OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – About 75 Ethiopian protestors attended a demonstration outside the Oklahoma City office of U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe, saying he is blocking consideration of a bill (H.R. 2003) that addresses human rights in Ethiopia.
But a spokesman for Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, says the senator has not placed a hold on the bill, which has not yet reached the Senate floor.
The spokesman, John Collison, says he planned to meet with the protest leaders on Tuesday afternoon.
During the peaceful protest, held across the street from 1 of Oklahoma City’s major shopping malls, many demonstrators held U.S. flags, while others held the green, red, and yellow flag of Ethiopia.
The bill, which passed in the U.S. House, decries Ethiopia’s recent human rights record and opens the door for sanctions.
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Would You please post some audios and videos of the protestors?
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November 13th, 2007 at 7:34 PM
Good job fellow Ethiopians!
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November 13th, 2007 at 7:43 PM
We shall not rest till HR2003 becomes the law of the land.American tax payers money should not finance an ethno-fascist regime in Ethiopia which lost the election in 2005 and is in power using its killing force, the army and the federal police.Melese Zenawi and Musharaf are two fascist dictators who used Mr. Bush to finance their brutal regimes in their respective countrys.America’s interest can only be effectively protected by standing with the people of Ethiopia not with a mentally sick child killer (genociders) like Zenawi.
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November 13th, 2007 at 8:39 PM
A job welldone
Thaks fellow country men from OK and surrounding states
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November 13th, 2007 at 10:02 PM
I have listened what Sen.Inhofe said he was totally against the bill(HR2003) so the spokesman was not telling the truth.
At any rate thanks to the devoted Ethiopians there in Oklahoma.
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November 15th, 2007 at 3:15 AM