Detention by government forces in Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (Dec 2020)

Since then, he has been detained twice by the current Prosperity Party government. He was detained for four days in Finfinnee in December 2020 (OSG Report 56) and was held incommunicado for an unknown period in the capital in September 2021 (Report 58) before being held for 11 months in Muger military camp, where he was severely mistreated. The reason for his detention in 2021 was that he had made four visits to destitute and displaced Oromo in ‘Wollo,’ Oromia Special Zone, Amhara Region, and had broadcast his findings.

Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 68 (2025-01-07), p.22. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-68-7-January-2025.pdf