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OntheeveofJune28th,2011SwedishjournalistsMartinSchibbyeandJohanPerssonputeverythingatstakebyillegallycrossingtheborderfromSomaliaintoEthiopia.Aftermonthsofresearch,planningandfailedattempts,theywerefinallyontheirwaytoreportonhowtheruthlesshuntforoileffectedthepopulationoftheisolatedandconflict-riddenOgadenregion.Fivedayslatertheylaywoundedinthedesertsand,shotandcapturedbytheEthiopianarmy.Butwhentheirinitialreportagedied,anotherstorybegan.Astoryaboutlawlessness,propagandaandglobalpolitics.AfteraKafkaesquetrialtheyweresentencedtoelevenyearsinprisonforterrorism.Andtheywerefarfromalone.Theircellmateswerejournalists,writersandpoliticianspersecutedfornotbowingdowntodictatorship.Theirreportageaboutoilwastransformedintoastoryaboutink,andtheirdailylivesturnedintoafightforsurvivalinsidethenotoriousKalityprisoninAddisAbaba.Exposedtodeadly...