Sexual violence in East Shewa (29 Apr 2026)
- Ref
- OHRM-2026-0359
- Date of incident
- Zone
- East Shewa
ONM reported on 29 April that ten women (of whom six were named in the report) from Gatira Nabee village, Ada’a Barga district, were detained after their husbands had fled the village. They were gang-raped by the village administrator, Olana Mekonnen, and by Amanu Hundessa, Sefu Asafa and Abara Gonfa while in detention before being each charged 10,000 birr for their release.
Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 73 (2026-06-12), p.24. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-73-12-June-2026.pdf