Insecurity in Addis Abeba, towns
ESAT News August 03, 2013
The presence and stationing of a vast number of Federal Police Force in
Addis Abeba and other towns has caused anxiety among the populace,
ESAT’s reporters have said.
It is to be recalled
that the Federal Police Force warned on Thursday that it would take
actions if Ethiopian Muslims hold protests after Friday prayers. The
organizers of the protest, Demtascehn Yesema (Let our voices be heard),
have cancelled their protest overnight subsequent to the Police
statement. Federal Police harassed and detained a few Muslim youth near
Filweha, in Addis Abeba yesterday.
ESAT has learnt
that the government will conduct mass arrest of those it suspects are
behind the protests before the end of the Ramadan fasting season.
The nationwide anti government demonstrations and meetings called by
the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ) in Mekele, Bahir Dar,
Jinka and Araba Minch cities on Sunday August 4, 2013 have also played a
part in increasing the tensions. The cadres of the ruling party have
continued bullying the residents of the towns not to take part in the
protests and harass members of UDJ engaged in promotional works.
Members of the UDJ that have been detained in Mekelle have reportedly
been released although those that in Bahir Dar have been told that they
cannot promote Sunday’s rally unless they show a “permission letter from
the Bahir Dar Communication Bureau
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