“False information is being spread on some social media pages that confuses the public. We would like to state that there are no detention camps in the mentioned cities or in our region as a whole,” the regional government said. A similar report of denial was issued by the State of Emergency Command Post on Wednesday 13 September refuting reports of detention facilities in Oromia region. The Command post asserted and there were five detention facilities under its supervision where only 764 detainees are held in connection with the state of emergency. But the report EHRC further exposed the presence of additional detentions than were officially admitted by the State of Emergency Command Post.

Source: Ethiopian News September 16, 2023 13:41 UTC