የኣለምኣቀፉ ማህበረሰብ የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት የሲዳማን ህዝብ ህገ መንግስታዊ መብቶች እንድያከብር እና ለክልላዊ መንግስት ጥያቄ ምላሽ እንድሰጥ ግፊት እንዲያደርግ ከኣንድ ኣመት በፊት የቀረበ ጥሪ ኣጥጋብ ምላሽ ኣላገኘም

የሲዳማ ዳይስፖራ ማህበረሰብ ተወካይ የሆኑት ካላ ቤታና ሆጤሳ ለኣለም ኣቀፉ ማህበረሰብ በተለይም ለተባበሩት መንግስታት ዋና ጸሃፊ ካላ ባንኪሙ፤ ለኣውሮፓ ህብረት ኮሚሽን ፕሬዚዳንት ካላ ጆሴ ኣማኑኤል ባሮሶ፤ ለኣፍሪካ ህብረት ዋና ጸሃፊ ዲኮ ኢንኮሳዛና ዲላሚን ዙማ እና ለኣሜሪካን ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ዲኮ ሂላሪ ሮዲሃም ክልንተን ደብዳቤ ጽፈዋል። በጻፉትም ደብዳቤ ላይ በሲዳማ ህዝብ ላይ በገዥው መንግስት በመፈጸም ላይ ያሉ የሰብኣዊ መብት ጥስት እንዲቆም፤ የሲዳማ እስረኞች እንድፈቱ እና የሲዳማ ህዝብ ህገ መንግስታዊ ጥያዊ የሆነው የክልል ጥያቄ በኣግባቡ እንዲመለስ ጥሪ ኣቅርበው ነበር። ብዙዎቹ ሲዳማውያን እንደሚያምኑት ከሆነ ጥሪውን ተከትሎ የተገኘው ውጤት የተጠበቀውን ያህል ኣይደለም። ጥሪውን ተከትለው የሲዳማ እስረኞች መካከል ኣንዳንዶቹ ያለ ምንም ምክንያት ከታሰሩበት የተፈቱ ቢሆንም የክልል ጥያቄውን የመሳሰሉ ትላልቅ ህዝባዊ ጥያቄዎች  እስከ ኣሁን ድረሰ ምላሻ ተነፍጎበት ይገኛል። ይባስ ብሎም ሰሞኑን የሃዋሳን ከተማ በፌደራል መንግስት እንዲተዳደር ሁኔታን የሚያመቻች የከተሞች መሬት ኣስተዳደር ኣዋጅ ጸድቋል። 

የዛሬ ኣመት የተጻፈውን የድጋፍ ጥር ደብዳቤ ከታች ያንቡ፦  

Appeal to:- 

Mr. Ban Ki -Moon, 

United Nation’s Secretary General, 

United Nations, 760 United Nations Plaza 

Manhattan, NY 10017, USA 

Mr. José Manuel Barroso 

President of the European Commission 

1049 Brussels, Belgium 

Mrs. Inkosazana Dlamini Zuma, 

African Union’s Secretary General 

P.O. Box 3243 

Roosvelt Street 

(Old Airport Area) 

W21K19 

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton 

The US Department of State 

2201 C Street Northwest 

Washington, DC, USA 

20 November 2012

Subject: - Human Rights Violations in Sidama, Southern Ethiopia 

The Sidama people live in Southern Ethiopia. According to the Ethiopian Government’s 

official statistics, the current population of Sidama is 3.4 million (independent estimates 

suggest that the current total population is above 5 million). The Sidama nation had a long 

history, vibrant culture and democratic systems of governance based on traditional 

Kingships and various democratically elected traditional councils of elders. This traditional 

system of governance was disrupted following the forced annexation to the Ethiopian 

Empire in 1891. Since then the successive oppressive regimes have subjected the Sidama 

people to untold economic exploitation, political marginalization, underdevelopment, 

poverty and basic human rights violations. 

The current regime which took power in 1991, after toppling the military-cum-socialist 

dictatorship of the late 1970s and 1980s, promised to uphold the rights of over 80 nations 

and nationalities in the country by instituting ethnic based federal system where each nation 

and nationality is granted constitutional rights to administer their own affairs. 

The 1995 Ethiopian constitution ratified under the current regime appears to be the most 

liberal, and for the first time guaranteed on paper basic human and democratic rights 

including the most radical proposition in article 39 of the rights of nations and nationalities ተጨማሪ ለማንበብ ከታች ያለውን ሊንክ ይጫኑ

Human Rights Violations in Sidama, Southern Ethiopia