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Horn of
Africa Communities in the UK held a mass demonstration |
Jan 17,
2008 Thousands of the People of Ogaden,
Somalis, Eritrean, Oromo and other troubled
nations of the people of horn of Africa
joined a protest in London’s Downing Street
against the U.K and USA aid to the Ethiopian
Government.
Protesters waved hundreds of the Flags of
Ogaden, Somalia, Oromo and Eritrean. Some of
the 600 placards calling for Unity against
the Ethiopian violent behavior were
STOP THE RAPING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN
OGADEN,
STOP THE BURNING OF VILLAGES IN OGADEN
BROWN: PLEASE INTERVENE IN THE PLIGHT OF THE
OGADEN PEOPLE
WHY ONE RULE FOR DARFUR AND ANOTHER FOR
OGADEN?
U.S.A AND UK MUST STOP SPONSORING THE
ETHIOPIAN REGIME
END THE USA'S PROXY WAR IN SOMALIA
LEAVE SOMALIA FOR SOMALIS
ETHIOPIA: GET OUT OF ERITREA’S TERRITORY
RELEASE OROMO PRISONERS
HORN OF AFRICA UNITED AGAINST THE BARBARIC
REGIME IN ETHIOPIA.
The event aimed to explain the views of the
people of Horn of Africa towards the
atrocities committed by the Ethiopian Prime
Minister and his merciless Soldiers who
massacred thousands of innocent people in
Ogaden and Somalia, the destruction of
hundreds of villages in Ogaden and Gambella,
the imprisonments, torture and killing of
Oromo people and the illegal occupation of
Somalia and the Eritrean sovereign
territory.
Masses of demonstrators travelled from all
over the England cities arrived at the rally
called The Horn of Africa United for Peace
and Stability which started peacefully at
12:00 GMT on Wednesday.
Representatives from the Horn of Africa
United for Peace and Stability handed the
appeal letter to the Prime Minister and
talked to the Foreign Office desk officials.
Among them Mohamed, Maryama and Abdi were
the Ogaden representatives.
Kowsar Bedel one of the Ogaden organisers
said “We demand that the British Government
to intervene urgently in the plight of
Ogaden and stop the unconditioned aid to the
Ethiopian government that allows him to
butcher more and more Ogaden people and the
people of horn of Africa”.
The British Government officials who
acknowledged to the representatives of
Ogaden that the Ogaden needs political
solutions than the food security said “they
are aware of the current situations in
Ogaden and trying to persuade the Ethiopian
government to allow food aid to enter Ogaden”.
The event was very successful and was
organized by the Horn Of Africa Peace and
Stability forum, a youth Organizations
consisting of Ogaden Students Forum, Somali
Youth, Eritrean Youth and Oromo youth in the
UK.
:>> See Demo
Pics here--Ogaden
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