press freedom

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• on guarantees "freedom of conscience, religion, expression of opinion, movement, assembly and organization" (article 19), including specific guarantees of "the freedom of the press and other media" (article 19.2). These rights are violated by the widespread practice of arbitrary detention without charge or trial and the imprisonment of prisoners of conscience – some on account of their political o

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/chu.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• d dissident journalists, the freedom of the press has been seriously curtailed, and Eritrea is currently ranked last in Re porters Without Borders’ worldwide press freedom index.126 Journalists expressing, or perceived as holding, dissenting views, or merely reporting on opposition groups activities, remain at particular risk of arbitrary arrest and detention, and, as such can dem onstrate a

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/49de06122.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• nal unity. Eritrea’s constitution also allows for extensive civil, political economic and social rights including freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right to due process and the right to free assembly. However, fear of potential threats to national unity has meant that nearly all the rights outlined in the document have been clawed back by the government. T

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/bac.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• Eritrea has replaced North Korea as the last place country on RWB's index of press freedom situations in 169 countries. There, in late September 2001, authoritarian President Issaias Afeworki shut down all privately owned media and prohibited publishing by any non-governmental media in the country. The country is now a black hole for journalism, with four journalists dead thus far out of the 13 in

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/reports.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• st time, this small country in the Horn of Africa led since independence by Issaias Afeworki, figures in last p lace in Reporters Without Borders' worldwide press freedom index, for the sim ple reason that the situation has gone from bad to worse. The country h as been cut off from the rest of the world since major police round-ups in S eptember 2001 and at least four journalists have died i

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/eritrea-220409.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• on guarantees "freedom of conscience, religion, expression of opinion, movement, assembly and organization" (article 19), including specific guarantees of "the freedom of the press and other media" (article 19.2). These rights are violated by the widespread practice of arbitrary detention without charge or trial and the imprisonment of prisoners of conscience – some on account of their political o

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/noright.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• In 2015, it ranked bottom of the World Press Freedom Index, published by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/priest.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• teab Kidane 2005: 181) Furthermore, when the U.S. secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld visited Eritrea in December, 2002 he was asked about Eritrea’s abysmal press freedom record. Instead of condemning Afeworki as one of Africa’s most brutal rulers, he answered: “it is a sovereign nation, and they arrange themselves and deal with their problems in ways that they feel are appropriate to them.”

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/DIA%20Kagnew%20CIA%20Connection.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• lization politicise in terms of provision of education, allowing the right to associate and organize, promoted the formation of political parties, trade unions freedom of the press, etc. Consequently the first trade unions were factory based and emerged in 1948; thereafter there were many other work-based unions in the country.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/1952hrtr.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• In its press freedom report of 2006, Reporters Without Borders named Eritrea as being among the worst violators of press freedom in the world.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/Death.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• One of the contributory factors for the above development could be that the British Administration promoted the formation of political parties, trade unions. freedom of the press, etc.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/edu196291.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• to circulate. Given the political, social, and economic state of affairs after a 30-year armed struggle for independence, Eritreans looked on the beginnings of press freedom as quite an achievement. Sadly, it was a short-lived spring.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/mia.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• ved his military training in Mao Zedong’s China. Afwerki remains the totalitarian nation’s leader today. Reporters Without Borders deems Eritrea’s treatment of press freedom the worst in the world.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/chrst.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• 2001 all editors and publishers except those who managed to flee—were detained. In 2007, Reporters without Borders ranked Eritrea last of 169 countries on its Press Freedom Index. The government even cannibalizes its own media. In November 2006 it arrested nine state media employees after others fled the country. They were beaten while under arrest to obtain information about their email accounts

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/hrw2007.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• ean government. The licensing issue is clearly a pretext to justify this action and only confirms our view that licensing print media obstructs the exercise of press freedom."

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/chro.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• The press freedom organisation added: "The Eritrean government must prove to us that Joshua did not die or, at the very least, it should hand over his body to his wife and two sons. It should prove to us that journalists Medhanie Haile, Said Abdulkader and Yusuf Mohamed Ali are still alive, contrary to the reports we have received of their deaths. And it should tell us where it has imprisoned the

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/Farajat.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• d-dobha Convention ( Ackeb-ba Ad-dobha), the time of separation between ELF (Abbay Jebbha) and EPLF; ii) to speak for the Eritrean human right situation, and press freedom; iii) to speak from national unity, national reconciliation, and national conference; iv) to open a debate on different important issues that are thought to divide the Eritr ean people, for example, national languages, int

