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Eritrea
502. By letter dated 17 October 2002, the Special Rapporteur reminded the Government of a number of cases transmitted in 1999 and 2000 regarding which no reply had been received.
Urgent appeals
503. On 9 April 2002, the Special Rapporteur sent a joint urgent appeal with the
Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression on behalf of 10
journalists: Yusuf Mohamed, editor of Tsigenay, Mattewos Habteab and Dawit
Habtemichael, the editor and a journalist of Meqaleh, Medhanie Haile and
Temesgen Gebreyesus, the deputy editor and a board member of Keste Debena,
Emanuel Asrat, editor of Zemen, Dawit Isaac and Fessehaye Yohannes, of the
newspaper Setit, Said Abdulkader, of the magazine Admas, and Seyum Tsehaye,
freelance photographer. These journalists from privately-owned media reportedly
went on hunger strike on 1 March 2002, to protest sgainst their illegal detention, and
to demand “justice before a fair and independent court”. Reportedly, no formal
charges have been brought against them.
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This report has been published by Equipo Nizkor and Derechos Human Rights on August 2, 2005.