Eritrea

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 September 2004 CPJ press release: ERITREA: CPJ makes joint call for release of jailed journalists New York, September 17, 2004 – The Committee to Protect Journalists and nine other nongovernmental organizations today wrote to Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki expressing alarm at his government’s growing repression of press freedom […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: ERITREA: Government Expels Last Foreign Correspondent New York, September 10, 2004 – The last remaining foreign correspondent in Eritrea left the country yesterday after the government ordered his expulsion, he told the Committee to Protect Journalists in an interview today. Jonah Fisher, who worked in Eritrea […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 18 September 2003 CPJ press release: ERITREA: CPJ calls for release of imprisoned journalists New York, September 18, 2003-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today marked the second anniversary of the Eritrean government’s crackdown on the country’s political opposition and the private press by calling for the release of […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF and the Association of Eritrean Journalists in Exile have adjusted their figures for the number of imprisoned journalists in Eritrea to 15. The organisations have learned that three journalists who were thought to still be in detention – Zemenfes Haile, Biniam Haile and Simret Seyoum – have in fact been released, and […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: ERITREA: VOA stringer arrested New York, July 14, 2003-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the arrest of Eritrean journalist Aklilu Solomon, Asmara-based stringer for the U.S. government-funded Voice of America (VOA) news service. Eritrean security officers arrested Solomon at his home on Tuesday, July 8, […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 22 May 2003 CPJ press release: ERITREA: President renews criticism of independent press CPJ calls for release of imprisoned journalists New York, May 22, 2003-In a recent interview, Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki justified his government’s continuing crackdown on the independent media there by saying that the media were spreading […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release, followed by a copy of the organisation’s letter to South African President Thabo Mbeki: ARTICLE 19 reiterates concerns about jailed journalists and political dissidents in Eritrea In a letter sent today to President Thabo Mbeki, Chairman of the African Union, ARTICLE 19 raises its […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 28 March 2003, RSF called on the European Union to intervene on behalf of detained journalists in Eritrea. The request was made in a letter to Poul Nielson, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, who is to visit the Horn of Africa from 1 to 7 April. “Knowing your commitment […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 7 March 2003 CPJ press release: ERITREA: CPJ receives response from U.S. Defense Department New York, March 7, 2003-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) yesterday received a response from the U.S. Defense Department to a letter sent on February 5, 2003, to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. CPJ had […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 11 February 2003 CPJ press release: CPJ Campaign to Free Joshua New York, February 11, 2003 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has launched a campaign to win the release of jailed Eritrean journalist Fesshaye Yohannes, known as Joshua. The popular editor of the weekly Setit, Joshua was […]

(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN is deeply concerned at the news of the detention of Ezra Fessehaye, a journalist with the government-owned newspaper “Hadas Eritrea”. According to PEN’s sources, Fessehaye was arrested by security forces in July 2002 and has not been heard of since. The journalist, who analysed international news for “Hadas […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 19 September 2002 CPJ press release: ERITREA: CPJ confirms that four more journalists are in prison On the anniversary of the crackdown on private media, 18 journalists remain in jail New York, September 19, 2002-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) confirmed today that four more Eritrean journalists, who have […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 17 September 2002, RSF called on the international community, especially the United Nations and the European Union, to take sanctions against the rulers of Eritrea to force them to lift their one year-old ban on all privately-owned newspapers and free 18 jailed journalists. “It is unacceptable that a government can deprive a […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 6 August 2002 CPJ press release: ERITREA: CPJ confirms detention of 14th journalist New York, August 6, 2002-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today confirmed that Eritrean journalist Simret Seyoum, a writer and general manager at the banned private weekly Setit, has been in Eritrean government custody since early […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: ERITREA: GOVERNMENT ADMITS TO CPJ THAT IT IS HOLDING JOURNALISTS IN SECRET DETENTION New York, August 2, 2002-During a recent fact-finding mission to Eritrea, a presidential official told a delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) that eight independent journalists are currently imprisoned and held […]

(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an 8 April 2002 IPI letter to President Isaias Afeworki and Minister of Justice Foazia Hashim: His Excellency President Isaias Afeworki c/o Permanent Mission to the United Nations New York, NY E-mail: Eritrea@un.int Mr. Foazia Hashim Minister of Justice P.O. Box 241 Asmara Eritrea Fax: +29 11 12 64 32 […]