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ABEBE-JIRA v. NEGEWO

No. 93-9133.

72 F.3d 844 (1996)

Hirute ABEBE-JIRA; Edgegayehu Taye; Elizabeth Demissie, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Kelbessa NEGEWO a/k/a Kelbessa Negaw, a/k/a Kellbessa, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 10, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Matteson, Atlanta, GA, for appellant.

Miles J. Alexander, Laurel J. Lucey, Michael W. Tyler, Kilpatrick and Cody, Atlanta, GA, Paul L. Hoffman, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, for appellees.

Before HATCHETT and COX, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

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,"...

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