We are very saddened by the news of the abduction and shooting in the Ethiopian occupied Ogaden region of the two Swedish journalists who were attempting to report from the Ogaden the human rights violations which the Ethiopian regime is conducting there. The wounded journalist are still kept in prison and not receiving proper medical attention

Given our knowledge of the conduct of the Ethiopian regime, the journalists face torture and maltreatment at the hands of their captors.
The Ogaden community in Sweden held a protest rally in solidarity with the journalist in front of the Swedish parliament on the 6th of the July 6, 2011. We demand that the journalist be granted immediate access to the Swedish diplomatic mission in Ethiopia and that they be treated in accordance with international law and not be subjected to torture as is the standard procedure in Ethiopia.