The 145th Special Report, another long awaited report by the independent Human Rights Council Ethiopia (HRCO), presented a detailed report of the death of seventeen civilians in various weredas of North Wello zone of the Amhara regional state during a four month period of security crackdown.
The report covered the period starting from November 2017 to February 2018, during which security crackdown intensified. It included the tragic death Gebremeskel Getachew. His brother Kidane Getachew, spoke of finding the body of his brother "riddled with five bullets." He also said his brother was on his way home after the religious festival on Saturday, on January 20, when he was shot by security forces in an area locally known as Mebrat Hail. HRCO's report corroborates the account.
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