Human Rights Watch has issued a scathing report on the tiny African nation of Eritrea. Under the autocratic rule of President Isayas Afewerki, Eritreans are subjected to “arbitrary arrest and detention, torture, forced labor, and inhuman conditions in detention; rigid restrictions on freedom of movement and expression; and religious persecution”, causing a humanitarian crisis.
“Eritrea’s [...]

Human rights activist Dania Avallone was seriously injured in Rome last October while participating in a peaceful protest at an Eritrean festival when rocks and bottles were thrown at her. Now, some Eritreans living in Italy have charged Ms Avallone with “disruption”. She is to appear in court next week.
Maria Daniela (Dania) Avallone [...]

Two more Christians incarcerated in Eritrea have reportedly died following torture.  That brings to eight the total known to have perished in custody in recent years.
At least two detained Christians have died this month in Eritrea after a “long period of torture” in a notorious military prison camp, while the number of Christians jailed in [...]

During the recent wave of mass arrests of Christians, Eritrean authorities took into custody Dr Michael Mehari, who is said to be one of the country’s leading paediatricians.  Apparently, providing medical care to infants and children in one of Africa’s poorest countries does not excuse the crime of publicly worshipping Christ.
Among those arrested, over the [...]

Eritrean authorities have taken into custody over 100 Christians during the past month in a nation-wide campaign of house-by-house arrests. Detainees are being brutally abused and some may have died as a result.
The report originated with Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and was picked up by BosNewsLife.
Several churches in Eritrea were without their leaders or [...]

Tomorrow, 9 November, is International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. IDOP is observed each year on the second Sunday of November to remember and lift up in prayer the hundreds of millions of Christians around the world who suffer because of their faith in Jesus Christ.
IDOP Canada has chosen as this year’s [...]

Open Doors International reports that Teklesenbet Gebreab Kiflom has died of malaria in a military camp in Eritrea after authorities refused to provide medication. He was imprisoned over a year ago because of his Christian faith.
Teklesenbet Gebreab Kiflom, 36, was the second Christian known to have died because of malaria in Eritrea’s Wi’a Military [...]