An appeal to all Sidamas living in Diaspora,within Ethiopia and friends of Sidama as well as all democracy loving global citizens
Dear Sidama Community,
Friends of Sidama Nation as well as
Democracy Loving Individuals and
Human rights Campaigners Globally;
This is an appeal to all Sidamas living in Diaspora,within Ethiopia and
friends of Sidama as well as all democracy loving global citizens. It's
based on our previously circulated appeal letters as the readers can
see it from the following link:- http://
One of Afro-Asiatic Kushitic nation of this particular region, the
Sidama Nation currently lives in the North East of Africa (also known as
the Horn of African) notably in today's Southern Ethiopia. The
population of the Sidama nation was independently by the international
NGO's such as USAID and others is estimated to be between 6 and 7
million. However the incumbent -Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front -TPLF
junta led regime acknowledged in its Sidama nation's population
downgrading census the Sidama to be 3.4 million; regardless, the
recognised size of population unconditionally entitles the Sidama nation
to regional self Determination.
The Ethiopian constitution
unambiguously guarantees to all Ethiopian nations and Nationalities
(about 84 distinct cultures, languages and ways of lives) not only the
said regional self administration but it also unequivocally allows any
nation to be an independent country if the peoples of given nation
unanimously decide to be so. Eritrea is a good example to mention here.
Please patiently review the said constitution and make genuine and
impartial judgement and comment on this medium, http://www.africa.upenn.edu/
The aforementioned rights are granted to the nations whose populations
are 16 times fewer than that of the Sidamas. A mention might be needless
about the fact that 183, 320 populated eastern Ethiopians Adrere Ethnic
nationals under the regional name Hareri regional state are given these
rights. Why not an over 6 million populated Sidama nation aren't given
these rights?
The Sidama nation being the fourth (if not the
third) populous nation of Ethiopia, it is continually brutalised by the
incumbent regime to suppress its rights to regional self determination.
Not only the regime suppresses Sidama nation but also it has committed a
genocide. The army and security forces of the regime ordered by the
late PM (Mr. Zenawi) and the current PM and others dozens of regional
officials have slaughtered peaceful and unarmed civilians in a broad day
lights. The Sidama civilians were peacefully and non-violently
demonstrating and demanding these rights on May 24, 2002 at the
outskirts of Hawassa village known as Loqqe when they were responded
with live ammunitions.
Sidamas of all walks of life were
collectively paid precious sacrifices with their lives demanding their
fundamental rights, the rights that isn't responded to this date. Such
deplorable massacre of about 69 confirmed Sidama unarmed civilians and
the wounding of about 300 Sidama civilians has taken place whilst the
current PM (Hailemariam Desalegn) was the regional president, where he
had properly stage-managed the massacre- effectively intimidated the
peoples of Sidama nation by fully militarising Sidama region and its
entire towns, villages, hamlets and farmers associations.
For
the past 21 years the current regime continually terrorises the Sidama
nations whenever the Sidamas raise their legitimate rights to regional
self determination, they receive similar cruel treatments where the sons
and daughters of the Sidama are often thrown to jail where they
languish in it for years. Whist the regime terrorises law abiding Sidama
civilians who did no wrong, the killers, miscreants and those who have
ordered the massacre are all elevated to higher authorities and are
causing relentless chaos and havoc among the Sidama nation as we speak.
Government induced excruciating poverty and deprivations are deepening
despite the abundance of opportunities and natural resources. In
addition to others mismanaged resources, the Sidama Coffee (also in the
west known as Sidamo Coffee which is available in all Starbucks coffee
shops) fetches about 60% export income (hard currency) yet the fruits of
that all wealth goes to the pockets of federal rulers, the remaining
left over goes to its affiliates at the regional and Zone
levels---cadres implementing the polices of deliberate subjugation and
systematic economic marginalisation of the Sidama nation.
Unemployment is rife as are social injustices coupled with total lack of
representations at all levels. In Ethiopia it is the only Sidama nation
that doesn't have 5 person out of 812 so called hand picked Sidama
representatives none of whom utter a word about the plights of their own
nation at all level despite the glaring facts in front of them.
Therefore, the Sidama nation even in Ethiopian contexts becoame a place
where brutality rules over humanity with total approval of the regime
and its entire cadres.
Most of the Sidama human rights
defenders are either imprisoned where most of them are kept
indefinitely, others are made to flee the country or others are often
silenced by the regime's regional, federal and Zone cadres all of whom
use implicit or explicit means whilst terrorising Sidama civilians.
Therefore, there can't and never be any justifications under whatsoever
criterion to deny the Sidama nation regional self determination that is
being granted to the others several very fewer nations of Ethiopian!!
Let's the Sidama nation freely exercise its regional self determination
unconditionally and those who have ordered, massacred and continually
terrorising the Sidama nation must be brought to independent justice
where the rule of law presides over brutality.
