Woreda judge beaten for hours by Oromia anti-guerrilla police in Fitale town
- Ref
- OHRM-2025-0063
- Date of incident
- Zone
- North Shewa
- Number of people affected
- 1
On 18 January 2025, members of the Oromia anti-guerrilla police took Yaya Gulele woreda judge Jinenus Negassa into their camp in Fitale town and beat him severely from 12:30 to 4 p.m. EHRC said judges and prosecutors in the zone had been detained, beaten and harassed for granting bail.
Source: Ethiopian Human Rights Commission statement (Amharic (summarised in English)), published 2025-01-24. https://ehrc.org/%e1%89%a0%e1%8a%a2%e1%89%b5%e1%8b%ae%e1%8c%b5%e1%8b%ab-%e1%89%a0%e1%8c%8d%e1%8c%ad%e1%89%b5-%e1%8b%90%e1%8b%8d%e1%8b%b5-%e1%8b%8d%e1%88%b5%e1%8c%a5-%e1%8b%ab%e1%88%89-%e1%8a%a0%e1%8a%ab%e1%89%a3-2/