Hundreds more of Eritrean Parents Arrested in
the Southern Region
EHDR-UK - 26 Oct 2005
The
Eritrean government has continued its wave of arrests in the
southern region. The operation, which restarted in DEKEMHARE
and its suburbs in the early hours of Monday 24 October 2005,
detained around 179 women and about 26 men. The targets were
the parents of those who left the country without exit visas
in the last several years. The arrests mainly focused on
mothers, fathers, and in the absence of a father or a mother,
the eldest available brother or the closest adult relative
were detained.
It is to be recalled that in July this
year hundreds of parents were detained in the southern region
and some were released after paying bail money amounting to
thousands of Nakfa. The total number of the detainees is now
estimated to be in the thousands.
Eyewitnesses have
reported that the detained parents and relatives include
elderly people, some of whom were infirm or blind.
Eyewitnesses have also reported that children who were
pursuing their mothers were belted & pushed back
inhumanely.
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