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13August2021.

St
atementRegar
dingt
heMur
derofAt
tor
neyAbdul
j
ebarHussei
n

On12August2021,wewokeupt ot het r
agicnewst hatAt t
orneyAbdul j
ebar
Hussein,thel eaderoftheTeam ofDef enseLawy ersrepr
esent i
ngpr ominent
Or omopol it
icalpr i
soner
si ncludingJawarMohammed,Bekel eGer ba,and
numer ous ot her
s,was f ound dead i n his hometown,Adama.Whi l
e we
acknowledge t he conf l
icti
ng r eport s we hav e r eceived about t he
circumstancesofhi sdeath,we,atJi r
rapr esumet hatAbdul j
ebarislikel
ya
victi
m ofpol iti
calassassinati
on.Thi sbel i
efisbased,f i
rst,ont hedoct or’
s
statement,basedont heautopsyr esul t
,thattherewasnopr e-exi
stingmedi cal
conditi
ont hatcausedt hedeat h,and,second,t hatthepolicehav esof arnot
takenanysi gnif
icantacti
ont oi nv estigatethemat terort oappr ehendany
suspects.

We,atJI
RRA, presumet hatAbdul j
ebar’sassassinat
ioncomesasonei nalong
seri
es of t ar
geted assassi nati
on of Or omo pol it
ical l
eaders, ar
ti
sts,
i
ntell
ect
uals,st udent
s,busi ness l eaders,and pr ofessi
onals.
Despitethe
pol
ice’
spremat ureannouncementt hatAbduljebardiedofmedicalcondit
ions,
al
lcir
cumst ant
ialevi
dencesur roundingthedeat hsuggestother
wise.

We,ast heJIRRAf ami l

y,deploreAbdul j
ebar’sdeat h.Abduljebar(aliasknown
asJabbooamongf r
iendsandcol leagues),wasadedi cat edhumanr i
ghts
l
awy er,adef enderoft heaccusedseeki ngj usticeandoft heconv ictseeking
mercy.Hewasaf earlessdef enderofjustsoci alcauses,andf oreverdev oted
tojustice.Abdul j
ebarwasadearsonoft heOr omonat ionmar tyredwhi l
e
servi
nghi speopl eandt hecauseofhi spr of
essi on.Hewasar ar
et reasurefor
theprof essi
on,alreadyal eaderinhisrealm, withaf armor epromi singcareer
asapot enti
alpoli
ticalleaderofhi speople.Tocauset heOr omonat i
ont olose
himint hiswayi stodepr i
vethenat i
onofapot entiall
eaderwhohasdedi cated
hiscareer ,knowledge,exper i
ence,andski l
lst ot heserviceofhi speopl ei n
Oromiaandbey ond.

JI
RRAdenouncestheassassi
nat
ion(thatwepresumei tis)int
hestrongest
possi
bleter
ms.We do so because we beli
evet hat,above and beyond
depri
vi
nghiscl
i
ent
s(i.
e.,t
hepoli
ti
calpri
soner
sher epresent
sasanat tor
ney)

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bour
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ral
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a
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ofhisservi
ce,i
tsignalsthatthesecli
ents’l
iv
esisexposedtosi
milarat
tacks.
Giventhefactthathi sl
i
f eisnippedint hebudbecausehedefendedthese
pri
soners,
wef earthathi
sassassi nat
ionmaybeonlyapr el
udet
owhatmi ght
comet ohappentot hem.

Consequent
ly,
wecal
luponAbi
yAhmed’
sregi
met
o:

1.Conductanur
genti
ndependenti
nvest
igati
onint
otheci
rcumst
ancesofhi
s
deat
handhol dt
heper
petrat
orsaccount
ableforhi
smurder;
and

2.Pr
ov i
dedemonstr
abl
eassurancet
ot heOromopubl
i
cthatt
hel
i
vesoft
he
pol
it
icalpr
isoner
shewasdef
endingaresaf
e.

Wewoul dliketosendourdeepestcondolencestohi
sy oungfamil
y,his
fr
iends,coll
eagues,cl
ient
s,andcompat
ri
otsfarandnear.
Ourthought
sand
prayer
sgooutt ot hem al
laswestandi
nsoli
darit
ywi
ththem att
hisdi
ffi
cul
t
ti
meofgr ief
.

Mayhi
ssoul
resti
npeace!

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