Freedom of Religion and Belief
ERITREA: Arrest of a female Jehovah’s Witness, six months pregnant, an emblematic case HRWF (29.10.2024) – Recently, News Agency Dire has reported on serious violations of human rights in Eritrea, especially affecting Jehovah’s Witnesses who have 64 people in...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ERITREA: Justice long delayed, Jehovah’s Witnesses and a somber 30th anniversary On October 25, 1994, a presidential decree stripped members of the religious organization of Eritrean citizenship and inaugurated decades of persecution. by Donald A. Westbrook Bitter...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ERITREA: USCIRF condemns Religious Freedom violations in Eritrea While some of those incarcerated because of their faith were released in 2023, many others remain in jail. By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (22.05.2024) – On May 13, the United States Commission...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ERITREA: Church leader denied burial site in his hometown A popular Eritrean Christian leader who died on 9 April is being denied a burial place because of his Evangelical beliefs CSW (21.04.2023) – Pastor Tesfay Seyoum, the founder and leader of Meserete...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ERITREA: 103 young Christians arrested for trying to record Christian music on YouTube Human Rights Without Frontiers urges the Eritrean authorities to immediately and unconditionally release hundreds of Orthodox, Protestant and Jehovah’s Witnesses who remain in...
