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Torture & Ill-treatment high East Shewa

Torture / ill-treatment by government forces in Adama, East Shewa (26 Apr 2025)

Ref
OHRM-2025-0375
Date of incident
Zone
East Shewa

Families may also be punished by looting. In Bora district, East Showa, on 26 April, government soldiers drove away 82 cattle after severely beating relatives of youths who had ran from the militia camp where they had been trained for a month. They were also ordered to pay 40,000 birr for their sons’ training.

Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 70 (2025-06-24), p.12. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-70-24-June-2025.pdf

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