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Former Ethiopian president tried for genocide [this day at law]
November 4, 2010 by Dwyer Arce
On November 4, 2003, the trial of former Ethiopian president Mengistu Haile Mariam began, almost a decade after the start of the original proceedings against him. The former president faced charges of genocide and was tried with top officials accused of crimes against humanity during his 17-year.... [more]
Zimbabwe refuses to extradite ex-Ethiopia leader Mengistu to face death penalty
May 27, 2008 by Andrew Gilmore
Zimbabwe will not return former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to Ethiopia to face a death sentence, a Zimbabwean Information Ministry official said Tuesday. The Ethiopian Supreme Court sentenced Mengistu to death in absentia on Monday after Ethiopian prosecutors appealed his January.... [more]
Ethiopia high court sentences former dictator Mengistu to death in absentia
May 26, 2008 by Andrew Gilmore
Mengistu Haile Mariam, the former Marxist president of Ethiopia, was sentenced to death Monday after the Ethiopian Supreme Court allowed Ethiopian prosecutors' appeal of his January 2007 life sentence on charges of genocide, homicide, illegal imprisonment, and illegal property seizure. Mengist....... [more]
Ethiopia appeal of former dictator Mengistu adjourned to July
June 12, 2007 by Leslie Schulman
Appeal proceedings in the case of former Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam have been adjourned until July 3, following the orders of a judge on Tuesday. Mengistu, who received a life sentence in absentia last year for his involvement in the genocide that ravaged Ethiopia in the 1970s, has.... [more]
Ethiopia seeking death penalty for former dictator convicted of genocide
June 1, 2007 by Michael Sung
Ethiopian special prosecutor Joseph Kiros told Reuters Friday that the Ethiopian government will seek to raise the sentence of convicted former dictator Mengistu Haile Miriam from a life in prison to the death penalty when an appeal commences June 12. Dozens of former officials in Mengistu's gov....... [more]
Ethiopia prosecutor seeking death penalty for former dictator on appeal
February 8, 2007 by Gabriel Haboubi
The prosecutor in the genocide case against former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Miriam announced Thursday that he is appealing last month’s sentence of life imprisonment, and will again push for the death penalty. Of the three sentencing judges, one opted for the death penalty, while the....... [more]
Former Ethiopia dictator sentenced to life imprisonment in genocide case
January 11, 2007 by Katerina Ossenova
Former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Miriam was sentenced to life imprisonment Thursday after he was convicted on genocide charges in absentia at the conclusion of a 12-year trial. Mengistu and 72 other former officials were charged with genocide, imprisonment, homicide, and illegal.... [more]
No Zimbabwe extradition of Mengistu after Ethiopia genocide conviction
December 13, 2006 by Bernard Hibbitts
A Zimbabwe government spokesman said Wednesday that there are no plans to hand Mengistu Haile Mariam over to Ethiopian authorities after the former Ethiopian dictator was convicted of genocide Tuesday by Ethiopia's Federal Court at the conclusion of a 12-year in absentia trial. Mengistu and 72 o....... [more]
Former Ethiopia dictator convicted of genocide
December 12, 2006 by Jeannie Shawl
Former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Miriam was found guilty of genocide Tuesday at the conclusion of a 12-year in absentia trial. Mengistu and 72 other former officials were charged with genocide, imprisonment, homicide, and illegal confiscation of property for crimes committed during the....... [more]
Senior Ethiopia judge seeking asylum in UK accuses regime of 'massive killing'
November 9, 2006 by Katerina Ossenova
The Ethiopian government is responsible for the deaths of thousands of student protestors and demonstrators over the past 15 years, Judge Teshale Aberra told the Guardian in an interview Wednesday. Aberra, who was president of the Oromia Supreme Court and a judge in Ethiopia for 12 years, defected.... [more]
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