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Eight people killed in armed attack in Gursum Woreda, Somali state during a traditional ceremony
Armed attackers killed eight people in Bambas town, Gursum woreda, part of Fafan Zone of the Somali regional state (Not to be confused with Gursum woreda in the neighboring Oromia regional state) during a traditional ceremony crowning a…
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Detention in West Arsi (20 Mar 2022)
Siraaj Amaan Gabii 24, and his brother Musxafaa Amaan Gabii. 22, from Xiyoo, detained 20 March in Boree Cilaaloo Zaruhun Tulluu Beenyaa 45, Lemmuuf Bilbilloo, detained 20 March 2022 in Leemmuu Ballaxaa Ayaanoo 49, Digaluuf Xiijoo,…
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Killing by government forces in East Shewa (17 Mar 2022)
Sometimes, as with the killing of ten youths in a recreation hall in Fantalle district, East Showa, on 17 March, 2022, it is not known whether the killers were government soldiers or Amhara militia (Addis Standard 19 March). Source:…
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Torture / ill-treatment by government forces in Burayu, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (12 Mar 2022)
Bate Urgessa, with facial and head injuries from beatings by other prisoners in Awash Melkasa Military Camp last year, was found to have Hepatitis B but was returned with the others to Burayu Police Station against medical advice next…
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Killing by police in Gindeberet, West Shewa (12 Mar 2022)
OSG was informed directly on 12 March of the execution while under police custody of two men on 11 March in Qalaaxee town, Abune Gindeberet district, W Showa. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 59 (2022-04-04), p.10.…
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Killing in Karrayyu, East Shewa (11 Mar 2022)
Addis Standard, 11 March 2022, News: Siinqee Institute requests UNESCO to condemn Karrayyu Abba Gadaas’ execution, facilitate space for healing and reconciliation.; Siinqee Institute Open Letter to UNESCO, February 2022 … Source: Oromia…
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Court orders Oromia Prosecutor to file charges on journalist Tamerat Negera within two weeks
Judges at Gelan district court of the Oromia Regional State Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne today ordered prosecutors of Oromia’s Attorney General office to file charges on journalist Tamerat Negera, who has been under Oromia police…
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OLF leaders held unlawfully for long periods despite court and prosecutor release orders
EHRC monitored Burayu, Gelan and Sebeta police departments from 10 to 19 March 2022. Six OLF party leaders held at Burayu, plus others held at federal police and an Oromia special police camp in Gelan, had been detained since 2020 or…
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Killing in Sibu Sire, East Wollega (9 Mar 2022)
OLLAA wrote on 9 March that among the unknown number killed by Amhara militias, were another 23 named individuals in a single village, Boko Jima, in Sibu Sire district: Ahmed Kalif Ali Ahmed Aliyi Mohammed Aliyi Abdurahim Ali Muaz Mamude…
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Detained OLF PR officer Bate Urgessa diagnosed with Hepatitis B, Denied Access To Healthcare
The Head of OLF public relations Bate Urgessa was diagnosed with Hepatitis B but is denied access to healthcare according to sources close to his family. Dirribi Demissie, the president of the Macha-Tulama association, told Addis Standard…
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Detention by police in Burayu, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (27 Feb 2022)
Aman/Batire File, OLF Central Committee member, was detained in March 2020 when he attempted to visit Abdi Regassa, then being held in Burayu Police Station. He was released by Burayu District Court but police merely transferred him…
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Killing by government forces in Bule Hora, West Guji (26 Feb 2022)
FNN News 26 February reported that an unstated number of 12th grade students in the area around Bule Hora town in W Guji zone were killed by progovernment forces. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 59 (2022-04-04), p.30.…
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Displacement in East Wollega (22 Feb 2022)
Addis Standard, 22 February, reported in depth on the violence perpetrated by ‘Amhara speaking’ militias in East Wallega and Horo Guduru zones of Western Oromia, after interviewing survivors of attacks among displaced persons in Adama (E…
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Displaced by months-long violence, hundreds of Amhara community members from western Oromia seek refuge in Addis Abeba and Arsi zone
Displaced by months-long violence and persecution, hundreds of civilian members of the Amhara community who lived in Wollega zone, Oromia regional state, are seeking refuge in Addis Abeba; hundreds more have been made to relocate in Arsi…
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Killing in West Shewa (20 Feb 2022)
Qeerroo News, via the FNN News Desk, reported to OSG on 20 February the killing of ten including sets of two and three brothers on 19 February in Iluu Galaan, West Showa. Nine of the ten were named: Brothers Biranu and Aliyi Bushura…
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Detention by police in Sebeta, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (Feb 2022)
Lawyers in Finfinnee reported at the end of February that over two hundred Oromo and Tigaru political prisoners appeared in Arada District Federal Court. Most are accused of supporting ‘Shanee’ -the government’s derogatory term for OLA…
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2 people killed by government forces in West Shewa (15 Feb 2022)
