Ethiopia: The Endless Violence against Oromo Nationals Continues
Fear of Torture
HRLHA Urgent Action
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For Immediate Release
May 7, 2015
Harassments and intimidations through arbitrary arrests, kidnappings and disappearances have continued unabated in Ambo and the surrounding areas against Oromo youths and intellectuals since the crackdowns of last year April, 2014, when more than 79 Oromos, mostly youths, were killed by members of the federal security force.
According to HRLHA correspondents in Ambo, the major target of this most recent governmentsponsored violence were Ambo University and high schools Oromo students in Ambo town. In this incident which started on April 20, 2015 more than 50 university and high school students were arrested; more than 20 were severely beaten by the security force and taken to Ambo General Hospital for treatment.
Although it has been difficult to identify everyone by their names, HRLHA correspondents have confirmed that the following were among the arrestees:
No Name Sex Occupation
1 Magarsa Mashsha Ayyana M Student /Ambo University, health
professional
2 Urgessa Danana M Student, Rift Valley College
3 Birehanu Diriba M Teacher, Rift Valley College
4 Getachew Gadaa Dereje M Student, Jimma University
5 Tarku Debisa M
6 Abdata
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