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/PP2004a.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• tate , published on 21 September 2010, provided an overview of freedom of the press and media: “Eritrea is regarded as one of the worst offenders in terms of press freedom. No independent media has been permitted since 2001…today, only state-run media ERITREA 17 AUGUST 2011 64 The main text of this COI Report contains the most up to date publicly available information as at 14 July 2011. Furt

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/erit136.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• nd its editors and publishers, except those who managed to flee, remain detained. In 2008 Reporters Without Borders ranked Eritrea last of 173 countries on its Press Freedom Index. An Asmara-based British reporter was expelled in 2008 after he refused a demand from the Ministry of Information for the names of sources for his report that veterans of the war of independence complained about life in

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/report2008.html

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• “Eritrea, which has been led since independence by the higly authoritarian Issaias Afeworki, figures in last place on [the] Reporters Without Borders’ world press freedom index. The country has been cut off from the outside world since the terrible round-ups of September 2001 and at least four journalists have died in prison, unknown and forgotten, while the situation goes from bad to worse.

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/4c286cfa2.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• nded since September 2001 for being critical of some government policies. During its recent session the National Assembly reaffirmed the importance of securing freedom of the press. However, it supported the government=s actions against the independent press on the grounds that it had jeopardised national unity. It also condemned those A...[sections of the independent press] that took the opportun

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/Worseninghumanrightscrisis.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• “We join in the mourning of his family and friends and share their grief in this tragic ordeal,” the press freedom organisation said. “The information ministry’s lies will not be able to hide the fact that Kidane was one of the many victims of a cruel and tyrannical regime. A hitherto apathetic international community should react with outrage and hold President Issaias Afeworki accountable.”

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/kidanep.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• The press freedom organisation added: “This already represents a reward for Dawit Isaac and for the 30 or so other journalists who are rotting in Eritrean jails, without trial, because President Issaias Afeworki regards them as traitors.”

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/dawi.html

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• e Voice of Eritrea newspaper was closed down, for publishing articles criticizing the violation of democratic rights and infringement of Eritrean autonomy. The press freedom which British Eritrea had enjoyed came to an end.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/youthresis.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• ry, which is also the headquarters of the only news media permitted in Eritrea, has become a high-risk area where a sinister game of chance is played out,” the press freedom organisation said. “How much longer will we have to continue adding names to the list of people imprisoned by President Issaias Afeworki’s government?”

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/fat.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• Dawit Isaak, an imprisoned Eritrean-Swedish journalist, has been chosen to receive the 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Mr. Isaak was arrested in a crackdown on the media that occurred in September 2001. The last time he was heard from was in 2005. His present location is unknown.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/dawith.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• gion, and intervenes in the administration of the religious institutio freedom in the country. A report issued by the Reporters without Boarders(RSF) considere press freedom in the year 2007.(9) Furthermore, Eritrea is the only state in Africa without private press. On another level, despite Eritrea's ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child measures or enacted the pertinent law

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/stated.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• cannot be treated in a normal way as it is responsible for the disappearance and imprisonment of the best of its citizens. Firm demands are now needed." The press freedom organisation added: "The Eritrean government must prove to us that Joshua did not die or, at the very least, it should hand over his body to his wife and two sons. It should prove to us that journalists Medhane Haile, Said Abd

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/detention.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• e Voice of Eritrea newspaper was closed down, for publishing articles criticizing the violation of democratic rights and infringement of Eritrean autonomy. The press freedom which British Eritrea had enjoyed came to an end. Elias Teklu who was later imprisoned for his vigorous defines of the democratic constitutional rights of Eritreans and was taken to Ethiopia were he languished in prison for f

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/teklu.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• temariam, that’s where Fessehaye “Joshua” Yohannes, a co-founder of Setit, once Eritrea’s largest circulation newspaper, and a recipient of CPJ’s International Press Freedom Award, died in 2003. CPJ had already listed Yohannes in its database of journalists killed in the line of duty following unofficial but credible reports of his death. Authorities in Asmara declined to confirm or deny the repor

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/tru.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• According to Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom report of 2017, Eritrea is ranked 179th out of 180 countries; only North Korea ranks lower. To keep its grip on power, the repressive regime of Isaias Afwerki has used imprisonment and torture of opponents, harsh crackdowns on independent journalists, and arbitrary arrests, ultimately creating “a media climate so oppressive that even repo

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/tota.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• ng made against the government, particularly from dissidents within the ruling party as well as other members of the public. The Press Law, while affirming the freedom of the press, also placed restrictions on it. Journalists from the private press became increasingly subject to intimidation, harassment, short-term arrests, conscription into the army, and charges under the Press Law or the Penal C

