African Perspective

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BBC African Perspective:In Ethiopia in the nineteen seventies, hundreds of thousands of people were killed in the red terror which followed the overthrow of the emperor Haile Selassie. Many more spent time in the notorious jails run by the Derg- the brutal military dictatorship which emerged after the revolution. Earlier in the year,the BBC's Elizabeth Blunt met a woman who survived imprisonment and torture under the Derg, fought to see her torturer brought to justice- and is till fighting to make sure the lessons of those years are never forgotten. If you missed it, here is a chance to hear Hirut Abebe Jiri's remarkable story again.