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Arbitrary Detention medium Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne

OLF warns transgression of international conventions after senior officials go missing from police custody

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OHRM-2023-0195
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Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne

Kennasa Ayana, who “cannot walk due to ailments sustained after he was detained”. The opposition party Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has warned that “the act of hiding prisoners from their families and close follow-up and blockage of their right to be attended to by legal bodies is a massive transgression of international conventions related to people under detention and other human rights instruments.”

Source: Addis Standard, "News: OLF warns transgression of international conventions after senior officials go missing from police custody", published 2023-05-11. https://addisstandard.com/news-olf-warns-transgression-of-international-conventions-after-senior-officials-go-missing-from-police-custody/

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