Major gaps remain in human rights conditions in Oromia’s prisons, correctional facilities, notes Ethiopian Human Rights Commission
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- OHRM-2022-0261
- Date of incident
- Zone
- East Shewa
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) held a meeting in Bishoftu, Oromia region between 22 July- 23 July, 2022 with high-ranking members of the police, correctional facilities and other stakeholders on its observations of 126 police stations and 27 correctional facilities across Oromia for 2022 yearly duration. The commission presented its findings in the meetings, whereby it said people who were detained on suspicion of being ‘unfamiliar’ in connection with the current state of affairs, were not logged into the prisoners’ registry.
Source: Addis Standard, "News: Major gaps remain in human rights conditions in Oromia’s prisons, correctional facilities, notes Ethiopian Human Rights Commission", published 2022-08-02. https://addisstandard.com/news-major-gaps-remain-in-human-rights-conditions-in-oromias-prisons-correctional-facilities-notes-ethiopian-human-rights-commission/