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Torture & Ill-treatment high West Wollega

Torture / ill-treatment by government forces in Nejo, West Wollega (11 Jul 2021)

Ref
OHRM-2021-0194
Date of incident
Zone
West Wollega

Residents of Horo Guduru told the BBC that Eritrean forces were recently deployed there and were ‘beating and detaining at random and robbing in a manner never seen before’. Gadado 11 July also reported that retreating Eritrean soldiers, after engaging with OLA fighters, burned down the houses of nine families in Kutala Haro in Nejo district, W Wallega, on 13 June.

Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 57 (2021-09-01), p.18. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/Report-57.pdf

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