Because OLF party leaders have been illegally detained for a long time and should be released immediately and compensated for the damages they sustained

 Human Rights Commission confirms OLF leaders detained against due process, subjected to abuse

Free Them All !!!

In February the leaders went on hunger strike for more that a week protesting against their prolonged unlawful detention, which led to the deterioration of their health conditions have deteriorated. Family members are also prevented from visiting them.

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission released the findings of its monitoring on the detention of senior leaders of the opposition, Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in various police stations in Oromia regional state. The report confirmed that several OLF leaders and members are “detained without due process.”

On 09 February this year, the federal supreme court closed the case file of Colonel Gemechu Ayana, a senior OLF official, and four other ranking members of the party after the defense team filed complaints of human rights violations and defiance of court orders by prosecutors and the police. Only 3 of the defendants including Colonel Gemechu was arraigned in court today and the whereabouts of the remaining two defendants are “unknown.

EHRC’s new report confirms OLF’s repeated please asking for the release of its leadership, and accusing the police of torturing them while in detention.

We asked for the immediate release of all detainees held without due process, for Oromia state to investigate its security officers and officials who beat prisoners and held them to account, as well as for compensations to be offered to the detainees.

#Justice #Freedom #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners #StopKillingInnocentCivilians