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/char.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• Reporters Without Borders / Reporters sans frontières 3 May 2009 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY WHEN GOVERNMENTS TAKE JOURNALISTS HOSTAGE In the run-up to World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, Reporters Without Borders is campaigning for the release of three women journalists who have been “taken hostage” by governments. Four members of Reporters Without Borders have been on hunger strike sinc

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/2009rs.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• ersecution. All privately owned media was shut down in 2001, and last year Reporters Without Borders declared the country bottom in the world for its record on press freedom.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/deportm.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• ar political dialogue between the EU and the Eritrean government. A number of specific cases were raised, including political prisoners, religious freedoms and freedom of the press. The dialogue also covered areas where there have been positive developments, such as health and education.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/reenk.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• reedoms and civil rights .This part includes discussions of freedom of political activities, civil rights, independence of the judiciary, religious freedom and press freedom. The second part covers kidnapping and killing. The third part covers arbitrary detention and situations of prisons. The forth discusses national military service. The fifth part covers the situation of refugees including peop

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/report_en.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• d in the special report on the world’s most repressive societies published in 2008.8 Furthermore, in Freedom House’s ‘Freedom of the Press 2009’ ranking of press freedom globally, Eritrea is ranked as the worst country in Africa in terms of press freedom (no. 48 out of 48), and is ranked as number 190 in the world (out of 195 countries in total), only surpassed by Burma, Turkmenistan

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/eritrearapport_2_endelig_versjon.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• in secret locations; Eritrea is one of four countries in the world which together account for three quarters of all journalists in detention.229 In its 2008 press freedom index RSF ranked Eritrea last, 173rd, behind North Korea, Turkmenistan, Burma, Cuba, Vietnam, China, and Iran.230 In 2006 and 2007, even journalists who worked for the state-run media agency were arrested and detained bec

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/er0.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• on, he has never been formally charged with a crime. Isaak and nine journalist colleagues were arrested seemingly for nothing more than criticising the lack of press freedom and democratic debate in Eritrea. The most recent revelations of a former prison guard who managed to flee to neighbouring Ethiopia in January, and whose information was first reported in Sweden in April, make clear that Isaa

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/gurd1.html

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• Since 2001, Reporters Without Borders and other human rights and press freedom groups have been calling for the release of Eritrea’s political prisoners, including the 13 journalists arrested in the round-up of September of that year. The Eritrean government claims they are being held as part of a parliamentary investigation into “spying” and “treason.”

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/Repitrea.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• In the light of warmer relations between the governments of Eritrea and Sudan, the press freedom organization is also concerned about the fate of Eritrean journalists and human rights campaigners who have taken refuge in Sudan.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/jam.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• um) Arrested : 21 September 2001 Place of detention : Cell N°10, Eiraeiro Camp Winner in December 2007 of the Reporters WithoutBorders – Fondation de France press freedom prize Dawit Habtemichael Aged 30 at the time of his arrest Deputy editor and cofounder, Meqaleh Physics graduate Arrested : around 21 September 2001 after severaldays in hiding Place of detention : Cell N°12, Eiraeiro Cam

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/RSF.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• e to the public." Two of Berhane's former co-workers are among those behind bars, including Fesshaye "Joshua" Yohannes, a 2002 recipient of CPJ's International Press Freedom Award. Berhane escaped prison by going into hiding, then fleeing to Sudan.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/JailedJournalists.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• it will be ingrained in our political culture and thinking and the role of the free press will be severely limited and curtailed in future democratic Eritrea. Freedom of the press doesn’t mean one has to agree with one’s idea or one has to conform to one political party’s agenda or philosophy. Freedom of expression doesn’t mean one’s writing has to please one webmaster’s tastes and feelings. Free

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/Role.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• ng made against the government, particularly from dissidents within the ruling party as well as other members of the public. The Press Law, while affirming the freedom of the press, also placed restrictions on it. Journalists from the private press became increasingly subject to intimidation, harassment, short-term arrests, conscription into the army, and charges under the Press Law or the Penal C

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/documentphp.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• ion to Eritrean legislation which provides such liberties, has seen Reporters Without Borders classify Eritrea in 2012 as the worst country in the world for press freedom 3. Journalists, critics and social commentators are all constrained and face arbitrary arrest and detention. Civil rights movements are repressed and freedom of association is limited to state sanctioned institutes. 2. Arbi

