Torture / ill-treatment in West Arsi (28 Mar 2026)

ONM reported on 28 March that thousands of farmers’ homes were destroyed and residents made homeless in the villages of Awasho Idola Burqa, Arabate Shumba, Buchana Dannaba, and Alelu Illu Butte Filicha, in Shashemane district, West Arsi. When they asked where they should go, the villagers were told to go ‘wherever they wanted.’ They were beaten and accused of being in opposition to the government. Residents were not allowed to remove belongings before their homes were flattened and they were driven away at gunpoint. In Awasho village, a mother was arrested when she returned from market to find her home demolished and her children missing.

Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 73 (2026-06-12), p.63. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-73-12-June-2026.pdf