Ethiopian Asylum Seekers in Norway protest in Oslo against the Ethiopian Dictatorial Regime and the Norwegian Asylum policy.

By Gedion Dessalgne

Ethiopian Asylum Seekers in Norway demonstrate in Oslo against the Ethiopian dictatorial regime 18. October 2012. Around 400 people gathered first in Oslo central station and we went to the Norwegian parliament by showing our problem with deferent slogans.

Gedion program leder

We Ethiopian asylum seekers in Norway who have been lived for a long until 17 years without resident permit, but have been working for many years and paid taxes, politicaly  active  by joining opposition parties, protesting against the Ethiopian dictatorial regime through all this years.

Us we all know Norway have signed a deportation agreement with the Ethiopian regime to deport rejected Ethiopian asylum seekers in Norway who have been lived for so many years, among us people who have been living for 17 years, people who have established family, have children, people who are suffering mental illnesses and so on.

We Ethiopians have fled from our country because of the TPLF regime that has been in power for more than 22 years. We have suffered a lot, and experienced torture, prison, and discriminate in our own country.

Since Norway has signed the deportation agreement in January 26, 2012 with Ethiopian dictatorial regime, we are suffering a lot.

Now the dictator Meles has gone for good, but TPLF is still leading our country. The new PM Hailemariam Dessalgn told on his first speech that, there will not be any policy change and he confirmed that opposition political parties, jourlalists, and activists who are in prison are terrorists.

Tousends of people are still in prison without any hope of change.

To see the deportation agreement between Norway and the Ethiopian dictatorial regime.

http://www.nei-tre.org/documents/avtalen-mellom-norge-og-regimet-i-etiopia.pdf

Gedion Dessalgne from Norway