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Country
Date
Type
Mandate
67.
Eritrea
08/11/06
JUA
WGAD;
RINT;
TOR;
68.
Ethiopia
05/04/06
JUA
WGAD;
FRDX;
TOR;
Allegations transmitted
Immanuel Andegergesh and Kibrom
Firemichael and ten other unidentified members
of the Rema Church in Adi-Quala town, and one
hundred and sixty unidentified members of
banned Christian churches, including Kale Hiwot
(Word of God) Church, the Full Gospel Church,
the Church of the Living God and the Rema
church in Mendefera town. On 15 October 2006,
12 members of the Rema church were arrested in
Adi-Quala town, south of Mendefera, for taking
part in Christian worship in a private home. Two of
them, Immanuel Andegergesh and Kibrom
Firemichael, died in a nearby army camp as a
result of torture to make them abandon their faith.
On 15 and 16 October 2006, 160 members of
banned Christian churches were arrested at their
homes in Mendefera town, 50 km south of the
capital Asmara. It is not known where they are
detained and there are concerns that they may be
subjected to torture and ill-treatment in an effort to
force them to sign a document to agree to stop
worshipping.
Abraham Roda, farmer; Abraham Tula, former
Sidama Development Corporation employee;
Abure Assefa, civil servant; Dessalegne
Gassamo, USAID advisor on education; Edasso
Ebissa, farmer; Musse Alemayehu, civil servant
at the agricultural department; Tadesse Washo,
nurse; Tefera Janba, student of Awassa Tabour
School; Yosef Lalimo, Awassa Tabour school
student; and approximately 50 other persons in
detention after their arrest in Awassa town, State
of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and
Government Response
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