Produced by:
KBOO
Program::
Air date:
Thu, 04/26/2012 - 9:30am to 10:00am
Interview; Attorney Tom Nelson & Yonas Fikre; Tortured in Abu Dhabi
Tortured in Abu Dhabi
Held for 106 days, Portlander Yonas Fikre was beaten with plastic pipes, deprived of sleep and held in stress positions. No lawyers allowed and no charges filed. What did his torturers want? Information about The Islamic Center of Portland and its Iman. That’s right torturers in The United Arab Emirates asking questions about a mosque in Portland. Join host Linda Olson-Osterlund and her guests Portland attorney, Tom Nelson and his client, Yonas Fikre, by phone from Sweden.