August 30, 2006

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
Office of the Attorney General
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 202-353-1555

Dear Attorney General Gonzales,

I would like to inform you that an individual named Addisu Legesse, who is the Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia, is currently in the United States. Mr Legesse is Ethiopia’s Al Zawahiri. He is the second in command of Ethiopia’s terrorist regime that has kidnapped, tortured, and gunned down tens of thousands of innocent Ethiopians. The crimes of Mr Legesse’s regime have been documented by the United States Department of State, the European Union, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and several other international institutions. As the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, we believe that you have the responsibility to take action against criminals like Addisu Legesse. On behalf of Mr Legesse’s victims, I appeal to you to detain and prosecute this criminal to the full extent of the law.

Sincerely,
Elias Kifle
Publisher, Ethiopian Review

For more information on the crimes of Meles and Addisu, please refer to these documents:

1. Crime and Nourishment in Ethiopia
2. Getting away with murder (video)
3. Hidden Crackdown in Rural Areas (HRW, 2006)
4. Crackdown Spreads Beyond Capital (HRW, 2006)
5. Crimes Against Humanity in Gambella Region (HRW, 2005)
6. “The government’s human rights record remained poor and worsened in some areas,” The U.S. Department of States 2005 report
7. “Escalating Violations Against Human Rights Defenders, Journalists, Nonviolent Student Protesters, and Political Opposition Testimony before House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations by Lynn Fredriksson, Advocacy Director for Africa, Amnesty International USA, March 28, 2006
8. Extrajudicial killing/torture/arbitrary arrests (The International Secretariat of OMCT, Nov 8, 2005)

These are just a few of the hundreds of documents on the crimes of the Meles/Addisu regime.