Dozens arrested in Ethiopia's latest crackdown
9 August, 2009 | Sudan Tribune
(ADDIS ABABA) -– Ethiopian security forces have arrested as many as
dozens of people in the most recent wave of arrest to that has targeted
prominent Oromo intellectuals, students and businessmen, a rights
group said.
The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) said that the
crackdown was carried out in the Capital, Addis Ababa and in different
parts of the regional state of Oromia by mainly security agents deployed
in civilian clothing.
The security service claimed that the local residents harbored and or
supported the opposition armed group, Oromo Liberation Front, which
Addis Ababa designates it as a terrorist group.
participant in the Union of Oromo Students at Addis Ababa University.
The HRLHA said this was not the first time for him to be imprisoned
extra judicially. He spent three years without verdict from 2004 to 2006,
although he was eventually acquitted.
The rights group argued that the latest move violates article 17, No2 of
the constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia which
provides that "no person may be subjected to arbitrary arrest, and no
person may be detained without a charge or conviction against him."
Taye Danda’a along with many other Oromos currently is being held
incommunicado at the Maikelawi Office of Central Criminal
Investigation in Addis Ababa . Family members, friends and lawyers of
the detainees have been denied visit.
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and severely whipped and beaten everywhere on his body including the
sole of his feet. The security agents subjected Mr. Abdulrahsid to such
harsh torture to coerce him to confess that was a member of an
opposition political organization, OLF in particular, and to reveal alleged
secrets he knew about the Front. HRLHA reporters have confirmed that
Mr. Abdulrashid died from this brutal torture on May 08, 2009. More
9 August, 2009 | Sudan Tribune
(ADDIS ABABA) -– Ethiopian security forces have arrested as many as
dozens of people in the most recent wave of arrest to that has targeted
prominent Oromo intellectuals, students and businessmen, a rights
group said.
The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) said that the
crackdown was carried out in the Capital, Addis Ababa and in different
parts of the regional state of Oromia by mainly security agents deployed
in civilian clothing.
The security service claimed that the local residents harbored and or
supported the opposition armed group, Oromo Liberation Front, which
Addis Ababa designates it as a terrorist group.
participant in the Union of Oromo Students at Addis Ababa University.
The HRLHA said this was not the first time for him to be imprisoned
extra judicially. He spent three years without verdict from 2004 to 2006,
although he was eventually acquitted.
The rights group argued that the latest move violates article 17, No2 of
the constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia which
provides that "no person may be subjected to arbitrary arrest, and no
person may be detained without a charge or conviction against him."
Taye Danda’a along with many other Oromos currently is being held
incommunicado at the Maikelawi Office of Central Criminal
Investigation in Addis Ababa . Family members, friends and lawyers of
the detainees have been denied visit.
Courtesy
Death from Brutal Torture
- 17 May, 2009 (HRLHA Press Release) Two
civilians have become the most recent victims of
torture in Ethiopia. Mr. Abdurashiid Ibrahim Adam
and Mr. Hassan Ibrahim Tule, both from Eastern
Hararge Region in Oromia, have died from extreme
torture inflicted on them by members of the
Ethiopian Security Forces while they were in
prison.
Photo: Abdurashiid Ibraahim Aadam
Mr. Abdurashiid Ibrahim Aadam, a 38-year old
farmer, was subjected to torture that resulted in his
death in Burqaa Tirtiraa Prison in Eastern Hararge.
According to HRLHA reporter, Mr. Abdulrashid
and severely whipped and beaten everywhere on his body including the
sole of his feet. The security agents subjected Mr. Abdulrahsid to such
harsh torture to coerce him to confess that was a member of an
opposition political organization, OLF in particular, and to reveal alleged
secrets he knew about the Front. HRLHA reporters have confirmed that
Mr. Abdulrashid died from this brutal torture on May 08, 2009. More
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