Libya-based fugitive Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam is sought by Europol after escaping prison in Ethiopia, where he was convicted of extortion, kidnapping, and torturing migrants to death
Published date: 20 April 2021 14:46 UTC | Last update: 2 hours 3 min ago
When Tekle learned that Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, the head of a brutal human trafficking ring, was arrested by Ethiopian police in February 2020 and set to appear in court, he was elated.
The 29-year-old Ethiopian migrant in Libya says that he was tortured and starved for months in a warehouse in Libya at the hands of Kidane.
“Of course, I was happy. Kidane was responsible for so much death and suffering,” Tekle - who requested to speak under a pseudonym - told Middle East Eye over the phone from an undisclosed location in Libya.