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Denial of free expression remains "systematically entrenched" in Eritrea

25 June 2017
ARTICLE 19

ARTICLE 19 is disturbed that the denial of freedom of expression, assembly and association rights remains "systematically entrenched" in Eritrea.

Is Dawit Isaak alive?

That's the question 33 NGOs are asking Eritrea this World Press Freedom Day, after the Cano prize-winning journalist remains unheard from since 2005.

‎ PEN Canada‎ 2 May 2017

Impunity Censorship Eritrea Free Expression & the Law

Where is Dawit Isaak?

Guillermo Cano Prize winner Dawit Isaak went back to Eritrea to "make democracy". Instead, he was arrested by the government and, though allegedly alive, has not been seen in 15 years.

‎ IFEX‎30 March 2017

Censorship Eritrea Free Expression & the Law

Incommunicado for 15 years: Where are Eritrea's opposition members and journalists?

In September 2001, Eritrean security forces arrested 11 government officials, 10 journalists, and numerous other dissidents, all of whom had one thing in common – they had criticized President Isaias Afeworki’s leadership. None of them have been seen since.

‎ Human Rights Watch‎19 September 2016

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Government announces journalist Dawit Isaak, jailed nearly 15 years, still alive

‎ International Press Institute

Impunity Eritrea Free Expression & the Law 27 June 2016
Swedish-Eritrean writer marks 5,000 days in detention without trial

‎ PEN International

Eritrea Free Expression & the Law 2 June 2015
Eritrean journalists released after nearly six years in prison

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Eritrea Free Expression & the Law 22 January 2015
Swedish prosecutor abandons journalist Dawit Isaak's case in Eritrea

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Sweden Impunity Eritrea Free Expression & the Law 23 September 2014
Eritrea: UN human rights review is opportunity for government to lift severe restrictions on free expression

‎ PEN International

Censorship Eritrea 3 February 2014
The sting of impunity: A live chat with exiled journalist Aaron Berhane

‎ Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

Impunity Censorship Eritrea 18 November 2013
Eritrea: A story of censorship

‎ Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

Attacks Eritrea 12 November 2013
Report: Freedom of information "disastrous" in Eritrea

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Eritrea 26 June 2013
Eritrean government blocks access to Al Jazeera

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Digital Rights Censorship Eritrea 7 February 2013
Eritrean soldiers stage mutiny, storm information ministry

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Free Expression & the Law Eritrea 5 February 2013
Eritrean Information Minister 'invisible' since November

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Attacks Eritrea 3 January 2013
Judicial enquiry launched in Paris over jamming of Eritrean radio station

‎ Reporters Without Borders

France Censorship Eritrea 13 November 2012
Report highlights dire media situation in Eritrea

‎ ARTICLE 19

Eritrea Free Expression & the Law 5 November 2012
Imprisoned Swedish-Eritrean journalist's case referred to African human rights panel

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Free Expression & the Law Eritrea 2 November 2012
Three journalists held since 2001 die in Eritrean prison camp

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Attacks Digital Rights Censorship Eritrea Free Expression & the Law 5 September 2012
UN Human Rights Council condemns abuses in Eritrea, Belarus

‎ Human Rights Watch

International Eritrea Belarus 6 July 2012
For exiled Eritreans in Sudan, fear greater than most

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Sudan Eritrea 19 June 2012
Detained journalist admitted to hospital in serious condition

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Eritrea 10 April 2012
RSF lawyer pleads on behalf of imprisoned journalists

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Eritrea 10 February 2012
Thirty-one IFEX members call on authorities to disclose whereabouts of journalist Dawit Isaak

‎ World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers

Eritrea 14 November 2011
RSF concerned over fate of Dawit Isaac

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Eritrea 3 November 2011
Journalists face threats in covering Dawit Isaac's imprisonment

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Sweden Attacks Eritrea 27 September 2011
Human Rights Watch releases briefing paper on missing political prisoners

‎ Human Rights Watch

Eritrea 23 September 2011
No one can continue to ignore the regime's brutality, says RSF

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Eritrea 20 September 2011
Demand freedom for Dawit Isaak

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Eritrea 14 September 2011
Thirty-three IFEX members condemn continued persecution of imprisoned journalists

‎ National Union of Somali Journalists, International Federation of Journalists

Eritrea 31 May 2011

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