Ethiopia: Probe Years of Abuse in Somali Region

The government of Ethiopia should commit to an in-depth, independent fact-finding mission into many years of rights abuses and violations of the laws of war in eastern Ethiopia's Somali region, Human Rights Watch said today. This should include specific investigations into the responsibility of senior Somali region officials, including the former regional president, Abdi Mohamoud Omar, and the current head of the region's paramilitary Liyu police force, Abdirahman Abdillahi Burale.

On August 6, 2018, after the Somali region's notorious Liyu police and a youth group loyal to Abdi Mohamoud Omar (known as "Abdi Illey") attacked residents and burned property, in Jigjiga, Abdi Illey resigned.

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