| 词条 | Yacob Haile-Mariam |
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Dr. Yacob Hailemariam (born 1944) is a retired professor of business law at Norfolk State University; former Senior Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; and an elected member of the Ethiopian parliament who had been held as a "prisoner of conscience" in Ethiopia. When the May 2005 Ethiopian election was promoted as the first democratic election in the country's history, Haile-Mariam, affectionately called "Dr. Yacob" by his former students, took an early retirement from NSU to run for a parliamentary seat in his home district. Haile-Mariam became a member of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), the main opposition party in Ethiopia, which gained strong and widespread support from the public. Despite the threats to his life and various forms of harassment, Hailemariam won his race by a landslide against the incumbent member of the ruling party. On October 31, 2005, the government arrested Hailemariam and other CUD party leaders, following electoral disputes, all of whom faced possible execution. In an effort to raise awareness and promote government action and about the former professor, various NSU student organizations hosted a candlelight vigil at Norfolk State University on Tuesday, April 18, 2006. While an Ethiopian Federal court declared him guilty with 37 other CUD members 11 June 2007,[1] and subsequently sentenced him to life imprisonment,[2] Dr. Yacob Haile-Mariam was released in September 2007, along with his fellow CUD members, after accepting a pardon from the Federal government.[3] References1. ^[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1225902920070612 "U.S. says concerned over Ethiopia court moves"], Reuters website 12 June 2007 (accessed 22 May 2010) 2. ^Matthew Bowers, "Former NSU professor sentenced to life in Ethiopian prison", The Virginia-Pilot website (originally published 21 July 2007) 3. ^Matthew Bowers, "Former NSU professor among 38 pardoned, freed in Ethiopia", The Virginia-Pilot website (originally published 21 July 2007) External links
11 : 1944 births|Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Ethiopia|Coalition for Unity and Democracy politicians|Ethiopian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment|International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda prosecutors|Living people|Norfolk State University faculty|Members of the House of Peoples' Representatives|Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Ethiopia|Recipients of Ethiopian presidential pardons|Ethiopian officials of the United Nations |
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