ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- A rights
group is accusing Ethiopia's security forces of carrying out serious rights
abuses during recent protests in the country's Oromia region.
The
Ethiopia-based Human Rights Council said Monday that it found evidence of
extrajudicial killings, tortures, beatings, illegal detentions, forced
disappearances and arson attacks during and after the protests.
In
November, protests erupted in the Oromia region over a proposed plan to expand
the municipal boundary of the capital, Addis Ababa, which some believed would
lead to the displacement of farmers.
Authorities
have since abandoned the plan but clashes continue. The Human Right Council
said at least 103 people have been killed.
Ethiopian
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn recently told lawmakers he is
"apologetic for the death and destruction" that happened during the
protests.
Source: The
Associated Press
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