ETHIOPIA: THE MAYOR OF ADDIS ABABA CONFIRMS THE WAGING OF A TERROR CAMPAIGN AGAINST COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES.

Record ID: 444339

  • Title: ETHIOPIA: THE MAYOR OF ADDIS ABABA CONFIRMS THE WAGING OF A TERROR CAMPAIGN AGAINST COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES.
  • Date: 12th February 1978
  • Summary: 1. EXTERIOR GVs: street scenes in Addis Ababa (2 shots) 0.14 2. INTERIOR MV: Mayor of Addis Ababa, Dr. Alemu Abebe speaking in English at news conference in Addis Ababa. 0.56 3. MVs EXTERIOR: street scenes in Addis Ababa of revolutionaries carrying guns and chanting. (10 shots) 1.28 4. INTERIOR MVs: Mayor Alemu addressing news conference with ne
  • Embargoed: 27th February 1978 12:00
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  • Location: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
  • Country: Ethiopia
  • Reuters ID: LVA7K15ICZOCVW5TXVSP4X5RRL3X
  • Story Text: In the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa last Wednesday (8 February), the city's mayor, Dr. Alemu Abebe, confirmed that a so-called "Red Terror" campaign has been waged against members of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party since last December. the Ethiopian authorities regard members of the party as counter-revolutionaries or the "White Terror" and numbers are known to have been shot in the streets of Addis Ababa, particularly after the midnight curfew. Dr. Alemu confirmed that counter-revolutionaries have been killed. but said the number of deaths was not nearly as high as the 750 reported in the Western press. The mayor also justified the so-called "Red Terror" by saying it had made the streets of Addis Ababa safe again.

    SYNOPSIS: Dr. Alemu's comments on the action of the Red Terror campaign here in Addis Ababa were made to a group of foreign journalists who were invited to Ethiopia by the authorities to be briefed on the situation.
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