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Incidents, head of government Isaias Afwerki
Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.
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CountryEritrea
ContinentAfrica
TacticDetention and violence 1
StageEliminate 1
OutcomeOngoing 1
LevelNational 1
Head of governmentIsaias Afwerki
Eritrea: independent press closed and journalists jailed without trial
Eritrea's government closed every private newspaper and jailed at least nineteen journalists, including Dawit Isaac of the paper Setit, without charge or trial in September 2001, after suspending the constitution. Several have never been p…
Detention and violence · Stage Eliminate · Head of government Isaias Afwerki · Ongoing
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