FNN News 15 February reported that two children were killed in Fole Jaltu district, W Showa, by government forces in the previous few days. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 59 (2022-04-04), p.9.…
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Killing in Borena (15 Feb 2022)
Analysis: Massacre in plain sight; behind silent killings in Oromo special zone, Amhara region. Addis Standard, 15 February 2022. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Press Release 2 May 2022 (2022-05-02), p.2.…
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Detention by government forces in Burayu, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (11 Feb 2022)
Detainees in Burayu began a hunger strike to protest conditions of detention at the beginning of February and became severely ill in less than two weeks, as might have been expected because of their long term deprivation of food and the…
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Detention by police in Sebeta, Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (5 Feb 2022)
Lami Begna and Dawit Abdata were acquitted for the fifth time in the second week of January 2021 but were not released. They were taken to an unknown destination from Sabata Dalati prison on 5 February. On 29 March 2021, they appeared in…
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Nine federal police officers killed, four seriously injured in car collision in Oromia
Nine members of the federal police commission were killed yesterday in a car crash in Goba Woreda of Bale Zone, Oromia regional state, state media quoted Goba Woreda Police as saying. The accident took place in Goba Woreda, in a place…
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More than 800,000 people vulnerable in 8 drought-affected zones in Oromia; Over 4 million people in need of assistance due to conflict
The Oromia region disaster risk and development induced displacement and resettlement commission announced that over 800,000 people in 8 drought-affected zones in the region seek assistance. The commission also disclosed that over 4…
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Killing in Guliso, West Wollega (25 Jan 2022)
On 25 January, the names of three more individuals killed in the previous week in Guliso district were sent to OSG via the group’s contact in Maryland. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 59 (2022-04-04), p.25.…
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Five students, one businessman taken hostage in western Oromia
Federal Peace and Security Joint Task Force announced today that it was working to secure the release of six civilians who are allegedly taken hostage by armed group in Oromia regional state. The hostages include five students and one…
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Killing in East Wollega (24 Jan 2022)
An eye-witness claimed over 50 were killed in his village in Limmu district on 24 January. More than 30,000 cattle were taken in the district. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 59 (2022-04-04), p.23.…
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Oromia Police shot dead two, injure several others at Timket festival over flag controversy
Two people were killed and several others were injured in a stand-off between security forces and participants of Timket festival in Burayu town in the Oromia special zone surrounding Finfinne, reports said. Eyewitnesses told DW Amharic…
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Detention by government forces in West Hararghe (20 Jan 2022)
Oromsis Elemo, a Central Committee member of the OLF, was arrested and detained in solitary confinement in a military camp, known locally as the ‘Palace’, in Harar town, facing the Ras Hotel, according to information received via OSG’s…
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Displacement by Oromia special forces in Guto Gida, East Wollega (Jan 2022)
Kamise Jamal Addis Standard reported claims by the Oromia regional government in January that over 128,000 had already been displaced from Guto Gida district in E Wallega by violence from ‘an Amhara speaking radical armed group.’ Source:…
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Jawar Mohammed, Bekele Gerba and others just released
Members of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) and several other individuals who were arrested shortly after the assassination of Hachalu Hundessa were released today. Members of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) such as Jawar Mohammad,…
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Detention in Borena (7 Jan 2022)
Whereas Jawar Mohammad, Bekele Gerba, Dejene Tafa, Hamza Borana, and several other OFC members were released on 7 January and there were rumours later of a visit to Gamachu Ayana by PM Abiy Ahmed, all OLF detainees apart from seriously…
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Killing by government forces in Gindeberet, West Shewa (7 Jan 2022)
Gadado reported on 7 January the killing of 60 civilians by government security forces in Gindeberet district , W Showa on 1 January 2022. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 59 (2022-04-04), p.9.…
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Killing in Guliso, West Wollega (4 Jan 2022)
Oromia Human Rights Defenders group, reporting via their representative in Maryland, USA, on 4 January 2022, reported that five young men, all Qeerroo members, were taken from prison in Chalia Eka, Guliso, and executed a few days…
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Detention in West Hararghe (2 Jan 2022)
FNN reported (personal communication) on 2 January 2022 that residents of Dalo town, Haro district, W Hararge, were ordered by district administrators to stay at home while house-tohouse searches and widespread arrests were made. Economic…
