Ethiopia: Further information: Legal concern / fear of ill-treatment: Arega Kitata, Tilahun Hirpassa, Wolde-Yesus Mengesha, Haile Legesse and large numbers of others from the Oromo ethnic group

Haile Legesse, arrested in November 1992, has been released. Arega Kitata, arrested on 7 November 1992, has been detained for “illegal possession of arms”; Wolde-Yesus Mengesha has been detained allegedly “after being apprehended in the course of committing a crime”. No details are available about Tilahun Hirpassa or the others arrested. No judicial proceedings have commenced against any of the above-mentioned detainees.

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