An Eritrean former political prisoner now in exile told Reporters Without Borders
on condition on anonymity that Fessahaye “Joshua” Yohannes, a playwright
and journalist with the newspaper Setit, is now also being held at Eiraeiro, in
cell No. 18. He was previously held in Dongolo prison in the south of the country,
in an underground cell measuring just 1.5 metres by 1.5 metres, and 2.5 metres
tall, lit by a bulb that was never turned off.
One of his friends, who said he was held at the same time as Yohannes and who
now lives in exile, told Reporters Without Borders that Yohannes was subjected
to various forms of torture including having his finger-nails ripped out
Source Reporters Without Borders :
Report says three journalists
died in prison camp in northeastern desert
Eritrea14 November 2006