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CALGARY, Alberta, June 8 (UPI) -- The Canadian government has stopped an Ethiopian governor from visiting the country for a speech in Calgary, an event organizer says.
Organizer Gatkuoth Bim said the government did not give any reason why Omot Obang Olom was forced to miss his speech on the economic state of the Ethiopian region of Gambella, the Canwest News Service reported Saturday.
"The Canadian government did not give us a reason and we do not know why he is not allowed in the country," Bim said.
Yet some Canadian advocates were pleased with the entry ban against Olom, who has been accused of being involved in a 2003 killing of 400 people of Anuak ethnicity in Ethiopia.
"He has no right to come to talk to Ethiopian people in Canada when he has been accused of human rights violations," Anuak Justice Council International Advocacy Director Obang Metho said.
Canwest said supporters of Olom have denied such human rights allegations, saying the governor actually attempted to stop the 2003 massacre.
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