In Search of Peace: Ethiopian Refugees Dadaab

Portraits of refugees from the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, taken by Graham Peebles in Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya, in March 2013. All had been victims of abuse by Ethiopian soldiers (under the EPRDF regime): tortured, raped, falsely imprisoned, witnessed family members killed.  See documentary film – Ogaden: Ethiopias Hiddedn Shame

Mulki 19 years of age. Imprisoned, tortured, leg broken in prisonOmar Abdi Borr aged 38. Wife and son murdered, imprisoned torturedKhadijo Ahmed, Aged 40. Imprisoned, tortured, rapedIbrahim, aged 52. Shot and beatenNasro, aged 19. Imprisoned torturedCibaado, aged 60. Blinded in prison, burnedDeeq, aged 33. Imprisoned, tortured. Wife beaten to deathMuus Mohammed Siyat, aged 35. Imprisoned & gang raped (child born), torturedArdo, aged 30. Imprisoned & gang raped, torturedSahro. Imprisoned, tortured & shotRodo, aged 30. Imprisoned & gang raped, tortured and her children killedAbdi Hared Adam. Imprisoned, torturedAbdi Ara, aged 50. Imprisoned, tortured, all family in prison still
Fadumo, aged 40. Imprisoned Gang raped, tortured
Nor, aged 12. Beaten as Mother was tortured in front of himKhadra Abdi, aged 7. Imprisoned with mother who was repeatedly raped in prison. Witness to tortureShafec Abdi Omar, aged 47. Imprisoned, tortured
Khadar Hared Adam, aged 17. Tortured, using a crocodile to attack his legsHasan Jamae Warsamz, aged 52. Imprisoned torturedKowsar Ismail Yusuf. Falsely imprisoned & torturedHabdi Abdi, aged 27. Tortured, husband killed Khadar Ali Hirsi aged 45. TorturedHodan Ahkmed, aged 18. Imprisoned when 16, raped child conceivedRaho, aged 30. Imprisoned & repeatedly gang raped, tortured. Family killed by Ethiopian militaryKhadar, aged 30. Imprisoned three times and tortured
Abdi, aged 35. Imprisoned for two years, tortured. House burnt by Ethiopian militaryFadumo, aged 60. Gang raped by soldiers, tortured, family killed
Nasro, aged 16. Falsely imprisoned. TorturedNastelo. Imprisoned & gang raped, torturedAbdi Aziz, aged 46. Imprisoned, torturedKowsar Smail, aged 29. Falsely imprisoned & repeatedly gang raped, tortured. Village burntArdo Mohammed, aged 58. Falsely imprisoned & gang raped, tortured – using a snake to bite herAbdisalan, aged 49. Wife tortured and beaten to death
Zam Zam, aged 24. imprisoned, torturedHassan, aged 39. Business was looted. Imprisoned, torturedAbdi Najib, aged 13. Beaten by soldiers as mother was tortured in front of himAlsi, aged 40. Tortured. Husband tortured in front of her Nastelo, aged 19. Imprisoned repeatedly gang raped, torturedSiyad, aged 30. Imprisoned & tortured. Scars on body