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/lettersfromeritrea.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• y. The privately-owned media no longer exist. There are just state media whose content is worthy of the Soviet era." RSF says Eritrea is the worst abuser of press freedom in the world, ranking it below North Korea three years in a row. One of the journalists arrested in 2001, Swedish-Eritrean citizen Dawit Isaak, has been promised a trial by Eritrean authorities, local Swedish media reported

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/world.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• ckdown on the monks in Tibet who protest in dramatic fashion by setting themselves on fire, the fate of Eritrea continues to be greeted with indifference,” the press freedom organization said. “However, its citizens are ruled by a government every bit as cruel as those in Damascus or Beijing. At least 32 journalists are in prison without charge and without trial, some for more than 10 years.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/elsaaw.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• Furthermore, when the U.S. secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld visited Eritrea in December, 2002 he was asked about Eritrea’s abysmal press freedom record. Instead of condemning Afeworki as one of Africa’s most brutal rulers, he answered: “it is a sovereign nation, and they arrange themselves and deal with their problems in ways that they feel are appropriate to them.” (News Transcript , 2002)

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/issayaship.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• The only leader who thinks it is o.k. to preside over a nation with the worst record in press freedom is Eritrea’s strongman Isayas Afewerki. He argues there is no such thing as “free press”. Of course there isn’t. But the rest of humanity agrees it is vital to have systems which enable people to freely express ideas and exchange information. “Free press” is not an absolute standard but is meant t

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/456eritrea.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• ar independence struggle. The weekly’s criticism angered the government, and by May 2001, Fesshaye asked CPJ to help him create a journalists’ union to improve press freedom conditions. But Fesshaye and other journalists never got the chance. The government led by President Isaias Afwerki launched a crackdown on all opposition voices including the press in September 2001 just one week after 9/11.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/Alert%202007.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• is the only country in sub-Saharan Africa which does not allow private media, depriving all its citizens of their basic right to free expression. Its record on press freedom is an outrage," Cooper said. Three journalists arrested before the 2001 clampdown remain deprived of their liberty, with two said to be doing extended military service. Two journalists arrested in 2002 also remain in secret

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/005.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• In an interview in October with a Qatari reporter for Al Watan newspaper, the president did not indicate any change in stance with regard to issues related to press freedom. The government controlled all media, which included three newspapers, three radio stations, and two television stations. The law does not allow private ownership of broadcast or other media. The government banned the impor

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/usa2010.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• that Eritrea currently jails more journalists than any country in Africa. As an organization of journalists dedicated to defending our colleagues and promoting press freedom around the world, CPJ believes that journalists should never be imprisoned for fulfilling their professional duties. We therefore urge Your Excellency to ensure that all journalists currently jailed for their work in Eritrea a

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/CPJ2002.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• tate , published on 21 September 2010, provided an overview of freedom of the press and media: “Eritrea is regarded as one of the worst offenders in terms of press freedom. No independent media has been permitted since 2001…today, only state-run media operate, including the newspapers Hadas Eritrea (Tigrinya); Eritrea al-Hadisa (Arabic); the Eritrea Profile (English); the television channel E

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/report-04-11%5B1%5D.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• Human rights groups say the tiny country, which is home to about 4 million people, has one of the world's worst records for press freedom.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/detention19-09-2004Online.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• n, Equatorial Guinea, Uzbekistan, Burma, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and Belarus. The New York-based group published its report on Wednesday, a day before the World Press Freedom Day. May 3 is being observed as the World Press Freedom Day across the world with this year's theme of "New Voices: Media Freedom Helping to Transform Societies". The day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in Dece

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/joursce.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• of three, Joshua Johannes is a poet, playwright, and writer of short stories. In 2002, the Committee to Protect Journalists awarded Johannes its International Press Freedom award for his work at Setit and to send a message to the Eritrean president, Issayas Afwerki. Amnesty International named Joshua Yohannes and his 16 imprisoned comrades "prisoners of conscience" upon their arrest, and has ma

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/Prisoner%20of%20Conscience.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• rch’s affairs. He was stripped of his authority and has been under house arrest ever since.135 Eritrea is regarded as one of the worst offenders in terms of press freedom.136 No independent media has been per- mitted since 2001. Already in the early 1990s, the gov- ernment demonstrated it was at best ambivalent about a free media; journalists were a target from the outset. One was Ruth Simon,

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/163%20Eritrea%20The%20Siege%20State..pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• tead of appreciation, they put him in jail. It is really sad. On the other hand, it is also a success. So many big human rights organizations and advocators of press freedom stand to safe the Eritrean press freedom. They have been calling to Eritrean government to release the jounalists who are under arrest. Their effort, definitely, is going to bear fruit in the near future.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/jeshuaPage.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• es it regarded as the “worst of the worst.” 73 In 2010 Reporters Without Borders ( Reporters Sans Frontieres , RSF) ranked Eritrea last (178th) in its latest Press Freedom Index. 74 On Transparency International’s 2010 corruption perception index, Eritrea is ranked in the bottom 30 percent, 123 rd out of 176.75 The Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s Index of Africa n Governance listed Eritrea as the four

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/eritrea0911.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• ry, which is also the headquarters of the only news media permitted in Eritrea, has become a high-risk area where a sinister game of chance is played out,” the press freedom organisation said. “How much longer will we have to continue adding names to the list of people imprisoned by President Issaias Afeworki’s government?”

