Eritrea

Legal opinion

Detained journalist’s brother and Reporters Without Borders tell Sweden and EU they are legally bound to actively seek his release

Published on 18 October 2010Read

Eritrea

Nine years of terror

Journalists still hunted down nine years after September 2001 purges

Published on 17 September 2010Read

Eritrea

Reporters Without Borders launches petition for release of imprisoned journalists

Today, the 19th anniversary of Eritrea’s independence, Reporters Without Borders issues a reminder that around 30 journalists are imprisoned in (...)

Published on 24 May 2010 Read

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Prominent journalist arrested, ex-prison guard reveals fate of other detained journalists

As World Press Freedom Day was being celebrated on 3 May, Eritrea continued to be the world’s worst country for journalists with around 30 (...)

Published on 12 May 2010 Read

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Radio Erena: an independent news source for Eritrea

Based in Paris and run by Eritrean exile journalists, Radio Erena has been operating for the past nine months. Broadcasting by satellite to (...)

Published on 16 March 2010 Read

Eritrea

A year after her arrest, Radio Bana journalist being held in solitary confinement

Reporters Without Borders has just learned from credible Eritrean sources that journalist and essayist Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu has been held in (...)

Published on 18 February 2010 Read

Eritrea

United Nations asked to investigate the fate of journalists imprisoned in Eritrea

Reporters Without Borders wrote today, the third anniversary of Eritrean journalist Fessehaye “Joshua” Yohannes’ death in detention, to Manfred (...)

Published on 11 January 2010 Read

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Journalist Dawit Isaac still in prison after more than eight years

The time that Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaac has spent in a jail in Eritrea, without a trial and without any visits from his family or (...)

Published on 10 December 2009 Read

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Journalist’s choice as Sakharov Prize finalist hailed as victory for Eritrean prisoners of conscience

Reporters Without Borders hails the European Parliament’s decision to include Dawit Isaac, a journalist with Swedish and Eritrean dual citizenship (...)

Published on 9 October 2009 Read