About 140 people have been killed in Ethiopia’s Oromo state after security forces launched an attack during anti-government protests.
According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), Ethiopian forces killed at least 140 people and wounded many more in what “may be the biggest crisis to hit Ethiopia since the 2005 election violence.” The rights group’s new estimate is nearly twice the death toll it estimated last month.
HRW disclosed this on Friday, January 8. The figures quoted by the organization are far beyond what the government has confirmed.
The government has only confirmed five deaths since the protests began in November.
Human Rights Watch spokesman Felix Horne said that Ethiopian forces
are treating demonstrators and
















