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AfricaPolice hold children in dire conditions in Ethiopia s Oromiya -rights commission
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The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said on Thursday that police from the Oromiya region are holding a large number of detainees, including babies and children, without charge, in unhygienic and overcrowded police stations across the region.
The state-appointed commission said children aged between 5 months and 10 years were being held along with their mothers, and that children as young as 9 were suspected of offenses and held with adult prisoners.
Detainees in the region, which is in central Ethiopia and like other regions has some autonomy from the central government in running matters such as law enforcement and education, are held in dire conditions with no access to water, medical care or sanitation and with limited food, the report said.
Addis Abeba, April 06/2021 – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC/Commission) expressed serious concern over the treatment of detainees in detention centres across Oromia region.
During the period from November 20, 2020 to January 12, 2021, the Commission deployed monitoring teams at 21 selected police stations where a large number of prisoners who are said to be arrested in connection with what the local authorities describe as “the current situation” (“haala yeroo”) are being detained, particularly those arrested following the assassination of artist Hachalu Hundesa. In the process of monitoring the police stations that have been the source of repeated complaints, discussions were held with detainees as well as the relevant officials of the police stations. Furthermore, the Commission sought feedback of the concerned law enforcement and administrative bodies of the region concerning the findings of the monitoring exercise.
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said on Thursday that police from the Oromiya region are holding a large number of detainees, including babies and children, without charge, in “unhygienic and overcrowded” police stations across the region.
The state-appointed commission said children aged between 5 months and 10 years were being held along with their mothers, and that children as young as 9 were suspected of offenses and held with adult prisoners.
Detainees in the region, which is in central Ethiopia and like other regions has some autonomy from the central government in running matters such as law enforcement and education, are held in “dire conditions” with no access to water, medical care or sanitation and with limited food, the report said.
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