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Several international human rights organizations convened a protest vigil outside the Eritrean Embassy in London.

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04-20-2021 Over the past month, two Christian prayer meetings were raided by soldiers in Eritrea, Africa leading to the arrest of 35 Christ-followers – many of them women. According to Release International, 23 people were arrested in the capital Asmara, then 12 more people were arrested during a prayer gathering in Assab. 35 Christians have been arrested in Eritrea for hosting prayer meetings – according to a persecution watchdog. @ReleaseInt says hopes of a change of heart towards Christians in the country have been dashed. Read: https://t.co/LbhJxR59ms / @UCBMediapic.twitter.com/yAD3zP...

13 April 2021 Authorities in Eritrea released on Sunday 11 April all but one of 23 Christians arrested at a prayer meeting in the capital Asmara towards the end of March. Eritrean church leader Dr Berhane Asmelash said they do not yet know why the Christian man was denied freedom. They are also waiting to hear about the wellbeing of the released Christians, who are mostly women and were in good health when they were arrested and taken to Mai Sarawa prison. Another twelve Christians were arrested towards the end of March at a prayer meeting in Assab, on the Red Sea about 660 miles (1,060...

Reuters/Pascal Rossignol Eritrea has freed 21 female Christian prisoners but the country's forces stand accused of attacking churches in the troubled Tigray region of neighboring Ethiopia. The women, all reportedly young mothers, had been held in an island prison on the Red Sea since last August. They were arrested in 2017 after a series of raids on underground churches by the Eritrean authorities. Many of their husbands were conscripts, leaving their children without anyone to care for them, human rights group Release International reports. They are the latest Christians to be freed from...