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The Moral Imperative to Prosecute Zenawi and
His Clique |
In Ogaden, a land far removed from
civilization and deliberately cut off from
the global community, well-documented acts
of war crimes perpetrated by the current
Ethiopian autocracy in Addis Ababa have
taken place.
Crimes such as the mass eviction of people
from their dwellings and the deliberate
destruction of whole towns and hamlets with
the use of firebombs have been documented by
credible sources including journalists,
human rights organizations, and aid agencies
the latest of which is the Doctors Without
Borders, MSF.
Thousands of Ogaden civilians have been
reported tortured, raped and some times
killed in gruesome manners such as
strangulation and public beheadings.
Thousands others are either unaccounted for
or are held in makeshift detentions
throughout Ogaden.
The Ethiopian autocracy headed by the
current premier Mr. Meles Zenawi has not
only carried out the reported atrocities but
has also so far prevented aid agencies from
providing badly needed medical supplies and
emergency food aid to the Ogaden survivors
of these reported war crimes.
It is quite clear that atrocities that fit
the definition of both the spirit and the
letter of the law governing war crimes have
taken place in Ogaden. There are also no
shades of gray about the identity of the
perpetrators of these heinous crimes against
the Ogaden citizenry.
Zenawi and his clique have professed
publicly to have carried out these crimes
yet the world community continues to ignore
its moral imperative to prosecute Zenawi and
his clique for the war crimes they have and
continue to commit against the Ogaden
civilians.
We, the Ogaden Editorial Board, believe that
enough is enough and it is about time that
the world community bring to an end the
Ogaden carnage and prosecute Zenawi and his
clique for crimes against humanity. The
Ogaden communities in the Diaspora should
also start exploring legal avenues to start
war crimes proceedings against the Ethiopian
clique headed by Zenawi.
editorial@ogaden.com
Ogaden Online Editorial
Sept 05, 2007 |
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