Detention by government forces in Burayu, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (11 Feb 2022)

Detainees in Burayu began a hunger strike to protest conditions of detention at the beginning of February and became severely ill in less than two weeks, as might have been expected because of their long term deprivation of food and the filthy conditions in which they are kept. On 11 February Addis Sandard reported that all six leaders named above were flown by helicopter from Burayu Police Station to Lideta Federal Police Hospital. Mikael Boran and Bate Urgessa were especially unwell and Kenasa Ayana was unconscious. They were resuscitated with intravenous fluids.

Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 59 (2022-04-04), p.10. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/Report-59.pdf