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In memory of Tesfaye Gebreab, an unforgettable name in Amharic literature
Born in Bishoftu town, some 45 km from the capital Addis Abeba from Eritrean parents, renowned author Tesfaye Gebreab one of the controversial authors produced more than 11 original books and two collections of short fiction alongside…
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Federal Police arrests Journalists allegedly promoting OLA operations in Western Shewa Zone
The federal police commission announced that it arrested Two journalists and a cameraman for allegedly promoting the Oromo Liberation Army, OLA) on an international level. “The journalists who were paid large sums of money to promote…
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Killing in Nekemte, East Wollega (17 Dec 2021)
Four youths were taken out of detention in Nekemte, E Wallega, and executed on 17 December 2021. ‘Their bodies were thrown on the fields.’ OMRHO 2021 Report, p.8. Additional information was obtained from OSG’s informant in Maryland, USA,…
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Killing in Nekemte, East Wollega (17 Dec 2021)
Among the nine with Col. Gamachu whose release was ordered by the Lideta court in May 2021 was Nimona Ijjigu. He was released but again arrested and held in Nekemte prison, Wallega. He was taken from prison and executed with three fellow…
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Homes / property burned or looted in East Shewa (Dec 2021)
Two Gadaa villages in Fantalle district were destroyed in December 2021 and January 2024. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 66 (2024-07-04), p.32. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-66.pdf
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Displacement by government forces in Karrayyu, East Shewa (Dec 2021)
The community is horrified and traumatized at the brutality and continued destruction, displacement, dying and killing. Most of the people have moved to distant areas, such as the border regions between Karrayyu and Afar. The number of…
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Killing in East Shewa (14 Dec 2021)
REPORT 58 60 Westminster Rd Malvern, WR14 4ES, UK +44 (0)1684 573722 [email protected] website: oromiasupport.org 14 December 2021 Sacrilege in East Showa: Ethnic cleansing by Amhara supremacists as Ethiopia collapses into chaos The…
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Sexual violence by government forces in Guliso, West Wollega (9 Dec 2021)
Oromia Special Forces attempted to rape two girls, aged 14 and 20, in Chalia town, Guliso, on 9 December, but were fought off. A Grade 12 student in Keta Abakorma, Aira district, aged 18, was raped by OSF soldiers on 2 December. The…
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Killing in Mojo, East Shewa (8 Dec 2021)
On 8 December in Mojo, one of the detainees, former Gadaa leader Jiloo Boraya Hawas, in his fifties, died from his injuries. His body remained with the other prisoners for over 24 hours and then in a container by the cell until Karrayyuu…
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Torture / ill-treatment in Ejere, West Shewa (1 Dec 2021)
On 1 December FNN reported large numbers of youngsters fleeing from forced conscription across Hararge. Beatings and, at least on one occasion, shooting has been used to pressgang conscripts. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 58…
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Karrayyu jila member dies in Oromia special forces custody in Mojo after detention of 39 members
Of the 39 Karrayyu jila members detained on 1 December 2021, 23 were taken to unknown locations. About two weeks later the body of one, Jilo Boru, was handed to his family from the Oromia special forces camp in Mojo with head wounds and…
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14 Karrayyu Gadaa (Michille) members, including Abbaa Gadaa Kadir Hawas, executed by security forces
EHRC's investigation found that on 1 December 2021 government security forces detained 39 members of the Karrayyu Michille Gadaa jila. Sixteen were taken to Chebi Anole forest, where 14, including Abbaa Gadaa Kadir Hawas, were made to lie…
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Killing in East Hararghe (29 Nov 2021)
FNN News 29 November reported the recent killing of Kadir Shuke at an unspecified location in East Hararge. Kadir was returning from market when he was taken by security forces, beaten severely and then shot dead. Local residents told FNN…
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Killing by Oromia special forces in Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (26 Nov 2021)
Between 24 and 26 November alone, Addis Standard carried stories on expulsion of Irish diplomats, Ethiopian government Tufts University. November 2021 claims of USA ‘false information’, revoking university degrees of TPLF supporters,…
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Detention in Ejere, West Shewa (25 Nov 2021)
Eight women were reported by OLLAA on 25 November to have been detained with their young children since their arrest. The dates of their arrests are given between May and August 2020, but other details are consistent with an earlier…
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Killing in Horo Guduru Wollega (24 Nov 2021)
FNN News reported 24 November the killing of two teenagers in Chima Ganati district, Horo Guduru zone in eastern Wallega, on 21 November: Jabessa Obsa Duressa Diriba Dhugassa Sanbata … Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 58…
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Killing in Nono, West Shewa (19 Nov 2021)
Amhara militia attacked and killed 23, possibly 29, villagers in Nono, W Showa, on 19 November 2021 (OSG Report 58, p.10), but incursions increased in 2022. Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 60 (2022-08-02), p.10.…