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First death sentences in Dergue trial

    NAIROBI

    Two people have been sentenced to death for their part in the “Red Terror” campaign by the Federal High Court in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian news agency reported on Wednesday. The first sentence was passed against Lieutenant Getachew Tekeba, found guilty of ordering the deaths of five people. The second sentence, against Lieutenant Kebede Kibret, was passed in absentia, after he was found guilty of ordering the deaths of 17 people.

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