EthioGuardian.com: News: "Eritrea arrests head of British Council
Xan Rice, east Africa correspondent
Wednesday July 11, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
Eritrea has arrested the acting head of the British Council in the capital, Asmara, and refused a British diplomat permission to leave the country following a row over a satellite internet link.
The British Council employee, an Eritrean national, has been in jail for a week, and embassy staff are extremely concerned for his wellbeing. Eritrea, seen by many as Africa's most repressive state, regularly imprisons its citizens for lengthy periods in harsh conditions and without access to legal representation"
Wednesday, 11 July 2007
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