Me'eter
The military prison Me'eter or Meitir , or camp me'eter / camp meitir in Eritrea is located near the city of Nakfa between Karura and Massaua on the Red Sea coast . The exact location of these military detention is unknown, but perhaps it is located at 16 ° 26 '2.6 " N , 38 ° 41' 57.8" O .
The geographical location and an eyewitness description indicate this.
It is one of at least 37 other military prisons and internment camps in Eritrea where, according to human rights organizations, between 5,000 and 10,000 political prisoners and between 1,200 and 1,500 religious prisoners are interned under precarious conditions.
In 2013, two members of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious community died while imprisoned in Me'eter / Meitir as a result of the conditions there. Another died in 2016, a few months after being released for critical health. Together with 24 other Jehovah's Witnesses, he was locked in a metal building half-buried in the ground on October 5, 2011 for the purpose of a special disciplinary measure. He stayed there until August 2012. The state of health deteriorated due to the scorching summer heat and inadequate food and water supplies.
Individual evidence
- ^ Testimonies of untold atrocities and suffering / "Wi'A as a transit to Me'eter prison". Retrieved February 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Country Focus Eritrea - State Secretariat for Migration - admin.ch. (PDF) Retrieved February 7, 2017 .
- ^ Amnesty International - Map of Secret Prison Network in Eritrea Pinpoints "Infrastructure of Repression". Retrieved February 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Le prigioni del dittatore amico dell'Italia. Retrieved February 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Another Jehovah's Witness dies after being released from prison in Eritrea. Retrieved February 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Amnestie International - Annual Report: Eritrea 2013. Accessed February 7, 2017 .