Befeqadu also described accounts he had heard from fellow prisoners, who had been brought to Maekelawi after suffering through even worse ordeals at other detention centers in the country. 
Pia Befeqadu alielezea maelezo aliyoyasikia kutoka kwa wafungwa wenzake, ambao waliletwa Maekelawi ambao walipitia mateso mengine makali walipokuwa kwenye vituo vingine vya kushikilia watuhumiwa nchini Ethiopia.