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Regime forces arresting protesters in West Arsi, Oromo region of Ethiopia

ESAT News (July 26, 2016)

Special Forces of the TPLF regime, locally known as Agazi, were on Tuesday going door to door in towns in West Arsi, Oromo region arresting people suspected of taking part in protests that reignited this week.

The Oromo regional administration meanwhile said one woman was killed and five others were injured in the protest that has also resumed in East Hararge.

Tensions were high in the West Arsi towns of Dodola, Adaba, and Asasa where there was high presence of federal forces.

Security forces killed at least 400 protesters in the last eight months of uprising in the Oromo region. Tens of thousands people have been detained without due process of law.

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