Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Eritrea
Religion or Belief: Christian – Jehovah's Witness
Date of Detainment: January//2024
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Selam Tewelde
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Selam Tewelde is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In January 2024, authorities arrested Tewelde for refusing to financially support political movements as a Jehovah's Witness.
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.