Petition updatePetition for formal investigation on Dr Tsegaye Regassa Ararsa for hate crimes on EthiopiaLetter to Kettering University about Professor Ezekiel Gebissa
Ayalew Asfaw ShebeshiAustralia
Jul 14, 2020

Get more signature, so far a FB page he used now  blocked.So we all Ethiopian must understand what is going on in Ethiopia.I  respect Dr. Tsegaye's freedom of speech and other human rights he has. However, he must responsible and accountable the action he is tacking.
The  contribute from his opinions, interviews on Kush Media Network (KMN) and Tigray Media House (TMH)  propagate and advocate not only  million Oromo ethnic  tribes rising and killing other ethnic tribes, but also all  ethnic tribes against the current government of Ethiopia.

We believe or not at this critical times the nation Ethiopia facing three challenges such as COVID-19, the EGRD and economic and social problems and accommodating internal and external issues.

So we must support the current government in a positive and human way of views to overcome these problems together. 

I ask all diaspora Ethiopian, please please be united to safe our country from destruction by stoping scholar individuals, tribal groups & families and other social form of negatively propagating, advocating; bring to justice using By-laws of the countries where they live. 

I asked ALL of you please cut and pest the following letter to send  with the address listed.

****************** Letter to Kettering University *************

To: rblosser@kettering.edu
Cc: sadams@kettering.edu, padkins@kettering.edu, lallen@kettering.edu, larant@kettering.edu, bbaker@kettering.edu, mbass@kettering.edu, lbaxter@kettering.edu
Subject: Professor Gabissa,

Dear President McMahan,

I hope this email finds you well! I know Kettering University for its commitment to excellence and community service. I acknowledge how hard Kettering University worked to set an example of a good neighbor, to become a strong leader in Flint with a big role in transforming Flint into a safer, vibrant and welcoming city.

However, recently a shadow is cast on the good name of Kettering University due to the attitude of one of your faculty members. I am sure these allegations are very diametric to the reputation of the University mission and deserves a high level of attention. The culprit in this scheme slandering the good name of Kettering University is not some social media troll. Rather, it is one of your own faculty by the name Professor Ezekiel Gebissa, in the Department of Liberal Studies, whose diatribe on social media platforms has instigated and propagated violence and humanitarian crises in the "Oromia region" of Ethiopia resulting in ruthless killings of hundreds of Ethnic Amharas and Orthodox Christians, burning of properties, and displacements of thousands. This self-proclaimed Oromo hardliner is known for his association with another radical Oromo ultranationalist, Jawar Mohamed. These activists have called for bloodshed and Ethnic based intra-communal conflicts before on the record.  In fact, the association of Prof. Gebissa with Kettering University made it synonymous with: hate-speech, genocide, and terrorism. To many of us who know the struggles of Kettering to achieve the recognition it has, owning a faculty member with such a record is unacceptable.  

Recently, Dr. Gebissa and Jawar Mohamed incited violence in retribution for the death of an Oromo activist by an unknown assailant. There is a plethora of evidence on social media and other satellite news archives where the professor and Mr. Jawar spewed their hateful diatribes. Some of the news media outlets he was associated with, such as Oromo Media Network (OMN), have been shut down. In addition, some of the people, including Jawar Mohammed who runs OMN media have been arrested. Although the university affords him academic freedom, his actions are above and beyond academic freedom—down-right incisive call for genocide in Ethiopia while residing in the USA, out of the reach of Ethiopian security forces. It is a recent memory that Jawar called upon Oromo youth violence and 86 innocent people were murdered

Dr. Gebissa is a genocide inciter, a criminal suspect, immoral and should not be allowed to teach in a model institution such as Kettering University. There is no place for a demagogue at a place of higher learning. There will be legal action filed against him soon. However, I am calling you, President McMahan, to take the appropriate steps against a man who has caused so much pain and suffering to millions of people in his native Ethiopia.

If he is not terminated from the Kettering University faculty, we will mobilize social media protest against the beloved Kettering University as well as a peaceful protest on campus and in Flint. I pray that you will have the moral fortitude to side on the right side of history.

With Best Regards,

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