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International / Awards / Eritrea

Detained Eritrean journalist is 2011 Golden Pen of Freedom Laureate

Dawit Isaak, a founder of Eritrea's first independent newspaper who has been detained incommunicado for the past nine years without charge or trial, has won the 2011 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). He turned 46 on 27 October. Sign a petition for his release.

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Oppressive silence surrounds imprisoned journalists

Eritrean journalist Eyob Kessete was arrested this past summer as he attempted to flee Eritrea and cross the border into Ethiopia. His detention on the eve of the ninth anniversary of a vicious political purge of dissident voices in Asmara in September 2001 is part of a continuing pattern of terror, reports Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

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Abysmal ranking as world's worst place for journalists

Eritrea ranks last place on the latest Reporters Without Borders (RSF) index measuring the level of press freedom in 173 countries. Privately owned press have been banished by the authoritarian President Issaias Afeworki since 2001, and the few journalists who dare to criticise the regime are thrown in prison, says RSF. Four journalists have died in detention and, currently, at least 30 journalists and two media workers are believed to be in prison without trial.

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HISTOIRES EN PROVENANCE DE LA CORNE DE L'AFRIQUE : « UNE VIE SAUVÉE, L'AUTRE PERDUE »

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HORN OF AFRICA STORIES: 'ONE LIFE SAVED, THE OTHER LOST'

Two newsmen, Befekadu Moreda from Ethiopia and Paulos Kidane from Eritrea, both tried to flee the region to escape government oppression. But "one life (was) saved and the other lost." In a special report, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) recounts their stories and provides a glimpse into the adversity facing journalists in the volatile Horn of Africa.

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PERIODISTA MUERE AL HUIR DE OFENSIVA CONTRA MEDIOS PÚBLICOS

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UN JOURNALISTE MEURT ENTENTANT DE FUIR LA RÉPRESSION QUI S'ABAT SUR LES MÉDIAS PUBLICS

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JOURNALIST DIES FLEEING CRACKDOWN ON PUBLIC MEDIA

One of nine journalists arrested in a November 2006 crackdown on Eritrean public media has died while attempting to flee the country in June, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). Two others of the nine have been re-arrested.

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TREINTA Y OCHO MIEMBROS DE IFEX EXIGEN JUSTICIA PARA PERIODISTAS ENCARCELADOS Y ASESINADOS

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TRENTE-HUIT GROUPES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX DEMANDENT JUSTICE POUR LES JOURNALISTES EMPRISONNÉS ET CEUX QUI SONT ASSASSINÉS

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THIRTY-EIGHT IFEX MEMBERS DEMAND JUSTICE FOR JAILED AND MURDERED JOURNALISTS

Thirty-eight IFEX member organisations, led by PEN Canada and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), have called on the Eritrean government to publicly account for the death of four journalists in custody and to unconditionally release all journalists remaining behind bars.

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INSTAN A EXILIADOS A AYUDAR A PERIODISTAS ENCARCELADOS

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LA DIASPORA EST PRIÉE DE VENIR EN AIDE AUX JOURNALISTES EMPRISONNÉS

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DIASPORA URGED TO AID IMPRISONED JOURNALISTS

On the 2,000th day since Eritrea's "Black Tuesday" crackdown on media in 2001, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) urged Eritreans abroad to demand explanations for the imprisonment of at least 14 journalists, four of whom are feared dead.

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SE INFORMA DE MUERTE DE PROMINENTE PERIODISTA

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UN JOURNALISTE ÉMINENT SERAIT MORT

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PROMINENT JOURNALIST REPORTEDLY DEAD

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) have received reports from Eritrean sources that Fessehaye "Joshua" Yohannes, the detained editor of a popular weekly newspaper, has died.

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DES ARRESTATIONS SÈMENT LA CRAINTE D'UNE NOUVELLE VAGUE DE RÉPRESSION DES MÉDIAS

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AUMENTO DE ARRESTOS SUSCITA TEMORES DE NUEVA OFENSIVA CONTRA MEDIOS

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ARRESTS RAISE FEARS OF NEW CRACKDOWN ON MEDIA

Eritrea is one of the leading jailers of journalists in Africa, with 13 currently behind bars. Since a government crackdown on the press in 2001, all independent media outlets have been closed.

