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10 anniversry of our political prisoners

This blog is dedicated to all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Eritrea. The 18th September of the year 2001 witnessed a turning point in the political repression in Eritrea. On that day, the Eritrean government detained elven of its loud critics without a charge. The eleven critics of the government were Members of Parliament, former Ministers, and top civil servants. Some were among the the founders of the EPLF and belong to the inner circle of the of the ruling party (PFDJ).The accusations were of alleged crimes against sovereignty, security and the peace of the nation. Their whereabouts are to this date unknown. On September 18, all independent papers were also closed, allegedly because of contravention of the press law. A few days later more than 10 journalists of nascent independent media were also detained.

Since that date , till today Many Eritreans activists around the world and human rights activist, the UN , EU and other concerned groups and individuals, raised their voices demanding the Eritrean government to unconditionally release all political prisoners or bring them to justice. The president of Eritrea Isaias Afewerki rejected all attempts to end the detention and repeatedly insists in considering it as internal affairs.

We in citizens for democratic rights in Eritrea along with all human rights activists are highly concerned about the conditions and the whereabout of our political prisoners and journalists. We believe that neither time nor distance will stop us from calling for the release of all Eritrean political prisoners in Eritrea.

To this effect, we would like to invite all individuals, groups, families and friends of the prisoners to loudly participate in bringing this issue in to the public attention.

We welcome your inputs through writing and campaigning with us to Free Eritrean political prisoners. please send your contributions.

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