FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

#FreeJawarMohammed

Campaign Scheduled for Thursday, Sep 23, 2021

We should not forget that @AbiyAhmedAli arbitrarily detained & jailed Oromo political leaders. Many of whom have been held for over 440+ days. They must be released immediately due to inhumane treatment in prisons. @hrw @un @UN_PGA @amnesty @SecBlinken #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

@AbiyAhmedAli could not have been elected in a free & fair election considering the numerous human rights violations occurring under his administration as well as the opposition he jailed. @hrw @un @amnesty @SecBlinken  #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

Political leaders, journalists, and dissenters of Abiy Ahmed’s inhumane admin. are jailed, tortured, or murdered. OLLAA calls on world leaders to apply pressure on the Ethiopian gov. to release them. @hrw @un @SecBlinken #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

Jawar Mohammed must be released & brought back safely to the US to be reunited with his wife & young son. He’s languishing in Ethiopian prison due to advocating for the fundamental human rights of Oromos. @hrw @un @UN_PGA @SecBlinken #FreeJawarMohammed #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

“Itiyoophiyaa keessatti waan Oromoon ta’e, bineensi illee hin taane.”  “In Ethiopia, the things that have happened to the Oromo people, even the animals have not endured.” – Jawar Mohammed, Political Leader and Advocate @hrw @un #FreeJawarMohammed #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

Recent reports state COVID-19 cases in Ethiopia have dramatically increased. This is worrisome due to the overcrowding of Ethiopian prisons where the disease is likely to spread quickly. @UN @HRW @WHO #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

We stand in solidarity with those who have been arbitrarily detained and jailed; we remember those who have been tortured and murdered, all under Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed’s administration. @hrw @un @UN_PGA @amnesty @SecBlinken #FreeJawarMohammed #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

Young Oromo women and men are arbitrarily detained, extrajudicially killed, kidnapped, or forcefully taken to a battlefield to take part in a war they want no part in. @hrw @un @amnesty @UN_PGA @SecBlinken #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

In Abiy’s #Ethiopia, the court releases a political prisoner, and the police refuse to obey the court order; prisoners are rearrested or disappeared. This is lawlessness & an infringement on the human rights of political prisoners. #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners @un @hrw @secblinken

Countless Oromos have been subjected to torture under Abiy Ahmed’s admin, a violation of Article 4 created in the Convention against Torture & Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment Punishment, which Ethiopia ratified. @hrw @un @UN_PGA @SecBlinken #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

There’s still an ongoing humanitarian crisis in Oromia; the silence of the international community is deafening. Many Oromos are still languishing in makeshift prisons in Ethiopia; they should be released. @un @who @amnesty @UN_PGA @redcross @SecBlinken #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

There are OVER fifty-thousand political prisoners in Oromia, Ethiopia. These prisoners of conscience face trumped-up political charges, torture, & denial of medical treatment under Abiy Ahmed’s regime. #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners @amnesty @who @hrw @un @un_pga

Rape of women and children, homes burnt down, forced evictions, extrajudicial executions, arbitrary arrests, and detentions (sometimes of entire families) are the norm in Abiy Ahmed’s #Ethiopia. #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners #SaveOromos @amnesty @un @hrw @un_pga @secblinken

The Ethiopian government must be transparent and allow for independent investigations into the treatment of political prisoners. #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners @amnesty @hrw @un @un_pga @usembassyaddis

Abiy must end the extrajudicial killings in Oromia, the destruction of entire villages, the rape of women & children, & the mass arrests of Oromos. Oromia is the largest region in Ethiopia, & its stability is necessary for peace in the whole region. #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

Political leaders are held in makeshift prisons on bogus charges. Their only crime? Being the voice for oppressed peoples and nations. If being the voice for the voiceless is a crime, what isn’t then? #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners @amnesty @un @hrw @un_pga

“Injustice anywhere is the threat to justice everywhere,’’ and Ethiopia is included in this. Mass arrests of civilians because of their dissent against a cruel government must end. The inhumane treatment that occurs in these prisons must end. #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners @un @hrw

Ethiopia’s judiciary system is not impartial. It is being used as a weapon of control & suppression of voices of the opposition; particularly those speaking up for justice and fundamental human rights. This must stop. #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners @un @hrw @un_pga @amnesty

The Ethiopian government puts on a spectacle for the international community during their court proceedings. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the political prisoners do not get medical care, conditions are poor, and they face torture and murder. #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners @un @hrw

Ethiopia must have a national dialogue and include all parties at the table to have a conducive conversation to ensure proper steps are taken in the direction for peace and stability. They must start with releasing political leaders. #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners @un @hrw @amnesty