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Why does Issayas always accuse CIA?
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Is it true that CIA plot for youth exodus?
 
Crimes Against the Eritrean People
(1958-2008)
Prisoners death records
 
 
  Brief information on some prisoners who died in the PFDJ prisons in the 2000s due to torture and medical negligency.
  
  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: Februrary 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?
Died: June 13,2006 Place Underground Prison (Bunker)
Place: Eiraerio prison camp
Caused of death: torture and medical negligency
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
                 
Salih Kekiya
   
 
   
Ministry of Transport
Arrested September 2001
Died: June 9, 2003
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
 
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]
 
 
       
Mamad Hamid Mamad
 
Head of the Arabic (Middle East) Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Arrested September 2001
Died: 2006
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
Place: Place: Wi'a Military Training Center
Died: Died 07/2008 (age 37)
Caused of death:malaria [ Read more]
 
Nigisti Haile
   
 
Arrested in early 2006.
Died on 5 September, 2007 (age 33)
  Place: Wia army training camp near the port of Massawa
     
Moges Solomon
   
Arrested in 2003
    Died on 15 February 2007 (age 30)
Place: Adi-Nefase army camp near the port of Assab
 
Amanuel & Kibrom
     
  Amanuel Andegergish (m), aged 23,
Kibrom Fremichael (m), aged 30,
died in Adi-Quala military camp on 17 October 2006.		  
     
Fitewrari Hedad Kerar
Briefly arrested in June 2001
Thereafter he was placed under house arrest.
Died 05/03.
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