{"id":1035,"date":"2015-12-18T19:45:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T00:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mereja.com\/album\/1035"},"modified":"2019-04-08T03:29:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T07:29:31","slug":"the-u-s-department-of-state-issued-a-statement-expressing-concerns-over-the-death-of-peaceful-protesters-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/album\/1035","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Department of State issued a statement expressing concerns over the death of peaceful protesters in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the full script of the statement:<\/p>\n<p>Press Statement<br \/>\nMark C. Toner<br \/>\nDeputy Department Spokesperson<br \/>\nWashington, DC<br \/>\nDecember 18, 2015<\/p>\n<p>The United States is deeply concerned by the recent clashes in the Oromia region of Ethiopia that reportedly have resulted in the deaths of numerous protestors. We greatly regret the deaths that have occurred and express our condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives.<\/p>\n<p>We urge the government of Ethiopia to permit peaceful protest and commit to a constructive dialogue to address legitimate grievances. We also urge those protesting to refrain from violence and to be open to dialogue. The government of Ethiopia has stated publicly that the disputed development plans will not be implemented without further public consultation. We support the government of Ethiopia\u2019s stated commitment to those consultations and urge it to convene stakeholders to engage in dialogue as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/m.state.gov\/md250778.htm\">State.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"link64_adl_tabid\" style=\"display: none;\" data-url=\"http:\/\/mereja.com\/album\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1035&amp;action=edit\">3975<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the full script of the statement: Press Statement Mark C. Toner Deputy Department Spokesperson Washington, DC December 18, 2015 The United States is deeply concerned by the recent clashes in the Oromia region of Ethiopia that reportedly have resulted in the deaths of numerous protestors. We greatly regret the deaths that have occurred\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"photographer":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/album\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/state-department-expressed-concern-over-the-death-of-peaceful-protesters-in-ethiopia-14504858944gk8n.jpg?fit=993%2C762&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/album\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/album\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/album\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/album\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/album\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/album\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1036,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/album\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions\/1036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/album\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/album\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/album\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/album\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}