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TRECE PERIODISTAS SIGUEN ENCARCELADOS EN QUINTO ANIVERSARIO DE OFENSIVA

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TREIZE JOURNALISTES TOUJOURS INCARCÉRÉS, CINQ ANS APRÈS LA RÉPRESSION

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13 JOURNALISTS STILL IN JAIL ON FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF CRACKDOWN

Five years after Eritrean authorities launched a massive crackdown on independent journalists and media outlets, 13 journalists continue to be held in secret jails, say the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

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CERTAINS MEMBRES DE L'IFEX JETTENT LA LUMIÈRE SUR LA CENSURE EN RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO ET EN ÉRYTHRÉE

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MIEMBROS DE IFEX DESTACAN CENSURA EN REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA DE CONGO Y ERITREA

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IFEX MEMBERS SPOTLIGHT CENSORSHIP IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, ERITREA

On International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2005, IFEX members in Africa used the occasion to focus attention on free expression abuses in Eritrea and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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15 JOURNALISTES TOUJOURS DERRIÈRE LES BARREAUX

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QUINCE PERIODISTAS SIGUEN TRAS LAS REJAS

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15 JOURNALISTS STILL BEHIND BARS

Four years after Eritrean authorities launched a sweeping crackdown on independent media, Africa's youngest nation has become the continent's leading jailer of journalists and the only sub-Saharan country without any private media, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

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¡ACTÚE! ERITREA: FIRME UNA PETICIÓN PARA APOYAR A PERIODISTAS ENCARCELADOS

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AGISSEZ ! ÉRYTHRÉE : SIGNEZ LA PÉTITION D'APPUI AUX JOURNALISTES EMPRISONNÉS

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TAKE ACTION! ERITREA: SIGN A PETITION TO SUPPORT JAILED JOURNALISTS

10 May 2005

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DES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX FONT PRESSION POUR OBTENIR LA LIBÉRATION DE JOURNALISTES EMPRISONNÉS

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MIEMBROS DE IFEX PIDEN LIBERACIÓN DE PERIODISTAS ENCARCELADOS

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IFEX MEMBERS URGE RELEASE OF JAILED JOURNALISTS

Three years after the government of Eritrea launched a crackdown on the country's independent media, 17 journalists remain jailed without charges. Nine IFEX members have joined Amnesty International in calling attention to the journalists' plight by urging President Isaias Afewerki to release them and lift a ban on private newspapers.

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15 PERIODISTAS SIGUEN ENCARCELADOS

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QUINZE JOURNALISTES SONT TOUJOURS EMPRISONNÉS

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15 JOURNALISTS STILL IMPRISONED

Fifteen journalists are still languishing in Eritrean prisons nearly two years after a crackdown on the independent media, according to Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Association of Eritrean Journalists in Exile (AEJE). The two organisations criticise the "arbitrary" way in which the authorities carry out arrests as well as the secrecy surrounding journalists arrested in Eritrea.

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LE CPJ DEMANDE LA REMISE EN LIBERTÉ DES REPORTERS EMPRISONNÉS

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CPJ PIDE LIBERACIÓN DE REPORTEROS ENCARCELADOS

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CPJ CALLS FOR RELEASE OF JAILED REPORTERS

Calling Eritrea the number one jailer of journalists in Africa, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) delivered more than 600 petitions last week to the Eritrean government urging authorities to release journalist Fesshaye Yohannes and 17 other colleagues being secretly held across the country.

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AUCUN SIGNE D?ALLÈGEMENT DE LA RÉPRESSION DES MÉDIAS PRIVÉS, EN COURS DEPUIS UN

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DIX JOURNALISTES EMPRISONNÉS ENTAMENT UNE GRÈVE DE LA FAIM

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DIEZ PERIODISTAS ENCARCELADOS COMIENZAN HUELGA DE HAMBRE

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10 IMPRISONED JOURNALISTS BEGIN HUNGER STRIKE

The Eritrean government is facing harsh criticism from free-expression groups over its treatment of the independent press, following news that 10 jailed journalists began a hunger strike on 31 March to protest their 6 ½ month detention. In a letter smuggled out of Police Station One in the capital Asmara, the 10 journalists say they are refusing food until they are either released or charged and given a fair trial, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says.

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LA RÉPRESSION S?ACCENTUE CONTRE LES JOURNALISTES

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TODOS LOS PERIÓDICOS INDEPENDIENTES CERRADOS AL INTENSIFICARSE OFENSIVA CONTRA M

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ALL INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS CLOSED AS CRACKDOWN ON MEDIA ESCALATES

The Eritrean government has intensified a major crackdown on its opponents in recent days, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and Reporters sans frontières (RSF). Eritrean authorities suspended all the country's privately owned and independent newspapers until further notice. Newspapers affected by the suspension order include "Meqaleh", "Setit", "Tiganay", "Zemen", "Wintana", and "Admas", reports CPJ.