Redeem Ethiopia wonders what the US state dept is up to referring to a recent speech by the US Charge d’ Affairs in which she expressed a wish for Meles’ government to release prisoners rather than “calling for the release“….”By going on the record to state that the courts should decide the issue [quickly or not], she is saying that the U.S. administration washes its hands off the same individuals that Amnesty International calls prisoners of conscious.”