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Eitrea : Three Jailed Pastors "Disappear"
When families and friends of the Rev. Haile
Naizgi and Dr. Kiflu Gebremeske of the Full Gospel Church and
Pastor Tesfatsion Hagos of the Rema Evangelical Church took
food to the respective police stations where the men have been
imprisoned without charges, authorities informed them that the
men were no longer there.
Evangelicals who later visited
the wives of Naizgi and Gebremeske said they found them "in
distress and deep sadness over the sudden disappearance of
their husbands." "Such disappearances could be for the good or
for the worse," one source told Compass.
At least 400
members of evangelical churches in Eritrea
are known to be imprisoned for their faith, including more
than 70 soldiers held under severe conditions for over two
years at the Assab Military Prison.
Source : Compass Direct
Compass Direct
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- Population: 4,561,599
- Government: Transitional Governm
- Capital: Asmara
- Type: Hostile
Area
Eritrea was awarded to Ethiopia in 1952 as
part of a federation. Ethiopia`s annexation of Eritrea as a province
10 years later sparked a 30-year struggle for independence that
ended in 1991 with Eritrean rebels defeating governmental forces;
independence was overwhelmingly approved in a 1993 referendum. [ more]
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