Ethiopian opposition leaders face death penalty
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Ethiopian prosecutors have called for the death penalty for 38 opposition politicians and activists convicted of inciting violence following disputed general elections two years ago.
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The verdict in Zimbabwe&#39;s treason trial of Morgan Tsvangirai is expected today. Tsvangirai, the leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), faces a possible death penalty if found guilty.
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MOSCOW -- A former police officer was sentenced to death and nine other men, including a senior civil servant, were given long prison sentences yesterday for the murders of a leading opposition politician in Kazakhstan and two of his employees.
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Ethiopia has granted its first-ever amnesty to 263 prisoners, commuting the death penalty for 11 of them, state media reported Tuesday.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- A court sentenced 35 opposition politicians and activists to life in prison yesterday and denied them the right to vote or run for public office after they were charged with inciting violence in an attempt to overthrow the government.
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Ethiopians are awaiting a verdict in the marathon genocide trial of former dictator Mengistu Haile Miriam, who is accused of a plethora of brutal atrocities during his 17-year regime.
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Three Indonesian Christians on death row for attacking Muslims will be executed later this week, their lawyers say.
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Equatorial Guinea&#39;s state prosecutor has demanded the death penalty for a South African on trial in sub-Saharan Africa&#39;s third-biggest oil producer on charges of plotting to topple its president.
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Two Aryan Brotherhood leaders and a third member of the infamous prison gang, who were found guilty in July of murder and other charges, were sentenced on Tuesday to multiple life terms.
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Two Somali men accused of killing government intelligence officers are executed in the capital, Mogadishu.
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World leaders expressed their outrage Tuesday over death sentences handed down by a Libyan court against five Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with the HIV ...Comment
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The Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades said they would be killed so Âthese filthy people can be made an example.Â
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An Ethiopian court found exiled former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam guilty in absentia of genocide on Tuesday, ending a 12-year trial.
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Three Indonesian Christians who were on death row for inciting violence against Muslims in 2000 have been executed, their lawyer said, as security forces braced for potential religious unrest.
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Ethiopia freed 38 opposition members and activists on Friday, four days after they were given jail terms for trying to overthrow the government in a case they say was politically motivated.
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An Ethiopian court found exiled  former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam guilty in absentia of  genocide on Tuesday, ending a 12-year trial.
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A court has sentenced three former rebels to death for killing dozens of people while rebel factions jockeyed for power more than a decade ago, a government spokesman said Thursday.