Hunde Dhugassa

"Dhugassa Gabissa,Hunde"(born July 10,1984) is a law graduate from Jimma University in July 2007. Hunde is one of the influential figures in the (Oromo) nation,(Horn of Africa). He is the President of (Jimma University) students Union and Ethiopian Higher Learning Institutions Students Union from 2006-2007 [http://oromiatimes.multiply.com/journal/item/785] . He is a Lawyer and activist for human rights, debt cancellation, and fair trade interaction. Currently he is living as a political refugee in Belgium. [http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=eco_article_eng&id_article=34083] He officially Joined the OLF (Oromo Liberation Front) after he left Ethiopia due to the persecution he suffered from the security agent of the (EPRDF) government. [http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/43086] He advocates Unity in diversity, dialogue and tolerance as a short term solution to century long problems of Ethiopian politics. He is also pro self determination in its applicable manner,with the free will of the concerned nation.He is known for the revolution he brought in the Ethiopian University students Union.He wrote a thesis entitled "(The right to secession in Ethiopia, the case of Oromiya)",for his (LL.B) degree. [http://ogqbo.multiply.com/journal/item/228]

He initiated and advocated two different organizations namely JUSU African Initiative Committee and Oromiya Lawyers Association while he was student in Oromiya,Ethiopia. Currently He is the coordinator of the later. He organizes human rights rally in Belgium.He is serving as secretary to the (Union of Oromo Students in Europe), (Belgium) branch. [http://www.cadtm.org/article.php3?id_article=2408]

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