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November 10, 2008
Two more arrests in Eritrea
Late October saw two more of Jehovah’s Witnesses arrested in Eritrea. Beyene Abraham, a 57-year-old member of the Taba Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, was arrested on Thursday morning, October 23, 2008. Two days later, 76-year-old Kahsai Mekonnen, from the Sinkey Congregation, was arrested.
Presently a total of 40 Jehovah’s Witnesses are in some form of detention in Eritrea, as the deterioration of human rights continues unabated.
Contact: J. R. Brown, telephone: (718) 560-5600