Torture / ill-treatment by government forces in Guliso, West Wollega (28 Dec 2025)
- Ref
- OHRM-2025-0942
- Date of incident
- Zone
- West Wollega
There is promiscuous use of firearms by the security forces. For example, government soldiers opened fire on the community of Soonxa town, Humuru district, Illbabor on 28 December, while they were trading, causing them to scatter in terror. The soldiers then looted the market and took the goods to the district police station. In the same report, ONM stated that many youths were being beaten and accused of having links to OLA, for which some were detained and mistreated.
Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 72 (2026-03-03), p.44. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-72-3-March-2026.pdf