Shiferaw’s Cadres and Police Forces are brutalizing Sidama Civilians in Dale and Malga Districts

About 3 Sidama http://www.sidama.org/persecution/2012-07-17-meles-authorites-stillterrorising-

sidama-civilians-while-health-deteorates.pdf civilians who were arrested at the

demonstration in Yirgalem on 17th of July 2012 in allegation of organizing and

coordinating the demonstration were released at a later stage without the choice of

authorities. The Sidama people shown their indefatigability when they peacefully pushed

with their demand for their immediate release. They told the culprits that they don’t leave

police station unless they release the arrested Sidamas and emphasized that the

question is a regional self-administration about which all Sidama people are unanimously

demanding. Before the release of the arrestees, the Sidamas threatened to take united

actions if the polices don’t release their people. As a result of their untied efforts the

Sidamas reclaimed their sons before midnight.

However, the happiness only short lived as on the 18th of July 2012 during an early

morning hours the regime re-arrested those who were released & others 2 Sidama

people were making all 5. The regime’s forces did so after reinforcing their power with

additional new federal forces. The names of the arrestees include:-

1. Kaayamo Laafo, Farmer

2. Tesafye Kiciba, Teacher

3. Behailu W/Mariam ?

4. Dawit Ugamo, Agriculture/Rural development worker

5. Zerihun Gezahegn, Post Graduate student from Dilla University.

Sidama people didn’t give in, in today case as well. They protested and demanded the

release of Sidamas who were illegally arrested whilst claiming their constitutional rights

that all Sidamas currently are demanding. Dale district administrator and political cadre

told Sidama demonstrators that they will respond to their question after a mid day.

However, they didn’t do so until 5pm local time when the cadres told them that it is not

them who arrested the said people; the orders are from the above over which they don’t

have control. By telling this they further reveal how pretty puppets they are.

After 5:15pm local time, Sidama people who’re the representatives of all farmers

associations within the Dale district threatened administrator and political cadre

emphasizing that from that time onwards the Sidama people don’t allow any body who is

affiliated with the regime to go anywhere around their associations unless they release

the arrested Sidamas. They reiterated that the issue about the regional self

administration is the quest of 6 million Sidamas; therefore it will be pointless for the

regime to arrest 5 people instead of arresting all 6 million. The anger, frustration and

outrage were palpable when the Sidama people left Hirgalamete barrshee mine

(Yirgalem Prison).

In another development, around 7pm local time another 4 Sidama people were arrested

in Malga district where the resistance remains fierce for the last 7 and a half weeks after

the introduction of TPLF/EPRDF’s Manifesto on the 4th of June 2012 on uprooting

Sidama people from their capital city, Hawassa. The detail of their imprisonment is to be

brought to the attentions of Sidama audiences once we obtain it anytime throughout the

night.

Today the Sidama Zone cadres held a meeting with most of their Sidama zone cells

representatives in Hawassa. The cadres lectured their loyalists by telling them that ‘the

issue of Hawassa never be brought back any longer as it is set aside and finalised; no

one takes Hawassa away from Sidama people; therefore you must go and tell this news

to all Sidama people’. The said cells representatives’ didn’t say anything apart from

listening to the cadre’s fabrications. Some of the attendees went in to know what the

regime’s cadres plan against Sidama people are so that the Sidamas counter their

maliciously illegal acts.

Million Mathewos (the Sidama Zone puppet president -whose father sacrificed his

precious life for the cause of Sdiama people) was found saying to the attendees ‘don’t

listen to confusions that is being rumored in Sidama region about the regional

autonomy’. He tells utter lies pertaining reality about the issues surrounding federalizing

Hawassa. In TPLF’s party herald/News paper where Million conducted an interview

yesterday, he didn’t mention the issue of Sidama people’s quest for regional self

administration denying the existence of such a thing.

Meanwhile, Sidama university students and youth movements’ requests were denied by

the Zone cadres. The Youth and University students have asked to attend tomorrow’s

(19, July 2012) Sidama elders (Sidamu ciimeyyee) meetings to be held in Hawassa with

the Sidama Zone cadres where the elders have scheduled a week ago to formalize their

quest for regional self administration that was pending since 2005’s election when

Meles Zenawi utterly deceived them. The students are said to be so furious about this

and advised Sidama Ciimeyyee that they must stick to their previously raised questions.

Finally, sources from Addis Ababa reveal that Junedin Sado’s wife was caught red

handed carrying explosives at Addis Abeba’s Anwar Mosque yesterday as she was there

for the customary prayer. After the device was discovered by the security forces at the

hand of the loyalist’s wife, the regime’s cadres were shocked. Immediately, Junedin Sado

himself intervened and took responsibility. The authorities were said to be waiting for

their ailing ruler to give his final verdict on this critical issue whilst himself is critically ill- if

he at all can utter a word. It’s unclear whether his wife consciously decided to carry such

sensitive item at the very sensitive time or she was set up by the regime’s intelligences

personnel to allege Junedin’s wife affiliation with Muslim community whose resistances

is causing havoc to the regime.

July 18 2012, by Kukkissa, our reporter from Hawassa, Sidama

source:http://www.sidama.org/persecution/2012-07-18-meles-cadres-and-police-forces-brutalizing-sidama-civilians-in-dale-and-malga-districts.pdf