Ethiopia / Djibouti: Further information on refoulement / fear of torture

Index Number: AFR 04/002/1998
Date Published: 7 May 1998
Categories: Africa

No further information is known concerning Ali Omar (also known as Ibrahim Ali Osman), Sheikh Mussa Hassan Abdi (also known as Souala), Mourad Ahmed (also known as Mustafa Salih), Mohamed Yusuf, Hassan Mohamed and Abdulwasi Ali: These six Ethiopians include a recognized refugee (Ali Omar) and three asylum-seekers,. They were arrested by police in Djibouti town on 14 January 1998 and handed over to the Ethiopian authorities on 19 January. They are suspected of involvement in the Oromo Liberation Front. Their whereabouts in detention in Ethiopia are not known.