(Finote Selam hoisting the Ethiopian flag. Photo: Social
media)
By Engidu Woldie
Regime forces shot and killed a
college student in Finote Selam, West Gojam on Thursday as they used lethal
force to disperse protesters who took to the streets for the second day to show
solidarity with the Amhara and Oromo people who demand an end to the TPLF
brutal rule.
Finot Selam, sitting on a major connecting route in northern
Ethiopia, has become the latest town to join the increasing and relentless
uprising against a minority tyranny that inflicted economic, political and
social malice on the people of Ethiopia who are now saying enough to 25 years
of persecution.
Residents of Finote Selam on Wednesday took down the
regime’s flag and replaced it with the original Ethiopian flag. They have also
removed posters and signs all over town that were glorifying the corrupt and
despotic regime.
Meanwhile residents of Finote Selam who spoke to ESAT said a
house belonging to an informant of the government was set ablaze by the
protesters who were irate over the killing of the college student by agents of
the TPLF.
Transportation to Bahir Dar and Debre Markos was shut down
for the second day as protesters blocked the highway with stones and tree logs.
Debark and Damot towns in north Gondar have also continued
their protest rally on Thursday blocking the roads to Gondar and other towns.
What began as a protest against the forceful incorporation
of the people of Wolkait, Tegede and Telemt, and their land into the Tigray
region has now grown into a demand for the removal of the brutal regime in
Addis Ababa, where Tigrayans control every aspect of the lives of the people.
Protesters in Amhara and Oromo regions demand for the end of a complete
domination of the country by one ethnic group that represents only 5% of the
population.
At least 700 people in the Oromo region and 200 in the
Amhara have been brutally murdered by TPLF forces.
The regime has refused calls by UN Human Rights Commission
and other rights groups for an independent investigation into the killings of
hundreds of peaceful protesters.
ESAT News
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