2015 prison census - Eritrea: Ghebrehiwet Keleta
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Date:
14 December 2015
| Ghebrehiwet Keleta, Tsigenay | |
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| Medium: | |
| Charge: | No Charge |
| Imprisoned: | July 2000 |
Security agents arrested Ghebrehiwet, a reporter for the now-defunct private weekly Tsigenay, while he was on his way to work. He has not been heard from since. Sources told CPJ at the time that Ghebrehiwet was being held in connection with the government's overall crackdown on the press.
CPJ listed Ghebrehiwet on its annual prison list until 2010, when exiled journalists told the organization that Ghebrehiwet might have been released.
But in 2013, one of Ghebrehiwet's children, who had recently fled Eritrea, said Ghebrehiwet was still in government custody, according to another exiled journalist who spoke to CPJ. The journalist's relative told CPJ in 2014 that Ghebrehiwet was still in prison.
Authorities in 2015 had not disclosed Ghebrehiwet's whereabouts, health status, or any charges against him.
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