Ethiopian runner's defiant hand signal could see him KILLED by his own government when he returns home - so what did it mean?

Ethiopia's Feyisa Lilesa marked his silver medal in the Olympic Games men's marathon on Sunday by staging a dramatic protest against his country's government.

Lilesa crossed his arms above his head as he finished the gruelling event - as a sign of solidarity with the Oromo people, who are protesting against the Ethiopian government reallocating them from their
farmland.

The marathon runner, who was second to Kenyan favourite Eliud Kipchoge, claimed his life could be in peril after making the sign.