Eritrea: An African gulag so ghastly that inmates risk death to escape
Posted: 13 Jan 2025, 00:46
An African gulag so ghastly that inmates risk death to escape
Forty-two former prisoners in Eritrea’s sprawling detention system described horrific conditions and frequent torture.
January 6, 2024 The Washington Post
By Katharine Houreld
NAIROBI — The tiny African nation of Eritrea is a sliver of fear wedged between Ethiopia and the Red Sea, a land that has known only a single strongman leader and the shadow of repression since independence three decades ago. Nothing exemplifies the reach and cruelty of the state today as much as its prison system.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... s-torture/
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Forty-two former prisoners in Eritrea’s sprawling detention system described horrific conditions and frequent torture.
January 6, 2024 The Washington Post
By Katharine Houreld
NAIROBI — The tiny African nation of Eritrea is a sliver of fear wedged between Ethiopia and the Red Sea, a land that has known only a single strongman leader and the shadow of repression since independence three decades ago. Nothing exemplifies the reach and cruelty of the state today as much as its prison system.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... s-torture/
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