Caption: Internally displaced civilians following attacks by Fano in Kiremu district, East Wollega zone of Oromia region. Human Rights violations are rife in the past five years that have inflicted devastating harms to war-torn areas including Tigray and Oromia regions. OLLAA, which has documented its own report into atrocities and extreme human rights violations in Oromia region urged the international community to pressure the government to “fulfill its obligation to respect and uphold fundamental rights” in line with Universal Declaration of Human Rights principles. The entire “population of 19 villages” in Kiremu had been displaced due to the violence, it emphasized, adding “the Oromo civilians were routinely faced arbitrary arrests and detentions in 2022,” the report added. The report also highlighted the systemic nature of human rights abuses perpetrated against Oromo civilians throughout Ethiopia that Oromos have been frequently subjected to violent attacks, by state agents and non-state armed actors.

Source: Ethiopian News January 16, 2023 11:15 UTC