ERITREA: Protest vigil marks twenty years of imprisonment
Four organisations call for release of prisoners
Four organisations call for release of prisoners
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the imprisonment without charge of six Eritrean pastors.
Rev Ghirmay Araya has died after almost three years in a maximum-security prison
Many Christians were forcibly removed from their homes in three Eritrean towns on 24 April
Police targeted evangelical Christians attending the celebrations
Twenty young Christians remain in prison
“The risk of arrest does not deter them because they are in love with their Lord.”
It has been reported that 13 Christians were released from Mai Serwa prison in late July
The young Christians, some from Eritrea Institute of Technology at Mai-Nefhi (pictured), gathered to sing together and record worship music
Pastor Tesfay Seyoum had been imprisoned for the past ten years