Prisoners Death Records since 2001

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	Brief information on some prisoners who died in the PFDJ prisons from 2001 to 2009

All but two of the 11 former senior government officials of Eritrea confirmed dead.

Fessshaye Yohannes

Reporter and co-founder of the newspaper, Setit

Taha Moh.Nur

Taha Mohammed Nur Co-Founder of ELF, died in prison

Arrested September 2001

Arrested November 2005

Died: Feb. 2008

Died: January 2007

Place: Prison camp
Caused: torture and medical negligency

Place :Eiraeiro prison camp

Caused of death: torture, climactic condition and medical negligency

Medhanie


	Assistant chief editor and co-founder of the newspaper, Keste Debena
	Arrested September 2001
	Died: Feburary 2004
	Place: Eiraeiro prison camp
	Caused of death: torture, climactic condition and medical negligency

Adago Au

Died: 2001?

Place: Underground Prison (Bunker)

Caused of death: torture and medical negligency

Yusuf Mohammed

Chief editor of the newspaper, Tsigenay	Husen Yusuf
Arrested September 2001		Died: 2001?
Arrested September 2001		Place Plave:Underground Prison (Bunker)
Died: June 13,2006

		Caused of death: torture and medical negligency
Place: Eiraerio prison camp
Caused of death: torture, climactic condition and medical negligency

Said Abdulkader


Chief editor of the newspaper, Admas
Arrested September 2001
Died: March 14, 2004
Place: Eiraerio prison camp
Caused of death: torture, climactic condition and medical negligency
		Name of prisioners who died at Adolay´s prison camps in Gash Setite.

Fitewrari Hedad Kerar

Abo Sunabera Debena

He wasw arrested in October 2001

Briefly arrested in June 2001

and was freed from the 2nd police station in Asmara in March 2004, reportedly on account of severe ill-health and arthritis, for which he received inadequate medical treatment
Source AI readmore
Died on Saturday 9/2008
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Thereafter he was placed under house arrest.

Died 05/03Read more


on 10 June 2005, 161 youth were killed at Wia prison camp.		Name of 48 prisioners who were killed at Adi-Abeito prison on 4 November 2004
		"In Dahlak, every day someone died. The food was very little and there was no medical attention. No one cares for prisoners. While I was there about 25 percent died from lack of medication and the bad conditions".read more

Asmourom Kifle, Tama Kefelay, and Awat Habtezgee and other prisoners in Dahlak,

Salih Kekiya


Ministry of Transport
Arrested in September 2001
Died: June 9, 2003
Place: Eiraerio prison camp
Caused of death: torture, climactic condition and medical negligency

Senait Debessay

Senait Debessai was arrested on Nov 14, 2003
Report on Senait Debessai
Senait Debessai: Senseless Imprisonment 5 Years [14 November 2008 }
Died:29 January 2009
Caused of death: torture, climactic condition and medical negligency

Estifanos Seyoum

Arrested in September 2001
Died: September 28,2007
Place: Eiraerio prison camp
Caused of death: torture, climactic condition and medical negligency

Astier Fissehatsion


Director in the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Arrested September 2001
Died: June 13, 2003
Place: Eiraerio prison camp
Caused of death: torture, climactic condition and medical negligency

Yirga Yosief


Students at the University of Asmara
Arrested August 10, 2001
Died: August 14, 2001
Place:Wia detention camp
Caused of death:heatstroke

Paulos Kidane

Germano Nati

Berhane Gebregziabeher

Beraki Gebreselassie

Journalist with the Amharic-language service of state-owned Eri-TV
Arrested November 12, 2006
Place: underground prison beneath the No. 5 police station
Died: June 2007
Caused of death: Killed [ read more]

Arrested in September 2001 Died: March 17, 2008 Place: Eiraerio prison camp Caused of death: torture, climactic condition and medical negligency
Arrested in September 2001 Died: June 20, 2002 Place: Place: Imbatkala Caused of death:He was executed on court decision on June 20, 2002 . This was recommended by Naizghi Kiflu

Arrested in September 2001 Died: July 19 2007 Place: Place: Eiraerio prison camp Caused of death: torture, climactic condition and medical negligency

Mamad Hamid Mamad


	Head of the Arabic (Middle East) Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Arrested September 2001
	Died: July 11, 2005
	Place: Eiraerio prison camp
	Caused of death: torture, climactic condition and medical negligency

Mohmud Sherifo


	Former Vice-President
	Arrested September 2001
	Died: June 6, 2003
	Place: Eiraerio prison camp
	Caused of death: torture, climactic condition and medical negligency

Ogbe Abraha

Formerly Chief of Staff of the Defence Force

Arrested September 2001

Died: July 13, 2002

Place: Imbatkala

Caused : Attempted commit suicide( tried to cut his throat, but they caught him and took him secretly to the Armed Forces Hospital where he was medicated for two days and returned to Imbatkala. After suffering for long he died on July 13, 2002

Tesfa Girorghis

Administrator Tsorona subzone

Arrested September 2001

Died: 4/3/2004

Place: Eiraerio prison camp

Caused of death: torture, climactic condition and medical negligency

Sahle Tegezeab

Head of the Civil Actions (Non-Criminal Cases)

Arrested September 2001

Died: January 2005

Place: Eiraerio prison camp

Caused of death: torture, climactic condition and medical negligency

Yemane Tekie

Students at the University of Asmara

Arrested August 10, 2001

Died: August 14, 2001

Place:Wia detention camp

Caused of death:heatstroke

Azieb Simon

Arrested Arrested in 2007

Teklesenbet Gebreab Kiflom

Place: Place: Wi'a Military Training Center

Died: Died ?/2008 (age 36)

Died: Died 07/2008 (age 37)
Caused of death:malaria [ Read more]

Place: Place: Wi'a Military Training Center

Caused of death:malaria[ Read more]

Nigisti Haile

Moges Solomon

Arrested in early 2006.

Arrested in 2003

Died on 15 February 2007 (age 30)

Died on 5 September, 2007 (age 33)

Place: Wia army training camp near the port of Massawa

Place: Adi-Nefase army camp near the port of Assab

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Ibrahim Mohamed Azelto [ኢብራሂም ማሕሙድ ዓዘልቶ][ Full story]

Arrested 1992
Died on 4 October 2009
Place Adi Quala Prison

Tesfaledet Seyoum

Hana Hagos Asgedom

Arrested September 2001
Died: on 26 December 2008
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On Jan. 24,2010 Hana Hagos Asgedom, 41, became the eleventh believer to die in these detention centers. Asgedom suffered a heart attack while being held in solitary confinement at Alla Military Cam.Read More

Yemane Kahasay Andom

Yemane Kahasay Andom
Died: on 23 July 2009
43-year-old Yemane Kahasay Andom died on 23 July 2009 and reportedly is secretly buried in the camp.
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Mogos Hagos Kiflom

Mogos Hagos Kiflom, 37
Died: on January 2009
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Mehari Gebreneguse Asgedom

Mehari Gebreneguse Asgedom,42

Died: on January 2009
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Mesfin Gebrekristos,

Caused of death: Meningitis.

Eritrea (MNN) ― Open Doors says at least seven prisoners held at Wi'a Military camp in Eritrea have died in an outbreak of meningitis. By the time the government relocated the prisoners and staff to Mitire Military Concentration Camp, at least one of them, Mesfin Gebrekristos, was among those who succumbed to both weakened health and the illness. Mesfin was a believer who spent the last year imprisoned for his faith. Read more

Mass deaths in Wi’a concentration/training camp

Lists of execution of some prisoners since 2005