The Eritrean authorities has
arrested, last Monday, the known Eritrean
journalist and broadcaster Ahmed Omar Sheikh and
took him to an unknown destination, according to
sources close to him. ECMS could not confirm the
status of the news from a neutral source.
However, informed sources did not rule out that
for the fact that a large number of journalists
working in the official media had been arrested
in the last few weeks without giving any clear
justification for that.
It is noteworthy
that colleague Ahmed Omar Sheikh, had been
working as editor and broadcaster in the
Eritrean television and radio since 1993, and he
published a number of literary publications in
the field of poetry and novel.
The
Eritrean Information Minister Ali Abdou has
denied the arrest of journalists indicating that
it was routine investigation. However, Reporters
without Borders organization challenged the
minister of having listed the names of those
detained in unknown places and one of whom was
released.
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