Did You Know How Many Prisons There Were In Eritrea?
Posted: 18 Jun 2023, 08:36
There are 365 prisons in Eritrea, that is one prison per day!
That's a very popular saying in Eritrea, which means life is a prison in Eritrea every single day of the year! But according to the last quotation below, there are also more than 300 physical prisons in Eritrea, a tiny country with just a 3.62 million population!!!
A country where even the children of the president are desperate to flee!
Imagine such a desperation to the extent of preferring to die at sea, rather than staying in this prison state!If I die at sea, it's not a problem – at least I won't be tortured!
In Eritrea you’re even afraid to talk to your family,” she says. “The person next to me in a café could be a spy, and they are looking at what you are doing. People disappear every day.
Elsa Chyrum, director of the UK-based group Human Rights Concern, who's Eritrean native herself, sums up her homeland in two words: open prison. “There’s no freedom of speech, no freedom of expression, no religious freedom, We have more than 300 prisons across the country and people there have no food to eat. Even begging is criminalised in Eritrea.
Ruthless repression and pervasive state control are the daily staple in Eritrea!