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Declaration The Peoples’ Alliance for freedom and Democracy (OLF, ONLF, SLF and some candidates of AFD)

Declaration The Peoples’ Alliance for freedom and Democracy (OLF, ONLF, SLF and some candidates of AFD)

The aforementioned peoples’ alliances of Ogaden Somalis, Oromo, Sidama and the new candidates of AFD: After deliberating on the current situation in Ethiopia and carefully observing the level of struggle against the current regime and the apparent confusion created by the sudden disappearance of Meles Zenawi, the “strong man” ruling Ethiopia for the past twenty one years; Being apprehensive of […]

 
 

The illegal detention and dehumanization of Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson

The illegal detention and dehumanization of Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson

press Release – July 1, 2012 One year ago, the Ethiopian army shot and then illegally detained Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson, two Swedish journalists who went to Ogaden in order to investigate and report on the role of Lundin Oil in the gross human rights abuses committed by the Ethiopian Army against civilian agro-pastoral population. The Ogaden National Liberation Army considers the two journalists […]

 
 

ONLF Military Communique

ONLF Military Communique

June 1, 2012 The Ogaden national Liberation Army mounted several targeted operations against  Ethiopian Troops who were conducting punitive campaigns against the civilian population in Ogaden. On the May 31, 2012, in Birqot garrison, the Liberation Army waylaid two Ethiopia Army convoys and killed more than fifty soldiers on missions to commit atrocities against the civilian people the area. On the same day, the liberation […]

 
 

ONLF Press Release: Ethiopian Military Army Afresh Summary Execution in Ogaden.

ONLF Press Release:   Ethiopian Military Army Afresh Summary Execution in Ogaden.

31/05/2012 Ethiopian Military Army mass murdered at least 18 civilians including woman and elderly men in Dhaba-Jiriso near Gari-go’an village in Ogaden, arrested another 15 and confiscated livestock. On the Sunday Morning of 27/05/2012 Ethiopian Military Army carried out a previously planned operation against pastoralist community in Dhaba-Jiriso in the vicinity of Gari-go’an Village and they savagely killed at least […]

 
 

ONLF Statement on UN Security staff officer illegally imprisoned by Ethiopia

ONLF Statement on UN Security staff officer illegally imprisoned by Ethiopia

April 11, 2012 On April 9, 2012, the Ethiopian security forces brought UN security officer Abdirahman Sheikh Hassan in front a kangaroo court in Addis Ababa alleging that he has links with Ogaden National Liberation Front. Mr Hassan has never been a member or even a sympathizer of ONLF. Ethiopia’s behaviour of framing up innocent civilians in having relations with […]

 
 

African Rights Monitor – immediat press release

African Rights Monitor – immediat press release

21 Ferbaury 2012 African Rights Monitor-ARM condemns the mass killing in Gunagado and demands donors to pressure Ethiopia to open the Ogaden. Following the rebel’s attack on a Chinese oil site in the Ogaden, the Ethiopian Prime Minister who is also the commander of the armed forces declared on June 9, 2007 “We have launched a political and military operation […]

 
 

Press Release – Ethnic Cleansing intensifies In Gunagado District Of Ogaden

Press Release – Ethnic Cleansing intensifies In Gunagado District Of Ogaden

February 20, 2012 The Ethiopian Army, supported by the Liyu Police, a Janjaweed-like Militia in Ogaden under the direct control Meles Zenawi, is continuing its scorched earth campaign against the Ogaden Somalis. On February 19th, in Gunagado district, the Ethiopian Army and their merciless collaborators attacked farmers in the vilages of Abshir and Madheedh, killing more than 10 farmers, including […]

 
 

Communiqué from The Ogaden National Liberation Front Executive Committee Ordinary Session

Communiqué from The Ogaden National Liberation Front Executive Committee Ordinary Session

22 January 2012 Buckinghamshire, UK The Ogaden National Liberation Front executive Committee held its first Ordinary Session of 2012 between 19 t0 22 January 2012 in a town in Buckinghamshire, UK.  The executive committee evaluated the current situation regarding the Ogaden national liberation Struggle for the emancipation and liberation of the Somali people under Ethiopian rule, the overall situation of […]

 
 

Ogaden National Liberation Army disrupts Ethiopian troops harassing villagers

Ogaden National Liberation Army disrupts Ethiopian troops harassing villagers

ONLF Military Communique January 18 2012 The Ethiopia Army started conducting its seasonal harassment and subjugation campaign against the civilian people in Ogaden.  Troops from  Wardheer, Qabri-dehar and Dhegahbur regions started manoeuvring and harassing civilians in towns and villages around those areas.   Ethiopian troops from the garrisons of Wardheer, Qorile and Danod converged near the twon of Caado and […]

 
 

ONLF Appeals to All Journalists in the World to Stand up for Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson

ONLF Appeals to All Journalists in the World to Stand up for Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson

December 27, 2011 The unjust prison sentence of Swedish Journalists, Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson is an evidence of the nature of Addis Ababa regime as a terror regime, which do not respect Human Rights, and freedom of press. By sentencing these innocent two journalists the Ethiopian regime headed by Meles Zenawi has blatantly violated article 19 of the Universal […]