March 26, 2026
Borkena
Toronto – Ethiopian Police have reportedly arrested a Canadian man and tortured him. Esubalew Birhanie, Ethiopian born Canadian, travelled to Ethiopia last August to visit family.
According to The Globe and Mail report, which cited Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) as a source, Ethiopian Police pulled him from an unspecified Toronto bound plane in October 2025 and arrested him.
Police sees Esubalew’s family visit to Ethiopia rather as a sort of mission to support the Fano movement in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, and he is facing “terrorism” charges. One of the evidence police referenced was his speech during a community meeting in Toronto.
In prison, he said he was severely tortured – something EHRC has investigated and confirmed. The nine page report is not publicly available but The Globe and Mail has confirmed it.
The Globe and Mail’s full story is available here
Borkena, Toronto based Ethiopian News portal, has been extensively covering human rights abuse in Ethiopia for a long time. Now, there is a Canadian story to it.
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