By Michael Ireland
Correspondent, ASSIST News Service WASHINGTON, DC (ANS) — Eritrean officials arrested 30 Christians for praying at a private house in Asmara, the capital on January 2. Some of the Christians were only recently released after being detained for their faith.
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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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.
Two Eritrean men were charged yesterday with abducting African refugees who wished to work in Israel and extorting money from their families already here.
Two Eritrean men were charged yesterday with abducting African refugees who wished to work in Israel and extorting money from their families already here.
President Issias impliedly admitted that he could be target of the international tribunals hunt for war criminals and said he would stand by Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir’s side. “Since this movement [warrant] of the International Criminal Court is not going to be limited to President Al-Bashir alone but is designed to target all nations of the region, we oppose to it by standing on the Sudanese side,” Haddas Eritrea, the government’s daily paper, quoted Issias.
President Issias impliedly admitted that he could be target of the international tribunals hunt for war criminals and said he would stand by Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir’s side. “Since this movement [warrant] of the International Criminal Court is not going to be limited to President Al-Bashir alone but is designed to target all nations of the region, we oppose to it by standing on the Sudanese side,” Haddas Eritrea, the government’s daily paper, quoted Issias.
Today, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for the arrest of Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir, President of Sudan, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Today, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for the arrest of Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir, President of Sudan, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
In the last couple of days, an Eritrean businessman, Alamin Mohammed
Ali (Wedi Gereweyna) has been put under house arrest by the Eritrean
government, according to sources from Asmara.
Ali (Wedi Gereweyna) has been put under house arrest by the Eritrean
government, according to sources from Asmara.
In the last couple of days, an Eritrean businessman, Alamin Mohammed
Ali (Wedi Gereweyna) has been put under house arrest by the Eritrean
government, according to sources from Asmara.
Ali (Wedi Gereweyna) has been put under house arrest by the Eritrean
government, according to sources from Asmara.