Eritrea must release political prisoners, says NGO

International human rights NGO Amnesty International has launched an online campaign asking the government of Eritrea to release the eleven politicians and seventeen journalists who were arrested in 2001 after criticising President Isaias Afwerki's rule, and have never been seen or heard from since. Fisseha Tekle, researcher with Amnesty International, says why the NGO is launching the campaign now.

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(Photo: Idris Said, also known as Abba Arre, was a civil servant who worked at Eritrea’s Ministry of Labour and Human Welfare. He is among 28 prisoners for whom Amnesty International is asking release. Credit: PEN Eritrea)