Hashil

No one could imagine that beauty of a Zanzibari Swahili lady after the Zanzibar Revolution of 1964 could lead to the destruction of her family.In the Living under the shadow of terror: Zanzibar taken off guard one follows the destruction of a family or families in an environment choked off by a political culture that turned out to be a pressure cooker to its own people.The political pressure cooker and the lady

Following the assassination of the first President of Zanzibar Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume on April 7, 1972, Hashil was arrested and held as a political prisoner due to non-substantiated allegations of involvement in the assassination of the president. Hashil was detained without trial in various prisons on mainland Tanzania between 1972 and 1978. He was routinely tortured and humiliated. Hashil is a Danish citizen today and lives in Copenhagen. Hashil has worked with the Danish Institute of Human Rights in Copenhagen. He has written four books. In contrast to Hashil, Ahmed Faris is a Microbiologist/Bacteriologist and has published scientific articles in international journals. He was born in Kenya but now lives in Sweden.