Torture / ill-treatment in Metu, Illu Aba Bor (30 Apr 2025)
- Ref
- OHRM-2025-0390
- Date of incident
- Zone
- Illu Aba Bor
Kali Metu Hospital in Metu, Illubabor, suspended services to 12 districts on 30 April. Employees were stealing medicines and selling them to private clinics and pharmacies. The hospital was charging 5,000 birr for each hospital death, without stating a reason. Villagers in Garo, Baate district, Wollo, are used to being beaten and detained on suspicion of having ties with OLA. It was reported on 26 April that they were being denied treatment at health posts, including mother and baby clinics, leaving them ‘in dire straits.’
Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 70 (2025-06-24), p.17. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-70-24-June-2025.pdf