one of those released is andargachew tsege, a prominent opposition leaderfrom andargachew tsege, a prominention leader from the organisation, patriotic ginbot7. he had been on death row in an ethiopianjailforfour had been on death row in an ethiopian jail for four years. had been on death row in an ethiopianjailforfour years. will his group renounce violence and will he go back to ethiopia to help build the country's future? andargachew tsege, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. so, you were at the airport in yemen in 2014, and then you were arrested and taken to ethiopia, en route to eritrea where your group is based. tell us briefly what happened. as you said, i was in transit, and i have a feeling the ethiopian authorities somehow got the knowledge i was in yemen. perhaps they used the very corrupt intelligence officers, paid a lot of money, i believe, and took me out of the waiting room. and they passed me to the ethiopian intelligence officers six hours later, and they kept me in the airport room. the intelligence officers, four of them, they handcuffed me behind my back and u

andargachew tsege, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. you were at the airport in yemen in 2014, and then you were arrested and taken to ethiopia, you were en route to eritrea where your group is based. just tell us briefly what happened. as you said, i was in transit, and i have a feeling the ethiopian authorities somehow got the knowledge i was in yemen. and maybe they used the very corrupt yemeni intelligence officers, paid a lot of money, i believe, and theyjust took me out of the waiting hall. and they passed me to the ethiopian intelligence officers that came about six hours later, and they kept me in the airport, in a little room. the intelligence officers, four of them, they handcuffed me behind my back and used heavy—duty silver tape to tape my eyes and mouth and took me to a waiting plane. i did not know where i was being taken. that must have been very painful to have thick tape right across your eyes and mouth. especially when they handcuffed you. your hands were at the back, that's very, very painful. anyway, that is the way