Anonymous: Breaking a promise of Silence
Country of origin: Oromia, Ethiopia.
Storyteller: Anonymous Oromo Man
A man who had it all: career, family, house, tells how he risked everything because he could no longer remain silent about the human rights abuses he witnessed being exacted upon his people, the Oromo of Ethiopia. His subsequent imprisonment and torture forced him to leave and become a refugee in Kenya, where daily life was fraught with fear and uncertainty. Despite all this, he managed to get his three children out of Ethiopia and the four of them cameto Australia. This amazing story shows how one person’s individual perseverance and strength, coupled with the support of the international Oromo community, can achieve things that organisations set up to defend human rights could not.
