The Oromia Support Group in Australia voices concern over the mistreatment of Oromo refugees in Sudan [pdf file 77KB]
OLF - Dec 3, 2007
The Oromia Support Group in Australia and, in fact, Oromos everywhere, are alarmed by the report we received on the handing over of 15 Ethiopian refugees, the majority, if not all of them, were Oromo by the Sudanese authorities against their will to the Ethiopian regime. Most of these refugees were legal residents in Sudan for a number of years, and some carried UNCHR IDs. In July this year several Oromo refugees living in Khartoum and El Damazin were arrested and detained in Kobor prison in Khartoum. When Kobor prison became overcrowded, they were transferred to destination unknown to friends, most probably to the prison around Shendi. Around September 25, 2007, they were taken from their prison cells and transported to the border town of Metama and handed over in shackles to Ethiopian security and military forces on September 26, 2007 ...