ETHIOPIA. SUPREME COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO MENGISTU
Ethiopia's Supreme Court sentenced former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to death in his ab
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Ethiopia's Supreme Court sentenced former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to death in his absence, along with 18 senior
officials of his regime, overturning a previous life term on appeal.
officials of his regime, overturning a previous life term on appeal.
The court followed the request of the prosecution to toughen the sentence imposed in January 2007 on Mengistu, who has lived in exile in
Zimbabwe since he was toppled in 1991, after he was found guilty of genocide at the end of a decade-long trial.
Zimbabwe since he was toppled in 1991, after he was found guilty of genocide at the end of a decade-long trial.
But Mengistu, who has lived a life of comfortable exile in Zimbabwe since he was driven from power in 1991, is unlikely to face punishment unless Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe loses a run-off election next month.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Afp, 26/05/2008)
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