The Ethiopian People;
The Department of State, U.S.A.
The European Union;
The Human Rights Watch;
All people, especially international lawyers, interested in human rights.
A number of former officials of the Ethiopian military regime headed by ex-President Mengistu Hailemariam have recently been released from jail after serving several years of imprisonment in Ethiopian jails. Some of those inmates had committed horrendous crimes against humanity when they were in power during the infamous days of the Derg.(2) The controversy of the release of these criminals is likely to continue especially as they have never apologized for their crimes against the Ethiopian people.