Mike: Your concern has merits. However, even without this incident the jail was very secured. It is probably one of worst in the world. Prisoner aren’t allowed to step outside except for few minutes per day. Three gates guarded by many armed officers. One has to be insane to try and escape. The reason the guards relaxed on that moment was because they never imagined one would be stupid enough to try to escape or the almighty God blinded them momentarily. Those guards would be thrown in to a prison room where Dejen languished for 15 years. I am not going shade tears for them. As Dejen said, you step on justice, it is a matter of time before it blows you up.
Finally Asmara has a true voice of liberation, worth listening to again and again and sharing with the rest of the world. It’s amazing and refreshing to know liberation is internal and the resources to liberation can be a little as a tiny how on the wall (wiki leak). Most of us in the West who are still prisoners of the mafia in Asmara have a wide open window, a wide open door towards liberation, yet we are in bondage, in servitude of the criminals in Asmara. Dejen only had a tiny hole to use for his liberation. Most people have a wide open window and door and yet….smh
Thanks God for helping you break the prison,giving u all the ability and bravery that enabled u to do so. Dejen I am impressed not only by your ubelievable heroic action but also the way you tell the story. Your words will be printed in my memory forever. But inorder for this real story to be used as a lesson to our people and passed to generations to come, please write it in a book form. God bless you dejen.
It reminded me of the great escape movie. Assenna, I recommend you to refer this unbleaveable story to the movie experts in wholly wood to help them produce the best 2014 movie based on true story. The Peradiso from Winnipeg, Canada
Dejen is a smart young man: -he uses the small light spot in washroom to his advantage – When the electric generator was obstacle to listen to the car engage he use the car’s mirror to tell the car is runining (the mirrors vabrated on his eye) -when he came out of the prison he sppotted many monkeys which screamed when they saw him..he managed to pass them then take advantage of thier scream to rest, he said if the monkies saw people they will do same they will scream and woke him.
I am glad you are free but come on man tell us the true story how you got out of that prison. We are not 5 years old. If you can do this in bright day light in the center city of the capital then there is no government and we should just walk in to Asmara and arrest the dictator. I know we are weak but not that weak. You made it seem like the dictator is dead but yet there is no opposition can see that
Dear Dejen, if there is a will and a courage there is always a way. You are indeed a HERO!! Next, you have to be ready to any conspiracy theory which might come from the opossitions, it is a habit here diaspora, once you have a different opinion you will be a target! we saw this with Semere Kessete and many others…So, good luck with your future life hawey!
I wasn’t expecting he can use prison car to escape until I finally heard yesterday. At first I thought someone succored him out; but it just seemed a little unreal. Eventually though I sunk in a mix for days, by then I was really excited. Prisoners never stop dreaming of such chances and now here Dejen a real example fulfilling his own dream.
To support Dejen and the thousands political prisoners of conscience without trails like him who are imprisoned for the inconveniences they pose, we are proud to present their eloquent and thought-provoking memoir of the time they spent incarcerated without justice after their original arrest.
Thus, I have a strong feeling. If nothing else, it is argued, we would be living proof that the political prisoners are still refusing justice – this system would be a denial of everything we/they had struggled for in the past. We are living on a desert island of our own making. How could we have progressed under such conditions? The harsh reality is that we had to move our position it was hurting us more than the administration which was more than content to have us in a position of containment.
sam May 30, 2014
How far is true
hmmm May 30, 2014
Mike: Your concern has merits. However, even without this incident the jail was very secured. It is probably one of worst in the world. Prisoner aren’t allowed to step outside except for few minutes per day. Three gates guarded by many armed officers. One has to be insane to try and escape. The reason the guards relaxed on that moment was because they never imagined one would be stupid enough to try to escape or the almighty God blinded them momentarily. Those guards would be thrown in to a prison room where Dejen languished for 15 years. I am not going shade tears for them. As Dejen said, you step on justice, it is a matter of time before it blows you up.
VOL May 30, 2014
Finally Asmara has a true voice of liberation, worth listening to again and again and sharing with the rest of the world. It’s amazing and refreshing to know liberation is internal and the resources to liberation can be a little as a tiny how on the wall (wiki leak). Most of us in the West who are still prisoners of the mafia in Asmara have a wide open window, a wide open door towards liberation, yet we are in bondage, in servitude of the criminals in Asmara. Dejen only had a tiny hole to use for his liberation. Most people have a wide open window and door and yet….smh
Bereket May 31, 2014
Thanks God for helping you break the prison,giving u all the ability and bravery that enabled u to do so. Dejen I am impressed not only by your ubelievable heroic action but also the way you tell the story. Your words will be printed in my memory forever. But inorder for this real story to be used as a lesson to our people and passed to generations to come, please write it in a book form. God bless you dejen.
msnnit May 31, 2014
Anta ANBESA WEDI ANBESA arikayom sreka nezom asnan zeyblom anabis ena behalti wekaru.Ajoka ab hara meret yrakibena gudom kikalai eyou nezom anchiwa wishate, AJOKA AJOKA AJOKA.
Tesema Gilazgi May 31, 2014
It reminded me of the great escape movie. Assenna, I recommend you to refer this unbleaveable story to the movie experts in wholly wood to help them produce the best 2014 movie based on true story. The Peradiso from Winnipeg, Canada
haile May 31, 2014
Dejen is a smart young man: -he uses the small light spot in washroom to his advantage – When the electric generator was obstacle to listen to the car engage he use the car’s mirror to tell the car is runining (the mirrors vabrated on his eye) -when he came out of the prison he sppotted many monkeys which screamed when they saw him..he managed to pass them then take advantage of thier scream to rest, he said if the monkies saw people they will do same they will scream and woke him.
Smerrrrrrrr May 31, 2014
Mr, Dejen
I am glad you are free but come on man tell us the true story how you got out of that prison. We are not 5 years old. If you can do this in bright day light in the center city of the capital then there is no government and we should just walk in to Asmara and arrest the dictator. I know we are weak but not that weak. You made it seem like the dictator is dead but yet there is no opposition can see that
Mahta May 31, 2014
Dear Dejen, if there is a will and a courage there is always a way. You are indeed a HERO!! Next, you have to be ready to any conspiracy theory which might come from the opossitions, it is a habit here diaspora, once you have a different opinion you will be a target! we saw this with Semere Kessete and many others…So, good luck with your future life hawey!
Gezae May 31, 2014
I wasn’t expecting he can use prison car to escape until I finally heard yesterday. At first I thought someone succored him out; but it just seemed a little unreal. Eventually though I sunk in a mix for days, by then I was really excited. Prisoners never stop dreaming of such chances and now here Dejen a real example fulfilling his own dream.
To support Dejen and the thousands political prisoners of conscience without trails like him who are imprisoned for the inconveniences they pose, we are proud to present their eloquent and thought-provoking memoir of the time they spent incarcerated without justice after their original arrest.
Thus, I have a strong feeling. If nothing else, it is argued, we would be living proof that the political prisoners are still refusing justice – this system would be a denial of everything we/they had struggled for in the past. We are living on a desert island of our own making. How could we have progressed under such conditions? The harsh reality is that we had to move our position it was hurting us more than the administration which was more than content to have us in a position of containment.