Claim 671

CPJ's description of when the detentions began.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: CPJ's description of when the detentions began.
Field: action
Value: Many first detained in the 2001 restrictions on dissent and independent media
About: incident 2001-eritrea-jails-journalists-indefinitely
Source: Dawit Isaac: jailed 3,127 days in Eritrea without trial
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2010-04-16

Quotation from the source

Many were first detained in 2001, when the government cracked down on political dissent and the independent media.