Let's all of us say only truth that is based on the constitution of the land!!
Sidama National Regional State On line Coordinator!
Peace and Justice for all those who dearly deserve it!!
Friends of Sidama Nation as well as
Democracy Loving Individuals and
Human rights Campaigners Globally;
This is an appeal to all Sidamas living in Diaspora,within Ethiopia and friends of Sidama as well as all democracy loving global citizens. It's based on our previously circulated appeal letters as the readers can see it from the following link:- http://
One of Afro-Asiatic Kushitic nation of this particular region, the Sidama Nation currently lives in the North East of Africa (also known as the Horn of African) notably in today's Southern Ethiopia. The population of the Sidama nation was independently by the international NGO's such as USAID and others is estimated to be between 6 and 7 million. However the incumbent -Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front -TPLF junta led regime acknowledged in its Sidama nation's population downgrading census the Sidama to be 3.4 million; regardless, the recognised size of population unconditionally entitles the Sidama nation to regional self Determination.
The Ethiopian constitution unambiguously guarantees to all Ethiopian nations and Nationalities (about 84 distinct cultures, languages and ways of lives) not only the said regional self administration but it also unequivocally allows any nation to be an independent country if the peoples of given nation unanimously decide to be so. Eritrea is a good example to mention here. Please patiently review the said constitution and make genuine and impartial judgement and comment on this medium, http://www.africa.upenn.edu/
The aforementioned rights are granted to the nations whose populations are 16 times fewer than that of the Sidamas. A mention might be needless about the fact that 183, 320 populated eastern Ethiopians Adrere Ethnic nationals under the regional name Hareri regional state are given these rights. Why not an over 6 million populated Sidama nation aren't given these rights?
The Sidama nation being the fourth (if not the third) populous nation of Ethiopia, it is continually brutalised by the incumbent regime to suppress its rights to regional self determination. Not only the regime suppresses Sidama nation but also it has committed a genocide. The army and security forces of the regime ordered by the late PM (Mr. Zenawi) and the current PM and others dozens of regional officials have slaughtered peaceful and unarmed civilians in a broad day lights. The Sidama civilians were peacefully and non-violently demonstrating and demanding these rights on May 24, 2002 at the outskirts of Hawassa village known as Loqqe when they were responded with live ammunitions.
Sidamas of all walks of life were collectively paid precious sacrifices with their lives demanding their fundamental rights, the rights that isn't responded to this date. Such deplorable massacre of about 69 confirmed Sidama unarmed civilians and the wounding of about 300 Sidama civilians has taken place whilst the current PM (Hailemariam Desalegn) was the regional president, where he had properly stage-managed the massacre- effectively intimidated the peoples of Sidama nation by fully militarising Sidama region and its entire towns, villages, hamlets and farmers associations.
For the past 21 years the current regime continually terrorises the Sidama nations whenever the Sidamas raise their legitimate rights to regional self determination, they receive similar cruel treatments where the sons and daughters of the Sidama are often thrown to jail where they languish in it for years. Whist the regime terrorises law abiding Sidama civilians who did no wrong, the killers, miscreants and those who have ordered the massacre are all elevated to higher authorities and are causing relentless chaos and havoc among the Sidama nation as we speak.
Government induced excruciating poverty and deprivations are deepening despite the abundance of opportunities and natural resources. In addition to others mismanaged resources, the Sidama Coffee (also in the west known as Sidamo Coffee which is available in all Starbucks coffee shops) fetches about 60% export income (hard currency) yet the fruits of that all wealth goes to the pockets of federal rulers, the remaining left over goes to its affiliates at the regional and Zone levels---cadres implementing the polices of deliberate subjugation and systematic economic marginalisation of the Sidama nation.
Unemployment is rife as are social injustices coupled with total lack of representations at all levels. In Ethiopia it is the only Sidama nation that doesn't have 5 person out of 812 so called hand picked Sidama representatives none of whom utter a word about the plights of their own nation at all level despite the glaring facts in front of them. Therefore, the Sidama nation even in Ethiopian contexts becoame a place where brutality rules over humanity with total approval of the regime and its entire cadres.
Most of the Sidama human rights defenders are either imprisoned where most of them are kept indefinitely, others are made to flee the country or others are often silenced by the regime's regional, federal and Zone cadres all of whom use implicit or explicit means whilst terrorising Sidama civilians.
Therefore, there can't and never be any justifications under whatsoever criterion to deny the Sidama nation regional self determination that is being granted to the others several very fewer nations of Ethiopian!!
Let's the Sidama nation freely exercise its regional self determination unconditionally and those who have ordered, massacred and continually terrorising the Sidama nation must be brought to independent justice where the rule of law presides over brutality.
Let's all of us say only truth that is based on the constitution of the land!!
Sidama National Regional State On line Coordinator!
Peace and Justice for all those who dearly deserve it!!
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