Leave alone Police Force, even darkness failed to stop angry Ethiopians expressing their anger at the Saudi Arabia's killing, rape and murder of Ethiopian migrants in various cities of the Kingdom. Shame! Courteousy of Alebachew Dessalegn
ETHIOPIANS
COME IN UNISON AGAINST MURDERERS AND RAPISTS OF SAUDI ARABIA
London 18 November 2013, by Wondimu Mekonnen
Ethiopians are protesting in thousands against the ongoing murder of
our men and gang rape of our women, incarceration of our brothers and sisters
in subhuman and degrading conditions by Saudi authorities throughout the main
cities of the world. London is not an exception, except that the turnout has
not been witnessed anywhere in the world! Hundreds of metropolitan police in
yellow reflective force failed to contain thousands of protesters, therefore a
special force in black, armed to the teeth in riot gears, took over to manage
the crowed and protect the Embassy of Saudi Arabia from angry and outraged Ethiopians.
Today’s demonstration is unprecedented.
According to a friend who had a good view from a higher platform, four to five
thousand strong men and women turned up at the Saudi Arabian Embassy. Ethiopians
put aside their petty differences for the first time in years and came out as
one to voice for the 23,000 or so voiceless Ethiopians stranded in the Kingdom
of Saudis Arabia. Political differences did not matter. There were Ginbot 7,
Andinet, Southerners, EPRP, AEUP, civic organisations and so on. Religious
differences did not a priest and a sheik stood side by side. There were
Orthodox Christians, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, Jewish and others. Ethnic
difference was not an issue. There were Amaras, Oromos, Gurages, Tigres,
Hadiyas, Kambatas, Adares, and all representatives the 80 groups ethnic groups
were glued together as Ethiopians. Ethiopians are obviously outraged by what
had happened in Saudi Arabia to their brothers and sisters. There is a common
cause to stand together. The SOS call from Saudi Arabia was too loud to ignore!
London Ethiopians made their point! They demanded to stop the murder and rape
of Ethiopians.
Ethiopians demanded that the Saudi Government instruct its
Police force to stop brutality against Ethiopian migrants. The Saudi Police
were not only breaking into houses of all Ethiopians, whether they had
residence permit or not, but summarily rounding up, beating up and killing in
cold blood. In one gruesome video, there is an incident where an Ethiopian man
was beaten up, forced to carry tyres and set alight to burn alive. Who would
expect such savagery in 21 century? This brutality has been witnessed by
somebody who was video-taping the whole incident and shared. Once the men are
rounded up, the women are left for the Arab Youth gang galled “Sabab” to take
the women and gang rape them, at the watchful eyes of the police. This is a
disgrace! This is national humiliation for Ethiopians. This is something
Ethiopians could not step aside and ignore. That was what brought them united. Watch
the following video:
An Orthodox Priest, Kesis Berhanu Bisrat encouraged Ethiopians to
stand together and voice for the
voiceless. He led prayers for the victims. A
Muslim brother electrified the crowed with a very uplifting speech touching on
everyone’s heart, stressing on our past glory, the kindness of Ethiopians, who
took in persecuted Muslim immigrants from the First Hijira, brutalised Greeks and Armenians. He questioned the Saudi
Arabians, if that was the reward we deserved, for the charity Ethiopians showed to the Muslims, to preserve the faith that the Saudi Kings claim today to be protector of
Islam. The Muslims of Ethiopia are outraged by what had happened to our
brothers and sisters in Saudi Arabia. He stressed on the unity of our people,
whatever happens, as at any time in our history and concluded, with “Allahu
Akbar!” The crowed repeated after him.
The Police escorted
representatives of the demonstrators inside the compound to hand over a protest
letter to the Saudi Arabian Embassy. They were reluctant at first to receive
the letter as civilized members of the world. However, one way or another the
letter was delivered.
There were BBC reporters, ESAT
and other on the spot. BBC captured the following.
In the meantime, the actions of the Woyyane regime are
shameful. As if the regime’s crackdown on Samayawi Party protesters at the
Saudi Embassy in Addis Ababa last week was not shame enough, the regime is
attempting to cash on the misfortune of our brothers and sisters in Saudi
Arabia. It has shut down its Embassy in Riyadh for the last four days providing
no services at all, so that it would gain an opportunity to milk the
international community for hard currency with an excuse to repatriate the Ethiopians.
The Saudi’s are ready to transport Ethiopians, but reports reaching us reveal
that the Woyyane is deliberately avoiding processing travel documents, with the
lame excuse of difficulty to prove victims’ Ethiopian identity. God! Can’t the
regime tell Ethiopians from the rest of the other nations? Had there been any
trace of Ethiopian DNA left in the blood stream of Woyyane traitors, the brutal
action of Saudi Arabia would have enraged them, and forced them to scramble on
bringing home their citizens safe. It hurts to hear that Woyyane blurting
“Saudi Arabians have the right to deal with the illegal immigrants!” We all
know they came to power with Saudi dollars, but defending the Saudi action is
unforgiveable crime in our history. Excuse me! What kind of government on earth
would justify the gang rape of its citizen women by Arab gangsters, murdering
of men and incarceration of thousands in such degrading conditions as the right
the Saudi Arabians? Instead, maliciously, it organised its few supporters in
London and sent them to 10 Downing Street yesterday, Saturday 17th
November 2013, to demand that the British government help the Woyyane regime
with cash so that it would bring home its citizens from Saudi Arabia. Look at
this!
