“They Want a Confession” documents serious human rights abuses, unlawful interrogation tactics, and poor detention conditions in Addis Ababa’s Maekelawi detention center, drawing from interviews with former Maekelawi detainees and their family members. Those detained in Maekelawi include scores of opposition politicians, journalists, protest organizers, and alleged supporters of ethnic insurgencies. 
“Wanahitaji Kukiri” inaelezea matukio mabaya ana ya uvunjifu wa haki za binadamu, mbinu sisizo za kisheria za mahojiano, pamoja na mazingira mabaya ya kituo cha kushikilia wahalifu cha Maekelawi kilichopo jijini Adis Ababa, matukio yaliyopatikana kwa kufanya mahojiano na watu waliokuwa wameshikiliwa Maekelawi pamoja na ndugu wa familia zao. dWaliokuwa wanashikiliwa Maekelawi ni pamoja na wanasiasa wa upinzani, waandishi wa habari, waratibu wa maandamano na wale wanaodhaniwa kuwa ni watu wanaounga mkono vitendo vya ugaidi.