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Torture & Ill-treatment high Jimma

Torture / ill-treatment by police in Jimma (12 Jan 2026)

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OHRM-2026-0016
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Jimma

Male and female heads of large families were also among those detained, for example in Galila town and in Sasiga district, where a mother of seven was detained on 12 January. A woman aged 65 or more, Daadhituu Gammachuu Jaaluu, from Tullu Cali in Addileqa kebele, was beaten and badly injured when arrested and taken to Jimma Ganati district police station on 31 January ‘for supporting OLA.’

Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 72 (2026-03-03), p.38. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-72-3-March-2026.pdf

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