\u201cRelease Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nSix former Eritrean government officials and a number of journalists have died in prison since their incarceration nearly a decade ago, a former prison guard said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Former vice president Mahmoud Sherifo, military chief of staff Ogbe Abraha, and central committee members Aster Fisehatsion, Germano Nati, Hamid Himid and Salih Kekya were part of a group of 15 high-profile politicians that criticised President Isaias Afeworki and asked for reform in 2001.<\/p>\n
The six were among the eleven members who were subsequently rounded up and sent to the remote Embatkala and Eraeiro camps where temperatures can soar to up to 50 degrees Celsius (122 F).<\/p>\n
“Ogbe tried to commit suicide but failed before he succumbed to asthma six months later in 2002. Mahmoud died from a neck infection in 2003,” Eyob Bahta told journalists three months after fleeing to Ethiopia.<\/p>\n
“The other four all died from illness and heat exhaustion. They were never given proper medication or food,” he added.<\/p>\n
The former guard said the remaining five were still alive but extremely ill, including former foreign minister Haile Woldetensae, who has lost his sight while in prison.<\/p>\n
Eyob, who took his position as head of the camp’s ten guards a month before the round up, said there were 35 inmates in 2001 but 15 have died ever since, including five journalists.<\/p>\n
“One of the journalists had committed suicide, while the rest all died of illness,” he said.<\/p>\n
Swedish\u00a0media and rights groups demonstrated Monday demanding the release of\u00a0Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak, who is one of the inmates.<\/p>\n
The groups called on the European Union to halt aid to Eritrea until his release as well as the closure of the “death camps”.<\/p>\n
Authorities in Asmara were not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n
Rights groups say Eritrea has turned into a “giant prison” where detentions, torture and prolonged military conscription have become rife since a 2001 crackdown.<\/p>\n
An Ethiopian refugee agency says up to 2,000 mostly young men and women were now crossing the border each month to “avoid excessive repression, gross human rights violations and forced conscription into the army.”<\/p>\n
In addition to the 49,000 Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia, hundreds arrive every month to neighboring Sudan, according to the UN’s refugee agency.<\/p>\n
Sudan <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/h1>\nSudan ranked \u00a02nd in the Horn and 6the place higher from Eritrea in the whole raking 172nd<\/h2>\n
The temporary lifting of prior censorship on the print media in <\/strong>Sudan<\/strong> (172nd) was just a smokescreen. It has fallen 24 places and now has Africa\u2019s second worst ranking, partly as a result of the closure of the opposition daily\u00a0Rai-al-Shaab<\/em> and the jailing of five members of its staff, but above all because of the return of state surveillance of the print media, which makes it impossible to cover key stories such as the future referendum on South Sudan\u2019s independence.<\/p>\nSomalia<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\nSomalia raked 3rd in the Horn \u00a0is even better than Sudan and Eritrea with \u00a0 lot of Blood on her hand , all the war and kidnapping \u00a0ranked \u00a0the \u00a0the \u00a0161st \u00a0place<\/h2>\n
In <\/strong>Somalia<\/strong> (161st), the media are not being spared by the civil war between the transitional government and Islamist militias, and journalists often fall victim to the violence. The two leading Islamist militias, Al-Shabaab and Hizb-Al-Islam, are gradually seizing control of independent radio stations and using them to broadcast their religious and political propaganda.<\/p>\nEthiopia<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\nEthiopia ranked 4th in the horn of Africa \u00a0with 139 place \u00a0as a\u00a0jailer\u00a0and killer \u00a0and banner of free expression….. a \u00a0regime that puts in\u00a0jail\u00a0and work \u00a0on you and let you go astray ..<\/strong><\/h2>\n\u201cThe spectre of the 2005 crackdown on the opposition and on the independent press is resurfacing in the run-up to the May 2010 general elections,\u201d Reporters Without Borders said. \u201cWe condemn the fact that a weekly has been forced to close because of a smear campaign and because its staff was gripped by fear. We hope the government\u2019s assurances will allow it to resume publishing soon.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nSurveillance of the press and a decline in the climate for journalists during the May elections account for\u00a0Ethiopia<\/strong>\u2019s continued bad ranking (139th). Violence against journalists, arbitrary police arrests and intelligence agency abuses explain why\u00a0Nigeria<\/strong> (145th) and the\u00a0Democratic Republic of Congo<\/strong> (148th) are still in the bottom third.<\/p>\nDjibouti 110th place took the 5th\u00a0position\u00a0famous for\u00a0pardoning\u00a0and\u00a0jailing\u00a0back .. <\/strong><\/p>\nReporters Without Borders has protested against the re-arrest of newspaper editor Daher Ahmed Farah on 5 June, just two days after his release, and has called on the authorities to set him free at once. The editor of the newspaper Le Renouveau and head of the Movement for Democratic Renewal and Development (MRD), Farah is the subject of several libel suits by the armed forces.<\/p>\n
Kenya took the 6th place in killing journalist ranking 74 for in all over <\/strong><\/p>\nReporters Without Borders is shocked by the murder of Francis Kainda Nyaruri, a freelance journalist based in the southwestern town of Nyamira, whose decapitated body was found on 29 January in a nearby forest. He had been missing since 16 January.<\/p>\n
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[media id=315 width=320 height=240]<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n[media id=312 width=320 height=240]<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\nUganda<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\nUganda ranked 5th in the Horn of Africa ranking 96 from 178 in general index<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n\u201cNot only are the libel accusations unfounded, but the methods being used by the police to intimidate him are disgraceful,\u201d Reporters Without Borders said. \u201cThe authorities are violating his right to the presumption of innocence, although this is guaranteed by Ugandan law. This disturbing development highlights the lack of freedom for Ugandan journalists as the country enters a crucial period, the run-up to the 2011 elections.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nA total of 15 journalists are currently being prosecuted in Uganda, facing sentences ranging from several months to several years in prison. Most of them are charged with criminal defamation or sedition. One of them,\u00a0Patrick Otim<\/strong> of\u00a0Mega FM<\/em>, a station based in the northern city of Gulu, is facing a possible death sentence on a charge of treason. Arrested in June, he is accused of being a member of the rebel Uganda Patriotic Front.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
Kenya<\/span><\/span> ranked 71 th from 178<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\nKenya is the best in the Horn of Africa concerning freedom of Press compered from its neighbours ranking 71st from over all.<\/p>\n
President Kibaki urged not to sign draconian media bill into law<\/strong><\/p>\nReporters Without Borders has written to Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki urging him not to sign the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Bill 2008 into law. Otherwise known as the ICT Bill, it was adopted by parliament on 10 December.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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