Foreword
Daniel Girmai Negusie has had a hard life. He was born in Eritrea, a small country neighboring Ethiopia in northeastern Africa. In 1994, when he was 18 years old, he was forced to work in salt mines, then conscripted into the Eritrean navy. In 1998, war erupted between Eritrea and Ethiopia, and Negusie refused to fight. He was sent to prison, where he was tortured and made to do hard labor. In 2001,Negusie was released from prison — but he was required to serve as a guardthere under threat of death. He never actively participated in torturingprisoners and secretly…
