የሪዮ የማራቶን ሯጩ ፈይሳ ኣሻንጉሊቱን ጠ/ሚ ሃይለማርያም መሰረተ ቢስ ሃሰተኛና ስም አጥፊ ሲል ተቸ

የሪዮ የማራቶን ሯጩ ፈይሳ ኣሻንጉሊቱን ጠ/ሚ ሃይለማርያም መሰረተ ቢስ ሃሰተኛና ስም አጥፊ ሲል ተቸ

Feyisa called Hailemariam’s claims “baseless, completely false, and insulting.”

የኢትዮጵያ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ኃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ ኦሎምፒክ የማራቶን ሯጩ ፈይሳ ሊለሳ ሪዮ ኦሎምፒክ ላይ እጁን ኣጠላልፎ ያሰማውን ሕዝባዊ ተቃውሞ በኢትዮጵያ የሚደረገውን የኣገዛዙን ግፍ መግለጡ ተከትሎ የወያኔው ኣሻንጉሊት ጠሚ ሃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ በተገንጣይ ቡድኖች ኣስገዳጅነት ነው ይህን ያደረገው እንጂ የኢትዮጵያን መንግስት ተቃውሞ ኣይደለም ማለቱን ኣትሌት ፈይሳ ሌሊሳ ሃሰተኛ አሸታምና ስም ኣጥፊ ሲል ተችቶታል። ዝርዝሩ ይህ ነው። Minilik Salsawi

Ethiopian Olympian: Prime Minister’s Claims I Was Coerced into Protest Are ‘False and Insulting’

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn told Foreign Policyon Tuesday that when Olympic marathoner Feyisa Lilesa raised his arms in an “X” at the Summer Games in Rio, he wasn’t protesting mistreatment of Ethiopia’s Oromo population at the hands of government forces, but had instead been coerced into the protest by an armed secessionist group.

But in an email to Foreign Policy on Friday, Feyisa called Hailemariam’s claims “baseless, completely false, and insulting.” He totally dismissed the idea that any outsiders — including naturalized American citizens loyal to the anti-government Oromo Liberation Front — convinced him to protest as he crossed the finish line in second place.

“OLF did not tell me to speak out or be a voice for my people,” Feyisa wrote. “My conscience made me do that. I spoke out because I wanted to expose the gross violation of human rights in Ethiopia.”

Feyisa went on to say that his friend, Kebede Feyisa, “was shot and burned to death along with other prisoners in the Qilinto prison” in central Ethiopia this month. According to him, that friend was arrested during a peaceful protest and later killed by security forces. It’s stories like his, Feyisa said, that inspired him to protest his government and then flee to the United States under the pretext that he would potentially risk his life by returning home.

Hailemariam told FP on Tuesday that he does not blame Feyisa for the protest because he strongly believes it was “orchestrated by someone else from outside,” and pointed multiple times to the OLF and its sympathizers in the United States. He said that Feyisa will be safe and greeted like a hero if he chooses to return home.

But Toleeraa Adabaa, a spokesman for the OLF based in Eritrea, told FP in an email that Hailemariam lied about the secessionist group’s involvement in Feyisa’s protest because he preferred “to point his finger to OLF rather than solving the problems which are causes for the protest all over Ethiopia.”

And Feyisa said in his email that it was “the Oromo people and friends of the Oromo, not the OLF, who facilitated my trip to the United States.”

“Hailemariam’s government has jailed and killed far too many people under the pretext of supporting the OLF,” he said. “The Oromo people can no longer be fooled.”

Although Feyisa has not yet announced any intention to seek asylum in the United States, he appeared alongside Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) at a press conference on Capitol Hill this month, when Smith announced plans to introduce legislation that would ask Ethiopia to allow an independent rapporteur to enter the country and examine the human rights situation there. In his Tuesday conversation with FP, Hailemariam said he would under no circumstances allow the rapporteur into the country, “not because there is something to be hidden, but it’s because we have a sovereignty that needs to be kept.”

Human rights groups say that some 400 Oromos have been killed in protests since November, and accuse security forces of using excessive force against civilians in order to silence their demands for equal representation in the country’s government.

In his statement to FP, Feyisa said he has continuously witnessed the mistreatment of his ethnic group, and was for that reason compelled to raise his arms in protest in Rio.

“I was not surprised by his comments because individuals who are always controlled by others tend to assume everyone is that way as well,” he said. “Unlike the prime minister, I make my own decisions and speak for myself.”

Source: http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/23/ethiopian-olympian-prime-ministers-claims-i-was-coerced-into-protest-are-false-and-insulting/

11 Comments on “የሪዮ የማራቶን ሯጩ ፈይሳ ኣሻንጉሊቱን ጠ/ሚ ሃይለማርያም መሰረተ ቢስ ሃሰተኛና ስም አጥፊ ሲል ተቸ”

  1. Bravo young man

    You have single handedly changed how the world now views the abusive regime of Haile Mariam and his evil cabal. That momentous day in Rio, where you risked everything and stood in solidarity with the oppressed, tortured, maimed and killed, will remain etched in the hearts and minds of not only Ethiopians but all peace loving people everywhere.

    Your brave and selfless action has galvanized Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia unlike any other time!! Just look at the historic turn out at the march in DC.

    Keep on fighting brother. Know that your actions are charting the course for a bright, free, and democratic Ethiopia where your beautiful children will grow as free thinking and independent Ethiopians.

