World Report 2008: Eritrea

Eritrean-Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak, who was taken away from his family 20 years ago, becomes one of the longest detained journalists in the world and is yet to be charged.

RSF hopes the complaint leads to a serious criminal investigation that results in the eight officials being prosecuted and convicted for the torture, abduction and enforced disappearance of Isaak.

In a country that has no independent media and a handful of media outlets, Radio Erena which has been broadcasting from Paris for 10 years is considered the only independent and apolitical news source that Eritreans have access to.