Eritrea: Further information on Fear for safety

Index Number: AFR 64/004/2002
Date Published: 24 April 2002
Categories: Africa, Eritrea

The 10 journalistsYosef Mohamed Ali (m), chief editor, Tsigenay Amanuel Asrat (m), chief editor, Zemen Seyoum Tsehaye (m), freelance editor/photographer,former director of Eritrean state television Temesgen Gebreyesus (m), reporter, Keste Debena Mattewos Habteab (m), editor, Meqaleh Dawit Habtemichael (m), assistant chief editor, Meqaleh Medhanie Haile (m), assistant chief editor, Keste Debena Dawit Isaac (m), reporter, Setit (Swedish citizen), Fessahaye Yohannes (“Joshua”) (m), reporter, Setit Said Abdulkadir (m), chief editor, Admas have been detained incommunicado without charge or trial since 18 September 2001, when the independent newspapers they work for were shut down by the government. On 31 March 2002 they began a hunger strike, demanding a fair trial before an The Eritrean authorities have not responded to urgent appeals about the condition or whereabouts of the ten journalists named above.