'I don't even know if my parents are alive' - the war heroes jailed 25 years ago

Unbeknown to Hanna, her father had been dismissed as a minister, though he still went out early to get some exercise each day.It was not until a few days after 9/11 - when the world was distracted by the al-Qaeda attacks on the US - that the country was to discover the full extent of Isais's displeasure in what became a watershed moment in Eritrea's history.In the early hours of 18 September, the security forces positioned themselves outside the homes of 11 senior government officials in the capital, Asmara, on the president's orders.Petros was picked up by security agents as he left in his tracksuit.The family had no idea what had happened to him. Hanna and her three siblings went to stay with their paternal grandmother as their mother, Aster Yohannes, was away studying in the US.It was only some days after Petros had disappeared that things became clearer, says Hanna about the painful memories."My classmates told me that my father sold out his country."That is when I understood how serious the situation was, and how people framed my dad and his colleagues who fought for the independence of their country. I was hurt."In the US, Aster was shell-shocked by what had happened - and wa...