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document.write('<a href="obang_collection.htm" class="textlink"><font color="#FF0000">Read a collection of speeches and essays by Obang Metho.</font></a><br><br><a href="070718OpenLetterToUSSenateCommitteeOnForeignRelations.htm" class="textlink">Open Letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations,</a><i> - Anuak Justice Council</i>, July 18, 2007<br><br><a href="070709EthiopiansInTheOgadenNeedOurHelp.htm" class="textlink">Ethiopians in the Ogaden need our help!,</a><i> - Anuak Justice Council</i>, July 9, 2007 <br><br><a href="070220LetterToPrimeMinisterMelesZenawi.htm" class="textlink">Open Letter to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi,</a><i> - Anuak Justice Council</i>, February 20, 2007<br><br><a href="070205CallForUrgentActionToAddressHumanRightsCrisis.htm" class="textlink">Call for Urgent Action to Address Human Rights and Justice Crisis in Ethiopia,</a><i> - Anuak Justice Council</i>, February 5, 2007<br><br><a href="070111PeaceOnTrialInEthiopia.htm" class="textlink">Peace on Trial, address at the Martin Luther King, Jr. 4th Annual Human Rights Symposium,</a><i> - Anuak Justice Council</i>, January 11, 2007<br><br><a href="http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/hrp/clinic/current_projects/africa/ethiopiareport1.html" class="textlink">Soldiers in the Ethiopian military have killed, raped, and otherwise abused hundreds of Anuak civilians in the Gambella region of the country,</a><i> - International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA</i>, December 13, 2006<br><br><a href="http://www.anuakjustice.org/060916PremierBetrayalOfDemocracy.htm" class="textlink">Premier of the film <i>Betrayal of Democracy: Ethiopia</i> at the University of California, Los Angeles,</a><i> - Anuak Justice Council</i>, September 16, 2006<br><br><a href="060929AddressToGroupOf78.htm" class="textlink">Obang Metho addresses the Annual Policy Conference of the Group of 78, Ottawa, Canada,</a><i> - Anuak Justice Council</i>, September 29, 2006<br><br><a href="http://www.anuakjustice.org/060819EPRDFGovernmentDisplacesAnuakInOver12AnuakVillages.htm" class="textlink">EPRDF Government Displaces Anuak in Over 12 Anuak Villages,</a><i> - Anuak Justice Council</i>, August 19, 2006 <br><br><a href="060517TestimonyToEuropeanParliament.htm" class="textlink">Obang Metho testifies to the Parliament of the European Union</a>, <i> Anuak Justice Council</i>, May 17, 2006<br><br><a href="060615AmbushOfBusNearGambellaEthiopia.htm" class="textlink">Local testimonies of bus ambush on June 11 near Gambella, Ethiopia,</a><i> Anuak Justice Council</i>, June 15, 2006 <br><br><a href="doc_house_testimony.htm" class="textlink">Testimony to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations</a>,<i> Anuak Justice Council</i>, March 28, 2006<br><br><a href="prisoners_freed.htm" class="textlink">Sixteen Anuak Leaders Released from Gambella Prison</a>, <i> Anuak Justice Council</i>, December 26, 2005<br><br><a class="textlink" href="wordHTML/AJCFilingForTheICC.htm">For crimes against humanity, a claim has been filed against the Ethiopian government at International Criminal Court at The Hague, Netherlands</a>, <i>Anuak Justice Council</i>, June 13, 2005<br><br><a href="http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2005/03/24/ethiop10363.htm" class="textlink">Ethiopia: Crimes Against Humanity in Gambella Region</a><i> - Human Rights Watch</i>, March 24, 2005</td>')
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