2 people beaten or tortured in Jimma (12 Jan 2026)
- Ref
- OHRM-2026-0017
- Date of incident
- Zone
- Jimma
- Number of people affected
- 2
As elsewhere, beating of detainees is standard practice, at least at the time of arrest, as reported above and when two innocent farmers were detained in Horo Bulluq district on 12 January. Four farmers were beaten when detained in Jimma Ganati district on 29 January, because they had planted maize instead of wheat as instructed, despite poor yields of the latter on their land.
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