Eritrea Releases Elderly Detained Christians
March 20, 2009
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We have some good news to report today via our friends at Open Doors and BosNewsLife. They are both reporting that three elderly Christian men have been released on bail from a military prison camp and police facility in Eritrea.
The physical condition of the three Christians, who are all in their
80s, was not immediately clear, said Netherlands-based Open Doors, a
Christian advocacy group investigating reports of persecution.
Open Doors told BosNewsLife that two men, arrested in November, were jailed in Mitire-camp, a military concentration camp in northeastern Eritrea, where many Christians are are believed to be detained.
"There are some 360 prisoners held in Mitire, many of them in underground prisons or shipping containers, without enough food and medical care," Open Doors said.
Open Doors told BosNewsLife that two men, arrested in November, were jailed in Mitire-camp, a military concentration camp in northeastern Eritrea, where many Christians are are believed to be detained.
"There are some 360 prisoners held in Mitire, many of them in underground prisons or shipping containers, without enough food and medical care," Open Doors said.
Please read the full story here.