Dear Prof. Seidler, Your friend, Mr. Zenawi has unleashed a reign of terror in the aftermath of his party’s shocking losses at the polls on May 15, 2005. His security forces have killed over 88 and arrested perhaps as many as 30,000 civilians since June. Much of your friend, Mr. Zenawi’s 14-year rule has been marred by serious human rights abuses and extra-judicial killings. For example, 424 indigenous Anuaks were massacred in 2003; 66 protesters were gunned down in Awassa and Addis Ababa in 2002; 40 students were murdered in 2001; and another group of 19 students were killed in Addis Ababa in 1993. Your friend, Mr. Zenawi’s Tigrai People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has stolen four regional and national elections since coming to power in 1991. International observers have often criticized it for electoral abuses, manipulation and intimidation. In addition to stealing elections and abusing human rights, the regime has been a colossal economic failure, International donors poured...