Now exiled in the US, human rights is the priority of dissident Ethiopian silver medal winner Feyisa Lilesa

Feyisa Lilesa, the Ethiopian silver medalist in the marathon at last month’s Rio Olympics, was in Washington this week, calling on the U.S. Congress to take action in solidarity with Ethiopians protesting their government. “I know that Americans are peace-loving people. My people are also peace-loving people, but they have been denied peace for a very…