LETTER TO SOUTH SUDAN GOVERNMENT

LETTER TO SOUTH SUDAN GOVERNMENT

MAY 27/2012
H.E. SALVA KIIR,
PRESIDENT,
GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH SUDAN,
JUBA,
SOUTH SUDAN.
Mr. President,
We extend our respectful greetings.
SOCEPP, a human rights organization working for an  end to the violation of
human rights in Ethiopia, has been alarmed by the recent news that refugees
from Gambella region are threatened by a deportation back to Ethiopia, from
where they fled in the first place. The regime of Meles Zenawi, condemned by
the world at large as a gross violator of rights, had in the passed committed a
massacre against the people in Gambella and is currently repressing the people in
the area who oppose the illegal land grab that is going on. Acres and acres of
fertile land in Gambella have been given to Indian, Arab and Chinese firms and
the people displaced by force. The people of Gambella have more than enough
reason to flee.
Mr. President, as a leader of movement and a people that had to endure
oppression and exile we are sure Your Excellency can sympathize with the fate of the refugees from Gambella. The refugees do not deserve deportation (many
Ethiopian refugees deported by the Beshir regime back to Meles Zenawi have
disappeared like Azanaw Demile or died in detention like Major Atanaw Wassie).
They need protection. Hence, we implore you Mr. President to act against any
attempt or measure that will send the refugees back to Ethiopia and a possible
death.
We thank you in advance
Cc: Dr. Riek Machar
Vice President
GOSS,
Juba,

South Sudan.