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ኣቶ ምስግና ገብረትንሳኤ ዝተባህለ ኣቦ 5 ቆልዑ ኤርትራዊ ኣማኒ ጅሆባ ኣብ ቤትማእሰርቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ዓሪፉ።

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ኣቶ ምስግና ገብረትንሳኤ ዝተባህለ ኣቦ 5 ቆልዑ ኤርትራዊ ኣማኒ ጅሆባ ኣብ ቤትማእሰርቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ዓሪፉ።

ኣቶ ምስግና ገብረትንሳኤ ዝተባህለ ኣቦ 5 ቆልዑ፡ ኤርትራዊ ኣማኒ ጅሆባ፡ ብሰንኪ ሃይማኖታዊ እምነቱ፡ ንሰለስተ ዓመታት መመላእታ ኣብቲ ዊዓ ዝብሃል ግኑን ቤትማእሰርቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ንሰለስተ ዓመት ክሳቐ ድሕሪ ምጽናሕ ብሰንኪ ሕማቕ ኣተሓሕዛ ብ19 ሓምለ 2011 ከምዝዓረፈ ምንጭታት ሓቢሮም።

እቲ ልክዕ ከምቶም ኣቀዲሞም ኣደራዕ ህግደፍ ዝተቐበሉ ኣመንቲ ጅሆባ ግዳይ ግፍዒ ህግደፍ ዝኾነ ኣቶ ምስግና፡ ብ1950 ኣብ ዓዲ-ሓንስ ዓንሰባ እዩ ተወሊዱ። ኣብ 1960ታት ድማ መሰኻኽር ጅሆባ ተቐቢሉ።

እቲ ብዓልቲ ቤቱ ብሞት ምስ ሓለፈት፡ ናይ DHL ፖስታ ሰራሕተኛ ኮይኑ 5 ቆልዑ ዘዕቢ ዝነበረ ኣቶ ምስጋና፡ ክልተ ኣሕዋቱ ‘ውን ንናጽነት ተሰዊኦም እዮም። እቶም ሓሙሽተ ደቁ ድማ ዘኽቲሞም ተሪፎም ኣለዉ።

ኣቶ ምስግና፡ ኣብ ግዜ ስርዓት ደርግ ‘ውን ብምኽንያት ሃይማኖታዊ እምነቱ ከምዚ ናይ ህግደፍ ማእሰርቲ ኣጋጢሙዎ ከምዝነበረ እቶም ምንጭታት የገንዝቡ።

ስርዓት ህግደፍ ብሰንኪ ሃይማኖታዊ እምነቶም ኣሽሓት ኣመንቲ ክርስትናን ምስልምናን ኣብ ኣብያተ ማእሰርቲ የሳቕዮም ከምዘሎ ይፍለጥ።

Source http://assenna.com/index.php/2011-06-11-16-33-05/3957--5-.html

One of Jehovah’s Witnesses dies while imprisoned in Eritrea ASMARA, Eritrea—Misghina Gebretinsae, one of Jehovah’s Witnesses imprisoned in Eritrea without any specific charges, died under mysterious circumstances during his detainment by Eritrean authorities. He was 62 years old.

Details of the exact cause of death are sketchy. Reportedly, Mr. Gebretinsae was put in solitary confinement in a sheet metal container for a week some time prior to his death. Local Witnesses were told that Mr. Gebretinsae “fell sick” in the Meitir prison camp where he was detained and was pronounced “dead on arrival” at the Gindae Hospital near Massawa. Later Mr. Gebretinsae’s body was brought to Halibet Hospital in Asmara and local Witnesses were contacted with the news of Misghina’s death. He is survived by a son and three daughters.

Jehovah’s Witnesses in Eritrea were only recently informed of the death of Mr. Gebretinsae, who was known as a faithful Christian and family man. His family and fellow worshippers are grieving his loss. Mr. Gebretinsae was widely respected as trustworthy and dependable. Many local Witnesses viewed him as a good asset to the congregation and to his community.

