Abuses against the Indigenous Peoples of Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley
This report documents how government security forces are forcing communities to relocate from their traditional lands through violence and intimidation, threatening their entire way of life with no compensation or choice of alternative livelihoods. Government officials have carried out arbitrary arrests and detentions, beatings, and other violence against residents of the Lower Omo valley who questioned or resisted the development plans.
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ISBN: 1-56432-902-X
ISBN: 1-56432-902-X
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- “What Will Happen if Hunger Comes?”
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Methodology
- I. Background
- II. Irrigated Agriculture Development Plans in the Lower Omo Valley
- III. Human Rights Violations in the Context of Industrial Development of the Lower Omo Valley
- IV. Food Security and Livelihoods
- V. Response from Government of Ethiopia and Donors
- VI. Pastoralism, Land Tenure, and Indigenous Rights in Lower Omo
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix I: Human Rights Watch Letter to the Government of Ethiopia on South Omo
- Appendix II: Response from the Government of Ethiopia to Human Rights Watch Regarding South Omo










