Eritrea: Fear of arbitrary arrest/fear of torture/ill-treatment/incommunicado detention

Index Number: AFR 64/003/2008
Date Published: 20 June 2008
Categories: Egypt, Eritrea

The Egyptian authorities organised a mass forcible return of Eritreans from Egypt to Eritrea starting on 11 June 2008. Amnesty International believes that up to 820 asylum-seekers are now in Eritrea and are at grave risk of arbitrary arrest, incommunicado detention, torture or other forms of ill-treatment.