@ZekuZelalem@dair-community.social
2026-05-08 06:46 UTC
Every few years, stories like this surface...either on the Dec 8 anniversary of her arrest, or on her birthday April 3.
But no new information has emerged. Her father, truly a coward, has disappeared into obscurity in Australia & had been silent ever since.
Eritrea is a country literally at the bottom of the RSF press freedom index (behind even North Korea). If you are made to disappear, you may never be seen again.
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-eritrea-prisoner/4690807.html
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@ZekuZelalem@dair-community.social 2026-05-08 06:47
As someone who is half Eritrean, my family's circumstances are those of most Eritrean families: my Eritrean family hasn't had a family reunion in decades. Young kids flee military service and cant return without risking persecution, ageing heartbroken parents stay behind, longing for their return and clinging to pictures or memories. Eritrea is also home to Dawit Isaak, the longest detained journalist in the world today (held since 2001) https://rsf.org/en/eritrea-dawit-isaak-arbitrarily-detained-24-years-without-trial-and-information-his-whereabouts