Torture / ill-treatment by police in Adama, East Shewa (19 Apr 2026)

ONM reported on 19 April that in areas across Adama city, the administrative centre of East Showa, residents were being forced to take voter registration cards and being beaten unless they complied. These areas included schools, Boole, the ‘Post Office, Electric Power, Daraartuu, Peacock, OBN area, and Adama Science and Technology University.’ Officials were going from house to house in the Daabee Solloqqee neighborhood near the police training camp, ONM wrote.

Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 73 (2026-06-12), p.31. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-73-12-June-2026.pdf