Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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She grew up believing the story she was told until arrests, disappearances, and indefinite military service shattered it.

Yirgalem Fisseha takes the stage at the Oslo Freedom Forum to share a life split in two: from poetry to prison, from hope to solitary confinement. Her story reveals what it costs to speak when a state demands silence.

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