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Category: Eritrea

ERITREA: Four clerics from permitted denominations detained

Posted on 10Nov20226th January 2023Categories Eritrea
ERITREA: Four clerics from permitted denominations detained

Rights groups are calling for the release of four clerics detained by the Eritrean authorities despite belonging to permitted denominations

ERITREA: Online vigil marks 20th anniversary of church closures

Posted on 26May202214th June 2022Categories Eritrea
ERITREA: Online vigil marks 20th anniversary of church closures

A joint letter from the five organisations was sent to the Eritrean Embassy in London

ERITREA: Twenty-nine Christians arrested at prayer meeting

Posted on 22Mar202212th April 2022Categories Eritrea
ERITREA: Twenty-nine Christians arrested at prayer meeting

Security forces raided a prayer meeting in a house in the capital, Asmara

ERITREA: Patriarch Antonios dies after 16 years of house-arrest

Posted on 10Feb202223rd February 2022Categories Eritrea
ERITREA: Patriarch Antonios dies after 16 years of house-arrest

A large crowd gathered at his burial site to mourn the much-loved patriarch.

ERITREA: 15 Christians rearrested in Asmara

Posted on 15Sep202128th September 2021Categories Eritrea
ERITREA: 15 Christians rearrested in Asmara

The Eritrean authorities have rearrested 15 Christians in raids on their homes in the capital, Asmara

ERITREA: Three elderly pastors arrested

Posted on 05Aug202125th August 2021Categories Eritrea
ERITREA: Three elderly pastors arrested

Three elderly pastors have been arrested in the Eritrean capital, Asmara

ERITREA: UN re-appoints Special Rapporteur on Human Rights

Posted on 15Jul202129th July 2021Categories Eritrea
ERITREA: UN re-appoints Special Rapporteur on Human Rights

On 12 July the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Eritrea for another year

ERITREA: 36 Christians released from two prisons

Posted on 15Apr202128th April 2021Categories Eritrea
ERITREA: 36 Christians released from two prisons

14 men had spent four years in Nakura prison (pictured) while 22 women were freed after two weeks in Mai Serwa prison.

ERITREA: 35 Christians arrested in prayer meeting raids

Posted on 08Apr202120th April 2021Categories Eritrea
ERITREA: 35 Christians arrested in prayer meeting raids

Two groups of Eritreans, totalling 35 Christians, have been arrested for holding prayer meetings.

ERITREA: 21 Christian women released from notorious island prison

Posted on 03Mar202116th March 2021Categories Eritrea
ERITREA: 21 Christian women released from notorious island prison

On 26 February, 21 Christian women were released from Nakura prison in the Dahlak archipelago in the Red Sea.

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