Gender: Male
Current Location: Mai Serwa Prison
Perpetrator: Eritrea
Religion or Belief: Christian – Jehovah's Witness
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: February/28/2023
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Not Applicable
Tewoldemedhin Habtezion is detained for his religious belief and association.
In February 2023, authorities arrested Habtezion because his son would not sing the national anthem and was expelled from school. Previously, Eritrean authorities detained him arbitrarily from 2008 to 2020.