Military prisons and internment camps in Eritrea
According to the report of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) of the European Union from May 2015, people in Eritrea are arrested not only for general criminal reasons but also for political and religious reasons as well as for military offenses including desertion and conscientious objection or attempted illegal departure. According to estimates by the human rights organization Amnesty International from 2013, between 5,000 and 10,000 political prisoners are detained in Eritrea without the rule of law, sometimes under precarious conditions. According to the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the United States Department of State , between 1,200 and 3,000 people are being held for their beliefs. Problems are reported from 37 partly secret, partly official military detention camps.
The conditions of detention in the at least 37 partly secret, partly official internment camps and military prisons are precarious. Torture, sexual abuse and violence occur. Deaths are reported.
According to a resolution passed by the European Parliament on March 2, 2016, international organizations have no access to the more than 200 prisons in Eritrea, with the exception of one above-ground prison in Asmara. In addition, prisoners, including women and children, are reportedly tortured there, held in solitary confinement for long periods in extremely inhuman conditions and in dark, underground rooms or in shipping containers.
List of military prisons and internment camps in Eritrea
- Aderser (Sawa)
- Adi Abeito 1
- Adi Abeito 2
- Adi Keih
- Agip
- Alla
- Assab
- Adi Nefas
- Adi Qala
- Baharia
- Barentu
- Dahlak Kebir
- Dubarwa
- Eiraeiro
- Quinta stazione di polizia 1
- Quinta stazione di polizia 2
- Ghelalo
- Gheden
- Gahtielay
- Haddis Ma'askar
- Halhale
- Kambo Ndafurstale
- Prigione Karsheli
- climate
- May Edaga
- May Dima
- May Serwa
- May Temenei
- Metkelabet
- Me'eter
- Sawa
- Sembel
- Tehadasso
- Teseney
- Tract B
- Tsererat
- Wi'a
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b European Asylum Support Office (EASO): Country Focus Eritrea - State Secretariat for Migration. Retrieved February 7, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Amnesty International - Map of Secret Prison Network in Eritrea Pinpoints “Infrastructure of Repression”. Retrieved February 7, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Le prigioni del dittatore amico dell'Italia. Retrieved February 7, 2017 .
- ↑ European Asylum Support Office (EASO): Country Focus Eritrea - State Secretariat for Migration. Retrieved February 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Resolution of the European Parliament on the situation in Eritrea (2016/2568 (RSP)). Retrieved February 8, 2017 .