Eritrea News

Rising hopes that perhaps Eritrea was taking a step in the right direction with regards to its religious minority communities were dashed when last week, another 35 Eritrean Christians were rounded up and arrested during a peaceful prayer gathering. Eritrean armed forces, whose barracks were located near where the prayer meeting was held in the

On September 23, 2020, Barnabas Fund received news and subsequent confirmation from their contacts on the ground that Eritrea has formally released 69 Christian prisoners of conscience- some of whom have been in imprisoned for almost two decades- in a new wave of releases. This major step follows the September 4th release of 27 Christians,

On September 11, it was confirmed by Christian Solidarity Worldwide that 27 Eritrean Christian prisoners of conscience were released from Mai Serwa Prison near Asmara in early September, likely due to the increasing dangers of COVID-19 in detention centers across the world

The New Humanitarian reports that Ethiopia- despite domestic and global concerns surrounding the emerging COVID-19 pandemic- publicly announced in April that it planned to transfer Eritrean refugees from Hitsats refugee camp to two others, Adi Harush and Mai Aini, in Tigray.

In early August 2020, it was announced that Eritrea is the only nation out of 55 African countries to refuse to join the African Free Trade Agreement

Jubilee Campaign, along with many other organizations, welcomes the Council’s 24-10 decision to extend the mandate for the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea.