Detention by police in Sebeta, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (Feb 2022)
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- OHRM-2022-0034
- Date of incident
- Zone
- Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne
Lawyers in Finfinnee reported at the end of February that over two hundred Oromo and Tigaru political prisoners appeared in Arada District Federal Court. Most are accused of supporting ‘Shanee’ -the government’s derogatory term for OLA and sometimes OLF. A minority are accused of supporting ‘the Junta’ (TPLF). All are reported to be ‘in a physically fragile condition’ in ‘unsanitary cells’ and ‘abused by members of the security forces for a long time’. Neither they nor their lawyers are resourced. Scores of thousands of OLF members and supporters are detained in cruel conditions across Oromia.
Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 59 (2022-04-04), p.13. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/Report-59.pdf