Imprisoned - with Dawit

GÖTEBORG. The former Minister Haile Woldensae imprisoned while journalist Dawit Isaak.

His son does not know if the father lives, but is sure that neither he nor Isaak will be released as long as the dictator Isaias Afewerki reigns.


- It recognizes he defeated, "said Haile Fenkl
26-year-old fled alone to Sweden via Sudan in 2002. Today, he is a Swedish citizen, read on education, extra work in the health and lives in a student one on Hisingen in Gothenburg.
- I am very grateful to Sweden, "he says. Here I live in luxury compared to how they have it in Eritrea. Where all who live in a prison.
New war

Fenkl Hailes parents were war heroes in the war against Ethiopia, and worked for a free and democratic Eritrea. When the interim government was appointed in 1993 became a father Haile Woldensae first finance minister, then foreign minister, and finally for Industry and Trade.
When the Constitution was completed and the first free elections were held showed President Afewerki its true. He went to war against Ethiopia again, without asking the government.
- He was not interested in any election and needs war to maintain its power, says Fenkl.
His father ended up in the cold, and all opposition.
In August 2001 was arrested and imprisoned 2000 - 3000 students because of osämja on a government funded project. Fenkl Haile was 19 years and one of them. He interned in a camp in a desert during a half months.
Arrested at home

- We were in a house built of sheet metal. It was 43 degrees Celsius and we gradually broke down, describing him.
He and the others were released after they signed a kind of recognition.
Meanwhile, the regime struck against Fenkls father. Haile Woldensae arrested at his home in the morning September 18, 2001 after he and other regime critics, wrote an open letter in the press in which they demanded democracy. Shortly thereafter arrested the Swedish-Eritrean citizen Dawit Isaak, as well as a large group of other journalists.
Torture in Prison

Some among them have died in captivity, others fate is uncertain.
If Haile Woldensae liver, he is 62 years old. He suffers from diabetes and may be in a secret prison in the town Eirairo where torture occurs.
Fenkl Haile believe that Dawit Isaak is kept alive. He is an important pawn in the dictator's game with the West.
- It is about aid, he believes. Dawit Isaak is his hostage, his bargaining chip.
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