Trials of the Derg members
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trials-of-the-derg-members-297-5210597
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Trials of the Derg members
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On 12 December 2006, the Federal Supreme Court found guilty 77 top Derg officials accused by the government of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) over the Red Terror (1976–1978). The head of the Derg, Mengistu Haile Mariam, who fled to Zimbabwe, and other 22 Derg members were sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment on 11 January 2007. On the whole, the Derg was accused of human rights violations, including genocide, crimes against humanity, torture, rape and forced
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1994–2008 legal proceeding in Ethiopia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trials_of_the_Derg_members
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2024-04-27T09:25:31Z
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