Some OLF Suspects Released, But Replaced by New Comers – Bulcha
Jimma Times, Ethiopia - November 22, 2007

Qallitti Concentration Camp, where thousands of Oromo prisoners of conscience languish.

The Chairman of the OFDM opposition party told Jimma Times that many Oromo Ethiopians suspected of being OLF members were released recently. However, “just as many” new OLF suspects have been detained.

Bulcha Demeksa, leader of the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement, has been outspoken in parliament condemning the widespread imprisonment of Oromos by government forces. In response, Bulcha says a number of them were released but “many have been imprisoned during the same period.”

He said the OLF suspects suffer without a trial and despite the widespread detainment "no one has been convicted of being an OLF member or supporter.” Bulcha has been disclosing similar problems, particularly in August, and other activists complained the imprisonment of Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) workers in its Nekemte town branch in Oromia ...