Abdi Benti @_Midos

Joined November 2012

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

Join the campaign! #OLAfightsForMe olafightsforme.com

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

Facebook, we request that you reconsider your injunction re: banning the reporting of OLA’s activities on your public platform. #OLAfightsForMe @facebook @finkd @sherylsandberg

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Oromo people cannot freely discuss #OLA on Facebook. Oromos are a marginalized group, sidelined from politics and economy in #ETH. Why is @facebook further marginalizing the Oromo? #OLAfightsForMe @finkd @sherylsandberg

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

The int'l comm has helplessly witnessed as the Abiy government & its associates have perpetrated what has been described by credible sources as War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity, mainly in Tigray but also in Oromia. #OLA is defending the people. #OLAfightsForMe

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

#OLA is defending against attacks from 🇪🇹 military, Amhara special & irregular forces, & Eritrean military—armies that have committed well-documented mass crimes against civilians in Oromia & Tigray. #OLAfightsForMe @facebook @finkd @sherylsandberg @RepKarenBass

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

The Oromo Liberation Army & the Tigray Defense Forces have been left with no option but to pick up arms to defend the rights of their respective nations. #OLAfightsForMe @facebook @finkd @sherylsandberg @RepKarenBass

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

The regime is jailing all Oromo political leaders & waging devastating wars in #Oromia & #Tigray – to eliminate political opposition in these regions. #OLA didn’t choose to fight; it was forced to take arms. #OLAfightsForMe @facebook @finkd @sherylsandberg @RepKarenBass

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

Nullifying initial promises of instituting a free & fair political system, the Abiy -led ETH regime foreclosed any path for peaceful political opposition in the country. #OLA has no other option than self-defense. #OLAfightsForMe @facebook @finkd @sherylsandberg @RepKarenBass

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

Facebook’s ruling is morally wrong, politically misguided, misses the zeitgeist, thus makes no business sense at all. #OLAfightsForMe @facebook @finkd @sherylsandberg

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

We respectfully protest @facebook's decision, which amounts to nothing short of seeking to muzzle the legitimate struggle of the #Oromo people against the politicide the current Ethiopian government & its allies are perpetrating on them. #OLAfightsForMe @finkd @sherylsandberg

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

We protest the recent unjust decision to ban the usage of the name and signs of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), & the prohibition of reporting the activities of OLA's organization & leaders on @facebook's platforms. #OLAfightsForMe @finkd @sherylsandberg

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

Facebook previously played a substantial role in ETH's politics from 2014-2018 when #Oromo youth across the country rallied against the ongoing land grab, discrimination, & injustices. @facebook must reverse its latest decision against OLA. #OLAfightsForMe @finkd…

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

#OLA believes in an inclusive political movement. Every nation & nationality in Ethiopia must have the unrestricted right to self-determination up to secession. #OLAfightsForMe @facebook @finkd @sherylsandberg @RepKarenBass

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

#OLA is Oromia's defense force in the face of Ethiopian state violence & terrorism. @facebook should reverse its recent decision banning references to the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) and its activities on its platform! #OLAfightsForMe @finkd @sherylsandberg

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

#OLA pursues best practices in its handling of prisoners of war and those suspected of human rights abuses. #OLAfightsForMe @facebook @finkd @sherylsandberg @RepKarenBass

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

#OLA is the only force that is defending the Oromo nation from onslaughts by the combined forces of the Ethiopian army, the Eritrean armed forces, and the Amhara special & irregular forces – forces that have committed atrocity crimes in Tigray & Oromia. #OLAfightsForMe

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

We are bewildered that @facebook has made such an unforced error despite having leaders and officers with the means to study and understand the complicated nature and causes for the conflicts in Ethiopia. #OLAfightsForMe @finkd @sherylsandberg

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

There's a clear line between efforts to stop fake news + potentially serious communal violence, & efforts to muzzle oppressed communities' legitimate aspirations & endeavors for freedom & equitable representation in a political process. #OLAfightsForMe @facebook

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

We are aware of the existence of many individuals and groups that utilize the @facebook platform to incite communal violence in Ethiopia, and #OLA condemns them in the strongest terms possible. #OLAfightsForMe @finkd @sherylsandberg @RepKarenBass

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Abdi Benti @_Midos

4 years ago

We realize that @facebook is seeking to curb the reporting of fake and irresponsible news that could incite violence, and we are fully supportive of such efforts. But #OLA cannot be the one silenced. #OLAfightsForMe @finkd @sherylsandberg @RepKarenBass