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Ethiopian National Transitional Council
P.O.Box 9929
Alexandria, VA 22304
Tel: 1-206-203-3375
Tel: +44-7958-487-420
Email: contact@etntc.org
Website: www.etntc.org
November 12, 2013
The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) leadership and all its members are outraged
by the current unspeakable crimes that are being committed on our Ethiopian brothers and
sisters in Saudi Arabia. Our citizens are being brutally murdered, beaten and thrown to jail. In
addition to this, we are particularly saddened by the outrageous and barbaric acts of organized
youth gangs who single out Ethiopians, beat and force out men from their homes and rape
vulnerable Ethiopian women. ENTC strongly condemns these brutal actions by Saudi security
forces and organized youth gangs and extends its heartfelt sorrow for the victims.
It is unfortunate for our people and our country that we have an unpatriotic regime that has
been unsuccessful in providing the Ethiopian Youth with adequate job opportunities. Fertile
land is being taken away from the people and handed over to the very people who are now
committing these crimes on Ethiopians. The Ethiopian youth have therefore been “voting with
their feet†and leaving Ethiopia to the Middle East, Africa and Europe by the masses in search of
better economic future. Prior to the recent deterioration of relationships between the corrupt
TPLF/EPRDF regime and the Saudi Government, thousands of Ethiopian women were recruited
and shipped by TPLF affiliated business to work as maids in the Middle East.
It is one of the shining histories of Ethiopia, being the only country who had given asylum to the
Prophet Mohammed in the dire times. The kind people of Ethiopia turned their faces to the
birth place of the Prophet in their trying times and this is what they got. Islam is peace and the
Holy Koran teaches kindness. These thugs and the Saudi government which is an accomplice to
these heinous acts, surely do not have any humanity let alone to be religious.
ENTC not only strongly condemns the above brutalities but calls on all Ethiopians to assist our
brothers and sisters in the Middle East. We demand that the TPLF/EPRDF regime immediately
start helping those Ethiopians who want to return back to Ethiopia and provide easy access to
any Ethiopian citizen that needs consular assistance. ENTC further demands that the Ethiopian
Foreign Ministry to document abuses perpetrated against Ethiopians by Saudi security forces,
organized youth gangs and abusive domestic worker employers and demand justice from the
Saudis. The Council also urges Ethiopians abroad to contact their government and make them
aware of the fearful situation Ethiopians live in the Middle East. As such, the leadership council of the ENTC has conducted an emergency meeting and agreed
on the following action plans to be executed as soon as possible:
1. Work with other groups in coordinating and participating protests all over the world
2. Following this press release, ENTC will write letters to the United Nations and other
international organizations on the issue
3. ENTC is preparing a notification letter to the Saudi Arabia embassies around the world
cautioning them of the dreadful consequences that these barbaric acts will entail. The
letter will be sent via fax and emails to the embassies by ENTC members and other
Ethiopians.
ENTC Leadership
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