The Oromo Legacy Leadership & Advocacy Association (OLLAA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that advocates for the human rights of Oromos throughout the world. As part of its advocacy, OLLAA publishes Humans of Oromia reports on an ongoing basis. These reports are used to expose the human rights violations committed against Oromo civilians throughout Oromia under the government’s watch and as evidence to advocate and advance the rights of the Oromo people on the global stage.
Under international law, it is the fundamental duty of the state and every state organ to observe, respect, protect, promote and fulfill the rights and fundamental freedoms of its citizens. As such, the Humans of Oromia reports generally highlight the failures of the Ethiopian government – as the primary human rights duty bearers – to protect human rights. However, these reports also include cases where armed groups (non-state armed actors) perpetrate human rights violations in the region of Oromia.
From a five-year-old girl tortured for her father’s alleged ties to the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), a young journalist detained without charge for more than 100 days, to young students with bright futures shot and killed in an instant, OLLAA’s Humans of Oromia Annual Report for 2022 is an unflinching look into the human cost of the conflict in Oromia.