FRONT LINE NEWS
Meftih's Editorial
Eritrean Repression Follows Emigrants to Canada
By Aaron Berhane
Evading arrest under gunfire, I fled Eritrea in 2001, arriving in Canada near the end of the following year. More than eight more years would pass before I could bring my wife and children here. They joined me in 2010, after crossing the Sudanese border with the help of a professional smuggler. Others have been less fortunate. More than 30 journalists are imprisoned in Eritrea today.
Eritrea gained independence on May 24, 1993, but for most of us the conclusion of the long and blo
