Detention in Burayu, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (10 May 2025)
- Ref
- OHRM-2025-0426
- Date of incident
- Zone
- Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne
A few breakouts of forced conscripts have been reported. Several youths and farmers in Bedeno district, East Hararge, broke out of prison on 10 May after two weeks of detention as forced conscripts. ONM reported that 27 had broken out of detention in Burayu, west of the capital, in April, and others had done so on a previous occasion in Gadab Hasaasa district, West Arsi.
Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 70 (2025-06-24), p.13. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-70-24-June-2025.pdf