states that it will only argue violations of Articles 1, 2, 7 (1) (b) (d) of the African Charter. 124. The Complainants further state that Paragraph four of its brief on Admissibility stated that the victims were detained on account of collective responsibility for policies or abuses by the Dergue regime rather than on account of individual responsibility for particular criminal offences. In addition paragraph 13 stated that the 106 detainees were collectively charged under one file, and have been defending their case collectively and that the procedure of collective trial has made it difficult to individualize guilt, or to prove/rebut individual‟s innocence and guilt. 125. The Complainants say that they wish to qualify the above statement to the effect that although there was joinder, the charges, the conviction and the sentences are individualized. They argue that the trial of all those who have been alleged to have committed crimes during the era of the former Government were not conducted in a single case or in a single venue.21 Rather, there have been several trials going on at different locations throughout the country both at the Federal High Court divisions and the Supreme Courts of the regional states of the Ethiopian Federation. 126. They also state that from the former Dergue Officials accused jointly, for example, one defendant was acquitted, while others were convicted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 23 years to life. They state that the Victims were able to present separate arguments of their own, and so they are accordingly clarifing their previous submissions. It nevertheless argues that the joinder of the trials has immensely contributed to the undue delay in the trial of the former Dergue Officials. 127. The Complainants also informs the African Commission that paragraph nine of its brief on Admissibility indicates that the proceedings are yet to come to a conclusion fifteen years after the detention of the Complainants and twelve years after the commencement of the proceedings. They state that the statement was true over a year ago, however, some developments have taken place subsequently. They state that on 12 December 2006, the Ethiopian Federal High Court convicted many of the victims, among others, on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. They also state that on 11 January 2007 prison sentences ranging from 23 years to life 21 See also D Hailegebriel „Prosecution of genocide at international and national courts: A comparative analysis of approaches by ICTY/ICTR and Ethiopia/Rwanda‟ (a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa – University of Pretoria (2003)) 26. 25