 After a series of interrogations, the Harerghe Province Higher Military court sentenced the eight prisoners to death.However, when the Dergue declared official amnesty for all political prisoners in November 1974, Meyra and the other detainees were freed.While still he was in his 20s, Meyra marched to Somalia leading a group of youth with whom he used to discuss the national agenda (the group is called “tuuta bariisaa’’) and some Oromo peasants to seek material assistance from the newly emerging military government of General Mohammed Ziad Barre.