Children Arrested in Dawn Raid on Christians in Eritrea

DEKEMHARE, ERITREA-At least twenty Christians were arrested by Eritrean security forces on the morning of Sunday, May 27. Among those detained were young children. The raid occurred in Dekemhare, 40km south of Eritrea’s capital city, Asmara, and is a continuation of the extensive government crackdown on Christian activity in the country since the beginning of the year, according to the human rights NGO Release-Eritrea UK. According to the agency reports, during the recent raid security forces expected to find Christians participating in a prayer meeting. However, when they failed to uncover such activity, they decided to detain everyone in the home they had raided as well as other people in the surrounding neighborhood. Those targeted for arrest are said to all be members of the Kale Hiwott Church, one of the churches affected by the government decree of 2002 that banned several independent churches. Among those arrested was Pastor Michael Abraha who suffers from hypoglycaemia. Given the shortage of food and medical supplies in Eritrean prisons, there are considerable concerns for his health. In a further sign of the deteriorating human rights climate in Eritrea, Reporters Without Borders has indicated that there is still no news on two Ministry of Information employees who were arrested in their homes during the week of March 12 and taken to unknown destinations.
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