On August 21, 2012, while I was walking in my hometown of Ambo, Ethiopia, a man that I didn’t recognize called me over. As soon as I went to him, he pulled me into a huge compound belonging to Ethiopia’s ruling party, EPRDF. I found myself in a very small and confined room in front of two individuals who immediately started hurling insults at me. I was completely disoriented until one of the men asked if I knew where I was.
I answered: “I’m in an office that belongs to the ruling party.”
He banged on the table with his fist, “Mr. Zelalem, you are dead wrong. This office belongs to the National Intelligence and Security Service.
