A jw.org news report marking thirty years since President Isaias Afwerki's 25 October 1994 decree stripped Jehovah's Witnesses of Eritrean citizenship rights. States that more than 270 Witnesses have been imprisoned since 1994, with 64 still held as of October 2024, none ever charged with or convicted of a crime, and that four have died in prison from the conditions they experienced while another three died shortly after release.
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AuthorJehovah's Witnesses (jw.org editorial staff) 1 PublisherWatch Tower Bible and Tract Society (jw.org) 1 Publication Year URLhttps://www.jw.org/en/news/region/eritrea/October-2024-Marks-Thirty-Years-of-Intense-Persecution-for-Jehovahs-Witnesses-in-Eritrea/ 1 Source Typeorganization primary source 1 Assessment
Reliability TierThe persecuted community's own news service, an interested party rather than a neutral outlet, the same tier already given other Jehovah's Witnesses sourced reporting on this page. Used here strictly for its named, dated deaths in detention, individuals identified by name elsewhere in the organization's own reporting, rather than for any disputed characterization. Connections
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This source names Jehovah's Witnesses directly: "25 October 1994 decree stripped Jehovah's Witnesses of Eritrean citizenship rights."
Source Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Edition
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1. Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Edition
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- Religious Events, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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