Asena

The Eritrean regime is planning to secretly seize 22 various monasteries across the nation with all their historical documents and artifacts so as to use them as prisons and military camps, leaked information that reached our site discloses. The information indicates that the government has plans to implement this through the end of 2010, until it completes dispersing their monks to their respective village of origin. The regime has secretly prepared the plan and appointed Mr. Yoftahie Dmetros and Mr. Beyene Ressom to implement the plan. According to the plan, some monasteries will only be ceding their possessions while others will completely lose everything including their existence and be remodeled to meet what the government needs to do in them by the special division assigned to implement the plan. List of monasteries which will be affected by the plan follows:

A. Monasteries which will cede their possessions to the government

1. St. Marry Church, Asmara

2 Abune Phlipos Monastery, Debre-Bizen

B. Monastries which will become military camps

1. Debresina Monastery, Anseba
2.   Debretsgie Monastery, Debub
3.   AbuneYonas Debre Dehan Monastery, Quhayn, Debub
4.   Debre Mequrios, Debub

5.   Endamariam Monastery, Ayla, Debub
6.   AbuneBruk Monastery, Meraguz, Debub
7.   AbuneEndrias Monastery, Sefa Tslma, Debub
8.   AbuneBtsu-Amlak Monastery, wutuh, Debub
9.    Mdre Felassi Monastery, Mai-Teada, Debub  
10.  Abune-Libanos Monastery, Drechen, Debub  
11.  Abune-Libanos Monastery, Zbawnti, Debub
12.  Enad-Selassi Monastery, Damba, Maakel

c. Monastries which will become secret detention centers