Original sentence: In 2002, Hailu stated that "[t]welve years ago," when Ethiopia was under the dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, "Ethiopians were living in peace and harmony," when compared to the life of Ethiopians under Meles Zenawi
Edited sentence: All together with what most Ethiopians & rights groups claim was a systematic counter-insurgency crime of holding millions of northern Ethiopians in famine ( which prompted the famous Live Aid ), Hailu Shawel was praising an era under Mengistu HaileMariam, a leader that is alleged to be responsible for the 7th worst genocide in world history.Around 1,500,000 Ethiopians were claimed to be the victims of the Derg genocide.Hailu was praising an era under dictator Mengistu where some experts say 150,000 university students, intellectuals and politicians were killed in a nationwide purge by Mengistu's Marxist regime.In 2002, Hailu stated that "[t]welve years ago," when Ethiopia was under Mengistu Haile Mariam, "Ethiopians were living in peace and harmony," when compared to the life of Ethiopians under Meles Zenawi