A lawsuit has been filed against an obscure corporation formed in the State of Delaware targeting the Oromo Diaspora. Genocide Prevention in Ethiopia (GPE) was formed in October, 2020, according to the new civil lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
The lawsuit alleges, among other things,
The company doesn’t appear to have identified its leaders or members but the lawsuit identifies two people, who it says are involved in Genocide Prevention in Ethiopia and its operations. GPE’s website is built with a bare minimum webforms, photo slides and no known point of contact. They put their mission as follows:
The domain name for the website was registered on October 24, 2020, exactly two days before the company was incorporated in Delaware. The registrants’ information is private. The HornPost attempted to get information on the owners of the company from their Registered Agent, but received a reply saying they would only provide it upon court order. It’s impossible to get information from Delaware’s Division of Corporations because the company failed to file the required yearly tax documents. All these secrecy tactics imply the company has no legitimate business but harass a certain group of people.
The company’s social media accounts appear to be disseminating unverified information with graphic images. They are primarily focused on accusing the Oromo people and Oromo Liberation Front of genocide against Amhara. The group also maintains a page on Medium where it issues exaggerated newsletters and reports. There are some hints as to who is running the company. For example, the following tweet identifies one individual as a “founder of GPEthiopia”.
The individuals wrote letters to employers of Oromo professionals in an attempt to get them fired. Sources tell us the group had some successes in getting Oromos fired. The lawsuit includes a copy of the letter signed by “GPE executive committee”.
The letter accuses Dr. Tolessa Gurmessa of “openly [supporting] genocide, glorifying torture, lynching, massacre, and ethnic cleansing of Amhara ethnic groups in Oromia Region of Ethiopia.” The writers of the letter cite Dr. Gurmessa’s social media posts to justify their accusations.
You can read the lawsuit here.
Disclaimer: Dr. Tolessa Gurmessa is a contributor to The HornPost.
