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Reported covered position: Chief of Staff, US House of Representatives
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OGADEN COMMUNITY OF USA via VON BATTEN-MONTAGUE-YORK
2022 · fourth_quarter · RA
Bring to the attention of Congress and lobby for US action per Ethiopian, and Chinese-government backed activities in Ogaden. This includes forced migration (Ogaden villagers are being forced off their lands to make way for oil exploration), the deaths of Ogaden villagers due to a mysterious illness that many Ogadens believe results from substandard drilling practices (possible toxic waste getting into the drinking water supply) by the Chinese government-backed oil company, GCL-Poly, national security concerns (the Chinese are building a pipeline to transport the gas from Ogaden to Djibouti, where the Chinese have a military base. This will allow China to increase its military footprint in Eastern Africa.
Source: Senate LDA
2022 · second_quarter · 2T
On behalf of Ogaden-Americans: Worked to bring to the attention of key members of Congress the plights of the marginalized Ogaden-Somali people as it pertains to the exploitation of Ogaden natural resources (oil and gas) by Chinese-backed entities, and the resulting forced migration, environmental damages, illness and deaths occurring among the Ogden people as a result of possible contamination of drinking water supply due to substandard drilling practices by the Chinese. Worked to bring to the attention of key members of Congress as it pertains to the marginalization of the Ogaden people and their political and social organizations by the Ethiopian federal government
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
OGADEN COMMUNITY OF USA via VON BATTEN-MONTAGUE-YORK
2022 · first_quarter · Q1
On behalf of Ogaden-Americans: Worked to bring to the attention of key members of Congress the plights of the marginalized Ogaden-Somali people as it pertains to the exploitation of Ogaden natural resources (oil and gas) by Chinese-backed entities, and the resulting forced migration, environmental damages, illness and deaths occurring among the Ogden people as a result of possible contamination of drinking water supply due to substandard drilling practices by the Chinese. Worked to bring to the attention of key members of Congress as it pertains to the marginalization of the Ogaden people and their political and social organizations by the Ethiopian federal government
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
OGADEN COMMUNITY OF USA via VON BATTEN-MONTAGUE-YORK
2022 · first_quarter · RA
Bring to the attention of Congress and lobby for US action per Ethiopian, and Chinese-government backed activities in Ogaden. This includes forced migration (Ogaden villagers are being forced off their lands to make way for oil exploration), the deaths of Ogaden villagers due to a mysterious illness that many Ogadens believe results from substandard drilling practices (possible toxic waste getting into the drinking water supply) by the Chinese government-backed oil company, GCL-Poly, national security concerns (the Chinese are building a pipeline to transport the gas from Ogaden to Djibouti, where the Chinese have a military base. This will allow China to increase its military footprint in Eastern Africa.
OGADEN COMMUNITY OF USA via VON BATTEN-MONTAGUE-YORK
2021 · fourth_quarter · RR
Work to build concrete support for U.S. congressional and executive action to provide humanitarian assistance to the Ogaden Region; push for policies and activities beneficial to an inclusive Ogaden Region government, push for an investigation into extrajudicial killings and human rights abuses committed against the Ogaden-Somalis by Ethiopian federal troops.