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	The Ethiopian Revolution, The Dergue, Civil War and Famine
		Immediatley after Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown; in September 1974, a military committee (known as the Dergue) was established from several divisions of the Ethiopian Armed forces.
		General Aman Amdon was elected as spokesperson for the Dergue and implemented policies for the country, which included land distribution to peasants, nationalising industries and services under public ownership and led Ethiopia into the Socialism.
		The Dergue was credited for these policies which at first gained mass support across the country.
	www.ethiopiantreasures.toucansurf.com /pages/dergue.htm (1280 words)

	Domestic prosecution - Prevent Genocide International
		Mirroring the Dergue's committee structure, the SPO had structured the prosecutions by committee, leading to 172 cases, each of multiple defendants.
		Zeleke Zerihun, Colonel and former police officer in the Dergue's "Red Terror", was convicted on December 27, 1999 by the Federal High Court in Addis Ababa Zeleke is the fifth person to have been sentenced for his part in the "Red Terror".
		The defendants were accused of summarily executing five civilians during the 1977-78 "Red Terror" period of military-communist Dergue regime that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1991.
	www.preventgenocide.org /punish/domestic/index.htm (16568 words)

	Mengistu Haile Mariam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mengistu abandoned socialism, but unable to mobilize military resistance, he was forced to flee to Zimbabwe in 1991.
		From 1974 to 1991, Mengistu's "Dergue" regime was responsible for human rights violations on a massive scale.
		Tens of thousands of Ethiopians were tortured, murdered or "disappeared." Tens of thousands of people were also killed as a result of humanitarian law violations committed during Ethiopia's many internal armed conflicts.
	www.dictatorforhire.com /mengistu-haile-mariam.shtml (214 words)

	NCH - #23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mengistu visited South Africa from Zimbabwe, where he was living in exile, for medical treatment in late 1999.
		The trials of 46 officials of the former Dergue government led by Mengistu proceeded slowly on charges including genocide and extrajudicial executions.
		Some trials began -of more than 2,200 other former officials, most of whom had been held since 1991 and were facing lesser charges (see NCH #17).
	www.let.rug.nl /nch/action23.htm (8756 words)

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