A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 96 Para 69. Country Date 28/09/06 Type JUA Mandate WGAD; FRDX; HRD; TOR; Allegations transmitted Peoples. Hundreds of persons, including students, were arrested when the federal police intervened during peaceful demonstrations that took place on 12 March 2006 in Awassa and in other nearby towns. Demonstrators were beaten by the federal police, and some were shot dead. Most of the demonstrators have in the meantime been released from custody without being charged, some after having been taken to court in Awassa. The above-mentioned individuals and approximately 50 other demonstrators, however, remain in detention. Most of those still in custody were arrested in Awassa and Yirgalem and are being held in Awassa prison. Others are held in other prisons and police stations, including Yirgalem, Lakoo, and Wondo. Mr Tefera Janba was tortured in custody and is in need of medical treatment. Wasihun Melese, a teacher at Addis Ketema High School in Addis Ababa and a member of the Ethiopian Teachers' Association (ETA) National Executive Committee, and Mr Anteneh Getnet, a teacher and member of ETA. On 23 September 2006, Mr Wasihun Melese, was arrested by police at his home. They took him to the police Central Investigation Bureau (known as Maekelawi), where he is still detained. Shortly after Mr Melese’s arrest, three men in plain clothes entered the ETA office in Addis Ababa, where an Addis Ababa Region teachers’ meeting was being held. They were later seen leaving the office in a car with Anteneh Getnet, also a teacher. His whereabouts are still unknown. Mr Government Response