Coalition for Ethiopian Unity Demands Independent Inquiry Into Abeshige Killings
The Coalition for Ethiopian Unity is demanding an independent inquiry into the alleged extrajudicial killing of three men by security forces in the Abeshige Woreda region. While the opposition alliance claims the victims were innocent, regional officials maintain that the operation targeted armed bandits.
Why it matters
The incident highlights ongoing internal security tensions and human rights concerns within Ethiopia's regional states.
(Nairobi, Kenya) — The Coalition for Ethiopian Unity (Tibebir le’Ethiopia Andinet) has issued a blistering condemnation following the extrajudicial killing of three young men in Abeshige Woreda , Gurage Zone, located within the Central Ethiopia Regional State. In a statement dispatched to local media, the five-party opposition alliance characterized the executions as a human rights violation comparable to the Derg-era Red Terror.
According to the coalition’s report, the three victims—identified as Temesgen Getachew, Yitagesu Asegidew, and Gizaw Girmaye—were forcibly removed from a public minibus in Nacha Kulit Kebele on August 7, 2026. Security forces allegedly executed the men on the spot under the pretext that they were affiliated with Fano armed groups.
Citing eyewitness accounts and local community sources, the opposition coalition stated that deployed security personnel blocked families from retrieving the remains for three days, leaving the bodies exposed in open fields.
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