Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Eritrea
Religion or Belief: Christian – Jehovah's Witness
Date of Detainment: February//2024
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Keseteberhan Negusse
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Keseteberhan Negusse is detained for his religious belief.
In February 2024, authorities detained Negusse after learning he was a Jehovah's Witness. Negusse, a landlord, had attempted to register a rental contract with administrative authorities. When he was unable to produce a residential permit, which is routinely denied to Jehovah's Witnesses, authorities became aware of his religious identity and arrested him.
Previously, in 1996, authorities detained Negusse while he was preaching and imprisoned him for one month.
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Eritrea
Religion or Belief: Christian – Jehovah's Witness
Date of Detainment: September//2024
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Fitsum Goitom
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Fitsum Goitom is detained for his religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Goitom and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting at a private residence. Authorities confined him in Mai Serwa Prison.
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Eritrea
Religion or Belief: Christian – Jehovah's Witness
Date of Detainment: September//2024
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Hadassa Zerisenay
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Hadassa Zerisenay is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Zerisenay and 16 other Jehovah's Witnesses during a peaceful religious meeting in a private residence. Authorities confined her in Mai Serwa prison.