    Much respect!!

    God bless and protect you and your family

  2. ሀይለማርያም የወያኔ ውሻው ምን አይተህ ነው እንደዚህ ዓይነት አስተያየት የሰጠሀው ወይስ አሳዳሪዎችህ ጽፈው ስጥተውህ ነው? አይ የኛ ክርስቲያን ጠምባራ እውር ጌቶችህ ጥለውህ ሲሸሹ የት ትገባ ይሆን እኔ የናፈቀኝ እሱ ነው።

  3. To: HMD; It is very sad to hear you speak blaming the international media and web technology in New York. Your speach indicates that you are not familiar with a lot of things. First, web technology and the contents people publish is not governed nor controlled in free societies. Secondly, the Woyane government in Ethiopia does have any control on the technology and what freedom loving people publish. Thirdly, as we have seen so far Woyanes have been trying very hard to block access to Internet for Ethiopians albit paying for internet blocking software. Fourthly, whether your masters Woyane like it or not the people of Ethiopia will and can access the internet. Fifthly, the whole purpose of your speech is to deny the obvious which is trying to defend Woyane’s crimes of state sponsored terrorism, ethnic cleansing, extra judicial killings of innocent citizens, and Instituting ethnic apartheid from Wolkait to Sidamo-Konso and from Gambela to Ogaden.

    Finally, your actions speak of a person that is coerced or fearful. It means you are not free to do and say what is true and honest. This is very sad.

  4. To: Mr. Haile Mariam Dessalegn
    Your statement that Olympian Feysa Lelissa was coerced to raise his hands to indicate that he opposes and condemn the current Woyane government in Ethiopia. Your statement indicates that Feysa and 95 million Ethiopians are lying that Woyanes have not committed extra judicial killings of thousands of Ethiopians in Oromia, Amhara, and Sidamo-Konso. This as you and all Ethiopians know is outright lies. You also said that nothing will happen to Feysa if he was to come back to his country. Again, as we all know this is also a second lie. Let alone people like Feysa that protested in international forum other people that were suspected of opposing the existing ethnic cleansing, extra judicial killings, genocide, apartheid, treasons, and state sponsored terrorism bring perpetrated by Woyanes. I believe you claimed to be a man of God but your actions are contrary to the Bible. I hope you will repent and change your ways by distancing your self the evil Woyane.

  5. እኔ እዚህ ሰውዬ ላይ ማተኮር ራሱ ሀይለማሪያም እኛ ላይ ካተኮረብን አይብስም። ሰውየውን በዳበሳ አደለም መለስ የመረጠው። TPLFን ይፈራዋል ያመልከዋል ሀ/ማ። ታማኝ የቤት ውስጥ ቡችላ ነው ወይም በተሻለ አገላለፅ ለማዳ አውራሪስ ነው።ለወያኔ። በዛ ላይ ሆዱን ይወዳል። ወያኔ የሚወድቅ አይመስለውም። በኣጋጣሚ የመፀዳጃ ቤቱን ሀይልሽ በርግዶ ሲገባ መለስ ዜናዊ እየተፀዳዳ መሆኑን ያየ ለት እንኳን በዲያቢሎስ አመካኝቶ ነው ያለፈው። ይሄ ሙት የሆነ ጎተራን ከቁም ነገር መቁጠር ብክነት ነው። ይሞሉታል ያፈሳል። በቃ። ጀግናው ፈይሳ ሌሊሳ ብዙ ሊነግረን የሚችለው ጉዳዮች ይኖራሉ። ለምሳሌ በተሻለ ሁኔታ ሊያስተባብረን ይችላል። ብዙ እንጠብቃለን ውድ ልጃችን።

  6. ከዘንድሮው ማትሪክ ፈተና ለማስታወሻ የተወሰደ ነው።

    መሪ ሆኖ በአለም ላይ ተፀፎ ከሚሰጠው ውጭ መናገር የማይችል እና ድህረ ገፅ ማንበብ የማይፈቀድለት ማነው? መልእክት በትክክል ተናገር የተባለውን ብቻ የሚናገር፣ በኢትዬጰያ ቤት ውስጥ በካሜራ የሚጠበቅ ማነው? የፈለገውን ምግብ የሚበላ ማነው?

  7. I wonder why people are expecting any solution from hailemariam he himself is enslaved by the system he is not anything better than a trash look how many times he lied to the people of Ethiopia he is a graceless instrument simply to serve the narrow nationalist fascists who are ruthless and cawrd who killed people demanding there right. Thanks to the technology we have a lot of evidences that they cannot hide any more .let me just remind you only one thing when people were protesting in oromia and amarah this fake pm claiming that “we created people who demand their right “but when the people stage peaceful prtest against the regime he orders the ruthless agazi killers. look how his statments are ridiculous and trying to ridecule the quest that our people have for freedom .He is a blind not only physically but also mentally.

  8. ጠቅላይ ሚኒስቴር ተብዬው ኢሐደግ ለራሱ እንዲመቸው ጠፍጥፎ የሰራው ጭቃ እንጂ ሰው ነው ብሎ ስለ እርሱ ማውራት አስፈላጊ አይደለም። እርሱን ብሎ ክርስቲያን ድንጋይ እራስ ፈሪ የስው ውሻ ስራው በል ያሉትን ማለት አሳፋሪ በሕይወት ዘመኑ ይሄን ሰራ የማይባልለት ከንቱ የሆነ ነገር ነው

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