Wife sheds light on husband’s ordeal in security crack down
- Ref
- OHRM-2020-0022
- Date of incident
- Zone
- Jimma
The wife of a man whose handcuffed picture provoked the ire of many on Ethiopian social media spoke to the BBC Afaan Oromo that “he was beaten” before being escorted to a police station. The picture of Abdo Abajobir, an employee of Oromia education Bureau in Jimma Zone, Cherkosa Wereda, surrounded by heavily armed special forces of the regional state caused a social media uproar yesterday, with prominent Oromo politician/activist Jawar Mohammed calling it security forces’ attempt of “restoration of fear through terror.”
Source: Addis Standard, "News: Wife sheds light on husband’s ordeal in security crack down", published 2020-04-24. https://addisstandard.com/news-wife-sheds-light-on-husbands-ordeal-in-security-crack-down/