Kidane "wedi Qeshi" was an Eritrean Government Official. He has been imprisoned since December 2001.

Kidane was a member of the paramilitary intelligence unit, Brigade 72,("sebAn klten") which used to be headed by Petros Solomon

Petros Solomon

Petros Solomon is an Eritrean politician. He was an Eritrean People's Liberation Front commander during the Eritrean War of Independence, and following independence he served in several positions in the Cabinet, including Minister of Defense and Minister of Foreign Affairs...

one of the detained reformers. Kidane had been appointed as chief of Intelligence and Security only a year earlier. His arrest is reported to be related to his refusal to arrest the reformers because he believed that the detention was "illegal".