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The Ethiopian Red Terror, also known as the Qey Shibir (Amharic: ቀይ ሽብር, romanized: ḳäy shəbbər), was a violent political repression campaign of the Derg against other competing Marxist-Leninist groups in Ethiopia and present-day Eritrea from 1976 to 1978.
The group was also suspected of attempting a coup d'état against the government in July 1976. [8] [9] As a result, 21 coup plotters were executed, and mass arrests of EPRP members began in August. [1] On 23 September 1976, the first of nine suspects was implicated in an attempted assassination of Mengistu Haile Mariam. [10]
In 1976, the Derg instigated the Qey Shibir (Ethiopian Red Terror), a campaign of violent political repression primarily targeting the EPRP and later the All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement (MEISON), in an attempt to consolidate their power.
Shumu Adem, executive chef at Colts’ stadium, shares story of fleeing Ethiopia during the Red Terror, becoming a chef. Holly V. Kapherr. September 21, 2022 at 1:51 PM.
Following their defeat in Addis Ababa on 28 May 1991, the rebel coalition and future ruling party, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), began detaining approximately 1,900 of the Derg members. [4]
His bloody consolidation of power in 1977–1978 is known as the Ethiopian Red Terror, [5] a brutal crackdown on opposition groups and civilians following a failed assassination attempt by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP) in September 1976, after it had ignored the Derg's invitation to join the union of socialist parties. The ...
During the first stages of the Red Terror, MEISON remained closely allied with the Derg and assisted in combatting suspected EPRP supporters. In February 1977 MEISON joined the Union of Ethiopian Marxist–Leninist Organizations (Imaledih). But later in 1977, the Derg turned on MEISON, fearing its membership was more loyal to the party than it ...
On Sept. 5, 1918, the Soviet government adopted a decree sanctioning “Red Terror,” which prescribed “mass shooting” to be “inflicted without hesitation.”