Literature

It was July 28 2003 me and two of my friends was in a coefee shop near the imperial Hotel. They came to my house to say congradulations on my recent graduation from a post graduate program in Communication(Electrical) Engineering. They coundn't make it in my graduation day which was in July 26, 2003. That is why they came to my house to say congrat and we stayed and played at home a little longer and get out outside to get fresh air . That is why we went to the cofee shop that is near the imperial hotel walking a couple of mile from home. We were having fun playing and chating about our personal lifes and about the Life we went through. They were asking me how I went through successfully through my studies. We were glad seeing each other and wishing good lucks in our life and the future. There were a television broadcast in the cofee shop and the foreign minister of Ethiopia was giving a news release. During his interview he mentioned about the bias of the UN boarder comission to decide the town of badme, the flash point of the war, was decided to belong to the Eritrea. Two of my friends named Mulugeta Mehari and Solomon Gebremedhin, which are native Eritreans, I was very much sorry about them they couldn't control their emotion and unknowingly expressed their support with sigh of joy and Solomon claping his hand suddenly. At that moment I was so disturbed and don't know what to do and asked my friends to leave the shop immediately. Solomon called the waitress to pay the bill. But the waitress delayed so that he dropped the money on the balkoney of the cashier and we left the shop . Shortley before we make to the outside of the compound, armed security agents came in a landrover parked in an alley and jumped out of the Landrover and came to us and asked them to follow them to the car parked in the alley. When we hesitated, they showed us their ids and forced us to get in to the back of the Land rover. They headed us to the Wereda 17 police station. when we arrived at the police station . They took me the information as where do I live and work. and

They took me into a concrete fenced prison compound and throw me in a filthy dirt dark room, where there is no window.I spend the night worrying and praying to how I got into this

He says that he was taken to the torture room and threatened that he would be shot if he did not cooperate
shackled by arms and legs needing help to feed himself Within one week of having his shackles removed he was transferred back to the other prisoners.
have alleged that they were held incommunicado for two weeks in a dark underground cell in Maikelawi police prison in Addis Ababa and beaten
"The Addis Ababa Central Prison, holding about 2,000 prisoners, is at the end of a cracked, paved road, in the heart of the city, with concrete guard towers and corrugated metal roofs. Male and female guards, in olive drab sweaters and jackets representing their military status, sit in the shade holding rifles. Down a dirt path and through another steel door is a section of the prison called Alem Bekagne or "No More the World" -- meaning they would not see the outside world again -- where Wolde and 400 other prisoners are kept" (Ultramarathon World 2000).
I was shackled for 24 hours a day. Most of the time my hands were chained and sometimes my legs were, whenever they did not want me to move around. I was held in a dark room, then in solitary confinement. This was the situation for most political prisoners"
During most of his incarceration Dr. Taye was held under extremely harsh conditions [in Karchale prison in Addis Ababa], which included lengthy solitary confinement, greatly reduced family visits, being handcuffed regularly, and being held in an unsanitary, overcrowded, and poorly ventilated cell with some 200 other prisoners
and also opponents of the current government, some of whom have allegedly been tortured. Conditions in the prison are harsh
There have been numerous reports of torture of political prisoners in Ethiopia in recent years, particularly in certain police stations and security centres in Addis Ababa. Prison conditions are generally harsh, medical treatment is inadequate and complaints of torture are rarely investigated by the authorities
The prison was in a maximum security section
I was taken to the interrogation center. 
Wereda 17 has its own jail in its jurisdiction
We have to work to dig and toil a farm land on the backyard of the prison cell minimum-security state farms as part of the agricultural development plan
prison life in Ethiopia was gloomy and for political prisoners extremely brutal
severe beatings, exhausting work and calisthenics, and political indoctrination.
sometimes the detainee's torture fellow prisoners was left unpunished and sometimes regarded as an indication of his penitence. 
I was thrown in dark cell alone in solitary
that cells were infested with pests and fleas and were unventilated and lacking the most basic sanitation poorer hygiene 

Medical attention was generally inadequate and not even available at all facilities. Even seriously ill prisoners rarely received hospital treatment
inmates were allowed regular family visits, and relatives were permitted to send food, laundry, books, medicine, and other "comfort" items to jailed family members
Prison conditions were harsh in the provinces and in Addis Ababa. Medical care was rudimentary and rationed to a handful of prisoners per day. Prisoners with AIDS reportedly received no treatment, and former prisoners reported having witnessed deaths of prisoners with serious diseases such as tuberculosis. Prisoners were denied access to bathing facilities, mattresses, and blankets. Some released in 2002 told of being detained in such crowded confinement that they had had to take turns sleeping. Food was meager but adequate. Prisoners who had family living nearby were normally allowed to receive food from family members. In May the International Committee of the Red Cross reported it had access to 4,800 security detainees in 150 places of detention. 
Prisoners typically are permitted daily access to prison yards
The daily meal budget was approximately 25 cents per prisoner per day, and many prisoners had family members deliver food every day or used their own funds to purchase food from local vendors. Prison conditions were unsanitary, and access to medical care was not reliable. There was no budget for prison facility maintenance. Prisoners typically were permitted daily access to prison yards, which often included working farms, mechanical shops, and rudimentary libraries. Prison letters must be written in Amharic, which made outside contact difficult for non Amharic speakers; however, this restriction generally was not enforced. In police detention centers police often physically abused detainees. Diplomatic observers reported firsthand accounts of such beatings from AAU student detainees in Oromiya. Visitors generally were permitted; however, they were sometimes denied access to detainees