Fri 18 Sep 2026, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, King’s College London, REACH Space, WC2R 2LS Select tickets For a quarter of a century, many Eritrean journalists and writers have remained forcibly disappeared and held incommunicado without trial, legal representation, or confirmed information about their condition. Despite the gravity and duration of this situation, these cases remain underreported or little known
Category: behind bars
August 6, 2026 PEN Eritrea warmly welcomes the announcement by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) honoring the Eritrea 16 with its 2026 International Press Freedom Award, recognizing the extraordinary courage and sacrifice of Eritrea’s imprisoned journalists who have endured decades of detention without charge or trial. The award comes as the world marks the
ብጸጋይ መሓሪ ( ተመርዖ) ናይ ካልእ ኣይፈልጥን፡ ኣነ ግን ነዛ ዳስ ሳልስቲ ዝምንውሓ ሓጻር ህይወት ፥ ሓቂ መስኪረ፡ ጭውያት ደቂ ሃገረይ ዘኪረ፡ ሃለዋቶም ሓቲተን መጭወይቶም መስኪረን ክሓልፍ’የ ዝደሊ። ስለዝዀንኩ ድማ ንዝሓለፈ ዓሰርተ ዓመታት ብዛዕባ መጭወይተይን መጭወይቲ ደቂ ሃገረይን ክምስክር ኣሕሊፈዮ ኣለኹ። ስለዝዀነ ድማ እንሆ ሕጂ’ውን እቲ ልሉይን ተዘካርን ኣብዚ እዋን እዚ ግን ተረሲዑን ተጨውዩን ዘሎ
ፐን ኤርትራ ንምፍታሕ ብንያም ‘ኮብራ’ ዝደንጎየ ግን ድማ ከም ትስፉው ተበግሶ ትርእዮ። BBC ኸም ዝጸብጸቦ፡ ኮብራ ብዝብል ሳጓ ዝፈለጥ ውሩይ ቅየዓዊ ሰኣላይ (ካርቱኒስት) ብንያም ሶሎሞን፡ ድሕሪ 15 ዓመታት ካብ ማእሰርት ተለቒቑ። ብዘይዝኾነ ሕጋዊ ፍርዲን ስርዓትን ን15 ዓመታት ተዳጒኑ ድሕሪ ምጽናሕ ኣብዚ ቅንያት ከም ዝወጸ፡ BBC ንቤተሰብ ብንያም ብምጥቃስ ጽሑፉ። ኮብራ፥ ኣብ 2011 ኣብ ኣስመራ ድሕሪ
PEN Eritrea Welcomes Biniam’s Release According to a BBC News report, Biniam ‘Cobra’ Solomon has been released after 15 years in prison without formal charges or a trial. Biniam was arrested in Asmara in 2011 and has been kept incommunicado for a decade and a half. According to family members cited in the BBC
ሳሙኤል ገብረሂወት (ዓካ-ዓካ) መስከረም መጸት፡ ነቶም ንዝሓለፈ 24 ዓመታት፡ ወዲ ሰብ ክነብረሉ ኣብ ዘይክእል ኮንተይነራት፡ ኣብ ከቢድ ጸቕጢ ክሊማ ብዓመጽ ዝተኣስሩ ኣርካናት መራሕተይን መሳርሕተይ ነበር ጋዜጠኛታትን እናኽዝክር፡ መሪር ቃንዛ ይስመዓኒ። እዚ ከቢድ ቃንዛን ጓህን ከኣ፡ “ጸላኢ” ንዝብሎ ዝኾነ ይኹን ወገን እውን ኣይምነየሉን’የ። እዞም ‘ንህዝቢ ዝኣተናሉ መብጽዓ ይተግበር፡ ስልጣን ናብ ህዝቢ ይረከብ፡ ሕሉፍ ጌጋታትና ይተኣረም፡ ብግዝኣተ
ኮኾብ ተስፋልደት* ብዛዕባ እቲ ንፈልጦ ግን ከኣ ዘይንፈልጦ ጋዘጤኛ ዳዊት ኢሳቕ። ስሙ እቲ ንኽንደይ ዓመታት ክዝከር ንሰምምዖ ጋዜጠኛ። ምሳና ከም ዝዓበየ፡ ዝተማህረ ከም ሓደ ብቐረባ ንፈልጦ ከም ዝኾነ ዝስመዓና ስም—ዳዊት ኢሳቕ። ምስሉ ግን እቲ ኣብ ሓደ ዕድመ ደው ዝበለ፡ ኣፍሮ ዓይነት፡ ጽልም ኢሉ መንእሰይ ከሎ ዝገደፈልና ጥራሕ እዩ። ሕጂ እንታይ ይመስል፧ ከመይ ይዛረብ፧ ከመይ
The Edelstam Foundation announced in a press release today that The Edelstam Prize 2024 has been awarded to Mr Dawit Isaak, an Eritrean-Swedish journalist in recognition of his exceptional courage and dedication to human rights and freedom of expression. Isaak, who co-founded Setit, Eritrea’s first independent newspaper, was arrested in September 2001 during the
እየሩሳሌም ሃይለ (እዚ ጽሑፍ ኣብ መወዳእታ መስከረም 2023፡ ብመሰረት ዕድመ ፐን ኤርትራ ብ እዮርሳሌም ሃይለ ዝተበርከተ ዀይኑ፥ ብምኽንያት ተዓቚሩ ጸኒሑ፡ እነሆ ሎሚ ማእከል-ሓሳብ እቲ ጽሑፍ ኣብ ዝዀነት ታሪኻዊት ዕለት ንንባብ ይቐርብ።) ———– ኣብ መፋርቕ ወርሒ ነሓሰ ኣቢሉ ይኸውን፡ ብምኽንያት ዝኽሪ 18 መስከረም ምዕጻው ነጻ ፕረስን፡ ምእሳር ጋዜጠኛታትን ኣብ ኤርትራ ብዝምልከት ዘለኒ ዝኽሪ ብጽሑፍ ከካፍል ዕድመ