Torture / ill-treatment in East Shewa (14 Jan 2026)
- Ref
- OHRM-2026-0024
- Date of incident
- Zone
- East Shewa
Examples of abuses in Bosat district include the detention and beating of villagers arbitrarily accused of links to OLA, theft of cattle and cash from residents of several villages on 14 January; robbery of 300,000 birr, farmers’ crops and the contents of shops on 15 January; amounts of up to 60,000 birr being demanded from residents of many villages, on threat of detention, on 16 January; robbery of 82,000 birr, looting and destruction of household property including from the elderly and blind in Qararu village on 1 February; and closure of roads to markets.
Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 72 (2026-03-03), p.20. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-72-3-March-2026.pdf