Human Rights Watch interviewed 10 members of the Ethiopian Somali community in Australia between July and September 2016.They told Human Rights Watch that at least 32 family members had been arrested in Ethiopia. The Australian government should ensure that foreign officials implicated in serious human rights abuses do not receive visas, Human Rights Watch said. Numerous Ethiopian Somali Australians said that pro-government supporters living in Australia regularly harass community members perceived as government opponents. Abdi Iley [Abdi Mohamoud Omar] was present for some of these interrogations when we were hanging upside down. Limitations on access to Ethiopia in general, and Somali Regional State specifically, have not made it possible to corroborate these claims.

Source: Ethiopian News November 07, 2016 10:41 UTC