Jehovah’s Witnesses around the world are deeply troubled that their law-abiding fellow worshippers in Eritrea are being arrested and imprisoned without being charged with a crime or being given a trial. Mr. Gebretinsae was one of many Witnesses, including women and children, who experienced such especially harsh treatment by Eritrean authorities during a wave of systematic arrests of Jehovah’s Witnesses from July 2008 through June 2009. The government has banned all minority religious groups in the country since 2002, but Witnesses in Eritrea appear to be a special target. Three conscientious objectors among Jehovah’s Witnesses in Eritrea have been imprisoned for nearly 17 years, and two children, 3 and 4 years old, are imprisoned with their mothers. Imprisoned Witnesses have also been denied visitors, including their family members. As of April 5, 2011, there were 51 imprisoned Jehovah’s Witnesses in Eritrea, including Mr. Gebretinsae.

The death of Misghina Gebretinsae marks the first time one of Jehovah’s Witnesses has died while in the custody of Eritrean authorities.

Source http://www.farajat.net/en/archives/4103

Fifty-one imprisoned Jehovah’s Witnesses As of April 5, 2011 (Listed by Date of Imprisonment)

  1. Source column 1, source header

    Name of Prisoner

    Source column 2, source header

    Age

    Source column 3, source header

    Gender

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    Prison

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    Date Imprisoned

    Source column 6, source header

    Reason for Arrest

  2. Name of Prisoner

    Paulos Eyassu

    Age

    38

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Sawa Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    September 24, 1994

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  3. Name of Prisoner

    Isaac Mogos

    Age

    35

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Sawa Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    September 24, 1994

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  4. Name of Prisoner

    Negede Teklemariam

    Age

    37

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Sawa Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    September 24, 1994

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  5. Name of Prisoner

    Aron Abraha

    Age

    37

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Sawa Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    May 9, 2001

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  6. Name of Prisoner

    Mussie Fessehaye

    Age

    39

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Sawa Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    June 2003

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  7. Name of Prisoner

    Ambakom Tsegezab

    Age

    35

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Sawa Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    February 2004

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  8. Name of Prisoner

    Bemnet Fessehaye

    Age

    40

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Sawa Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    February 2005

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  9. Name of Prisoner

    Henok Ghebru

    Age

    27

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Sawa Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    February 2005

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  10. Name of Prisoner

    Worede Kiros

    Age

    54

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Sawa Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    May 4, 2005

    Reason for Arrest

    Religious activity

  11. Name of Prisoner

    Yonathan Yonas

    Age

    25

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Sawa Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    November 12, 2005

    Reason for Arrest

    Religious activity

  12. Name of Prisoner

    Kibreab Fessehaye

    Age

    33

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Sawa Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    December 27, 2005

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  13. Name of Prisoner

    Bereket Abraha Oqbagabir

    Age

    43

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Sawa Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    January 1, 2006

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  14. Name of Prisoner

    Yosief Fessehaye

    Age

    22

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Sawa Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    2007

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  15. Name of Prisoner

    Amanuel Abraham

    Age
    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Sawa Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    2007

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  16. Name of Prisoner

    Mogos Gebremeskel

    Age

    65

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Serejjeka

    Date Imprisoned

    July 3, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  17. Name of Prisoner

    Bereket Abraha

    Age

    64

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    July 8, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  18. Name of Prisoner

    Mesgina Gebretinsai

    Age

    60

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    July 10, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  19. Name of Prisoner

    Goitom Gebrekristos

    Age

    75

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    July 11, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  20. Name of Prisoner

    Ermias Ashgedom

    Age

    21

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    July 11, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  21. Name of Prisoner

    Habtemichael Mekonen

    Age

    70

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    July 17, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  22. Name of Prisoner

    Tareke Tesfamariam

    Age

    60

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    August 4, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  23. Name of Prisoner

    Tesfai Teklemariam

    Age

    58

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    August 5, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  24. Name of Prisoner

    Goitom Aradom

    Age

    67

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    August 8, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown; father of Misghana Goitom Aradom

  25. Name of Prisoner

    Habtemichael Tesfamariam

    Age

    63

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    August 8, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  26. Name of Prisoner

    Tewoldemedhin Habtezion

    Age

    52

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    August 9, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown; husband of Liya Hidru and father of Yamin Tewoldemedhin

