hague dutch judge jail onetime aide ethiopia former communist ruler mengistu haile mariam life friday war crimes carry ethiopia red terror purge 1970s include execution 75 prisoners eshetu alemu 63 find guilty trial hague order 1978 kill camp detainees many 18 years age take cells strangle rope church hear hold dutch universal jurisdiction alemu former mengistu regional representative convict charge bring prosecutors include arbitrary detention inhumane treatment torture mass murder fact majority victims children young 18 make crimes cruel say preside judge mariette renckens alemu come netherlands asylum seeker 1990 custody since 2015. plead guilty charge present verdict read negus gebeyehu prisoner camp alemu control give emotional speech hague court follow verdict victims cheer justice do ethiopia say imprison young man survive also day us forgive ethiopian court sentence alemu death absentia 2007 role red terror mengistu communist military junta conduct ethiopian emperor haile selassie oust 1974. mengistu find guilty absentia genocide trial 2007 top members military government accuse kill thousands 17-year rule today verdict show perpetrators netherlands safe jirko patist national prosecutor office say netherlands one european countries establish international crimes prosecution unit prosecute allege war criminals reside netherlands even crimes commit abroad ethiopian ex-official get dutch life sentence war crimes