The Sidama people are surrounded and forced not to move about by the Special Forces which are currently granted shoot to kill authority by the government. The Woredas such as Aleta Wondo, Yirgalem, Bensa, Harbegona, Chuko, Arroresa, etc are facing harsh treatments by the Special Forces.
The Second Round Massacre of Sidama People by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia 26 June 2012 1. YET ANOTHER Massacre of Sidama people of Ethiopia BY MELES ZENAWI AND HAILEMARIAM DESALEGN has begun. The second round of the massacre of innocent people of Sidama in Ethiopia started a week ago. However, the first massacre of about 100 innocent people of Sidama took place at a village called Loqqe in Hawassa at about midday on Friday 24 th May 2002. The killing of Sidama people went on throughout the day and the bodies were dumped at Hawassa Health Centre compound and the Police station. Other bodies were collected from the maize plot in Hawassa. The main architects of the massacre were Bereket Simon and Hailemariam Desalegn with direct instruction and approval by Meles Zenawi. The following personalities took the pleasure of finalising and authorising the massacre of Sidama people on that day, 10 years ago: Bereket Simo