# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2001-eritrea-jails-journalists-indefinitely)
- Source: Dawit Isaac: jailed 3,127 days in Eritrea without trial. https://cpj.org/2010/04/dawit-isaac-jailed-3127-days-in-eritrea-without-tr/
- 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.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/671. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.