CAT/C/51/D/426/2010 regime. The State party considers that the complainant does not present such a profile; the photographs and documents she produced do not establish a risk of persecution should she return to Ethiopia. Complainant’s comments on the State party’s submission 5.1 By letter dated 7 February 2011, the complainant submitted her comments on the observations of the State party. As a preliminary matter, she emphasizes that the Federal Office for Migration did not technically “reject” her first asylum claim, because it did not consider the merits of the case. 5.2 The complainant reiterates that she was harassed in Ethiopia and states that she has been consistent in her allegations on this issue. She submits that she never claimed to have been politically active in Ethiopia, but maintains that she was targeted due to her father’s political activities. The complainant argues that her father’s activism is corroborated by Mr. Shiferaw’s statement, and that her allegation that the Government of Ethiopia closely monitors and pursues opponents living abroad is substantiated by a recent report on Djibouti published by the Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa.8 The complainant states that the Government’s crackdown on Oromo opposition is targeting more than just the party elite,9 and the complainant is “one of the leading figures of the [OLF] movement in Switzerland”. According to the complainant, a simple consultation of well-known dissident websites, such as the Oromia Times, would reveal the complainant’s activism to the Ethiopian authorities. The complainant therefore claims to face a “real, imminent, and personal risk of being subjected to treatment contrary to the Convention” if returned to Ethiopia. 5.3 The complainant provides a first-person statement of her OLF activities in Switzerland. She asserts that the OLF is a political organization whose objective is to struggle for self-determination of the Oromo people after a century of repression by Ethiopian rulers. The complainant states that between 2008 and 2009, her role in the OLF consisted of: participating in monthly contribution and fundraising activities; participating in monthly meetings; promoting Oromo cultural activities, displaying Oromo identity and celebrating Oromo national festivals; actively participating in the commemoration of Oromo Martyrs’ Day; and preparing Oromo national food for fundraising purposes. In 2010, she was elected as an executive committee member of OLF Switzerland, and in this role she engages in: organizing the Oromo diaspora “according to gender, age, and profession to enhance their participation for the struggle of Oromo politics”; teaching the Oromo language; inculcating OLF ideological hegemony among Oromos in Switzerland; informing the Oromo diaspora about the false propaganda of the Government of Ethiopia; and writing the monthly reports of the organization. Complainant’s additional submission 6.1 On 19 September 2013, the complainant made a further submission which included a medical report, a medical certificate, a letter from the Oromo Community Switzerland (OCS), and the complainant’s OCS membership card. The card, issued on 1 August 2012, 8 9 6 The complainant provides a copy of the report dated 12 January 2011. It describes the disappearance of nine Ethiopian Oromo refugees after their arrest in Djibouti by members of the Djibouti forces who were allegedly supported by Ethiopian security agents. The complainant cites Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI), “CORI country report: Ethiopia” (January 2010), p. 31.

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