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Home  English  News  All but two of the 11 former senior gover nment officials of Eritrea confirmed dead.  
All but two of the 11 former senior government offi
Eritrea confirmed dead.  
All but two of the 11 former senior government officials o f Eritrea, who have been held incommunicado de
September 2001, are confirmed dead according to se cret documents acquired by assenna.com sources f
President of Eritrea.  
The officials that include ministers and generals were among the 15 members of the Eritrean National As s
known as G15). They had all signed an open letter criticising the dictatorial policies of President Isaias Afe
democratic reform and open debate on the country’s political crises. Eleven members of the ‘G15’, those 
Eritrea during the 2001 major government crackdown were arrested along with over a dozen independent
whereabouts of the G15 and journalists was never disclosed by the government and visits have never bee
be recalled that the September 18 crackdown was followe d by numerous arrests of other mid-ranking offic
suspected to be sympathisers of the G15. 
The Eritrean government claimed that “they have committed treason” but they have never been officially c
to trial. The government has never provided access to their families, lawyers or international humanitarian
The documents obtained by Asena show that eight of them have died in detention as a result of harsh con
and lack of medical attention, while one was executed.  
In this section, documents of the five political detainees whose death is being reporte
time are published. (To see the original documents in Tigrinya click on the names of t
1. NAME OF DETAINEE: BARAKI GEBRESELASSIE 
 
  
DATE DETAINED: 18-09-2001 
  
DETENTION CODE: 250-251-525 
  
DATE OF DEATH: 19-07-2007 
  
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REASON FOR DEATH: CHRONIC ILLNESS 
  
REMARKS: DETAINEE HAS A CHRONIC KIDNEY CONDITION. AFTER HE DEVELOPED A HIGH BLOOD P
BEEN RECEIVING CONTINOUS INTENSIVE MEDICAL CARE. HIS REFUSAL TO UNDERGO A SURGERY 
HIS DEATH IN DETENTION. 
  
NAME OF OFFICER IN CHARGE: L.COLONEL ISSACK ARAYA 
SIGNED 20-07-2007 
  
2. NAME OF DETAINEE: JERMANO NATTI 
  
DATE DETAINED: 18-09-2001 
  
DETENTION CODE: 250-251-525 
  
DATE OF DEATH: 17-03-2008 
  
REASON OF DEATH: CHRONIC ILLNESS 
  
REMARKS: HE HAD URETHRA PROBLEMS. EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT MENTIONED IT BEFORE HIS D
RESULT OF THE AUTOPSY CONCLUSIVELY SHOWS THAT HE WAS SUFFERING FROM BLADDER AND
INFECTIONS AS A RESULT OF WHICH HE DIED. 
  
NAME OF OFFICER IN CHARGE: L.COLONEL ISSACK ARAYA 
SIGNED 18-03-2008 
  
3. NAME OF DETAINEE: BERHANE GEBREGZABHIER 
  
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DATE DETAINED: 18-09-2001 
  
DETENTION CODE: 250-251-525 
  
DATE OF DEATH: 20-06-2002 
  
REASON OF DEATH: COURT DECISION 
  
REMARKS: SINCE DETAINEE ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE INTO THE ENEMY LINES ON THE EVE OF HIS D
DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BASIS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF NAIZGHI KIFLU HAS 
 
NAME OF OFFICER IN CHARGE: L.COLONEL ISSACK ARAYA 
SIGNED 21-06-2002 
  
4. NAME OF DETAINEE: HAMED HMED 
  
DATE DETAINED: 18-09-2001 
  
DETENTION CODE: 250-251-525 
  
DATE OF DEATH: O7-11-2005 
  
REASON OF DEATH: ACCIDENT 
  
REMARKS: AS A RESULT OF A SNEAK BITE HE ENCOUNTERED, DETAINEE DIED WHILE RECEIVING M
INTERVENTION. 
  
NAME OF OFFICER IN CHARGE: L.COLONEL ISSACK ARAYA 
SIGNED 08-11-2005 
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5. NAME OF DETAINEE: ESTIFANOS SEYOUM 
  
DATE DETAINED: 18-09-2001 
  
DETENTION CODE: 250-251-525 
  
DATE OF DEATH: 28-09-2007 
  
REASON OF DEATH: CHRONIC ILLNESS 
  
REMARKS: HE HAD CHRONIC DIABETIC. AS A RESULT HE HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM VARIOUS IN
DESPITE THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE HE WAS RECEIVING, HE COULD NOT HEAL FROM THE INFECTIO
BEEN WORSENED BY HIGH-BLOOD PRESSURE 
  
NAME OF OFFICER IN CHARGE: L.COLONEL ISSACK ARAYA  
SIGNED 29-09-2007 
  
The following documents confirm the death of the detainees whose death had already
  
6. NAME OF DETAINEE: SALIH IDRIS KEKIA 
  
DATE DETAINED: 18-09-2001 
  
DETENTION CODE: 250-251-525 
  
DATE OF DEATH: 15-08-2003 
  
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REASON OF DEATH: ACCIDENT 
  
REMARKS: AS A RESULT OF THE RIGHT-SIDE BODY PARALYSIS HE SUSTAINED DUE TO HIS FAILED 
COMMITE SUICIDE BY JUMPING OVER AND ROLLING INTO THE WHEELS OF THE VEHICLE THAT WAS
DETAINEES FROM DONGOLO TO THE CURRENT DETENTION CENTER, HE DIED DESPITE CONTINUES
ASSISTANCE HE WAS RECEIVING. 
  
NAME OF OFFICER IN CHARGE: L.COLONEL ISSACK ARAYA 
SIGNED 16-08-2003 
  
7. NAME OF DETAINEE: ASTER FESSEHATSION 
  
DATE DETAINED: 18-09-2001 
  
DETENTION CODE: 250-251-525 
  
DATE OF DEATH: 14-04-2003 
  
REASON OF DEATH: CHRONIC ILLNESS 
  
REMARKS: DETAINEE HAD PREVIOUS CHRONIC HEART CONDITION AND ASTHMA. HER DECISION T O
STRIKE RESULTED IN A GASTRIC CONDITION. MOREOVER, SHE WAS NOT TAKING HER PRESCRIPTI
AND THE BOX AND HALF FULL OF PILLS THAT WAS FOUND IN HER CELL UPON HER DEATH ATTESTE
  
NAME OF OFFICER IN CHARGE: L.COLONEL ISSACK ARAYA 
SIGNED 15-04-2003 
  
8. NAME OF DETAINEE: MAHMUD MEHAMED SHERIFO 
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DATE DETAINED: 18-09-2001 
  
DETENTION CODE: 250-251-225 
  
DATE OF DEATH: 21-12-2003 
  
REASON OF DEATH: CHRONIC ILLNESS 
  
REMARKS: HE HAD HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIABETIC PREVIOULS. HE ALSO STARTED TO SUF
SINCE HE HAD COME TO THE CURRENT CENTER. AS A RESULT OF THE DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS A
INFECTIONS HE CONTINUED TO SUFFER, HE DIED IN HIS CELL WHILLE BEING ASSISTED MEDICALLY
  
NAME OF OFFICER IN CHARGE: L.COLONEL ISSACK ARAYA  
SIGNED 22-12-2003 
  
  
9. General Ogbe Abraha’s death certificate hasn’t been obtained in such a manner. He is believed to have died fir
group of detainees. 
  
  
Translated from the original Tigrinya documents into English by Asena Media Foundation  
03/08/2009  
  
LAST UPDATED ( WEDNESDAY, 05 AUGUST 2009 00:11 ) 
 
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