Between 2011 and 2014, at least 5000 Oromos have been arrested based on their actual or suspected peaceful opposition to the government. These include thousands of peaceful protestors and hundreds of opposition political party members. The government anticipates a high level of opposition in Oromia, and signs of dissent are sought out and regularly, sometimes pre-emptively, suppressed. In numerous cases, actual or suspected dissenters have been detained without charge or trial, killed by security services during protests, arrests and in detention.
Ethiopia: ‘Because I am Oromo’: Sweeping repression in the Oromia region of Ethiopia
Topics
- Censorship and Freedom of Expression
- Children
- Detention
- Disappearances
- Discrimination
- Ethiopia
- Justice Systems
- Killings and Disappearances
- Penal Institutions
- Protests and Demonstrations
- Religious Groups
- Report
- Research
- Right to Education
- Sexual Violence
- Torture and other ill-treatment
- Unfair Trials
- Unlawful Detention
- Unlawful Killings
- Women and Girls
- Women's Rights