SOCEPP:  May 24/2002, EPRDF special forces were unleashed on peaceful demonstrators at Loque (Hawassa). Dozens of people lay dead. The violent repression was commanded by top EPRDF officials including Abay Tsehaye, Bereket Semon, Haile Mariam Desalegn (now deputy prime minister), Mulugeta Alemseged (now ambassador in Rome). Meles Miremo and Shifferaw Shigute. Many who were imprisoned at the time are still languishing in the dungeons of the brutal regime.  Read More…