The USPFJ Strongly Condemns the Sabotage of the Sidama New Year ‘Fichchee’ by Ethiopian Government!
Press Statement By United Sidama Parties for Freedom and Justice (USPFJ) August 15, 2013 The current ‘Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) led Ethiopian regime continually denies the basic rights of Sidama nation to exercising their constitutional privileges enshrined in the supreme law of the country since it’s assumed power in June 1991. The regime uses a few dozens of handpicked Sidama cadres who are meticulously selected by the regime for their ability of implementing anti-Sidama policies of the regime in Sidama land whilst the regime expropriates its resources. The Sidama cadres are also selected for their capacity in obliviously torturing, arresting, killing and totally silencing the Sidama nation whenever the regime orders them to do so. Therefore, the Sidama people and its region remain the most marginalized in the country characterized by high unemployment, abject poverty and severe deprivation despite its lucrative economic contribution to the federal gov