By Aaron Berhane/CPJ Guest Blogger Since Zaid Tewelde's husband, an Eritrean freedom fighter turned playwright and journalist, was arrested in September 2001, she has spent each passing day coping with the burning questions of her two young sons, age 9 and 10, "Where is my dad?
Imagine a cell that is windowless, and may be a metal container buried underground. Temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius aren’t uncommon in this 12-square-metre space; medical care is virtually non-existent. The prisoner is manacled most waking hours, and is allowed to see no one, including
On this day, September 18, 10 years ago, the dictatorial regime of Eritrea, while the world turned its attention to September 11 attacks in the USA, issued its totalitarian decree to close the Eritrean private press and unleashed its squad to arbitrary arrest Eritrean journalists. September
It was with a great sense of loss and shock that we learned of the deaths of nearly 400 Eritreans in the Mediterranean Sea. The Association of Eritrean Journalists in Exile (AEJE) joins the families of these Eritreans in their mourning and bereavement. We extend our heart-felt message of condolence to the grieving families.
afrol News, 2 March – Eritrea, the most closed dictatorship in Africa, has censored all news about the popular unrest in North Africa and neighbouring Djibouti. Only the exiled opposition talks about revolution.
Reporters Without Borders is “dismayed” by the three-year jail sentence and fine of 6 million Somaliland shillings (around 1,000 dollars) that a court in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway northwestern territory of Somaliland, passed yesterday on Mohamud Abdi Jama, the editor of the independent newspaper Waheen, for allegedly libelling local officials.
Upon learning the passing of Mrs. Letay Kiflemariam , the mother of the famed Eritrean Journalist Dawit Isaac, the Association of Eritrean Journalists in Exile (AEJE) sends its message of condolences to the family of Letay Kiflemariam.
Press Freedom Prize
In partnership with the French retail chain FNAC, Reporters Without Borders is delighted to award its 2010 Press Freedom Prize to two symbols of courage, the jailed Iranian journalist Abdolreza Tajik and the embattled Somali news radio station Radio Shabelle.
With at least 17 journalists who have disappeared in governnment custody and are being held without charge or trial for months and years, Eritrea was the world’s third foremost jailer of journalists, CPJ research shows.
The Eritrean authorities continue to gag all forms of free expression and recently arrested another journalist as he was trying to flee the country, Reporters Without Borders said today,
A number of
Reporters Without Borders is deeply disturbed by the conduct of the trial of four senior members of the opposition daily Rai Al Shaab – editor Ashraf Abdelaziz, deputy editor Abuzur Al Amin, political editor Altahir Ibrahim and news editor Ramadan Mahgoub – on charges of terrorism and spying.
Reporters Without Borders is deeply disturbed by the conduct of the trial of four senior members of the opposition daily Rai Al Shaab – editor Ashraf Abdelaziz, deputy editor Abuzur Al Amin, political editor Altahir Ibrahim and news editor Ramadan Mahgoub – on charges of terrorism and spying.
(May 29, 2010) The Association of Eritrean Journalists in Exile (AEJE) strongly condemns the vicious attack on Tedros Mengistu by PFDJ supporters and joins the CPJ in its call for thorough investigation on the case. The attack happened on May 9, 2010, in
(May 29, 2010) The Association of Eritrean Journalists in Exile (AEJE) strongly condemns the vicious attack on Tedros Mengistu by PFDJ supporters and joins the CPJ in its call for thorough investigation on the case. The attack happened on May 9, 2010, in
1. The AEJE is writing this press release concerning a matter of importance raised by alarming activities of a certain individual called Mr. Yonas Embaye who claims to have worked as a journalist in
1. The AEJE is writing this press release concerning a matter of importance raised by alarming activities of a certain individual called Mr. Yonas Embaye who claims to have worked as a journalist in
Geneva, San-Francisco, Washington DC, Australia and New-Zealand have all witnessed demonstrations against the UN Security Council’s sanction imposed on Eritrea, by the supporters of the Eritrean regime. The protests were staged on Monday, 22nd February just three days after Isaias Afewerki, the thick-skinned Eritrean despot, conceded to an interview with Jane Dutton, a Senior News Presenter from Aljazeera
Geneva, San-Francisco, Washington DC, Australia and New-Zealand have all witnessed demonstrations against the UN Security Council’s sanction imposed on Eritrea, by the supporters of the Eritrean regime. The protests were staged on Monday, 22nd February just three days after Isaias Afewerki, the thick-skinned Eritrean despot, conceded to an interview with Jane Dutton, a Senior News Presenter from Aljazeera
The Association of Eritrean Journalists in Exile (AEJE) has learned the passing of Abona Abdelkadir Ahmidu, the father of the killed journalist Said Abdelkadir. Sharing their grief, the AEJE sends its message of condolences to the family of Abona Abdelkadir Ahmidu.
The Association of Eritrean Journalists in Exile (AEJE) has learned the passing of Abona Abdelkadir Ahmidu, the father of the killed journalist Said Abdelkadir. Sharing their grief, the AEJE sends its message of condolences to the family of Abona Abdelkadir Ahmidu.
Wednesday, 16 September 2009 00:01 Milkias Mihretab Yohannes‘We were young and naïve ………”The idea of starting a newspaper or a magazine came in a very informal way and rather casual setting. We were having coffee in downtown Asmara at Bar Bereket with my friend school
Wednesday, 16 September 2009 00:01 Milkias Mihretab Yohannes‘We were young and naïve ………”The idea of starting a newspaper or a magazine came in a very informal way and rather casual setting. We were having coffee in downtown Asmara at Bar Bereket with my friend school
Seyoum Tsehaye was born in Tukul in 1952 from his father Tsehaye Woldemariam and his mother Roma Solomon. His father was the owner of Bar Da’Osta at Campobollo in Asmara.
Seyoum Tsehaye was born in Tukul in 1952 from his father Tsehaye Woldemariam and his mother Roma Solomon. His father was the owner of Bar Da’Osta at Campobollo in Asmara.
PRESS FREEDOM IN 2007 : 86 journalists killed – up 244% over five years; at least two journalists arrested each day
PRESS FREEDOM IN 2007 : 86 journalists killed – up 244% over five years; at least two journalists arrested each day
Six years later, Sium and his colleagues are still locked up without a chance to defend themselves before a court of law and with no visitation rights from their families. Sium was additionally denied the joys of fatherhood as his daughter was born shortly after he disappeared.
Six years later, Sium and his colleagues are still locked up without a chance to defend themselves before a court of law and with no visitation rights from their families. Sium was additionally denied the joys of fatherhood as his daughter was born shortly after he disappeared.
Media rights activists doubt why so many journalists continue to be in prison in Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, among other countries without trial.
Media rights activists doubt why so many journalists continue to be in prison in Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, among other countries without trial.
BBC correspondent Alan Johnston has been released by kidnappers in the Gaza Strip after 114 days in captivity.
BBC correspondent Alan Johnston has been released by kidnappers in the Gaza Strip after 114 days in captivity.
Somaliland TV reporter freed after being held three days at behest of Hargeisa’s mayor
Somaliland TV reporter freed after being held three days at behest of Hargeisa’s mayor
Eritrea: Woman journalist employed by state TV held in military camp
