But hopes for a new era of human rights burn less brightly these days. But hopes for a new era of human rights burn less brightly these days. In the ensuing violence, at least 86 people were killed in intercommunal fighting and by security forces, according to the authorities. The report revealed extrajudicial executions, rape, torture and ill-treatment, mass arrests, killings and incommunicado detention committed by security forces in parts of Oromia. The trials of some of those prosecuted lacked adequate criminal procedure protections as guaranteed by international human rights law.

Source: Ethiopian News November 09, 2020 08:03 UTC