Legal Opinion
Abebe-Jira v. Negewo
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 10, 1996No. 93-9133PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Kelbessa Negewo, appeals a judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia awarding compensatory and punitive damages to appellees, Hirute Abebe-Jira, EdgeGayehu Taye, and Elizabeth Demissie, for torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, pursuant to the Alien Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1350. We affirm.
FACTS
In the mid-1970s, a military dictatorship, known as “the Dergue,” ruled Ethiopia and employed a campaign of torture, arbitrary imprisonment, and summary executions against perceived enemies of the government. Leaders of…
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