amhara. The Prosperity
\nParty tries to model the conflict as \u2018ethnic\u2019 to shun a political solution to the problem and deny the
\nliberation fighters\u2019 political demands. It is sad to see the AU endorses this disingenuous stand of the
\nEthiopian ruling party. This raises serious doubt about the impartiality of the continental organization.
\nIt is equally outrageous to see the AU claiming \u2018more than 100 people, mostly from Amhara ethnic
\ngroup were killed in Ethiopia\u2019s Oromiya region in the aftermath of Gambela attack\u2019. We condemn any
\ncivilian killing and uphold the peaceful existence and rights of all civilians living in Oromiya. We also
\nexpect the AU should have reported about hundreds of innocent Oromos killed in Oromiya by armed
\ngovernment soldiers and cross border militias which human rights groups have continuously reported.
\nThe civilian killings in Gambella after the onslaught by the armed rebels on the government military
\ncamp categorically targeted the Oromo residents in Gambella, accusing them of providing support for
\nthe rebels. Armed government troops went from door-to-door and attacked the Oromos, which graphic
\npieces of evidence have corroborated. It suffices to refer to the purposeful killing of a young Oromo, his
\nhands tied on his back and repeatedly shot by Gambella Regional police members.
\nWe are dismayed by AU\u2019s biased \u2018Briefing Notes\u2019, which endorses state terrorism. We strongly
\ndemand the AU correct those facts and straighten its partiality; we expect at minimum from AU to
\nrefrain from complicating the already complex problem of this troubled empire.
\nVictory to the Masses!
\nOromo Liberation Front
\nFinfinne
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