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.
The jailed Eritrean-born journalist, Dawit Isaak, has won the Golden Pen of Freedom Award for 2011.
Journalist Dawit Isaac has been in prison in
Reporters Without Borders today voiced its deep distress at the murder yesterday of Abdullahi Omar Gedi, aged 25, a journalist on Radio Daljir in Galkayo, capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland region of Somalia.
The Eritrean American Organization for Justice Democracy and Development are writing to you to bring to your Excellency’s attention to the attack of an Eritrean Journalist, Mr.Tedros Menghistu Wondefrash,by the supporters of the Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki.
The Eritrean American Organization for Justice Democracy and Development are writing to you to bring to your Excellency’s attention to the attack of an Eritrean Journalist, Mr.Tedros Menghistu Wondefrash,by the supporters of the Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki.
New York, May 27, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for a thorough investigation into a May 9 attack on an Eritrean expatriate journalist by supporters or Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki at a public event in eastern Texas.
New York, May 27, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for a thorough investigation into a May 9 attack on an Eritrean expatriate journalist by supporters or Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki at a public event in eastern Texas.
As World Press Freedom Day was being celebrated on 3 May,
As World Press Freedom Day was being celebrated on 3 May,
Reporters Without Borders is deeply saddened to learn that Sheik Nur Mohamed Abkey, a radio journalist based in
Reporters Without Borders is deeply saddened to learn that Sheik Nur Mohamed Abkey, a radio journalist based in
Dawit Isaak, a journalist who has been held without trial in Eritrea for over eight years, is to have a fair trial, Swedish parliamentarian Eva-Britt Svensson said on Wednesday, following her meeting with an Eritrean official in Brussells.
Dawit Isaak, a journalist who has been held without trial in Eritrea for over eight years, is to have a fair trial, Swedish parliamentarian Eva-Britt Svensson said on Wednesday, following her meeting with an Eritrean official in Brussells.
The Association of Eritrean Journalists in Exile (AEJE) would like to express its gratitude to the Norwegian Authors’ Union for giving an Award to Mr. Dawit Isaak, an Eritrean journalist who has been languished in prison since September 23, 2001.
The Association of Eritrean Journalists in Exile (AEJE) would like to express its gratitude to the Norwegian Authors’ Union for giving an Award to Mr. Dawit Isaak, an Eritrean journalist who has been languished in prison since September 23, 2001.
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Al-Jazeera’s Jane Dutton on Friday confronted Eritrea’s besieged President Isayas Afwerki with questions which every journalist would love to put to a dictator. Isayas tried in vain to show that he was in control although his poor, hostile performance merely reinforced the notion that the UN sanctions are already having the desired effect.
Al-Jazeera’s Jane Dutton on Friday confronted Eritrea’s besieged President Isayas Afwerki with questions which every journalist would love to put to a dictator. Isayas tried in vain to show that he was in control although his poor, hostile performance merely reinforced the notion that the UN sanctions are already having the desired effect.
Reporters Without Borders has just learned from credible Eritrean sources that journalist and essayist Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu has been held in solitary confinement for the past few weeks in May Srwa prisons, to the north of Asmara. It is not known why she is being given this treatment.
Reporters Without Borders has just learned from credible Eritrean sources that journalist and essayist Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu has been held in solitary confinement for the past few weeks in May Srwa prisons, to the north of Asmara. It is not known why she is being given this treatment.
The time that Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak has spent in a jail in Eritrea, without a trial and without any visits from his family or lawyers, today reached 3,000 days.
The time that Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak has spent in a jail in Eritrea, without a trial and without any visits from his family or lawyers, today reached 3,000 days.
The Association of Eritrean Journalists in Exile (AEJE) would like show its gratitude to the Swedish PEN for presenting the Tucholsky Award to our compatriot, Mr. Dawit Isaak who has been in Eritrean jail since September 23, 2001. This award is another remarkable addition to the serious of tireless efforts and achievements of Swedish human right groups and NGOs to take up the cause of freedom of expression in Eritrea in general and the case of Dawit Isaak in particular. It can be recalled that last month, Dawit Isaak had been honoured to be a finalist for European Union’s Sakharov Prize.
The Association of Eritrean Journalists in Exile (AEJE) would like show its gratitude to the Swedish PEN for presenting the Tucholsky Award to our compatriot, Mr. Dawit Isaak who has been in Eritrean jail since September 23, 2001. This award is another remarkable addition to the serious of tireless efforts and achievements of Swedish human right groups and NGOs to take up the cause of freedom of expression in Eritrea in general and the case of Dawit Isaak in particular. It can be recalled that last month, Dawit Isaak had been honoured to be a finalist for European Union’s Sakharov Prize.
“The name Dawit Isaak has become, for the whole Swedish people, synonymous with the struggle for freedom of speech and liberty of the press. His fate is a clear example of how oppressors fear free speech. The prize goes to him for his firmness of principle in working for an open democratic society in journalism and drama.”
“The name Dawit Isaak has become, for the whole Swedish people, synonymous with the struggle for freedom of speech and liberty of the press. His fate is a clear example of how oppressors fear free speech. The prize goes to him for his firmness of principle in working for an open democratic society in journalism and drama.”
Daniel Kibrom, a journalist employed by Eritrea’s state-owned Eri TV, has been held since October 2006 in a prison camp in the south of the country, where he is serving a sentence of five years of forced labour for trying to cross the border into Ethiopia, Reporters Without Borders has learned from a former prison interrogator who fled the country a year ago.
Daniel Kibrom, a journalist employed by Eritrea’s state-owned Eri TV, has been held since October 2006 in a prison camp in the south of the country, where he is serving a sentence of five years of forced labour for trying to cross the border into Ethiopia, Reporters Without Borders has learned from a former prison interrogator who fled the country a year ago.
Reporters Without Borders has learned from local sources that Tura
Kubaba, a journalist with the Kunama-language service of state-owned
Radio Dimtsi Hafash (“Voice of the Masses”), has been detained in
Eritrea since the second half of 2006 and disappeared last year within
the country’s prison system.
Reporters Without Borders has learned from local sources that Tura
Kubaba, a journalist with the Kunama-language service of state-owned
Radio Dimtsi Hafash (“Voice of the Masses”), has been detained in
Eritrea since the second half of 2006 and disappeared last year within
the country’s prison system.
Reporters Without Borders urges countries attending this week’s three-day African Union summit to intercede with Eritrea. It also calls on the European Union to adopt targeted sanctions against those responsible for the prison.
Reporters Without Borders urges countries attending this week’s three-day African Union summit to intercede with Eritrea. It also calls on the European Union to adopt targeted sanctions against those responsible for the prison.
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns an attempt to murder Abdikheyr Mohammed Jama, a presenter and technician with community Radio Galkayo, yesterday evening in Galkayo, in the semi-autonomous northern province of Puntland.
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns an attempt to murder Abdikheyr Mohammed Jama, a presenter and technician with community Radio Galkayo, yesterday evening in Galkayo, in the semi-autonomous northern province of Puntland.
