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

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  1. 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 ኣብ ቤትማእሰርቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ዓሪፉ።, ኣቶ ምስግና ገብረትንሳኤ ዝተባህለ ኣቦ 5 ቆልዑ ኤርትራዊ ኣማኒ ጅሆባ ኣብ ቤትማእሰርቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ዓሪፉ።. EHREA archive: /library/documents/doc-2c974ca41d7ff98ff11c4ec2/#b-1104b3e8516bcc712725eafd. Document-level sources apply; paragraph attribution is not established.

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

    ኣቶ ምስግና ገብረትንሳኤ ዝተባህለ ኣቦ 5 ቆልዑ ኤርትራዊ ኣማኒ ጅሆባ ኣብ ቤትማእሰርቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ዓሪፉ።, Fifty-one imprisoned Jehovah’s Witnesses As of April 5, 2011 (Listed by Date of Imprisonment). EHREA archive: /library/documents/doc-2c974ca41d7ff98ff11c4ec2/#b-af25190e1db751ae98b048ed. Document-level sources apply; paragraph attribution is not established.

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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)

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Name of Prisoner

Age

Gender

Prison

Date Imprisoned

Reason for Arrest

Paulos Eyassu

38

male

Sawa Camp

September 24, 1994

Conscientious objection

Isaac Mogos

35

male

Sawa Camp

September 24, 1994

Conscientious objection

Negede Teklemariam

37

male

Sawa Camp

September 24, 1994

Conscientious objection

Aron Abraha

37

male

Sawa Camp

May 9, 2001

Conscientious objection

Mussie Fessehaye

39

male

Sawa Camp

June 2003

Conscientious objection

Ambakom Tsegezab

35

male

Sawa Camp

February 2004

Conscientious objection

Bemnet Fessehaye

40

male

Sawa Camp

February 2005

Conscientious objection

Henok Ghebru

27

male

Sawa Camp

February 2005

Conscientious objection

Worede Kiros

54

male

Sawa Camp

May 4, 2005

Religious activity

Yonathan Yonas

25

male

Sawa Camp

November 12, 2005

Religious activity

Kibreab Fessehaye

33

male

Sawa Camp

December 27, 2005

Conscientious objection

Bereket Abraha Oqbagabir

43

male

Sawa Camp

January 1, 2006

Conscientious objection

Yosief Fessehaye

22

male

Sawa Camp

2007

Conscientious objection

Amanuel Abraham

male

Sawa Camp

2007

Conscientious objection

Mogos Gebremeskel

65

male

Serejjeka

July 3, 2008

Unknown

Bereket Abraha

64

male

Meitir Camp

July 8, 2008

Unknown

Mesgina Gebretinsai

60

male

Meitir Camp

July 10, 2008

Unknown

Goitom Gebrekristos

75

male

Meitir Camp

July 11, 2008

Unknown

Ermias Ashgedom

21

male

Meitir Camp

July 11, 2008

Unknown

Habtemichael Mekonen

70

male

Meitir Camp

July 17, 2008

Unknown

Tareke Tesfamariam

60

male

Meitir Camp

August 4, 2008

Unknown

Tesfai Teklemariam

58

male

Meitir Camp

August 5, 2008

Unknown

Goitom Aradom

67

male

Meitir Camp

August 8, 2008

Unknown; father of Misghana Goitom Aradom

Habtemichael Tesfamariam

63

male

Meitir Camp

August 8, 2008

Unknown

Tewoldemedhin Habtezion

52

male

Meitir Camp

August 9, 2008

Unknown; husband of Liya Hidru and father of Yamin Tewoldemedhin

Ghebrehiwet Ghebremichael

67

male

Meitir Camp

August 22, 2008

Unknown

Yohannes Haile

68

male

Meitir Camp

September 18, 2008

Unknown

Teferi Beyene

70

male

Meitir Camp

September 23, 2008

Unknown, a publisher

Beyene Abraham

58

male

Meitir Camp

October 23, 2008

Unknown, publisher, formerly served as elder

Asfaha Haile

77

male

Meitir Camp

December 2, 2008

Unknown

Semere Negussega

74

male

Meitir Camp

December 22, 2008

Unknown

Muse Paulos

66

male

Meitir Camp

December 23, 2008

Unknown

Tsehaye Leghesse

72

male

Meitir Camp

December 23, 2008

Unknown

Tsegezeab Tesfazghi

62

male

Meitir Camp

December 23, 2008

Unknown

Tsehaye Tesfamariam

70

male

Meitir Camp

January 5, 2009

Unknown

Yoab Tecle

60

male

Meitir Camp

April 23, 2009

Rearrested

Yoel Tsegezab

35

male

Meitir Camp

August 26, 2008

Conscientious objection

Nehemiah Hagos

25

male

Meitir Camp

August 26, 2008

Conscientious objection

Samuel Ghirmay

29

male

Meitir Camp

March 2009

Conscientious objection

Teklu Gebrehiwot

36

male

Meitir

June 28, 2009

Religious meeting; MS

Isaias Afeworki

26

male

Meitir

June 28, 2009

Religious meeting; MS

Liya Hidru

37

female

4th Police Station

June 28, 2009

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

Awet Andemariam

31

female

4th Police Station

June 28, 2009

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

Milen

21

female

Meitir Camp

June 28, 2009

Religious meeting

Faiza Seid

26

female

Meitir Camp

June 28, 2009

Religious meeting

Merhawit Tadesse

21

female

Meitir Camp

June 28, 2009

Religious meeting

Yodit Mekonnen

29

female

Meitir Camp

June 28, 2009

Religious meeting

Misghana Goitom Aradom

19

female

Meitir Camp

June 28, 2009

Religious meeting; daughter of Goitom Aradom

Yamin Tewoldemedhin

5

male

4th Police Station

June 28, 2009

Religious meeting

Yocabed Natnael Ghebreyesus

4

female

4th Police Station

June 28, 2009

Religious meeting; daughter of Natnael Ghebreyesus and Awet Andemariam

Misghina Semereab

male

Adi-Abieto

Unknown

Unknown

Last updated 22 April 2011 14:28:04 GMT

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