while Eritrean officials acknowledge that the government and the ruling party are one. Earlier this year, for example, about 100 Eritreans living across the United States joined a Zoom call co-hosted ...

Arrested during 2001 crackdown Dawit was arrested during a government crackdown on independent media in Eritrea in September 2001. Eritrea ranks among the most tightly controlled countries in the ...

Over the years, the Eritrean government has provided no information on his whereabouts or health, and many who were jailed alongside him are presumed dead. The Edelstam Prize, awarded for ...

In the latest World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders, Eritrea was ranked last out of 180 countries. Since 2001, the government has banned all independent media outlets ...

Every year in December, members of the PEN community come together to write messages of solidarity, support and hope to their ...