Swedish Journalist caught in Ogaden by ethiopian govt.

[qoraxeey]

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article13286820.ab

[qoraxeey]

Its been on the news and radio now


these two swedish men who are journalist .. where caught by ethiopian soldier ... beaten down .. and the only reason they are alive is that their ambassador saved them

now the swedish goverment want them realesaed -.... but they wont be out of jail yet


brutall xabashoo dont want the world the know what cruelties they are doing to the poor people in Ogaden .. thats why they stop these two men who are journalists


Viva The Free Press

[qoraxeey]

the men are probably tortyred in the prison news says also

[abdisamad3]

no body cares about dead Somalis not even Somalis care about them selfs,,the swedish journalist made a big mistake by going to that conflict zone,

[Advo]

Actually these guys got wounded, the ONLF handed them to people that would take them to Puntland but upon arrival Puntland handed them straight to Habashida.

FUK Federalism

[qoraxeey]

abdisamd ... iskaa amuus .. mister dameer


Advo walaal .. its so bloody saad

these men are true heores covering the story of the genocide in ogaden ..... then went with onlf to ogaden from the somali broder

also i didnt know jiijiiga was control by ehtio goverment .. akhaass

so mad at this

[qoraxeey]

Here are the two men , swedish journalist caught by terrorist blood sucking meles zenawi gov

[qoraxeey]

ok people


lets discuss


i think this has to come to an end

[grandpakhalif]

who the hell cares about so, gals being kidnapped by melez

[qoraxeey]

who the hell cares about so, gals being kidnapped by melez

I care

15 ONLF men was killed .. and six wounded ... and the two swedish men were also wounded .. and caught to prison


gaal or muslim ....

this genocide sponsored by US & whatever evil forces must stop in Ogaden and all over the world people lives are at sake

[qoraxeey]

FREE OGADEN

FREE THE TWO MEN


LONG LIVE THE FREE PRESS

[qoraxeey]

..ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian troops killed 15 rebels in the country's restive east and arrested two Swedish journalists who were with them, an Ethiopian official said Monday.

Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye were lightly wounded in last week's clash between troops and rebels from the Ogaden National Liberation Front, which the Ethiopian government considers a terrorist organization.

The journalists were given medical treatment and are in police custody in the city of Jijiga, government spokesman Shimeles Kamal said.

Shimeles said Schibbye was wounded in the shoulder and Persson has a bullet wound in his hand.

"The injuries are all very minor," he said.

He said one of the journalists had previously been deported from Ethiopia for engaging with the same group. However, a Swedish colleague of the journalists denied that.

Journalists are prohibited from traveling freely in Somali region, known as the Ogaden, which borders Somalia.

Swedish journalist Anna Roxvall said that the two freelancers had entered Ethiopia last Monday from Somalia to report about allegations of human rights violations in the region including torture and rape.

Activists have repeatedly accused the Ethiopian government of human rights violations in the Ogaden, and of blocking aid groups from having free access to the region. The Ethiopian government has denied the reports of widespread abuses and says rebels have committed abuses and killed civilians.

In its 2010 report on human rights in Ethiopia, the U.S. State Department said there were "credible reports of involvement of security forces in the killings and other abuses of civilians" in the Somali region of Ethiopia.

The Ogaden has been mired in a low-level insurgency since the early 1990s, when the ONLF intensified its attacks in a fight for greater autonomy.

Ethiopia, an American ally, is one of the world's largest recipients of development aid, receiving more than $3 billion in 2008, according to Human Rights Watch.

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Associated Press writer Malin Rising contributed to this report from Stockholm.
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[qoraxeey]

May God help our people

[qoraxeey]

free them

[globetrotter2]

Three things;
1. The Ethiopians were tipped off by Puntland (it seems that anything that can bring you a few dollars is fine for Puntland)
2. Why are they called ONLF? I think if they kept the old name WSLF they could get alot of support from somalis. As the name stands it is nothing more than a tribal movement whose goal is to ethnically cleanse other somalis from the region. It should be an inclusive movement
3. The Swedes will be freed; this is a coup for ONLF and a PR bad press for Ethiopia.