He crossed his arms after he crossed the finish line in a 1500m event at the Paralympics displaying  what has become the protest symbol  of Ethiopia’s major ethnic group, the Oromo.

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Tamiru Demisse, finished second in the T13 race for visually impaired runners at the Rio Paralympics.

He crossed his arms above his head in reference to the political persecution of the Oromo ethnic group by the government back home.

His action echoed a similar gesture made by Feyisa Lilesa at the end of the marathon event in the Olympics.

Demisse repeated the gesture during the ceremony to receive his medal.

Feyisa has sought political asylum in the United States, maintaining he will be killed or imprisoned if he goes home.

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The Oromia athlete’s supporters insist that he risks death following at the protest he made for his people who have lost more than 400 activists in clashes with the government in recent months

While Olympics athletes are returning to rowdy welcomes by their local supporters, marathon medalist Feyisa Lilesa is asking if it will be safe for him to go home.

He knew  the price of the protest he made when crossing the finish line in Rio.

He told reporters then he could be killed.

His supporters who raised $50 000 for him a matter of hours believe his fears are justified.

They’re advising him the seek political asylum.

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