Travel Guide | February 23, 2012 Ethiopians ask Eritrea to release fighter pilot Ethiomedia | Feb 23, 2012 WASHINGTON, DC – Tamagn Beyene, a prominent Ethiopian human rights activist, has asked Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki to release Col. Bezabih Petros, a senior Ethiopian fighter pilot who was captured by Eritrean forces when his MiG-21 fighter interceptor was shot down during the start of the 1998-2000 War. The audience expressed full support for Tamagne’s request by according the activist a standing ovation. This is the first official request from the Ethiopian Diaspora for Asmara to release the pilot jailed since 1998. Ethiomedia.com – An African-American news and views website. Copyright 2010 Ethiomedia.com. Email: [email protected] 37 years of TPLF and the footprints of Meles Prof. Donald Levine narrates his ties to Ethiopia