  27. Name of Prisoner

    Ghebrehiwet Ghebremichael

    Age

    67

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    August 22, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  28. Name of Prisoner

    Yohannes Haile

    Age

    68

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    September 18, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  29. Name of Prisoner

    Teferi Beyene

    Age

    70

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    September 23, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown, a publisher

  30. Name of Prisoner

    Beyene Abraham

    Age

    58

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    October 23, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown, publisher, formerly served as elder

  31. Name of Prisoner

    Asfaha Haile

    Age

    77

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    December 2, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  32. Name of Prisoner

    Semere Negussega

    Age

    74

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    December 22, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  33. Name of Prisoner

    Muse Paulos

    Age

    66

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    December 23, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  34. Name of Prisoner

    Tsehaye Leghesse

    Age

    72

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    December 23, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  35. Name of Prisoner

    Tsegezeab Tesfazghi

    Age

    62

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    December 23, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  36. Name of Prisoner

    Tsehaye Tesfamariam

    Age

    70

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    January 5, 2009

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

  37. Name of Prisoner

    Yoab Tecle

    Age

    60

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    April 23, 2009

    Reason for Arrest

    Rearrested

  38. Name of Prisoner

    Yoel Tsegezab

    Age

    35

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    August 26, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  39. Name of Prisoner

    Nehemiah Hagos

    Age

    25

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    August 26, 2008

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  40. Name of Prisoner

    Samuel Ghirmay

    Age

    29

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    March 2009

    Reason for Arrest

    Conscientious objection

  41. Name of Prisoner

    Teklu Gebrehiwot

    Age

    36

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir

    Date Imprisoned

    June 28, 2009

    Reason for Arrest

    Religious meeting; MS

  42. Name of Prisoner

    Isaias Afeworki

    Age

    26

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Meitir

    Date Imprisoned

    June 28, 2009

    Reason for Arrest

    Religious meeting; MS

  43. Name of Prisoner

    Liya Hidru

    Age

    37

    Gender

    female

    Prison

    4th Police Station

    Date Imprisoned

    June 28, 2009

    Reason for Arrest

    Religious meeting; wife of Tewoldemedhin Habtezion; mother of Yamin Tewoldemedhin

  44. Name of Prisoner

    Awet Andemariam

    Age

    31

    Gender

    female

    Prison

    4th Police Station

    Date Imprisoned

    June 28, 2009

    Reason for Arrest

    Religious meeting; wife of Natnael Ghebreyesus and mother of Yocabed Natnael Ghebreyesus

  45. Name of Prisoner

    Milen

    Age

    21

    Gender

    female

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    June 28, 2009

    Reason for Arrest

    Religious meeting

  46. Name of Prisoner

    Faiza Seid

    Age

    26

    Gender

    female

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    June 28, 2009

    Reason for Arrest

    Religious meeting

  47. Name of Prisoner

    Merhawit Tadesse

    Age

    21

    Gender

    female

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    June 28, 2009

    Reason for Arrest

    Religious meeting

  48. Name of Prisoner

    Yodit Mekonnen

    Age

    29

    Gender

    female

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    June 28, 2009

    Reason for Arrest

    Religious meeting

  49. Name of Prisoner

    Misghana Goitom Aradom

    Age

    19

    Gender

    female

    Prison

    Meitir Camp

    Date Imprisoned

    June 28, 2009

    Reason for Arrest

    Religious meeting; daughter of Goitom Aradom

  50. Name of Prisoner

    Yamin Tewoldemedhin

    Age

    5

    Gender

    male

    Prison

    4th Police Station

    Date Imprisoned

    June 28, 2009

    Reason for Arrest

    Religious meeting

  51. Name of Prisoner

    Yocabed Natnael Ghebreyesus

    Age

    4

    Gender

    female

    Prison

    4th Police Station

    Date Imprisoned

    June 28, 2009

    Reason for Arrest

    Religious meeting; daughter of Natnael Ghebreyesus and Awet Andemariam

  52. Name of Prisoner

    Misghina Semereab

    Age
    Gender

    male

    Prison

    Adi-Abieto

    Date Imprisoned

    Unknown

    Reason for Arrest

    Unknown

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