LONDON (Reuters) – Britain warned Eritrea on Tuesday it would take “robust action” if it was not granted consular access to four UK nationals held in the African country since December.
Eritrea is refusing to give information about four Britons it is holding and is denying consular access to them, a Foreign Office official has said.
Reporters Without Borders condemns the closure of the Khartoum-based daily Rai al-Shaab (Opinion of the People) by the security forces on 16 May and the arrest of four of its journalists.
Reporters Without Borders condemns the closure of the Khartoum-based daily Rai al-Shaab (Opinion of the People) by the security forces on 16 May and the arrest of four of its journalists.
As World Press Freedom Day was being celebrated on 3 May,
As World Press Freedom Day was being celebrated on 3 May,
New York, December 8, 2009—On December 1, a total of 25 journalists were imprisoned in Sub-Saharan Africa in retaliation for their journalism, and nearly 90 percent of these journalists were detained without charges in secret detention facilities, according to an annual census of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Countries as wide ranging as Eritrea, Iran, and the United States were on the list of nations who had imprisoned journalists without charge.
New York, December 8, 2009—On December 1, a total of 25 journalists were imprisoned in Sub-Saharan Africa in retaliation for their journalism, and nearly 90 percent of these journalists were detained without charges in secret detention facilities, according to an annual census of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Countries as wide ranging as Eritrea, Iran, and the United States were on the list of nations who had imprisoned journalists without charge.
Eight years ago, on September 18, 2001, the Eritrean government closed the private newspapers and started to hunt down the journalists. It arrested most of them and few fled the country. Though we have no up to date figures, five of them have been confirmed died in jail. Eritrean government is currently known as the biggest jailor of journalists in the world with more than 25 journalists languishing in jails for years.
Eight years ago, on September 18, 2001, the Eritrean government closed the private newspapers and started to hunt down the journalists. It arrested most of them and few fled the country. Though we have no up to date figures, five of them have been confirmed died in jail. Eritrean government is currently known as the biggest jailor of journalists in the world with more than 25 journalists languishing in jails for years.
Senait Habtu, a deportee from Ehiopia and who had been serving as a teacher ever since, and Yirgalem Fesseha, a play writer and a teacher as well, are among the employees of Radio Banna who are detained incommunicado by the Eritrean regime.
Senait Habtu, a deportee from Ehiopia and who had been serving as a teacher ever since, and Yirgalem Fesseha, a play writer and a teacher as well, are among the employees of Radio Banna who are detained incommunicado by the Eritrean regime.
CAIRO, Egypt, July 2 (UNHCR) – Staff from the UN refugee agency have completed interviewing 179 detained Eritrean and Ethiopian asylum seekers in the southern Egypt town of Aswan to assess their claims for refugee status.
CAIRO, Egypt, July 2 (UNHCR) – Staff from the UN refugee agency have completed interviewing 179 detained Eritrean and Ethiopian asylum seekers in the southern Egypt town of Aswan to assess their claims for refugee status.
We are writing to express our deep concern about the whereabouts, legal status and health of Eritrean journalists Tesfalidet Kidane Tesfazghi and Saleh Idris Gama of Eritrean state broadcaster Eri-TV. Official statements and videotape indicate that your government has been holding them incommunicado after their arrests by Kenyan authorities late last year during fighting in Somalia.
We are writing to express our deep concern about the whereabouts, legal status and health of Eritrean journalists Tesfalidet Kidane Tesfazghi and Saleh Idris Gama of Eritrean state broadcaster Eri-TV. Official statements and videotape indicate that your government has been holding them incommunicado after their arrests by Kenyan authorities late last year during fighting in Somalia.