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/fetehaarajat.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• tion with aid groups and government agencies. He recently highlighted the 2012 Reporters Without Borders index ranking Eritrea dead last among 179 countries in press freedom. In December, he posted news about economic sanctions the United Nations imposed on Eritrea for allegedly arming Somalian warlords.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/delco.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• ........To remind the world of what is happening in Eritrea on the issue of press freedom, the Eritreans for Human and Democratic Rights-UK (EHDR-UK) would like to list some of the abuses and facts that are currently underway.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/SouthernRegion_files/ehdr.org.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• RSFAs World Press Freedom Day was being celebrated on 3 May, Eritrea continued to be the world’s worst country for journalists with around 30 currently held incommunicado in the most inhumane conditions and more arrests still being made, such as that of Said Abdulhai, one of the country’s most famous journalists, in the last week of March.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/newarest.php

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• afrol News, 21 October - This year's ranking of the press freedom situation in 166 countries of the world shows great differences among African countries and that "wealth and press freedom don't always go together." The indicative list however presents many questionable conclusions on Africa.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/Eritreafreedom.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• World Press Freedom Index 2007 - The rankingsRankCountry Note1 Iceland 0,75=- Norway 0,753 Estonia 1,00 - Slovakia 1,00 5 Belgium 1,50 - Finland 1,50 - Sweden 1,508 Denmark 2,00- Ireland 2,00- Portugal 2,00=11Switzerland 3,0012Latvia 3,50- Netherlands 3,5014Czech Republic4,0015New Zealand4,1716Austria 4,25=17Hungary 4,5018Canada 4,8819Trinidad and Tobago5,00=20Germany 5,7521Costa Rica 6,50- Sloven

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/IndexEng.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• far population in Eritrea. RSADO has obtained some names of Red Sea Afar from hundreds of missing. Due to reclusive nature of Eritrean regime and stifled press freedom in the country this news had just surfaced now even though these murders took place in 2000. Name Age Date of death Profession Comments 1. Ali Yussuf Mohamed 52 2000 MP, regional asmly Father of 6 2. Mohamed Ahmed

  Open source document in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/Afar%20Genocide%20in%20Eritrea.pdf

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• ng made against the government, particularly from dissidents within the ruling party as well as other members of the public. The Press Law, while affirming the freedom of the press, also placed restrictions on it. Journalists from the private press became increasingly subject to intimidation, harassment, short-term arrests, conscription into the army, and charges under the Press Law or the Penal C

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/Eritreadetentio.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• “We join in the mourning of his family and friends and share their grief in this tragic ordeal,” the press freedom organisation said. “The information ministry’s lies will not be able to hide the fact that Kidane was one of the many victims of a cruel and tyrannical regime. A hitherto apathetic international community should react with outrage and hold President Issaias Afeworki accountable.”

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/kida.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• "Amid general silence, a new name has been added to the list of journalists who have disappeared in Eritrea's jails," the press freedom organisation said. "This tragedy is all the more shocking for the fact that we have learned about this man's disappearance only two years after the event, because of the wall of terror which the government has built around the country."

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/tura.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• The press freedom organisation also condemned Sudanese complicity in Eritrea’s press freedom violations, which led to the arbitrary closure in early November of the Eritrean radio station Al-Sharq, which had been broadcasting news in Tigrinya to western Eritrea from the Sudanese capital of Khartoum and the eastern town of Khasm al-Girbah for nine hours a day for the past year.

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/Agip.htm

Automatic rule assignment with validated source evidence; not human reviewed. A topic match does not establish the truth of statements in the source.

• In 2001, following a second war with Ethiopia (1998-2000), the government suspended implementation of a democratic constitution, canceled elections, curtailed press freedom, began a crackdown on political opponents, and restricted religious groups it perceived as undermining national unity. The government maintains the country on a near-war footing, reportedly anticipating renewed hostilities wit

  Read passage in context

  Source: http://www.ehrea.org/anare.php